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I was startled to see resonances of my own parallel experience, right down to the way my mother would also append 'DV ' (deo volente) to comments. A brave book, well done . www.newisland.ie/shop/p/still...
Julia Kelly's Still is totally enthralling - I read the c.150 pages in two sessions. A memoir centred on her mother's death, it depicts the life & foibles of a family in incredible detail. Very much a product of their environment, 20th century Dublin. 1/2 @newislandbooks.bsky.social
Ron Sexsmith's marvellous new lp, Hangover Terrace. Camelot Towers is particularly magnificent. #vinyl @ronsexsmith.bsky.social
Cuttings from The Irish Press, Evening Herald, The Irish Independent, The Cork Examiner & The Evening Echo.
Michael Lindsay-Hogg's first stage production in Ireland, in September 1964. Do You Know The Milky Way? By Karl Wittlinger. Featuring Milo O'Shea, Jim Norton and Caroline Fitzgerald. At The Eblana , Dublin and The Group Theatre, Cork.
The Prefab Four. A nickname to be worn with honour. For Pete's Sake, which used to end the shows when I was watching them in black and white, sounding gloriously colourful on the Late Show buff.ly/Gz7sEmP
Art in the window Awake by Richard O'Neill (1923-2009) Bad News by Patrick Touhy (1894-1930) James Adam & Sons & De Veres, Kildare Street, Dublin
#OTD Them, on tour , on a bill including The Byrds & Donovan, played The Town Hall , Hove on the 12 August 1965 . On the way they stopped for a dip at Ruislip Lido. 📸 Tony Gale
Another gem from the When Will They Ever Learn box set. Cherry The Reddest Of The Red. Up until I had sense, I always associated this song with the failed 'A' side of Maggie May. Now airing on the Late Show buff.ly/VDK0E7i
The Write Stuff at Chapters Bookshop. Steve O'Toole, Tony St Ledger, Sean Walsh & Jane Gorman ( who I regretfully neglected to photograph ) entertained & provoked tonight, with a backdrop of the street theatre on Moore St & Parnell St. Mighty stuff. @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
George Morrison RIP Mise Éire Seán Ó Riada 1959 (compilation 1979) #vinyl
May 1964 in the Irish Press
Swimming & history. Roger Casement remembered this evening, on the anniversary of his death. #sunday
Superb show tonight in Wexford by The Waterboys. Tight ensemble, doing workouts of the favourites , along with a selection from the current album about Dennis Hopper, all too brief as I'd gladly have heard it in full. Mike's vision is as thrilling as ever to behold. @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
Great crowd at the Breakwater, Wexford, all set for The Waterboys. Lovely support set from The Deep Blue. @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
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Side two is hypnotic. I've replayed something like four times this evening. Lovely cover art , by Cian's mother , who inspired the album.
Who wants dandruff.... Ads in the Irish Press, January 1964
She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living Cian Nugent 2023 #vinyl
Raucous, in your face show by the Boomtown Rats at Swords Castle. High kicking Bob & co. did just the right mix of hits and blues workouts. @theboomtownrats.bsky.social
The Undertones and The Boomtown Rats at Swords Castle 🏰 last night. One of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. As front men go, Paul McLoone and Bob Geldof are outstanding. Two amazing bands on one stage. What a night. @fingal.ie @paulmcloone.bsky.social @theboomtownrats.bsky.social
Public housing designed by Herbert Simms in the 1930s looked particularly handsome in tv series Mix Tape, as Dublin posed as Sheffield. Marden Dean was the cinematographer for series.
Christmas in the Irish Press December 1965
First plums . Another week and there will be loads more.
From a photo essay in In Dublin , March 1984 - Tony O'Shea's photo of watchers on the street.
The Llibreria Altair bookshop in Barcelona has a eclectic range. Its Irish section includes The Weaver's Grave by Seumas O'Kelly (1881-1918). Alas they repeat the inaccuracy that he was at college with James Joyce. medium.com/@johnfoyle/j...
Montjuic Fortress Barcelona
Montjuic Cable Car Barcelona
Barcelona bookshops .
Back in blissfully cool & rainy Dublin, thinking about the great drying to be had in the inferno like heat above the streets of Barcelona.
I didn't take many photos in Barcelona. Between the heat, cautiousness about my phone being nicked, the power in the damn thing constantly running low because I was always using it for directions and sitting around and trying not to melt , I focused on just taking it all in. Sensory overload etc.
Barcelona
Alert!! Pat Carty’s in da house! Mister Forensic reads the Pure Gold entrails. Check his file notes here @patcarty.bsky.social @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social @davegildedalm.bsky.social @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social
Via Trunk Records newsletter- If you want to buy your own record plant filled with 1960s record pressing tech have a look here. Starts at £1. auction.gjwisdom.co.uk/auctions/cat...
Albums in the first half of 2025 that are so good that streaming isn't enough. #vinyl #cds @josephchesterguitar @waterboysmusic @skindizzle @lokeysband @peteholidai @robertforster_official @wetlegband @themurdercapital @mredwyncollins @sonsofsouthern2 @crowonafence #eamondowd @byohammer
Prong-tastic show last evening at the Project. Had to dash afterwards but it was great to share the enjoyment with so many beforehand. Super program, in the form of a special issue 16 of 1980s journal VOX.
Lots of kicks in the balls, f-ing & blinding and culchies drinking . The Sons of Southern Ulster ' s new album , Through The Bridewell Gate , is as visceral & splenetic as ever, with a directness that other acts can only aspire too. sonsofsouthernulster.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
John Lennon 1974 (photo by Bob Gruen), me 1985 (photo by Peggy Moran) - Happy July 4th!
Eamon Carr's Pure Gold is packed with accounts of encounters with people. The profiles are made all the more enigmatic by insights & asides that are so perfectly spot on. A joy to read. Well done boss. @carrport.bsky.social
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Gerry Doyle , photographer extraordinaire, snapped me at yesterday's gig in the Grand Social, talking trash with John Stack & , of course, looking at my bloody 'phone.🤣
With metronomic regularity The Late Show with Mickey Bradley returns tonight at 10.04pm on BBC Radio Ulster with music from Lightheaded, @thebangles.bsky.social, The Crystals, Gina Birch, The Falls, @nightingalesuk.bsky.social and more. @skepwax.bsky.social Join the chat @mickeyundertone.bsky.social
Dancehall Sweethearts Horslips 1974 #vinyl
Great crack with a few colleagues, after we did a lunchtime reading of extracts from Ulysses. Back at work now- honest! #bloomsday #jamesjoyce
Lovely show this evening by Joe Chester in the Kevin Barry Room, NCH. Intricate guitar picking,Joe filing his nails as he played an eclectic range of tunes, launching his new album, Au Revoir Tristesse. Chatting afterwards, his pride in his work was obvious & entirely valid. @joechester.bsky.social
The cheek of them! Loads of feckers this morning crowding out 'my' swimming spot. Wet suits & all that kind of nonsense. #sunday #seaswimming
So good.
Since I'm old & I kept falling asleep while listening last night to Michael Bradley's radio show , I'm know enjoying the playback. @mickeyundertone.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Ah, this is great. And there's even a stereo version on the new(ish) Cherry Red box set Ready For The Countdown. Which is where the rendition that is on the Late Show came from. The genius of the compact disc. buff.ly/MMd0NF3
This evening's entertainment @omniplexcinemas.bsky.social
Office of the President, 1966 & 2023 . Dublin. De Valera & Lynch Higgins & Biden Irish Press, November 1966 Maxwell Photography
November 1966 The Night Watchman 📸 Austin Finn Irish Press 13 November 1966
Plums looking good, so time to clear the vegetation under the tree. #Monday #bankholiday
A hovercraft at Portmarnock Strand. October 1966 Irish Press 8 October 1966
For sale One ticket for Camera Obscura at Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow, this Wednesday 4th June. Any reasonable offer considered. #ticketfairy @camera-obscura.bsky.social
Life affirming show tonight at Whelans from Camera Obscura. Sheer delight. @whelanslive.bsky.social @camera-obscura.bsky.social
Snowgoose supporting Camera Obscura Whelan's 30 May 2025 @whelanslive.bsky.social
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Like buses, two great albums arrive at the same time. Pete Holidai's Electric Jukebox & Robert Forster's Strawberries, both released last Friday, slugging it out to see who is the crankier old git. Thrilling stuff. @forsternet.bsky.social
Trieste #Wednesday
What a cover. I just had to get the Italian edition of Sinéad Gleeson's Hagstone, La Pietra Della Strega, keeping good company in Libreria Ubik, Trieste. @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
Second day in a row , taking a dip with Rog. #sunday
Delivery Service supporting Gag Reflex Workmans Cellar 17 May 2025
Unveiling of plaque on James Joyce’s birthplace, June 1964 Irish Press 17 June 1964 Irish Independent 17 June 1964 Evening Herald 17 June 1964
Chopper trip for a Joyce Bride April 1971 youtu.be/dKPzFORgYZs?...
'This is fun!' NewDad were in powerful form tonight in London. Shape shifting sounds, all the more engaging for the way they seemed to be enjoying the show as much as the adoring audience. Mighty!
Arooj Aftab, as brilliant as ever, tonight in Belfast. Acoustic sounds, seeming to weave their way around the ecclesiastical setting. Spooky and entrancing.
A cover of The Ramone's 'Rock 'n' Roll Radio? was a suitably triumphant end to Jessie Malins' show tonight in Kilkenny. Exactly two years after having a spinal stroke, Jessie's recovery has been astonishing. His restricted movements aside, his voice, wit, & mischievousness are as strong as ever.
August 1966 in the Irish Press
Rosemary Jenkinson's stories in Six Irish Women Writers are absolute knockouts. How did I miss out on her latest novel , The Memorisers ? Set in a post- WW3 future, it's an enthralling account of efforts to control free speech, etc.
Its great to see a note about Roger Casement near his statue on the Dun Laoghaire seafront.
Tonight's entertainment
Staying With The Trouble, thought-provoking new exhibition, launched at IMMA last evening.
Dublin 30 April 2025 #Wednesday
Thewlis getting things going, at the Alternative Sunday Social 10th anniversary show at the absolutely rammed Grand Social. Next up - The Trouble Pilgrims
Back in sunny Dun Laoghaire. That woke me up!
Random images from a leisurely stroll through sunny London #saturday
The Face Magazine : Culture Shift , at the National Portrait Gallery. So many vivid images. It was particularly great to see work by Chalkie Davies & Carol Starr up on a wall, so much more striking than on a screen.
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