Comments on: Tom Waits in Donostia / San Sebastian

By: jimkennedy

jimkennedy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:19:04 +0000

Sounds fantastic; yesterday I kept going back to the TicketBastard webpage to see if tickets were still available, expecting to see them all gone. I can’t afford to go twice, so I stayed in and tried not to think about it. I would have loved to hear Christmas Card…

By: Damien

Damien — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:01:44 +0000

Yeah, it was a great gig. The rain pelted down on the tent outside and it just added to the mood. A fantastic gig which could have ended on so many songs but which ended with a beautiful version of Time. I was absolutely transported and I think everybody clapped their hands into carny stumps. Thanks Tom!

By: Ms Bones

Ms Bones — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:25:07 +0000

He played Tom Traubet’s Blues in Dublin last night…. Along with Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis, Time and many of the ones mentioned above.
Still reeling from the magic of it all - truly lives up to his legend status live.

By: ejh

ejh — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:37:06 +0000

Ah. Slightly off my beat, that one, and I’ve never been there, though I have been to a fair number of the surrounding places - Estadilla, Monzón, Binéfar, Tamarite and so on.

By: Seán Báite

Seán Báite — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:03:27 +0000

Peralta de la Sal, I believe - but they’re gone on to Tarrogona since - so I reckon you’re safe…

By: ejh

ejh — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:02:38 +0000

Well, there’s more than one Peralta - which one do you mean?

To translate the Basque phrase, input it as a search in Google and access the page that begins galtzagorri (not the pdf, the other one).

By: Seán Báite

Seán Báite — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:01:40 +0000

Which means what EJH ?
Nothing to do with the bourgeoisie, I suppose, going by the latest post on your own blog..
Even if your pupil is Aragonese and not Basque - still - bowled me over she’d never come across the word/concept.
Used daily this side of the border (Agen, France)…
It has even got its own abbreviation ‘bourge’…
‘Elle est un peu trop bourge…’
Funnily enough - my in-laws are off down your way today to visit relatives - are you anywhere near Peralta ??

By: ejh

ejh — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:50:31 +0000

does anyone read Euskadi?

I’m afraid the only Euskadi I know is gose handiko beldarra.

By: Seán Báite

Seán Báite — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:06:15 +0000

Naw Donagh, wasn’t thinking of the late great JTK - I had JFK in mind.
Looking at the video clip TW’s band seem to take themselves for Cuban missiles at a couple of points in the song - sly reference to JFK ?? or just Guantanamo ?
Also Donagh I’m sure that you wouldn’t associate with the type of individual that sets off ‘Lock Up Your Daughters’ warnings in the national press….
Haven’t met Jim in person - only through his posts here (which I’m always glad to read).. mebbe next time TW is playing Bordeaux or Toulouse ??

By: jimkennedy

jimkennedy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:57:59 +0000

Us Kennedys; worldwide we’re revered and feared in equal measure…