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19 May

Groanin' Jock: Justice

Gary Cahill now has more European Cup winner's medals than Pele, Maradona, Bergkamp, Cantona, Batistuta, Gascoigne, Romario, Baggio and Ronaldo combined.

If anything is evidence that there's no such thing as a fair and loving God, surely that's it.

Posted by Groanin' Jock on Bayern Munich, Football, Chelsea, Champions League at Sat, 19 May 2012 22:13:00 -0000

19 May

Liam Byrn.es: #Oldsquare #prague #czechrepublic (Taken with instagram)

#Oldsquare #prague #czechrepublic (Taken with instagram)

Posted on czechrepublic, prague, oldsquare at Sat, 19 May 2012 17:34:04 +0100

18 May

Liam Byrn.es: The new town quarter of #prague #czechrepublic (Taken with...

The new town quarter of #prague #czechrepublic (Taken with instagram)

Posted on czechrepublic, prague at Fri, 18 May 2012 14:16:10 +0100

17 May

Liam Byrn.es: #mirror #architecture #london (Taken with instagram)

#mirror #architecture #london (Taken with instagram)

Posted on london, architecture, mirror at Thu, 17 May 2012 21:35:53 +0100

17 May

Northern Liminalia: pool 45

Posted by key stakeholder on Uncategorized at Thu, 17 May 2012 09:44:10 -0000

17 May

Liam Byrn.es: HOP Studios #london - love this building, catches my attention...

HOP Studios #london - love this building, catches my attention every time I’m there (Taken with instagram)

Posted on london at Thu, 17 May 2012 07:11:38 +0100

16 May

Liam Byrn.es: Grainy sky // London High - #london #architecture (Taken with...

Grainy sky // London High - #london #architecture (Taken with instagram)

Posted on london, architecture at Wed, 16 May 2012 14:20:26 +0100

16 May

Groanin' Jock: I Want This Sitting Room...

Posted by Groanin' Jock on Computer Games at Wed, 16 May 2012 09:22:00 -0000

15 May

Lattes & Funk: ENO Mini operas submission

The first victim of war

Characters

The Officers Tenor and Bass semi-chorus

The children Soprano and Alto semi-chorus

The Pilot Counter-tenor soloist.

Dr. David Kelly Tenor soloist.

Scene

This scene concentrates on the emotional torment of Dr. David Kelly just before his untimely death on Harrowdown Hill. I personally feel Dr. Kelly must have experienced deep personal anguish over his role in the Iraq war, and indeed his expertise in weaponry being the antithesis of the core aspects of his Bahá'í Faith.

Yet, ironically it is his very involvement in the Iraq war that sets him on the journey to true enlightenment through the Seven Valleys of his faith. Throughout the scene I intend to show Dr. Kelly experiencing great guilt, shame and a sense of helplessness and inevitablilty. This will also be interspersed with a gradual metamorphosis from Dr. Kelly a world-weary government advisor to one who has experienced an inner peace by experiencing in miniature the Seven Valleys of the Bahá'í Faith.

The scene is simultaneously in four separate locations:

· With Dr. Kelly on Harrowdown Hill as he comes to terms with his involvement in the war and how this

· With British Army Officers at naval base in the southern port of Umm Qasr.

· With Iraqi children playing in Basrah, who spot British aircraft flying overhead.

· With a solitary British pilot in his cockpit, flying over Basrah.

Scene

Dr. Kelly

And so it is;

And so it has always been.

The fire rages.

The Officers: Dr. Kelly

Cocooned in a cabin of coloured screens We seek the ashes,

Too late to ponder what might have been. The ashes of ourselves.

Dr. Kelly

The hour of my departure’s come;

I hear the voice that calls me home.

The Officers Dr. Kelly

Their fate was fastened with my harness. Death is the gate

But we are fond of our prison.

Not in mine innocence I trust,

I bow to thy sanctuary.

The Pilot

I HATE NO MAN

The Officers The Children

Guided by crosshairs Painful birds

They spear the sky

Vapour trails

and eagle’s eyes.

Dr. Kelly The Children

I leave the world Painful birds

without a tear Dance with the sun

I am shielded from sorrow Chasing clouds,

At last, let trouble cease. it’s course to run.

The Pilot

I SEEK NO GLORY

The Officers The Children Dr. Kelly

With one touch Painful birds At last, let trouble cease.

We fix their fate. Fly all around I come at thy command.

Hear the heart Let trouble cease.

and thunder pound.

The Officers The Children Dr. Kelly

With one touch Thunderpound At last, O Lord,

We fix their fate Swoopinglowcan’thideaway Let trouble cease….

Wewillnowbecomeit’sprey

The Pilot

I DO MY DUTY

Dr. Kelly The Children

…and let thy servant die in peace. Wewillnowbecomeit’sprey

wewillnowbecomeit’sprey

The Pilot

I HATE NO MAN

Dr. Kelly

At last

Let trouble cease.

My body with my charge lay down.

Let light resound

Amongst us all.

Posted by Lattes and funk at Tue, 15 May 2012 22:06:00 -0000

15 May

Liam Byrn.es: The cloudy #shard #london (Taken with instagram)

The cloudy #shard #london (Taken with instagram)

Posted on london, shard at Tue, 15 May 2012 18:20:49 +0100

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