Guys, this is so surreal…Al Jazeera just replayed Bin Laden’s alleged lastest statement. The station ran some commentary, and then closed out the segment with a burst of lively reels–on uilleann pipes, of course.
Couldn’t catch enough for an ID…I hope they’ll run it again so we can see which piper it is who’s currently favoured by the Arabic-speaking community!
BC “No Blood For Pipes”
(I don’t mean anything in particular by the above slogan, and if I did, I’m not sure what it would be…)
They are in fact running it again right now, if anyone’s on…perhaps better ears than mine can pick it out. Bin Laden’s only just started his spiel and it drags on for a long time, so you probably wouldn’t have to rush to tune in:
That’s almost a strange as the uilleann-piping elephant 
Bizarre. Ganesh playing the pipes is by far a more a benign image; to hear good Irish tunes played after a Bin Laden segment is too much for my abilities to reconcile. In al-Jazeera’s defense, this non sequitur may have been done with cultural diversity in mind (global village, and all that); al-Jazeera has been under criticism from the conservative as well as militant segments of the Arab community for being too liberal (in THEIR estimation).
Still, I too find the timing to be, as you say, Bok Choi, surreal. This is one time it would not make me happy to hear IrTrad. I kinda wish I had caught the segment, though.
N, what next?
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I showed that pic of Ganeesh playing the pipes to one of my Indian/hindu high school students and she pretty near pee’d her pants laughing. Her DAD actually called me later that day to request a copy of the pic. I made a Cd of the UP’s for 'em, and printed off the photo as a gift. from what my student told me, it was apparently a VERY appropriate and well appreciated gift…as they have invited me to dinner! Augthentic, traditional, HOMEMADE Indian food?! You bet your boots I’m going!!
Heh…that ganeesh thing may have opened up new UP markets as her dad inquired of me what I would charge him for a practice set!
DB
lovley minisotta , who would have guessed
tok .
You know, somebody (a good sculptor too)really spent a lot of time thinking up creating Pipin’ Ganesh. I would really like to know what that was all about. I don’t suppose we’ll ever find out what the story is though.
[ This Message was edited by: Bok Choi on 2003-02-13 02:53 ]
There HAS to be a way to track down a better photo. Chief Ganesh o’ the Pipes rocks.
And I STILL want one for my dashboard.
N, keeping an eye out (idiom)
From what I understand there is a well to do Irish man living in India that has commissioned the piece. There were photos floating about a few years ago of the prototype to this huge sculpture. The prototype was about 2’ high. He must have liked it for it to be made into such a massic piece… wouldn’t mind one myself to put among the trees in the garden
My other thought was that Paddy Moloney wanted it for his Wicklow Estate … he’s the only piper I could think of with the money to do it 
Patrick.
hmm… I wonder if my neighborhood association would have anything to say if I put one in my front yard?
This is pure speculation on my part, but Garech de Brun, who set up Claddagh records and helped the Chieftains on their way to international stardom, married an Indian woman (reportedly a princess). It was for this wedding that Paddy Moloney composed the slip jig “Garech’s wedding”. Might he be the person who commissioned the sculpture?
Guys, this is so surreal…Al Jazeera just replayed Bin Laden’s alleged lastest statement. The station ran some commentary, and then closed out the segment with a burst of lively reels–on uilleann pipes, of course.
I’m not sure what is so surprising about this. Any country that puts curry sauce on french fries and declares it a national dish is bound to attract attention from dissidents. 
and it tastes good, too!
djm
Especially after five or six pints :X
PD.