St.Vincent’s D e JAMZ

“Spinning freSh beatS Since 1581”

By PatriCK SLoan-turner & una CLeary

Managing Editor & Focus Editor

Kiss us, we're awesome. This week’s DeJamz comes from The DePaulia’s very own Irish-persons in residence, Una and Patrick. Though it’s been a minute since either of us have been to mass, we’re still more than qualified to put together a playlist in homage to the Patron Saint of Being Rad™. So if you’re unsure of what to play this St. Patty’s Day, think about playing some of these jamz that are near and dear to our kelly green hearts.

“Black Velvet Band”-The DublinersUna Brown bread, black irish pudding and barry's tea filled the table of my grandmother's house every morning as she simultaneously was planning a dinner with my 30 cousins, 20 aunts and uncles. My grandmother always left the door open on those hot, sticky days in Yonkers, New

York as neighbors came in and out with Black Velvet Band playing surrounding the walls of the house. As a young girl, those two weeks spent in Yonkers every summer with my family listening to Black Velvet Band and other Irish ballads was an oasis in a time of happiness and love, spent at the Irish diner Rory Dohlans and playing baseball at Tibbets Park. Listening to Black Velvet Band will always remind me of those precious moments spent with my grand mother, a mother of nine children, an Irish immigrant at the age of 16, and the strongest woman I know.

“The Tain” – The DecemberistsPadraig

Though not exactly a background party track for gulping down some green beer on St. Patty’s, I’d be remiss to not mention Colin Meloy’s (how’s that for an Irish name?) “The Tain.” The 18-minute track, based on “Táin Bó Cúailnge,” the Irish mythological epic written around 630 A.D., is laid out in five parts, each paying homage to a tale in the famous Irish chronicle. Like

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all of my songs on this list, it’s technically American, but still, Meloy masterfully does his usual thing, only this time with our little island across the Atlantic in mind. Using brashly droll lyrics like “salty little pisser” to refer to Irish Queen Medb and later announces the epic’s most famous character, Cú Chulainn with a waltz. Side note: I recommend looking up Cú Chulainn a.k.a. the Hound of Ulster. He’s like an Irish Hercules mixed with The Hulk.

“Come on Eileen”-Dexys Midnight Runners - Una

Nothing is more humbling than a teenage boy taking the phone from your hands because you played “Come on Eileen” on aux at a party, an experience that has shaped the course of my life. While Playboi Carti’s Sky may get the 16-year-old boys riled up, nothing can compare to the utter masterpiece and release of teenage angst that is “Come on Eileen.” The build-up that leads to a release of the chorus feels like an eternal happy moment in time. “Come on Eileen” is a perfect song to blast in your childhood room as

ACROSS

I) Spanish dwelling

5)_ myrtle

10) Ship's post

14) Unknown quote source, for short

15) Edmonton pro

16) Asian housemaid

17) Thirty-twocard game

18) Lasting impressions

19) "Batman" cartoonist Bob

20) Some quick breakfast orders

23) Capital of Rhone

24) Regular writing

25) Carpenters' grooves

28) Helen of_

30) " ... and make it fast!"

3 I ) Expressed awe

33) Blooming loop

36) It's indexed?

40) Sailor's "yes"

41) Attempts at waist removal?

42) Perfect, as one's skills

43) What wavy lines in comics represent

44) Keeps smiling

46) Hindu sage

49) Shish_

51) Bogus monetary unit

57) Stir up sediment

58) Abdominal ailment

59) It can be good, bad or bright

60) Place for a lighthouse

61) Say "I'm thinkin'," e.g.

62) Ardor

63) Exterminator's quarry

64) Lions' prides?

65) Tear with force you get ready for school, to play on the train platform of the L as get ready to take on your day, and most importantly to play at a party as the pubescent boys yell, “who’s on aux, turn that sh** off!

“I’m Shipping Up to Boston” – Dropkick Murphys - Paddy I know. It’s pretty on the nose. It’s got to be the most over-played song at any St. Patty’s Day shindig, but you’re going to sit there and tell me that familiar riff doesn’t get your blood pumping every March 17? It gets me hyped and I’m not going to apologize for that. Though it’s technically American, hearing this banger (and mashed) after a couple shots of Jameson always makes me feel like getting into a scrap with some occupying Brits. Rest in pieces, Queen Lizzie.

DOWN

I) Playbill listing

2) Egyptian life symbol

3) Emulate eagles

4) Range rover

5) Earth and beyond

6) Poisonous protein in castor beans

7) Thicke and Rickman

8) South American nation

9) Prefix for "while"

10) Place to buy pies

11) Insect's adult stage

12) Tart flavors

13) The ones here

21) Seeing_ dog

22) Lyrical poem

25) Computer input

26) Like an uncleaned hearth

27) It might begin

"Bet you can't!"

28) Not that

29) Make go "vroom"

3 l) Legal hearing

32) Frequently, to

Shakespeare

33) "Land of a million elephants"

34) Fish-eating bird

35) "Beware the_ of March"

37) Murphy of Hollywood

38) Condensed lifetime account

39) More plump

43) Common breakfast dish

44) Lowers in esteem

45) Damage, as a surface

46) "77 Sunset_"

4 7) Question of possession

48) Hard seed coverings

49) Anne or Calvin of fashion

50) Escape detection

52) Per_ expenses

53) Earthenware jar

54) Run at the light

55) Trimmed of fat

56) Attain, as a job