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A couple of years later, for the first Sunstroke festival (Faith no More/ Sonic Youth/ Sugar) myself and a colleague spent a day with an angle grinder cutting down those barriers as they were deemed unsafe for alternative rock. I managed to set my jumper on fire with the sparks from the grinder.

Mono recording from 1962. Spectacular sound.

My favourite scoreline at the moment

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Highway to hell. Both directions.

I've seen the guitar player on SR with the Strat in other James Last vids and he always looks like he wants you to know that he's a serious musician and has his own band, and maybe you'd like to have a listen sometime to the tapes?

At 80, This Composer Is Easier Than Ever to Celebrate

really nice piece on braxton in the nyt today. no fireall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...

They're cool, but also a bit of a red flag when cited as an influence.

I spent 7 years in UCD, PhDing and then teaching, and everytime I go back, there's a dozen new buildings.

Real life Spinal Tap at the base.

Unusual in the north of England.

Was tempted to watch the Hungary match there, but wiser counsels...

The fish has just been told the price of something and is saying 'ow much?!

And finally, for a contemporary account, shamelessly partisan, by a participant

I probably disagree with Roy Foster about many things, but this is excellently written and captures Dublin before the rising captivatingly:

JJ Lee's Modern Ireland 1912-1985 is the best overview of (most) of the 20th century

Because that's what I did for the next two hours, having been rudely awoken.

The prominently displayed copy of General 'Sir' Mike Jackson's autobiography in the local Oxfam Books....

“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

What on earth is going - England all out for sub 200 and now Australia collapsing.

To the guys who parked up down the street at 4am, booming bass through their car stereo - someday I hope that you have cause to regret everything.

After an intense and absorbing show last week, Gwenifer Raymond reminded us to exit 'through the gift shop' and was selling records and T-shirts within a minute of finishing her set. Not that I think she shouldn't do it, but something feels off.

Someone needs to watch the late Peter Watkins Culloden to see what the English did to Highland civilisation.

There is a campaign to restore it isn't there? Met someone involved once, can't recall the name...

I was travelling (by boat) from Ireland to Britain the day after Ireland locked down and a week before the UK did. Very weird, since people were taking some measures already, without much in the way of guidance.

‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent

Well this is grim

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Burke's Disappearage.

Rebel Notes: Ireland — beyond the pale books – books on Irish society and politics Irish rebel music analysed from Wolfe Tones to Kneecap

There's a bit about this in me buke - RTÉ strenuously denied banning it, just said they 'chose not to play it'. - there was quite a furore at the time.
www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks...

'hot ashes'. This was 1993 btw.

One of the best cups of coffee I ever had was in a Georgian cafe in Moscow. Coffee was hard to find there at the time - even McD's only did tea. But this was boiled in a tiny pot on the top of a stove with hot ages and with far too much sugar. Buzzing for days.

Love hate relationship there....

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