Imagine the following situation… You are someone who likes to be punctual. You’re meeting someone who you know (from experience) is habitually late. Do you still show… Read more “Standards in time”
Month: August 2019
Spring cleaning in summer…
Doing the work is one thing. Recording albums, producing shows, writing blogs. But it’s also nice to document the work – to have a library of past… Read more “Spring cleaning in summer…”
Effective rehearsing.
So last night we had a blast on stage playing over 30 hit songs from the 1990s. It was one of the few outdoor gigs I play… Read more “Effective rehearsing.”
The music of the ’90s
The 1990s doesn’t seem that long ago, until you delve into its musical history, and all of a sudden a whole world of music that hasn’t entered… Read more “The music of the ’90s”
Give yourself a break…
I met a friend of mine recently for the first time in a while. For most of his 20s he operated in a very high performance sporting… Read more “Give yourself a break…”
Pop-Up Gig – Tonight!
Pop-up retail is a trend of opening short-term sales spaces that last for days to weeks before closing down, often in places where you wouldn’t usually expect… Read more “Pop-Up Gig – Tonight!”
‘Those who can, teach; those who can’t, do’.
This is of course a twist on the original phrase coined by George Bernard Shaw over 100 years ago – in his play Man and Superman. But… Read more “‘Those who can, teach; those who can’t, do’.”
Mayo
My club – Coolera-Strandhill – won the Sligo Senior Football Championship in 2005, our first in 98 years. It was the culmination of 6 seasons of that… Read more “Mayo”
€74,000 worth of wonder
There was a nice article in The Irish Times this morning about finding wonder in everyday things. So I was nicely primed for a stop into a… Read more “€74,000 worth of wonder”
171 weddings and counting…
Earlier today I played some music at the wedding of a friend of mine. The priest delivering the sermon told us that today was his 171st time… Read more “171 weddings and counting…”
