A HOUSE: LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJO6-oaPEsY There were a few of them, back in the dark ages, that you’d think twice about looking crooked at. Declan Jones from Blue In Heaven, all seven foot odd of him in his leather keks and his Chelsea boots, was one. Half of Whipping Boy, a couple of The Gorehounds, Dave Lavelle from The... Continue Reading →

SEND OUT THE SNAKES [AN ODE TO FLYING NUN RECORDS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkC8W_-a-8   Our latest post is another guest post. This is the second piece we have posted from Mick O'Dwyer. Mick lives in Brussels and works as a librarian in the European Council. His first guest post for The Blackpool Sentinel was a great, widely read, piece on The Sultans of Ping This time round he writes... Continue Reading →

THE SMITHS IN CORK AND DUBLIN

This, our latest guest post came about on the back of a Twitter exchange after Colm's most recent post, The Smiths in Cork, 1984  That exchange included contributions from Denis Carroll, a massive fan of The Smiths and Morrissey, who posted some great pictures and told a great story in the form of a number of... Continue Reading →

THE SMITHS IN CORK, 1984

It was shortly after midnight, early on Wednesday morning, July 29th, 1987, and it was Mark Cagney, host of ‘The Night Train’ on RTÉ Radio 2FM who, as serenely as ever, broke the news. Home alone, and with the rest of my family off on holidays, I’d been in the habit of keeping the radio on longer... Continue Reading →

HENRY McCULLOUGH

Our latest guest post comes courtesy of Irish Rock legend, BP Fallon. It's a lovely heartfelt piece about Henry McCullough, another Irish rock legend and close, close friend of BP. A little background as to where this post actually came from. I had a recommendation to check out a track. It was a track by BP... Continue Reading →

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