Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Migration

In view of the many problems I have been facing accessing "blogger", and my lack of technical know how (in order to avoid conspiracy theories), I have moved my pages to wordpress which so far I can access freely.
To those of you still willing to share my ramblings, enclosed are the links.

http://forabetterlebanon.wordpress.com/


http://mywarthroughmusic.wordpress.com/


http://riplebanon.wordpress.com/


Until I find a solution to whatever it is that is forbidding my access to blogger, and in order to keep on rambling; I seek your indulgence and ask you to follow the links above.

Thanking you in advance for your understsanding.
Marillionlb

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Holiday Inn 1975

One of the first signs that Lebanon was doomed and that the war would outlast the many cease fires, was the savage destruction of the heart of Beirut (what is now known as "down town").

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The Holiday Inn hotel was newly built with high hopes and aspirations; but they were short lived. Although relatively young, I remember the big sign on the side of the hotel advertising the only movie that ever played in the the hotel theater. For the life of me (or maybe it was denial on my part) I can not recall if it was "the great Waltz" or "the last Waltz" . I decided that it was the latter,maybe because Dylan and the Band accompanied me through the years of war; so I leave it up to you to correct me.
Meanwhile and at the risk of being wrong, I will share yet another part of me with you via the follwing from the band, which remind me of the Holiday Inn hotel, and the those who decided to jump from its high floors in order to escape torture on the hand s of the "mourabitoun".


And funnily enough it was not only the first, but the last waltz this hotel played in it's movie theatre, and it sure was the "Last waltz" a dozen of martyrs even danced whilst falling down to their deaths.



"They say ev'rything can be replaced,
Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
So I remember ev'ry face
Of ev'ry man who put me here.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

They say ev'ry man needs protection,
They say ev'ry man must fall.
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Some place so high above this wall.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
Is a man who swears he's not to blame.
All day long I hear him shout so loud,
Crying out that he was framed.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released."

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Migration

In view of the many problems I have been facing accessing "blogger", and my lack of technical know how (in order to avoid conspiracy theories), I have moved my pages to wordpress which so far I can access freely.
To those of you still willing to share my ramblings, enclosed are the links.

http://forabetterlebanon.wordpress.com/


http://mywarthroughmusic.wordpress.com/


http://riplebanon.wordpress.com/


Until I find a solution to whatever it is that is forbidding my access to blogger, and in order to keep on rambling; I seek your indulgence and ask you to follow the links above.

Thanking you in advance for your understanding.
Marillionlb