PUB SONGS & STORIES Marc Gunn

Did I go drinking with hobbits this year? You bet I did. Hear all my stories escapades from Dragon Con 2023. Learn what new musical pin is in my store and how I’m keeping them organized through upcycling.
This is Pub Songs & Stories #274.
0:20 - Marc Gunn “Arthur McBride” from St Patrick’s Day

3:02 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES
I am Marc Gunn. I’m a rhythm and folk musician and podcaster. I perform at Ironshield Brewing in Lawrenceville, Georgia this Saturday.
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3:44 - WHAT’S NEW - UPCYCLING MUSICAL PIN CASES
8:48 - UPCOMING SHOWS
SEP 23: Ironshield Brewing, Lawrenceville, GA @ 5:30-8:30 PM OCT 13: Ironshield Brewing, Lawrenceville, GA @ 6:00-9:00 PM OCT 19: Bandcamp Internet Concert @ 7:30 PM OCT 20-22: Multiverse Con, Atlanta, GA DEC 3: Nerdy Wonderland & Holiday Market at The Lost Druid Brewery, Avondale Estates, GA DEC 10: Nerdy Noel, Huntsville, AL 12:29 - Dan the Bard “Drink Drink Drink” from Unicorns & Dragons
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15:49 - DRAGON CON THURSDAY - SATURDAY
24:56 - Marc Gunn “Those Characters Died” from Sci Fi Drinking Songs
29:56 - DRAGON CON 2023 - SATURDAY - MONDAY
37:09 - CLOSING
37:45 - OUTRO 
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Dragon Con weekend is back. There’s Firefly, hobbits, Brobdingnagian Bards, musical pins and madness. Music from Marc Gunn, Wakefire, Brobdingnagian Bards, Mikey Mason. 
This is Pub Songs & Stories #273. 
0:21 - Marc Gunn “Raise a Glass to Flyin’” from As Long As I’m Flyin’

1:57 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES
I am Marc Gunn. I’m a rhythm and folk musician and podcaster living in Atlanta, Georgia. Where I’ll be performing at Dragon Con this coming weekend. 
If you’re new to the show, please follow us on your favorite podcatcher. You can do that PubSong.com or even better or you can subscribe and download all of my songs in this show and the last one. Just send me an email.  pubsong@celtfather. 
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3:44 - UPCOMING SHOWS
AUG 31-SEP 4: Dragon Con
Friday: Firefly Drinking Songs
Sat: Bards Concourse show and evening concert
Sun: Hobbit Drinking Songs
Mon: Live Pub Songs & Stories
SEP 14: Bandcamp Internet Concert @ 7:30 PM
SEP 16: Pontoon Brewing Company, Sandy Springs, GA @ 2-5 PM
SEP 23: Ironshield Brewing, Lawrenceville, GA @ 5:30-8:30 PM
7:36 - As featured on the latest Irish & Celtic Music Podcast:
Wakefire “Storm Warning” from Meaning of Life
Thurs: Centennial 
Friday: Concourse
Saturday: Concourse
11:03 - JOIN THE CLUB 
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11:57 - BARDS AT DRAGON CON 2023
14:59 - Brobdingnagian Bards “I Will Not Sing Along” from I Will Not Sing Along
20:02 - THE STORY - MUSICAL PINS
25:27 - Mikey Mason “Shades of Gray” from Shades of Gray
Friday: Concourse
Friday: Hyatt Hanover
Saturday: Concourse
Sunday: Hyatt Hanover
32:17 - OUTRO  
OUTRO MUSIC: Marc Gunn & Sam Gillogly “Hobbit Polka” from Dancing With Hobbits
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Remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment. 
 
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This pub is not a real Irish pub, but it’s the most-authentic Irish pub that is not in Ireland. Enjoy music from Kinnfolk and Fire in the Glen. Learn when Coffee with The Celtfather returns and what the future holds for this fall.
This is Pub Songs & Stories #272.
0:19 - Kinnfolk “Siúil a Rún” from Kinnfolk

3:34 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES
I am Marc Gunn. I’m a rhythm and folk Celtic musician and podcaster living in Atlanta, Georgia. This episode kicks off the fall season of Pub Songs & Stories. I’m gonna talk about what I have in store for the fall. I’m also gonna share with you a live concert from the Maggie McGuinness Pub. The most-Irish of Irish pubs that are NOT in Ireland.
The first band was Kinnfolk. They are a wife and husband duo out of Virginia. They hosted show #609 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Where they talked about Irish sessions they performed at during their recent honeymoon in Ireland.
That song is from the CD…
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5:10 - UPCOMING SHOWS
AUG 19: Fiddler's Green Coffeehouse Concert series at First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta. 470 Candler Park Dr. NE / Atlanta GA 30307. 404-378-5570. Presented by Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music (AAFFM). Tickets $10 AUG 24: Marc Gunn Livestreaming Concert on Bandcamp AUG 26: Pepper Place Farmer’s Market, Birmingham, AL AUG 23: Coffee with The Celtfather Returns AUG 31-SEP 4: Dragon Con with Brobdingnagian Bards 6:36 - WHAT’S COMING THIS FALL
I tried a lot of new things out in the spring. I tried 2 or 3 different show names. I bounced the format around. I did an interview. I shared tips for visiting County Mayo, Ireland. I linked the podcast more tightly to my newsletter. I even shared a Countdown of Celtic music favorites from 2022.
It felt to me like I didn’t have a direction. And to a large degree, I didn’t. As always, I love having this podcast and opportunity to talk about what’s new and promote what’s coming up. I love sharing stories about sustainability and how to protect our planet. I love sharing stories from my travels. I enjoyed interviewing people.
I also know that I don’t have a ton of time for this podcast, especially because I have the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. That’s my main show. It’s the one I promote. It’s tough promoting multiple shows.
But this podcast serves a very special audience, you, the Gunn Runners who enjoy my music. So the show will continue in a very similar fashion… without the constant show name changes. Whether Pub Songs & Stories is a misnomer or a reflection of my love and appreciation of public house music… folk music for people, it’s gonna continue in a similar fashion.
I have a list of about 40 things I’d love to talk about. They include shows about sustainability and climate change, stories from my recent trip to Ireland, making better choices for your community, staying healthy with exercise, looking to the future to make things better, and of course, I’ll share the stories behind each of the songs I write or have written. Plus, I still want to highlight my fellow musicians, Celtic or otherwise. Because that’s just what I do.
So we’re gonna do that right now with a funny track from the band Fire in the Glen.
Rod hosted show #611 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and shared a story for Star of the County Down in this podcast.
10:52 - Fire in the Glen “From Amish to Irish” from Cutting Backen
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Greetings Gunn Runners, 
The Fall 2023 season of Pub Songs & Stories will be back on Mon Aug 14 at 6 PM Eastern. So mark your calendar and of course subscribe if you haven't done so already. You can do that at PubSong.net
You will enjoy a live concert, some stories from my Celtic Invasion of County Mayo, Ireland. I will continue my series talking about sustainability in the music industry and what you can do to fight climate change. You'll hear music from musicians I find on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and beyond. We will look to the future to make things better. And of course, I will tell you the stories behind the songs I write and perform.
It's all on Pub Songs & Stories starting August 14. 
Oh! And if you want to support the new Kickstarter for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. You'll find a link to that and more at pubsong.net. 
MUSIC IN THE PUB THIS WEEK
"Bright Side of Everything" by Marc Gunn from Selcouth
"Hero of Canton" by Marc Gunn from As Long As I'm Flyin'

The first Friday of May is no pants day. Learn about the origins of this hilarious holiday, and if it was actually invented by a Scotsman in Glasgow in the early 1800s. I talk about a man who wears a kilt every day. You will also learn about some sustainable green bath products.
Listen to music by Marc Gunn, Vicki Swan and Johnny Dyer, Niamh Dunne, and Brobdingnagian Bards
This is Pub Songs & Stories #270.
0:25 - Brobdingnagian Bards “Seven Drunken Nights in Hobbiton” from I Will Not Sing Along
4:49 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES
This is the audio edition of my newsletter. I am Marc Gunn. I’m a rhythm and folk Celtic musician and podcaster living in Atlanta, Georgia.
If you’re new to the show, please subscribe. You can do that PubSong.com/free or even better or you can subscribe and download all of my songs in this show. Just send me an email.
You will get an auto responder with a link to download this month’s songs. You will also get that subscribe link. It’s quick and easy.
While you’re emailing me to get your free EP, let me know what you’re doing while listening to this episode.
6:04 - WHAT’S NEW STORY
7:40 - UPCOMING SHOWS
MAY 17: Coffee with The Celtfather on YouTube @ 10:30 AM Eastern JUN 3-10: Celtic Invasion Vacations, County Mayo, Ireland JUN 24: The Lost Druid Brewery, Avondale Estates, GA @ TBD JUL 22: Burnt Hickory Brewery, Kennesaw, GA @ 6:30 - 9:30 PM 8:50 - GUEST SONG: Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer "1924"
Hear the story behind the song in show #603 Celtic Tides of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.

14:44 - STORY OF NO PANTS DAY
In 2000, the Knighthood of Buh, a student organization at the University of Texas at Austin, held their first annual No Pants Day celebration on the first Friday of May. Andrew and I were practicing daily on the South Mall of the university as the Brobdingnagian Bards. So we were there as a bunch of students ran through the school shouting and waving signs about the oppression of pants.
The event resonated with me because, well, we wore kilts at all of our shows. We were “pantless” too.
The event spread to other locations around the nation and eventually the world. But it took me four years before I wrote “A Man Who Wears A Kilt Every Day”, a parody of the traditional Scottish song “Jock Stuart”.
Instead of “a man you don’t meet every day”, my song was about a man who loved wearing kilts, like I did.
I didn’t stop there. Again, I felt like No Pants Day was a Scottish holiday. So I decided to create a backstory for my song. I wanted people to think that the origins of No Pants Day was actually a Scottish holiday called No Troosers Day.
I researched Scottish history and learned about the Proscription Act of 1746. This act banned the Scots from wearing “highland clothing”. The goal of course was to assimilate the Scots into Great Britain, just like the Disarming Act banned the Scottish from wearing weapons.
From that base, I wrote a fictional history of an uprising in Glasgow where the Scots removed their trousers and donned their kilts and rewrote “Jock Stuart” to celebrate their love of the kilt and their culture.
The best thing about this fictional history was that a few years later, a newspaper in Canada quoted the blog where I shared this fake history saying that this was ACTUALLY the origins of No Pants Day.
This should serve as a reminder to all of us. Check your sources!
I finally recorded this song in 2009 for my CD, Kilted For Her Pleasure.
“Jock Stuart (A Man Who Wears A Kilt Every Day)”  lyrics by Marc Gunn, May 6, 2004, music traditional
Oh my name is Jock Stuart, I´m a trooser-less man
And my roving young fellows move freely
* So be easy and free in nae boxers or briefs
I´m a man who wears a kilt every day.
I’m Highlander made and a piper to trade
And the tartan is me flag that I wear.
I go out with my gun and my dog for to hunt
Try to make me wear troosers, and you'll pay.
I’ve got acr

My goal is to get someone to share what I make. Highlight a new theme each week.
Your mom is calling! Or is it? It might be a scammer. But I can help you protect yourself. Can we make the music business more sustainable? I have an interview with Kyle Carey.
This is Sci Fi Pub Songs & Stories #269.

0:16 - Marc Gunn “Romulan Ale” from Sci Fi Drinking Songs
3:23 - WELCOME TO SCI FI PUB SONGS & STORIES
This is the audio edition of my newsletter. I am Marc Gunn. I’m a Rhythm & Folk Celtic musician in Atlanta. I play traditional Irish and Scottish drinking songs, but I am also a songwriter. I write songs Celtic culture and fuse them pop culture, things like Lord of the Rings, Firefly, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and more.
If you’re new to the show, please subscribe. You can do that at PubSong.com. Or even better send me an email to pubsong@ celtfather. You can not only subscribe, but you can also download all of my songs in this show. You will get an email with a link to download this month’s songs. It’s quick and easy.
Oh! And let me know what you’re doing while listening to this episode.
And as you hopefully heard in the last episode when I say I have CDs. Your job is to shout, “You have CDs!”
5:01 - UPCOMING SHOWS
APR 6: Dragon Con Filk Music Concert with Brobdingnagian Bards @ 7 PM CST APR 8-9: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX APR 20: Cat Drinking Songs on Bandcamp @ 7 PM EST APR 21-23: Jordan Con, Atlanta, GA APR 29. The Lost Druid Earth Day Biking Concert, Avondale Estates @ 6:30-9:30 PM JUN 3-10: Celtic Invasion Vacations, County Mayo, Ireland 5:43 - Marc Gunn “A Well-Dressed Hobbit” from Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits
8:02 - KYLE CAREY IS MAKING MUSIC MORE SUSTAINABLE
Kyle Carey plays Gaelic Americana music. She’s originally from New Hampshire and sings songs in Irish and Scots Gaelic. Her songwriting is inspired by American and Celtic folklore.
She has a brand new Kickstarter currently running for her album, The Last Bough.
23:59 - Kyle Carey “June Day” from North Star
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28:49 - DEFENDING YOURSELF FROM AI DEEP FAKES
One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is called Akimbo. It’s by Seth Godin, a brilliant marketer and thought leader. He constantly challenges his listeners to “make things better by making better things.” That resonates with me.
One of my early Irish & Celtic Music Podcast slogans was “changing the way you hear Celtic music.” That was about improving the culture, embracing change, recognizing that our past is important but so is our future. That’s what podcasting is all about. Or it can be.
This week, Seth didn’t something intriguing. He asked ChatGPT to evaluate the functions, the future, and the problems of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT. He recorded the responses…
Well, sort of.
It turned out the entire recording, except the intro, was an AI voice manipulator that sounded almost exactly like Seth Godin. There was one moment in the recording that I thought, this is kind of dry sounding. I chalked it up to ChatGPT. Little did I know, it wasn’t Seth speaking.
My mom just shared an AI scam that’s happening. I have an idea on how to fix. Thank you Harry Potter!
The scam is that an AI simulator will call you on the phone and have the same voice as someone you know. They say that they are in financial trouble. They ask for your help.
Wha