Thoughts and Videos. I seem to be feeling an attraction to blogging again, after a number of years. I don't know if it's strong eno...

  Derek Mahon. Today, the death of the great Irish poet Derek Mahon was announced. It inspired me to try and capture the passing relationshi...

 “Homeless Jesus”  by sculptor, Timothy Schmalz of Canada at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin. Homelessness in Dublin This is way off m...

Liam O'Flaherty - Four Books Skerrett / Return of the Brute / Famine / Insurrection I have long been aware of Liam O'Flahert...

From Snow Covered Ireland. The weather, and the shortage of bread due to panic buying have dominated the news in Ireland for the last few ...

Songs for Cities Every so often I get the urge to make a mixtape and, having been long ago released from the constraints of the C-90 these...

In Concert - Favourite Gigs of Ireland's Music Community - Part 4 This post has been sitting in my 'drafts' folder for a while ...

In Concert - Favourite Gigs of Ireland's Music Community - Part 3 These posts are becoming like a trip through my memory designed by E...

In Concert - Favourite Gigs of Ireland's Music Community - Part 2 I woke up the next morning after writing the first part of this post...

In Concert - Favourite Gigs of Ireland's Music Community This book came out last year and I've been meaning to get it ever since...

From a Box of Cassettes I'm returning once more to the dusty corner of the world which is this blog to share something from the dus...

Top 102 Albums, No. Minus 18 - No Such Place No Such Place - Jim White In the early 21st Century this was the album that dominated my l...

Top 102 Albums, No. Minus 17 Teens of Denial - Car Seat Headrest " I am freaking out in my mind /  In a house that isn't mine M...

Live Tonight! The Re-Animation of The Knocking Shop continues. The Knocking Shop are supporting the rather wonderful Mik Artistik's Eg...

Books Read 2016 - Part One 2016, despite being a bitch of a year for heroes and an ominous year for politics, has been a pretty good yea...

Rossmore Road - Barry Andrews " White and yellow lines and street signs " A love song to a song.

LIVE!! TONIGHT!! This blog and the blogosphere in general has suffered some neglect recently as all my focus has been on tonight's gig...

The Grand Social The Knocking Shop to hit the Dublin Stage! The revival of The Knocking Shop hits a high point with our return to th...

The Literary Conference  (translated by Katherine Silver) & An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter  (translated by Chris Andre...

Top 102 Albums, No Minus 16 Suicide - Suicide " Frankie put the gun to his head (Inarticulate visceral howling of demons) Frank...