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[celtfather]

Irish Diaspora, Men of New Basin Canal

The departure of the Irish from Ireland in the 1800s had some tragic consequences. Jamie Haeuser’s songs “Men of New Basin Canal” and “Bridget’s Prayer” dig into that. So we’re gonna dig into the songs and the album How America Saved Irish Music. Great news about my next album, Come Adventure With Me. Bandcamp now playlists. And learning to say no.

This is Sci Fi Pub Songs & Stories #266.

0:30 - Marc Gunn “Old Dun Cow” from St Patrick’s Day

4:35 - WELCOME TO SCI FI PUB SONGS & STORIES

This is the audio edition of my newsletter as well as the liner notes for the songs I record so that you can enjoy my music even more! And who am I?

I am Marc Gunn. I’m a rhythm and folk Celtic musician living in Atlanta, Georgia. I play traditional Irish and Scottish drinking songs. But I’m also a songwriter. I write songs inspired by Celtic culture as well as songs inspired by pop culture, things like Lord of the Rings, Firefly, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and more. That’s the reason one brewery I play called my music Sci F’Irish music. It’s also why this is Sci Fi Pub Songs & Stories.

WHAT’S NEW

St Patrick’s Day music on Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

6:08 - UPCOMING SHOWS

MAR 10: Tucker Brewing Company, Tucker, Ga @ 6:30-9:30 PM

MAR 11: Pontoon Brewing, Tucker, Ga @ 3-6 PM

MAR 15: St Patrick’s Day Concert on Bandcamp @ 7 PM EST

MAR 18: Pontoon Brewing, Sandy Springs, GA @ 12-3 PM

MAR 18: Ironshield Brewing, Lawrenceville, GA @ 7-10 PM

JUN 3-10: Celtic Invasion Vacations, County Mayo, Ireland

9:34 - Lauren Oxford “What Rings True” from Lauren Oxford

14:40 - IF YOU’RE WAITING TO COME ADVENTURE WITH ME…

Then you don’t have too much longer to wait. Well, assuming you were part of the Kickstarter.

My engineer, Mitchell, sent me three songs last week. I listened to each of them while I was getting my car emissions tested. We spent the rest of the morning emailing and forth with mixes and edits. I love the result, and those are the final tracks for the album.

I should have a track listing soon. I want to make sure we nail down the last of those songs. But I greenlighted Mitchell to start creating a song order so I could start listening.

The other thing I finally did was come up with a couple Album Pin designs thanks to Miranda. I ran a poll on Patreon between two different designs: one a dragon and one a compass. It was a tight poll. They both are pretty fantastic.

But as they say in Highlander: there can be only one!

That’s actually not at all true. I can do more. But for the Kickstarter, I went with the Compass design that reads: “Never Stop Adventuring”.

I’ll send that to the printers as soon as I have a track listing.

Finally, I’m still on target for sending out the digital album to everyone on Kickstarter on March 17. Here’s hoping!

21:10 - Marc Gunn “Whiskey in the Jar feat. Andrew McKee, The Irish Bard” from St Patrick’s Day

24:26 - DOWNLOAD MY FREE EP

You can download all of my songs in this show. Just send me an email.  pubsong@celtfather

You will get an auto responder with a link to download this month’s album. You can also subscribe to the podcast if you’re not already subscribed. It’s quick and easy.

While you’re emailing me to get your free EP, let me know what you’re doing while listening to this episode.

25:00 - STORY OF MEN OF NEW BASIN CANAL

I was living in New Orleans in 2009 when I got a phone call from Jamie Haeuser. She was driving back from an Irish session in NOLA to her home in Robert, Louisiana across the causeway. She told me she had written lyrics for two songs. She asked if I’d set them to music.

Of course, without hesitation, I said, “Yes! What are they about?”

She then told me how the Causeway she was driving across had once been the New Basin Canal. It was a shipping canal from Lake Pontchartrain through swamp to booming uptown part of New Orleans.

Work on the canal began in 1832. Almost immediately, they ran to problems. Yellow fever ravaged the workers. It was deemed too costly to use slaves to build the canal. So instead, the Irish immigrants were hired to build it.

Many people don’t realize that New Orleans was one of the top immigration points for the Irish behind New York and Boston.

As a result, it’s estimated that between 500-30,000 Irishmen died digging the New Basin Canal. No one knows for sure the exact number. Wikipedia suggests 8000 might be a more accurate number. But holy crap! But even a popular number of 8000 people dying to dig this canal is insane?

So Jamie decided to write a song called “Men of New Basin Canal” to share their story.

26:43 - Marc Gunn & Jamie Haeuser “Men of New Basin Canal” from How America Saved Irish Music

Here, we came to find a bit of land Land our fathers never had No land we found but only death From fever, the yellow jack

The yellow jack, one day you’re up The next you’re in the grave A grave they call New Basin Canal For us six miles of pain

* Heave ho, boyo, it’s dig and death Heave ho, God help us all

O‘Hanlan was the first to fall Then down went Mike O’Shea The boss called up and down the line For men to bear away

The men who fell, hundreds a day Shook like a Mayo gale Too few there were to dig the trench Too few to bear away.

Why is it Erin’s sons are called When slaves they cannot spare When earth and water must be moved To make the rich man’s share

From lake to river to move the goods That make the rich men more Down we fall time and again And none to hear our prayer

But we will rise, somehow, sometime To rule those who rule us We’ll fight to o’ercome the loss Of thousands of Ireland’s best

We will be known as men who died Will live to make our mark The men of New Basin Canal Known as New Orleans own

It’s a powerful story. It had me mesmerized imagining the almost shanty style of work to dig the canal. So when I came up with the melody and chorus, that’s the rhythm that I picked. Especially with her “Heave ho, boy”. It just screamed sea shanty.

Later, Jamie and I recorded the song for our CD, How America Saved Irish Music. The one little thing I had to add to it was a crash symbol.

You see, I have long thought this was a great sing and interact along. In particular, I always imagined clapping like this.

Heave ho, boyo, it’s dig and death [clap, clap] Heave ho, God help us all

It gives it a great energy. But for the recording, I didn’t want clapping. I wanted that crash symbol much like the one used in the song “Zombie” by The Cranberries.

Jamie didn’t stop at one song though. She also wrote “Bridget’s Prayer.” It’s basically the same story but it’s from the perspective of women who watched their men die digging the canal. The ones buried them.

It’s another great song.

Oh, Michael, please don’t go today You’re shakin’ like a leaf We will make do, o stor, maron We will make do somehow

I’ve washing in, I can do more Just don’t go back, I pray It’s death my darlin’ one, I know It’s death in that new canal

I pray, in holy Bridget’s name I pray, God help us all

My babies need their father here My babies need you so Please don’t go back, I know that you Will fall if go you do

I can find work, I’ll sew and wash ‘Till bloody my fingers are Just don’t go back, oh, stor maron It’s death in that new canal

Oh, Michael love, I cannot live Without you, dearest heart Find other work, I care not what Find anything but that

I cannot stand to see you fall Like our friends before have done Too many widows made too young It’s death in that new canal

A big thanks to TJ Barrens, our sound engineer, Doctor Sick, who provided fiddle and mandolin, and Katie Haeuser who shared some amazing background vocals for the album.

29:52 - INTERVIEW WITH JAMIE HAEUSER

49:27 - Marc Gunn & Jamie Haeuser “Bridget’s Prayer” from How America Saved Irish Music

51:31 - JOIN THE CLUB

The show is brought to you by my Gunn Runners on Patreon. If you enjoy this podcast or my music, please join the Club. Every week, you get bonus podcasts, downloadable songs, printed sheet music, blogs, or stories from the road. Plus, you get weekly access to my Coffee with The Celtfather video concerts. Sign up for as little as $5 per month and save 15% with an annual membership. Thanks to my newest Gunn Runners on Patreon: Alice M, Karla Ad, Triskele, Ayden B

52:25 - SAYING NO, EVEN IF IT’S INCLUDED

Inara asked me to fill her juice bottle up to a certain line. No higher!

I asked her why. She said it was because if she drinks more than that, then she’ll get filled up and not be hungry for breakfast.

I was blown away that at age 8, she already knows her limits. I might’ve learned that by 48…

She also knew that it was too tempting if I gave her more than her limit. She might end up drinking it.

Seth Godin wrote a blog recently about saying no, even if it’s included. He concludes that “No might be better than free.”

I’ve come to appreciate saying, “No,” a little bit more recently. I do it on those rare times I go eat fast food. “Do you want the meal?”. No. Not really. Thanks.

But I’m also thinking of it in terms of environmentalism. The Album Pin printer I use, GS-JJ, automatically put each album pin in plastic when it is shipped. I really don’t want those little pieces of plastic that encase each pin. It just occurred to me today, I can say, no. I can ask them to not put them in there.

I bring canvas tote bags to the grocery store so I can bag the groceries myself and not take another plastic bag home with me.

When I choose fruit and vegetables, I pick the ones that aren’t in plastic bags. I get a little grossed out by putting them on the scanner. But then I wash them when I get home.

I don’t need more stuff in my life. If I buy it, it needs a reason to stick around. Sometimes that can be for pure enjoyment. Sometimes it’s like you want to archive something you love, like many of you do with CDs or USBs. But most of the time it’s gotta be something practical.

So I do my best to say no. Obviously, I'm. not perfect. I don't do all of these things every time. But as long as I'm learning to say no to excess more than I say yes, I'll call that a win!

What about you? What do you say “no” to?

1:00:57 - Brobdingnagian Bards “The Orange and The Green” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales

We talk about AI on the next Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast.

1:03:22 - BANDCAMP APP NOW HAS PLAYLISTS

One of the big reasons I started selling my music through Bandcamp was because of their app. Yes. You can download music as MP3s or whatever lossless format you prefer, but you can also stream the music through their app.

But up until now, I could only listen to one album at a time from one artist at a time. No longer! You can now create your own playlists with music that you own.

So if you’ve been buying my music on Bandcamp these past few years, head on over. Make your own playlist.

Buy some merch while you’re there. The full store opens up on Wednesday. And this Friday, March 3 is Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp waives all of their fees. So I earn a little bit more from each purchase.

It’s prolly a good time to pick up some USBs to archive your music! Or get a ticket to my St Patrick’s Day concert.

If you love this episode, then take a screenshot on your phone. Post it on social media. And tag @celtfather. Tell me what you like about this episode and what you’d like to hear in the future.

1:06:02 - Marc Gunn “Tae the Begging” from St Patrick’s Day

1:10:20 - CREDITS

Thanks for listening to Sci Fi Pub Songs & Stories. The show is brought to you by my Gunn Runners on Patreon. Every week, you’ll get a new podcast or song or video or video concert. You’ll also save 25% off all my merch in my store. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs.

You can subscribe and listen to the show wherever you find podcasts. Sign up to my mailing list to read the show notes for this episode and find out where I’m performing.

And of course, please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor.

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[ screams into the void ] how is 5 design templates & creating a newsletter & scheduling social media content reasonable for a 4 hour shift??

#sometimes i hate being a graphic design assistant truly #next week i have to edit said newsletter & create 4 pin designs AND create 6 more templates like???

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Best News of Last Week

Edition #017 - Hope you had a great weekend. Let's read some positive news:

1. Albuquerque has new response to 911 calls involving mentally ill people The New Mexico city created a third branch of public safety, in addition to the police and fire departments, staffed by behavioral health responders.

Now, Albuquerque is changing the way it responds to 911 calls like the one Maestas placed for her sister. In addition to police and paramedics, residents have access to a third branch of public safety: behavioral health responders.

“We’re not law enforcement, so we’re not here to cite you,” said Mariela Ruiz-Angel, director of Albuquerque Community Safety, or ACS, an independent agency alongside the police and fire departments that can be sent out by 911 dispatchers. “We’re just here to check on you. How can we help?”

2. In Extremely Rare Case, a Woman With HIV Has 'Cleared' The Virus Without Treatment

An anonymous woman from Argentina has become only the second person known to ever show no detectable traces of an HIV infection without receiving a stem cell transplantation treatment to cure it.

The so-called 'Esperanza patient', named after her hometown in Argentina, was first diagnosed with HIV-1 in 2013 – but after eight years of follow-up checks and a total of 10 commercial viral load tests, there appears to be no sign of active viral infection in her body, nor any evidence of HIV-1-associated disease.

3. My favourite Thanksgiving tradition... 6 years and counting!

Valley grandma and man she mistakenly texted reuniting for sixth Thanksgiving

4. Monarch butterflies return to California after a year of record low numbers

There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies.

The number wintering along California’s central coast is bouncing back after the population, whose presence is often a good indicator of ecosystem health, reached an all-time low last year. Experts pin their decline on climate change, habitat destruction and lack of food due to drought.

5. There's a link between being kind to others and happiness, UBC researcher says

Today marks World Kindness Day, and it turns out that being kind toward others may be key to our own happiness, a psychology expert says.

Studies have shown a "causal link where, when people behave in this generous, kind way, they actually end up happier themselves," said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychology professor and happiness researcher from the University of British Columbia (UBC).

6. Toronto company is making shoes that grow into apple trees to eliminate plastic waste

A Toronto designer created a pair of shoes that eventually turn into an apple tree after he spent seven years in the fashion industry and looked for more sustainable choices.

Toronto resident Luc Houle, 33, created Johnny: The Shoe That Grows Into A Tree and launched a Kickstarter to get his product made.

7. Swiss government: Same-sex couples can marry starting July 1

Switzerland’s executive body announced Wednesday that same-sex couples can get married starting on July 1 next year, making good on the resounding support Swiss voters expressed in a referendum.

The Federal Council officially said that starting Jan. 1, Switzerland would recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who wed in in other countries instead of continuing to treat the unions as simple civil partnerships.

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Okay, not everything — but bench scrapers are pretty awesome kitchen tools

This post originally appeared on May 12, 2020, in Add to Cart — the weekly newsletter for people who love shopping (almost) as much as they love eating. Subscribe now.

I felt a little less alone in my cookware obsession last week when Twitter lit up with responses — positive and negative — to a tweet from Mindy Kaling: “I have a boring but important question. I need a new whole collection of pots and pans (like everything; a wok, griddle etc). Is there a brand that sells them all in a pack or box? I want this to be super easy! Thank you!”

Though Kaling ended up deleting the tweet (after getting heat for accepting an offer for freebies from Le Creuset — which she acknowledged by making a big charitable donation), she received many replies filled with cookware recommendations.

So which brands do people really like? There were many All-Clad mentions — unsurprising, given its favored status among professional chefs. A lot of Lodge recommendations rolled in, too, in response to Kaling’s ask for a griddle. Then there were the cookware startups: I was surprised by how many folks swore by Caraway, the newish brand whose selling points are poppy, millennial-friendly colors and a clever storage system. Less frequently mentioned but still recommended were GreenPan, Great Jones, and Equal Parts.

Learning about brands people love and discovering new ones is what this newsletter will always be about, even though next week will bring a change: Today is my last edition of Add to Cart, as I’m handing over the reins to editor Monica Burton.

Which is bittersweet for me, because I love writing this thing! Taking recs from my coworkers; learning about new designers and brands; being able to spotlight small businesses — it’s a joy and privilege to do every week. I’m obviously not going far: You can still find me online, if not in your inboxes, at [email protected] and occasionally on Eater when I can sneak a byline in.

As the editor behind Eater’s shopping content, Monica’s got some of the most discerning eyes and excellent taste on the Eater team. She’ll dish out new product recs, in addition to stories about what we buy and why we buy it, in this space. I know you’ll love it.

Things to buy

One of the unsung tools of any professional kitchen is the bench scraper. As Sister Pie’s Lisa Ludwinski said on Eater’s Instagram Live today, “It’s not that fancy and it’s extremely versatile.” Use it for cutting dough, breaking down frozen butter, scraping up crumbs, and a million other little things.

Also on Instagram Live this week, Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman recommended a Scandinavian-style whisk, which has a small, rounded head that can get around the edges of your pots and pans.

For the cutesy crowd (I see y’all), these enamel food pins by New York-based illustrator Dingding Hu are a tiny delight.

There may be no better slogan to sum up this time in our lives: “This too shall pasta.” Get it on a pasta shirt.

Things to know

Face masks have quickly morphed from purely clinical equipment to everyday apparel, and with that comes all sorts of considerations, like: How does one drink to-go beverages while wearing a mask? (It may sound like a callous question, but I myself encountered the dilemma after buying a to-go iced latte and promptly struggling like an idiot.) Fast Company profiled one mask maker whose solution is a tiny flap, just big enough to poke a straw through.

I have pretty much zero to add to the Alison Roman-Chrissy Teigen kerfuffle from over the past few days. The one news-you-can-use (should you want to) nugget I’ll call out from Roman’s viral interview: “I have a collaboration coming out with [the cookware startup] Material, a capsule collection. It’s limited edition, a few tools that I designed that are based on tools that I use that aren’t in production anywhere — vintage spoons and very specific things that are one-offs that I found at antique markets that they have made for me.”

Also on the cookware startup front: Food publication Saveur now has its own line of cookware and bakeware, including stainless steel pots and pans, called Saveur Selects.

A followup to the Nancy Meyers kitchen photo from last week: this lovely, thoughtful consideration of fancy kitchens and what they represent, from Curbed.

Rob Pattinson’s relatable quarantine diet: “I’ll literally put Tabasco inside a tuna can and just eat it out of the can.”

via Eater - All https://www.eater.com/21256508/bench-scraper-dough-tool-kitchen-cooking

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