This morning I had reason to hurriedly seek out a song from the early nineties as our Breakfast host (and star of the station), Ann-Marie Kelly had just played Ariana Grandè’s Christmas track “Santa Tell Me” near the end of her show and was wondering out loud (on air) just what nineties song it was ../[Continue reading]
Time for a song recommendation – and this time it’s an oldie but a (very) goodie – inspired by a question I answered on twitter. The question was “name a great album from an obscure band”. My answer was “Throwing Copper by LIVE” – which fits the bill nicely: Great album – obscure band (they’d ../[Continue reading]
We moved home recently, leaving Drumcondra in the City Centre for Donabate in North County Dublin, meaning that my usual commute to work (in Tullamore) now includes two tolls, where it used to include just one. One of them is on the M50 – the ring road motorway around the capital, the other is on ../[Continue reading]
I missed this last week (VERY busy day!)- forgot to recommend/promote a song… and this week, the choice of tune is all too obvious. Still – once more unto the breach! The John Lewis Christmas advert has arrived, and this year it features a little girl and her over-eager dragon friend named Edgar who – ../[Continue reading]
Happy Hallowe’en! This week’s Top TUNE! is one that’s been riding high on the BBC Radio 2 playlist for a few weeks now and to be honest, if it hadn’t been, I might not have heard it. I don’t think it’s getting much airplay here in Ireland … It’s a happy upbeat pop-rock number from ../[Continue reading]
Featured image: Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra, performing at the Hollywood Bowl. This will make me update my blog more often. No, really. No, REALLY… it will. Really. The idea is this: Every Thursday, I’m going to recommend some music – new or old (hopefully new!) – for you to enjoy. Something – ideally ../[Continue reading]
Ever wondered how to disappear completely? Wouldn’t it be hard to remove every trace of yourself online, take yourself out of “the system” etc.? Would it involve faking your own death? – Y’know, so that social security cards, ID cards, passports etc. would be rescinded or deleted. Could you leave everyone behind, change your identity, ../[Continue reading]
Featured image: Supertramp, some time ago, looking happy. I’m gonna write more often (I’ll aim for once a week at least), but anyway… for now:- I just stumbled across this video today and thought it was interesting… Titled “Top 80 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Covers and Their Originals”, it awoke the cynic in me ../[Continue reading]
The fact that my domain name was about to expire reminded me of this site… and I really should get writing more. I will. I promise. *cough* Anyway!… August has come around … which means silly season for news and current affairs programs… which means a bonus for me as, just like happened last year, ../[Continue reading]
I’m a fan of good music. The genre doesn’t really matter as long as it sounds great, says something and makes you feel something. I’ve created a few spotify playlists to try to a) make proper use of the app and b) share my favourites… these are (so far):- Driving, Summery Goodness and Classical classics ../[Continue reading]