Text by Alceu Natali, copyright protected by Law 9610/98
REAL
TIME TRAVEL: DEPARTING IN 2021 AND ARRIVING AT OXMANTOWN ROAD IN DUBLIN,
IRELAND, IN 1903.
BELOW YOU CAN READ AND LISTEN TO THE ORMONTOWNE'S ABSTRACT AND SONGS.
THE
ABSTRACT NAMED 'CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A
SHADOW OF THE PAST' IS A REFERENCE TO THIS REAL TIME TRAVEL, TO THE PAST,
WHEN THIS ROAD HAD ONLY SMALL FACTORIES AND WAS COMPLETELY DESOLATE. I MANAGED TO GET THE
PICTURE OF THIS ROAD WHEN I WAS THERE IN 1903 (SEE PICTURE ABOVE). THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN WITH THE BACK TO WHAT IS NOW THE KILDARE STREET.
THIS ROAD WAS FOUNDED BY THE VIKINGS IN THE 12TH
CENTURY. AT THAT TIME THEY WERE CALLED
'OSTMEN'. NOWADAYS THE NAME OF THE ROAD IS OXMANTOWN. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE
DUBLIN BUS ROUTE 172 DRIVING ALONG THE MODERN OXMANTOWN ROAD TOWARDS KILDARE
STREET.
THERE WE GO
I'M ON A TRAIN TO DUBLIN. I'LL BE THERE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. WHEN I GET THERE WE'LL CELEBRATE OUR NUMINOUSNESS ON YOUR ORMONTOWNE ROAD. DON'T STOP PLAYING. PLAY ON AND ON LEST OUR IMAGINATION DAYS ARE GONE. WE'LL NEVER SEE OUR HISTORIES COME TO AN END. EVEN OUR PROLOGUES WILL SEEM BOUNDLESS. WHAT HAPPENED IN 1903 DOES NOT SURPRISE ME, AS YOU KNOW WE TRAVELLED TO THE PAST MORE THAN A FEW TIMES, AND ONLY ONCE TO THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. WHAT AMAZES ME IS MEETING WITH YOU AGAIN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, AND NOT IN OUR PRESENT DAYS, THE FIRST 22 YEARS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T UNDERSTAND, EVEN THOUGH YOU LIKE THINGS THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHOEVER IS READING THIS WILL THINK THAT I AM NUTS. BUT YOU'RE MY BOLTS! GOOD PUNNING, AIN'T IT? OK, JUST FAIR TO MIDDLING. RIGHT NOW SOMETHING CROSSED MY MIND. WHO'S THE SCREW DRIVER THAT FASTEN US TOGETHER? COINCIDENCE? CHANCE? WHAT ABOUT SYNCRONICITY? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE AS WASTING TIME AS TRYING TO FIND THE MEANING OF LIFE. FORGET IT! YOU'D BETTER KEEP ON PLAYING. MUSIC IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY MUSIC CAN CHEER YOU UP AND EASE YOUR MIND AND SOUL.. BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME OF THEM INVENTED IN MY DREAMS TOSS AND TURN ME IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, GET ME OUT OF MY BRAIN ON THE 5:15, OUT OF MY BRAIN ON THIS TRAIN TO DUBLIN. YOU MIGHT AS WELL UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF THOSE CREATIVE AND AMAZING JOURNEY DRIVERS. AFTER ALL, I'VE NEVER MISSED A TRAIN YOU'RE ON, HAVE NEVER BROKEN ITS RHYTHM, NEVER TOOK IT IN VAIN.
