We still have a postcard from our late fried, Tom Munnelly, wh attended the International Ballad Conference in Jerusalem twenty-odd years ago - five simple words summed up his feelings - "Beam me up Scotty"
Tom, a somewhat gentle, non-political humanist, found the atmosphere of the place very upsetting - he described 'Jackbooted young soldiers strutting their superiority from the airport onwards'
He swore he'd never go back, even though he was later presented with an opportunity to do so
Jim Carroll