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15 Macrolog entries tagged with ‘personal’
Torche Reviewed Mon 14 May 2012
My review of Harmonicraft, the new album from Miami sludge-pop quartet Torche, is up now on Thumped — as is my recent take on Night of the Living by Limerick’s We Come In Pieces....
Pelican Reviewed Fri 20 Apr 2012
Just like the ungainly bird they’re named after, Pelican might not look like much, but they’ll bite the arse off you. My review of their new EP Ataraxia/Taraxis is up now on Thumped....
Only Fumes & Corpses Reviewed Fri 30 Mar 2012
My review of the new EP from Galway hardcore band Only Fumes & Corpses is up now on Thumped. (In short? I liked it a lot.)...
Dead Neanderthals Reviewed Fri 02 Mar 2012
I’ve got a review up on Thumped of the new Dead Neanderthals album. Thanks to Pete for accepting my pitch! Here’s to more writing in 2012....
Weeknotes #526-532 Sun 04 Dec 2011
I should probably start calling these Monthnotes, shouldn’t I? Anyway, let’s review the last few weeks. The highlights: Michael D winning the presidency, even though I voted for Norris / Seeing The Silence of the Lambs for the first time...
Mike Watt + The Missingmen, June 2011 Mon 31 Oct 2011
Weeknotes #517-525 Sun 23 Oct 2011
So August flowed into September into October, and I have little to report. Such is life. The highlights: David O’Doherty at Vicar Street / Ruins Alone at The Twisted Pepper / Dava Sobel at the Science Gallery / Dinner at...
Highlights of a Year (Or So) Wed 15 Oct 2008
Nine years ago on this very date, I took my first steps into the world of personal publishing by starting my own website, a horrible mess of black and orange (well it was 1999) which eventually morphed into what you...
Destination: Boredom Sat 27 Oct 2007
The post title is just my little joke, of course; if it's anything like their last show here, it'll be anything but boring, since the Boredoms are, quite simply, one of the greatest live bands on the planet.
Onward to Spiderland Fri 17 Aug 2007
I hope I've made you all insanely jealous. That is all.
The Day After Fri 08 Jul 2005
It’s the day after. Just one day, 24 little hours, but it feels like a lot longer, what with everything that I’ve seen and read, all the startling images from news crews and camera phones, the vivid accounts of eyewitnesses...
On Fire Sat 04 Jun 2005 | 4 Comments
So the class magazine that a small but dedicated group of us have been working very hard on over the last ten weeks has at last been sent to the printers. This week in particular has been markedly fraught, what...
The Blog is Dead Tue 12 Apr 2005
I haven’t written much about my journalism course, have I? I don’t know why that is. Maybe I felt like it wasn’t worth such close analysis. Or maybe I was just embarrassed about the lack of work that I have...
Busy Busy Busy Sun 23 Jan 2005
I’m still here, people. I’m just really busy. Last week it was preparing the audio interview I recorded in December for my broadcasting project. The week before it was recreating the front page of The Guardian for my QuarkXpress assignment....
The Magic Number Mon 01 Nov 2004 | 2 Comments
So this weblog is three years old today. Three! Still a baby, as far as I’m concerned. Still lots more growing to do. Lots to improve. One day I might even get the hang of it. You never know. To...
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