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White In Bay RIdge

Alan White shares his satirical take on all things music, history, politics from beautiful Bay Ridge, Brooklyn New York.

When Irish Eyes are Smiling…

Posted on Monday March 17th, 2008 at 12:24 in alcoholism, bay ridge, brigid, columb, embarrassing, Ireland, irish-american, padraig, saint patick's day, saint patrick

…The economy takes a nosedive. Saint Patrick is probably the most revered Briton in the history of Ireland (and…maybe the only revered Briton in Irish history). Hell, he’s the second-most pr...
There Were Six Men in Birmingham...

Posted on Friday March 14th, 2008 at 10:45 in bay ridge, belfast, birmingham six, bombings, britain, derry, Ireland, London, maze, miscarriage of justice, pogues, provisional ira

On March 14th, 1991, the Birmingham Six were released from a British prison on appeal after serving 16 years of an ill-sentenced life term in 1975. On the 21st of November, 1974, two pubs in Birmi...
Weekly Music Feature - Black 47

Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 10:40 in bastards, bay ridge, black 47, England, french, french failures, gotham city insider, Ireland, irish, larry kirwan, rebels, right in bay ridge

After perusing the regulars ‘round the ol’ Bay Ridge Blogosphere, I noticed both Righty and GCI wrote up some nice posts about the band Black 47 and their new album, “Iraq”. Not to be outdone,...