Intriguing. I was watching The Name of the Rose, and I came up with an interesting thought. In it, an Inquisitor comes and tortures a man to confess that a woman he was feeding was a witch, or something like that. He, a “Man of God” stands around and watches… almost delights, in the torture […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
#2: Irish Music Podcast
Irish Celtic music from StoneRing, The Slip, Hugh Morrison, Brobdingnagian Bards, Caladh, MacTalla Mor, Lenahan, The Bloody Irish Boys, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Celtic Stone. Enjoy! www.celticmusicpodcast.com//002 This Week in Celtic Music 0:05 “The Haughs of Cromdale/Johnny Cope” by StoneRing from A Toast to the Company 6:56 “Donegal Lass/Maids of Mt. Cisco/Siobhan O’Donnell’s” by The Slip 11:58 “The Hills o’Yarrows” by […]
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The Secret to Great Tasting Homemade Espresso – Italian Style
One of the pleasures of working at home is homemade espresso. Yeah. If you’ve ever spent the time in an Italian home, you’ve probably seen one of the Villaware espresso makers. Unfortunately, you take it home. You buy some Lavazza ground espresso, cook it on the stove, pour your cup of espresso, then spit it […]
Cat Bathing as a Martial Art #4
The martial art of bathing your cat and cat world domination in action on Cat Drinking Songs. Cat Music & News Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Cat World Domination in Action Cat Bathing as a Martial Art “Catnipping Green” by The Dubliners’ Tabby Cats Vote for the Cat Lovers Podcast at Podcast Alley Cat […]
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A Tiny Cafe of My Heart
by Marc Gunn, August 1, 2005 How I miss my home in Italy. This poem was inspired by a day dream about past adventures. Light groggily peeks into the bedroom window. A radio moans a distant hum. Early morning ammonite fantasies awaken. They arouse the mind As temporal reflections of discarded frustrations Pale next to […]
My Film Acting Debut in Deadbacks
Dear Diary, today I was eaten alive… I was standing there with my wife Ellen peering through the trees when we saw them–a group of people trespassing on MY land! Holy sh*t! How dare they! I was ready for a major ass-kicking. Ellen and I ran out of the bushes. Our 12-gage shotgunns were locked […]
#1: Irish Music Podcast
Irish Celtic music from Susan Hamlin, Three Quarter Ale, Dust Rhinos, Cluan, Fathom, The BorderCollies, Tara’s Fire, Paul McKenna, Marc Gunn & The Dublienrs’ Tabby Cats, and Brobdingnagian Bards. Enjoy and share! www.celticmusicpodcast.com/001 This Week in Irish Music 0:17 “Gort na Salean (Salley Gardens)” by Susan Hamlin from Younger than the Sun 4:19 “Two Magicians” by Three Quarter Ale from Three […]
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The Ballad of Joss (Lyrics, Firefly)
Cedric of the Bedlam Bards recorded on my cat CD this past weekend. He told me he wrote a filk of “The Ballad of Jayne” in honor of Joss Whedon. I found it at the FireFly website. You can help Spread the Signal by downloading & forwarding this free Firefly MP3 now. The Ballad of […]
Pub Songs #1: Waxie’s Dargle
If you enjoy American folk music you might be familiar with this tune. The American version is called “The Girl I Left Behind”, but this is the Irish version of the song. It’s called “Waxies Dargle”. What does that mean? “Waxies” were candlemakers. “Dargle” referred to an annual trip that the Waxies made to the […]
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Hero of Canton (Lyrics, aka The Ballad of Jayne)
Lyrics and music Ben Edlund Hero of Canton (aka The Ballad of Jayne) Performed by Marc Gunn from As Long As I’m Flyin’ Jayne, the man they call Jayne He robbed from the rich And he gave to the poor Stood up to the man And gave him what for Our love for him now […]
