하야오 오덕으로서 반드시 찾아봐야할 성소인 지브리 뮤지엄. 그러나 급하게 결정된 여행이었던 터라 예약이나 이런거 하나도 모르고 있다가 출발 일주일 전에야 예약을 하지 않으면 들어가지 못한다는 사실을 인지했다.
국내에서 예약을 받는 곳은 대한여행사 단 한곳. 그러나 일요일이여서인지 어쩐지 사이트에서는 예약프로세스 진행불가. 씨X 씨X 거리다가 인터넷에서 일본쪽에 예약이 가능한 사이트를 확인하고는 바로 예약했다. 다음날 확인해보니 대한여행사에서는 이미 내 여행일정중으로는 모든 예약이 불가했고, 나는 스스로 현명한 선택을 했다고 자축하고 있었는데….
메일로 날아온 설명을 구글에 돌려보니 예약후 3일이내에 일본내 lawson에서 발권을 해야만이 입장가능하다는 설명이… 아놔… 예약만 하면 끝인줄 알았더니 이 무슨….
수요일 오후. 이날까지 발권을 안하면 예약은 무효. 에라이 될 대로 되라지 하다가 지푸라기라도 잡는 심정으로 SLRCLUB에 글 올림. “혹시 동경쪽에 계시는 자게이 계신가요?” 웬지 절박함이 묻어나는 제목… 그러나 순식간에 올라오는 글들로 인해 내 글을 순식간에 세페이지 너머로 밀림. 그나마 댓글도 한국에서의 예약을 안내하는 글… 4시쯤 자포자기 하는 심정으로 마지막으로 글올림. 역시 영양가 없는 댓글 두개를 끝으로 관심권 밖으로 넘어가 버림. 그런데… +_+;;; 그 영양가 없는 댓글을 단 분으로부터 쪽지가 도착. “쪽지가 도착했습니다.” 딩동딩동. 아 왜이리 반가운지…ㅋ “도와드릴까요?” ㅇㅋㅇㅋ
근 열댓번에 달하는 쪽지질로 무사히 발권을 마치고, EMS로 티켓을 전달받음. 아, 진짜 SLRCLUB에서 의.식.주.레저.패션의 70%정도를 해결하는듯…ㅋ 켄0님 감사합니다.
Gary Moore (1952 – 2011) dies in Spain
06 Feb 2011
Hot Press has learned of the death of Gary Moore. The legendary Belfast-born guitarist died in his sleep last night, while on holiday in Spain.
One of the greatest players of his generation, Gary Moore began his professional career in his teens. He was still only sixteen years of age when he moved from Belfast to Dublin in 1969, to join Skid Row – originally a four-piece that featured Brush Shiels on bass, Nollaig Bridgeman on drums and Philip Lynott as lead vocalist, as well as Gary on lead guitar.
Soon afterwards, Philip Lynott was sidelined, with Brush and Gary sharing vocals, turning Skid Row into a power-trio of the kind that was in vogue at the time, following on the success of Rory Gallagher’s Taste and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Skid Row were signed to CBS Records and released two albums, Skid in 1970 and 34 Hours in 1971.
Adept at blues, hard rock and jazz, Moore was also a superb, lyrical, melodic guitar player and featured on a number of other Irish albums in cameo roles, including records by Dr.Strangely Strange among others. He was drafted into Thin Lizzy by Philip Lynott to replace the departing Eric Bell, before the formation of the definitive 4-piece Lizzy line-up, with Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson on twin lead guitars. However, on the Nightlife album (1974), he played the extraordinary solo on ‘Still In Love With You’, which became one of Thin Lizzy’s most enduring tracks and a perennial live favourite. Gary returned to the Lizzy line-up briefly again, when Brian Robertson was ruled out of a US tour in 1977. Moore also featured on the Lizzy album Black Rose, released in 1979.
“He was a genius player,” Hot Press editor Niall Stokes said. “Even as a teenager, he had something special about him and throughout his career he worked really hard at improving his technique. His contribution to the Irish rock canon was immense, both in his own solo work, his days with Skid Row, the great records he recorded with Philip Lynott and with Thin Lizzy and in various other cameos. My heart goes out to all of his close friends and family. It is a huge loss.”
While his relationship with Lizzy lead singer and songwriter Philip Lynott was hugely competitive, and there were often disagreements between them, they remained musical cohorts, and joined forces for the hit single ‘Parisienne Walkways’ (1979) on which Philip sang and the later single, ‘Out In The Fields’ (1985), which reached No.5 in the UK charts.
While he featured along the way as part of Jon Hiseman in Colosseum II, for most of his career Gary Moore led his own band, shifting between hard rock, metal, jazz-influenced fusion music and the blues. The first Gary Moore Band LP, Grinding Stone, was released in 1973. In recent years he had returned to his roots, first with the release of Still Got The Blues in 1991 and later with Back To The Blues, in 2001. In all, he released 20 studio albums, as well as six live collections, including the Live At Montreaux DVD.
