So operation BeeGee is in full flow. Theme Night #25 is less than a week away and the performers are getting stuck into learning and preparing for… Read more “Chain Reaction”
Month: January 2020
Awards
It’s awards season in the music and film industries. And indeed It’s always nice to receive an award. But some mean more than others Because sometimes the… Read more “Awards”
Artistic differences…
…can cause bands to break up and friends to fall out. Because for many artists – personal identity is too closely connected to our art. And so… Read more “Artistic differences…”
Flops and failures…
Billy Joel prefaced his performance of The Entertainer last Saturday night with the statement that even though it wasn’t really a hit, it was the only song… Read more “Flops and failures…”
Weekly Challenge #3 – My Irish Molly-O
It’s weekly challenge day again on the blog – and this week’s challenge features an old Irish-American song that has surely stood the test of time, given… Read more “Weekly Challenge #3 – My Irish Molly-O”
Billy
August 31, 1997 – The night Princess Diana died. U2 played Landsdowne Road that evening too, and at the gig I met an older man from Australia.… Read more “Billy”
‘It didn’t rain on me’!
The guy at the table beside me was there for a short while on his own. Two ladies (I’m guessing his wife and daughter) then joined him… Read more “‘It didn’t rain on me’!”
The Manhattan Skyline
I travelled to New York for the first time at the age of 22. It was with the Sligo football team – we were drawn against New… Read more “The Manhattan Skyline”
‘Woke up this morning…
…got yourself a gun’. These lyrics were going through my head this morning as I travelled along the New Jersey Turnpike. The views were reminiscent of the… Read more “‘Woke up this morning…”
Weekly Challenge #2 AND Theme night #25…
Ok…so operation BeeGees began in earnest today and during the course of the day I realized that I asked the Hawk’s Well to hold more tickets than… Read more “Weekly Challenge #2 AND Theme night #25…”
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