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Dubh - Ikon
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Dubh - Ikon

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( Proost )

Price: £7.99

Picture the pint glass sitting half empty.
Picture a dingy bar in Belfast.
Picture the tables filling with people.
Drink and conversation are flowing.
A DJ nods to the mellow beats he is spinning.
A screen displays a confusing street scene.

A slim figure walks to the microphone.
He goes to speak but is interrupted by late arrivals banging through the door.
He waits. He surfs the chaos and uncertainty.
Then he speaks, quietly, welcoming everyone to Ikon.
Everyone: Believers, unbelievers, doubters, searchers, heretics and holy.
The barman nods in understanding at the punter
who raises his eyebrows at the mention of God.
This is the Menagerie Bar after all.

Music kicks in.
A scene from Pulp Fiction hits the screen.
The fruit machine bleeps and burps along to the liturgy that is spoken.
A drunken heckler shouts for more music and less God.
Someone sings about the felt absence of God,
which confuses the heckler.
A poem is offered into the crowd.
Red wine is poured into an ornate glass long after it is full.
A red stain grows on the white table cloth.
Images of excess or abundance?
Of foolishness or heaven?
Welcome to the soundtrack of Ikon.