Thursday, November 26, 2009
Well, I just have time for a quick mocha frappaccino…
Recent call from some pub promotion/marketing/manager guy.
Phone: Bringgg!
Me: Hello?
Guy: Hey, it's me [Guy] from [pub].
Me: Hi.
Guy: Listen, I have a band coming in the week your band is off.
Me: That's great.
Guy: They're coming up from Cork.
Me: Yes, well I'm sure we're all sick of local acts [...]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Here's what you'd see towards the back page in them days.
Kind of a Moonlighting vibe about the graphics
There's a new sheriff in town now, but this was the original Speakeasy bar on O'Connell Street. Monday nights were usually the domain of the Paul Duffy band, at whose gigs you would find the cream of Limerick [...]
Bob? Hey Bob? Jeez what do I pay you for!
If there's one thing guaranteed to annoy, it's someone telling you that your job is easy. Brother, that'll do it every time.
And do you know what really boils my kettle? A guy who tells me I should live in The Real World and see what that's [...]
Remember when Tommy threw up and we killed that guy. And then Earl couldn't find his hat.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
I'll just be watching him think. Not just play, but think. Jazz musicians will get it I hope.
Yes, Darwin is still in London.
And this is who I am watching right now, Mr Joey DeFrancesco, the acknowledged Jedi Master and single-handed revivalist of the noble Hammond B3 organ.
Ha ha. And you're not.
It's the staple!
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
[Darwin reports from the West End of London]
If you enjoy jazz piano, then I got you beat. No matter where in the world you are.
Brad Mehldau and Tord Gustavsen are off for three weeks. Jacky Terrasson is off for 10 days. Chick Corea's next paying gig is at the Cork Jazz Festival.
And need I mention [...]
Lisa Hannigan plays the Belltable Arts Centre in Limerick Friday 8th August. Ms Hannigan and her excellent band recorded three songs in the radio studio this afternoon, and if they're anything to go by, tonight's show will be stellar.
During an interview which followed, the charmingly demure lady mentioned several other dates they will be playing [...]
Dramatisation of what the flood looked like
I hate waking up in a strange bed (alone) so rather than stay the night I decided to drive home late yesterday evening after a gig in Dingle. I was drafted in to accompany the excellent Ms Siobhán O'Brien &co. on Spanish banduria and Portuguese viola de Braguesa. [...]
