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Thursday, February 24, 2005 
160 years after famine, Ireland has too many spuds. I remember that during our trip to Ireland we got spuds with every dish, including lasagna at the kitchen next to Oideas Gael. My wife ordered salmon at a restaurant in Co. Sligo. She got a decent slab of salmon - surrounded by four huge boiled potatoes. I think she barely finished one of them.
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Next Royal Hawaiian Band leader must speak Hawaiian? Former bandmaster Aaron Mahi testified in favor of a bill which would require future bandmasters of the Royal Hawaiian Band be able to speak Hawaiian. I'd like to see it go further - all future members of the band should be required to speak the language or must commit to learning it. At the very least the ability to speak Hawaiian should be a "desirable qualification" for any potential future employee of the band.
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Were there Celts, and is there such a thing as 'Celtic guitar'? About a month ago I joined a listserve where members discuss Irish traditional music. While the exact definition of that is obviously debatable, as is the definition of Hawaiian music, the discussion on the list has been fairly genial. One member posted a request for suggestions on educational materials for learning Celtic guitar accompaniment. He got a few nice suggestions, and then this...

Excuse me while I throw up. There is no such thing as Celtic guitar accompaniment. There is no such thing as Celtic guitar. And there is no such thing as Celtic music. In fact, I can think of one authority who seriously disputes the contention that there was ever such a thing as a race of people who could be identified as Celts.

What do you call the overall genre that include Irish, Scottish and related music? I've only heard it being referred to broadly as "Celtic" music. I'm not sure if the poster took offense to the use of "Celtic" over "Irish" or something else that I can't deduce from the post. I suggest Guinness therapy, in moderation, of course.
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