Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Can't get the clock right. Went to bed last night at 1:30 am and woke up fresh as a daisy at 5 am. Used it to my advantage though and have just returned from a good jog on Sandymount Strand. I am just out of the shower and I couldn't feel healthier sitting here in front of my computer. I am going to wait till I am really hungry and go into the Kitchen and have a lovely breakfast with some freshly brewed coffee (hard to come by in China), and then go on about my day. It looks like a lovely one. It certainly was at 6:45 emerging over the bridge at Ringsend and looking at the sun gently shining over the Dock. No traffic on the toll bridge, No construction at the Library, No shopping trolleys in the Dodder, it was as if I was back in the old Dublin before the boom when ringsend was still working class. The good old days back in 1995.
Its a great way to start the day I have to say. I am in good form anyway as yesterday I got a lovely surprise that I was shocked I ahd not heard about. One of my favourite Hip hop groups were in Dublin last night and there was still tickets. Dilated Peoples played Crawdaddy and it was a cracker of a gig. Such a small place and the joint was ROCKING. Best Hip Hop gig I was ever at. Got some pictures too as the boys from Irishbeats.com were there taking pictures so I am waiting for an e mail from them. Got to reunite with DJ Lee for those who know about those connections. (The hardcore fans.) Assuming most of you don't know about the tiny Irish hip hop scene I guess this next story won't mean much to you but I will tell you anyway as i got a real kick out of it.
This quite good Irish MC called Rob Kelly has been around on the scene for quite a while. I have heard things about him over the years and heard one or two things that I thought were good. In comparison to some of the stuff you hear here I thought it was great. Anyway he comes up to me last night and introduces himself to me and asks If I remember him. It turns out he was in St. Peters in Wexford and not only that but I used to give him hip hop tapes I brought back from the states. Rap was hardly heard of here at the time other than Public Enemy and a few others so it was a big deal for this kid at the time. I was delighted to see that someone from Wexford would follow what most have been a pretty obscure dream back in the Early 90s and had the selfish thought that maybe I helped a little bit.
Anyway today I am doing nothing. I am going to buy some crap for Kilkenny and drop off some film for Linda then I am coming back and doing nothing. If it gets cloudy I will go to the cinema and thats it. I guess it ain't the worst life after all. But I am grateful and I won't gloat.
Peace
Des
www.desbishop.com
Its a great way to start the day I have to say. I am in good form anyway as yesterday I got a lovely surprise that I was shocked I ahd not heard about. One of my favourite Hip hop groups were in Dublin last night and there was still tickets. Dilated Peoples played Crawdaddy and it was a cracker of a gig. Such a small place and the joint was ROCKING. Best Hip Hop gig I was ever at. Got some pictures too as the boys from Irishbeats.com were there taking pictures so I am waiting for an e mail from them. Got to reunite with DJ Lee for those who know about those connections. (The hardcore fans.) Assuming most of you don't know about the tiny Irish hip hop scene I guess this next story won't mean much to you but I will tell you anyway as i got a real kick out of it.
This quite good Irish MC called Rob Kelly has been around on the scene for quite a while. I have heard things about him over the years and heard one or two things that I thought were good. In comparison to some of the stuff you hear here I thought it was great. Anyway he comes up to me last night and introduces himself to me and asks If I remember him. It turns out he was in St. Peters in Wexford and not only that but I used to give him hip hop tapes I brought back from the states. Rap was hardly heard of here at the time other than Public Enemy and a few others so it was a big deal for this kid at the time. I was delighted to see that someone from Wexford would follow what most have been a pretty obscure dream back in the Early 90s and had the selfish thought that maybe I helped a little bit.
Anyway today I am doing nothing. I am going to buy some crap for Kilkenny and drop off some film for Linda then I am coming back and doing nothing. If it gets cloudy I will go to the cinema and thats it. I guess it ain't the worst life after all. But I am grateful and I won't gloat.
Peace
Des
www.desbishop.com
Comments:
Hey Des what you have written proves that you are only a D4 posh prick who never really cared about Minimum wage. As you have done so well out of the show I question your motives big time. Going off to China for a month. Most people with GOOD JOBS can't even do that. What about the people you worked with. you seem to have just forgotten about them now. Champagne Socialist as usual. Enjoy your 30th day off in a row and let us know when you are going to do more reality TV as I think it is the only time your life is real at all.
James From Roscommon
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