By request: Fergus
Here at Victor and Gord towers we asked all the cast to make a song request. This is Fergus' one. For obvious reasons.
Today would be her 58th birthday
She would kill me for putting this photo up of her as will my little sister. I should be out buying her lunch or sending her flowers or giving her a gift but im not. So Im going to play a song here for her. She loved the Carpenters and i grew up listening to them alot and still love them.
Rainy Days and Mondays.
One of my fondest memories of her was watching National Lampoons Chrsitmas Vacation in bed with her one year. We laughed so much we both wet the bed. She would also kill me for telling you all that.
Happy Birthday Mom..!
Victor in LDN
Hey. Hows it going? Victor here. I am just back from a 1,440 minute adventure in London. I flew over to see a brand spanking new band called The XX. They're pretty damn good in my books. Check them out on their
myspace page. They do a really good cover of one of my fave tunes ever - Tear drops on the dancefloor. Met the band outside Hoxton Hall after the gig and they were super lovely - couldnt belive that i flew from Dublin to see them. If anyone's hitting the Electric Picnic up they've just been added to the line up, but we shant mention the Picnic round these parts.
I landed on Tuesday and hopped on tube and went for lunch with an old friend in Spittalfields. We dined in a place called Leon and it was yummy. I then trundled around the city with a video camera in tow picking up shots for another Fringe show called Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?
I love the tube. Everytime im on it i feel compelled to say the following 'I'm a smartie - in a tube' - i know im a dork.
Met up with my gig buddy Emer and we hooked up with another bud in Soho and had some well deserved pints and chats.
Stayed in a hostel in Kings Cross called Clink. It was mad - it used to be an old couthouse and we were staying in a twin room that was an ACTUAL prison cell. We laughed.
Yesterday we had brekfeast in Camden and i had a pretty tasty Chai Latte (if anyone knows where to get a good Chai in Dublin let me know, im in search of the best one) although i had difficulty finishing it due to my huge hangover.
Anyways im back now and am eagerly anticipating rehearsals. Bring it on.
Blogging Virgin
So I'm sitting in my house contemplating what in God's name I should write as part of the Victor and Gord blog, having just got off the phone from my sister who has asked me kindly to make an entry. While I'm not an internet phob I am strangley uncomfortable about writing about myself and my thoughts etc. Despite being at one with expressing my thoughts and feelings openly in person , I can't help feel slightly self concsious when it comes to writing them down in words on the big world wide web. But... If we don't face the things we fear we'd never get anything done ( I sure as hell wouldnt have taken part in Victor and Gord back in January had I given into my fears.)
It's kinda great however that in general the things you dread doing or worry about doing most can often be the things that give you the greatest satisfaction. Like if you have to sit an exam or do an interview- you're shitting it before hand but once they go well you feel fantastic! Obvious, yes. But I was thinking about the Fringe which is not so far away and how all the same reservations, anxieties and worries are creeping back into mind- will people like it? Will they think it self indulgent? Is the part I talk about interesting to those who dont know me?? But I know once we get back into the swing of it and start rehearsing those emotions will definately turn to positive emotions and a lot of fun will be had.
It's also really exciting to be working with two new cast members, Jay and Fergus- welcome on board lads! Hopefully you wont end up having nightmares about me bossing you as poor Michael did...
Elvis and Madonna !!!
Today is the 32nd anniversary of the death of Elvis ...the King of absolutely everything !!! Fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches are being eaten in absolute excess !!
On the other hand, it's also Madonnas 51st birthday..the Queen of absolutely everything!!! Therefore, a new resolution for a purely macrobiotic diet begins tomorrow !!
Long live the King and Queen !
Ali xxx
A strange coincidence
I just got back from home ie "The Cloney " today having spent a lovely weekend in Kilkenny with lots of family including Michael , Jaime and Vin my love and some family pets !! After a number of years suggesting to my Mum that we check out a hotel in Ferrybank that a deceased friend of mine loved , we headed off on a Mother/daughter adventure . The hotel is called The Athenaeum and as it turns out is indeed very nice . While sitting in the bar drinking a vodka and cranberry juice , my Mothers words suddenly sent a strange but welcome shiver down my spine . She exclaimed " I think this is Christendom and my Mother worked here as a cook before she was married " . We checked it out and sure enough the hotel was the old country house in question . It was quite emotional . Our Maternal Grandmother died when we were very young and we didn't have the privilege of knowing her well . It seemed eerie in a nice way that I had wanted to go there for years and that my Mother didn't know that where I was urging her to take me was where her Mother had worked . I felt that I had unexpectedly connected with the past and my Grandmother and it was truly beautiful to experience that with my own Mum .
The photo is of Me and Michael with our Mum .
Ali xxx
Just back from Kilkenny
I'm just back from Kilkenny - the first time I've been down home and seen the family since myself and my sis Ali did Victor and Gord, Ali and Michael in June. We talk alot about growing up in the show and it was important to have a little trip down memory lane before setting off on Victor and Gord Cubed for the Fringe.
Our parents are coming up to see the show this time around. They threatened to wear disguises and not tell us which night they were coming to. It wouldn't be unlike them and it's good to see them getting into the spirit of it all.
I brought Jaime and Sailor for a lurk around where I grew up - the railway and river, old dens - all the places we used to spend so much time running around as a kid, and drink as teenagers.
Getting to the river wasn't as easy as it once was. Fields with no gates? What's the story with that?
So many places are now all overgrown. There's no railway at all anymore - it's just brambles. We used to play there all the time as kids with our neighbours Kevin and Ciara - who feature in the show. We would walk home from school that way and listened to Thriller down there for the first time with Ben Dolan - the Punk who's parents made jewellery. As teenagers we'd get a bus from a disco in Waterford as far as Pink Rock Bridge and take hours making our way up the railway to home, eating takeaway from the Vietnamese Boat People caravan and drinking cans that we'd stashed there for the occasion.
Our parents have done yet another job on the house. Gone is the flock wallpaper in the sitting room (I Loved it!) and it's now all about the sanded original floorboards instead of floral carpet. I probably would do the same if I was living there, but I liked it as it was.
I hope the family like the show. Ali and Michael is all about particular memories, most of which they probably don't share, or at least have a different perspective on. We've been away for so long that we're nostalgic about patterned wallpaper, but I guess if you had to look at it everyday a nice painted white wall would be a lot more attractive.
Just back from Kilkenny
I'm just back from Kilkenny - the first time I've been down home and seen the family since myself and my sis Ali did Victor and Gord, Ali and Michael in June. We talk alot about growing up in the show and it was important to have a little trip down memory lane before setting off on Victor and Gord Cubed for the Fringe.
Our parents are coming up to see the show this time around. They threatened to wear disguises and not tell us which night they were coming to. It wouldn't be unlike them and it's good to see them getting into the spirit of it all.
I brought Jaime and Sailor for a lurk around where I grew up - the railway and river, old dens - all the places we used to spend so much time running around as a kid, and drink as teenagers.
Getting to the river wasn't as easy as it once was. Fields with no gates? What's the story with that?
So many places are now all overgrown. There's no railway at all anymore - it's just brambles. We used to play there all the time as kids with our neighbours Kevin and Ciara - who feature in the show. We used to walk home from school that way and listened to Thriller down there for the first time with Ben Dolan - the Punk who's parents made jewellry. As teenagers we'd get a bus from a disco in Waterford as far as Pink Rock Bridge and take hours making our way up the railway to home, eating takeaway from the Vietnamese Boat People caravan and drinking cans that we'd stashed there for the occassion.
Our parents have done yet another job on the house. Gone is the flock wallpaper in the sitting room (I Loved it!) and it's now all about the sanded floorboards instead of floral carpet. I probably would do the same if I was living there, but I liked it as it was.
I hope the family like the show. Ali and Michael all about particular memories, most of which they probably don't share. We've been away for so long that we're nostaglic about patterned wallpaper, but I guess if you had to look at it everyday a nice painted white wall would be alot more attractive.
Our parents are coming up to see the show this time around. They threatened to wear disguises and not tell us which night they were coming to. It wouldn't be unlike them and it's good to see them getting into the spirit of it all.
I brought Jaime and Sailor for a lurk around where I grew up - the railway and river, old dens - all the places we used to spend so much time running around as a kid, and drink as teenagers.
Getting to the river wasn't as easy as it once was. Fields with no gates? What's the story with that?
So many places are now all overgrown. There's no railway at all anymore - it's just brambles. We used to play there all the time as kids with our neighbours Kevin and Ciara - who feature in the show. We used to walk home from school that way and listened to Thriller down there for the first time with Ben Dolan - the Punk who's parents made jewellry. As teenagers we'd get a bus from a disco in Waterford as far as Pink Rock Bridge and take hours making our way up the railway to home, eating takeaway from the Vietnamese Boat People caravan and drinking cans that we'd stashed there for the occassion.
Our parents have done yet another job on the house. Gone is the flock wallpaper in the sitting room (I Loved it!) and it's now all about the sanded floorboards instead of floral carpet. I probably would do the same if I was living there, but I liked it as it was.
I hope the family like the show. Ali and Michael all about particular memories, most of which they probably don't share. We've been away for so long that we're nostaglic about patterned wallpaper, but I guess if you had to look at it everyday a nice painted white wall would be alot more attractive.
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