"Apprentice" from "Callingstill" (1997)
Playlist
Various - Top 100 of 2011
Young the Giant - Young the Giant
Bang On A can - Big Beautiful Dark & Scary
And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar
And So I Watch You From Afar - This Is Our Machine and Nothing Can Stop It EP
And So I Watch You From Afar - Letters EP
And So I Watch You From Afar - Straight Through the Sun Without a Scratch EP
And So I Watch You From Afar - Tonight the City Burns EP
Breakfast...
..comprised more than the fruity concoction above...
I was in much better fettle than yesterday morning - not nearly so hung over and glad I'd not stayed out all night like some...
Out again, past the BBC...
...and a different route into town...
There's a kind of New York feel to much of the architecture...
Back to the City Hall...
...and down towards Harland and Wolf - but did not go all the way...
Instead, a return visit to HMV resulted in the purchase of Belfast band And So I Watch You From Afar's second album "Gangs" along with the debut by Californians, Young the Giant...
Chances being taken...
I stumbled across a White Stuff and a present for the Exec Producer was procured...
This impressive building stood opposite the branch of Anne's favourite shop...
Heading back to the hotel, this plaque to Belfast's most famous ship...
The Titanic...
Once again, past City Hall...
...and back toward the hotel, spotting a plane crossing the sky...
I could not resist...
Checked out and then, up to The Crown, apparently Belfast's most bombed pub - but not in the "troubles", rather the Second World War (I think anyway)...
Some lovely workmanship...
...and, for the first time that I can recall, I had a pint of Guinness...
It was not bad...
Taxi to the airport for a few of us, with the intention of taking the 4:20 rather than 7:25 flight back home to Edinburgh...
Mission accomplished re the tickets and to the plane...
An uneventful flight...
Landed around 5 and met up with the Exec Producer at the bottom of Crispycat Hill...
Home to Meg the Black Cat and listening to the new purchases...
And So I Watch You From Afar impressed so much I immediately set about downloading as much of their music as I could find...
In addition to this, the collection continued to expand with a 2CD download, "Big Beautiful Dark & Scary", from Bang on a Can, celebrating 25 years - go here to get it yourself direct from the band (only until 26 January though)...
A very enjoyable trip all told but good to be back home...
Highlight of the day : Home to Annie and Meg and discovering a great new band...
