Once again its the day we all use to celebrate James Joyce - his life, his works and in particular his novel Ulysses - which is 24 hours in the day of this Leopold Bloom in Dublin on June 16th, 1904.

Its called Bloomsday. Its a great excuse for Irish people the get drunk.

As some of you may recall - James Joyce is one of my heroes and certainly one of the greatest writers in the English language.

My favorite book he wrote is “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” - which I set to music - twice - back when I was an electronic music composer at Oberlin.

Joyce spent 20 years in Trieste, Italy (I myself have been going back to Trieste for 10 years now.)

Here’s a shot of a statue of Joyce on the streets of Trieste. He’s an adopted son.  Joyce was a party animal (as all great writers are.)  He went out and sang and drank - every night.

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