About this time last year, someone pointed me at a fairly long post called A Contemplation on Music by PreacherMike. It quotes a lengthy address by Karl Paulnack, director of the music division at Boston Conservatory to the incoming freshmen of 2004 (as far as I remember).
For musicians or lovers of music, it's a delightful [...]
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 [...]
Just in passing, I mentioned The Loudness Wars a couple of years back. Sadly things have not improved. Here is a quick introduction to the concept.
The ever-increasing drive for irritatingly loud mixes is no longer confined to the disposable pop market but is now reaching back into the past to find its innocent victims.
The classic [...]
I'm not preaching and I'm not advocating piracy. Just bringing something to your attention (RIAA and MPAA).
Monty Python started a YouTube channel with tons of their sketches streaming for free. The included links to their DVDs at Amazon. The result was a whopping 23,000% increase in sales.
[Link: Gizmodo.]
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The latest TB platter
This chap has a request. Can we help him out?
Sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you could help….came across the Limerick band archive via a Romanian blog I picked up on when googling Tuesday Blue – is it true they released an album called "Waiting for the [...]
Friday, November 14, 2008
Tribute to HMHB this Saturday night (15 Nov) Upstairs in Dolan's. A must-see. From the publicity material:
