'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
They’re taking them down from our own shelf now. Every now and again, because neither of us are clearly not busy enough, Martin, who runs The Blackpool Sentinel, and myself might discuss what we do here and why we do it. The answer is always the same. In theory, at least, all we’re at is... Continue Reading →
Something a little different in this post from Colm, one especially for those who like the GAA references running through many of his pieces. This is a piece he wrote for the RTE website on The Game - The Story of Hurling - which started on Monday, July 30th, at 9:35pm on RTE One, and... Continue Reading →
Johnny Marr’s kept his Into Paradise hang-ups very quiet, hasn’t he ? The Dublin band, who endured for the guts of a decade from the mid-1980s, were one of the first acts signed to Keith Cullen’s then-fledgling Setanta Records imprint and paved a path on many levels for a far better known slew who... Continue Reading →
On her birth cert and on her death cert, my mother is referred to by her actual name, Margaret, even though she was known all of her life as Joan. This kind of carry-on wasn’t entirely uncommon during the country’s formative years - she was born as the Irish Free State became The Republic of Ireland –... Continue Reading →
Thirty years ago this weekend, Public Enemy played Trinity College, Dublin. Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sports Writer with the Irish Daily Star, and someone who once had musical notions of his own, has written this excellent guest post for us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Jeyif7bB4 Joe Brolly was lying on his back on the cobblestones. Staring at the stars, wired... Continue Reading →
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