Sinéad Gleeson’s blog
Thank you Paul Scholes for that magnificent goal (clip here, You tube have pulled lots of the good quality ones). It may have been his only Champion’s League goal this season, but Christ did it count. No thanks to United for causing me a mild coronary for the last 10 minutes of the match, when […]
I have it on very good authority that Stevie Wonder is playing some London dates later this year. Jim usually has advance gig news before anyone, so maybe he’s heard some insider whispering on whether the great man himself might stop off in Dublin for a gig?
My dad saw Stevie play the RDS in the […]
My my, it feels like 2005 around here. Why? I’ve just been tagged in a meme and I didn’t even know they existed any more. And you’d think Declan, with a brand new nipper on his hands, wouldn’t have time for this nonsense. In the spirit of randomness and nosily finding out things about six […]
Last night on BBC Radio 3 Samantha Morton featured in a programme that might be of interest to anyone participating in Dreadful Thoughts. Words and Music examined various poems that have been inspired by the supernatural, with readings by Morton and Dominic West from The Wire. Poems by Yeats, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy and Robert […]
The third Irish Book Awards were held last night, and there were some very worthy winners. Anne Enright picked up Novel of the Year for The Gathering and I was delighted to see Julia Kelly win Best Newcomer for her book With My Lazy Eye. Dermot Ferriter picked up three gongs for his book, Judging […]
Niall and Una have already flagged this, but it’s an end of a particular era for Phantom 105.2 today. Edel Coffey is finishing up on Access All Areas this morning, having presented the show since the station went on air in October 2006. One of the station’s few female presenters, AAA is one of Phantom’s […]
Maximum Joy host one of their biggest gigs to date with Portland’s Chromatics playing their first Irish date. Fronted by Ruth Radelet, theirs is the realm of dark, electro pop populated by synths, drums and guitar. Above is the video for their fantastic single, ‘In The City’. They also do a rather fine cover of […]
While writing an article about the many legged music and culture machine that is Ladyfest Cork, I discovered several fantastic bands were on the line-up. Some I already know and am fond of - Janey Mac, Party Weirdo, Queen Kong, You’re Only Massive - but two in particular have really grabbed me, both all […]
Two related things:
- Don’t forget about the next Dreadful Thoughts meeting this Monday, April 21st. To take part, just read Edith Wharton’s story ‘Kerfol’ (online version in previous link) and join us for a discussion over at Fústar at 9pm.
- One author I’m sure we’ll get around to discussing is Sheridan Le Fanu. Tonight on […]
“Our favourite space to create music in is Exchequor Studios in the centre of Dublin. It’s owned by Nick Seymour from Crowded House and we’ve been lucky enough to avail of it for much of the last year or so. It’s a single room studio with loads of natural light, synths, surrounding food emporiums, a […]
Ok, the above video ‘Been so Long’ isn’t on the new Vetiver* album of covers, but I’m very excited to say that Vashti Bunyan (featured in this clip) is. She sings on ‘Sleep a Million Years’, a Dia Joyce track. The album features recordings of tracks by Norman Greenbaum (he of ‘Spirit in the Sky’ […]
The Orange Prize shortlist has been announced today and Anne Enright isn’t on it. Seriously, The Gathering wins last year’s Booker Prize and there isn’t room for it on this shortlist of six books? Have to admit I’m very surprised. The shortlist includes three debut novelists - Sadie Jones, Heather O’Neill and Patricia Wood - […]