Pat Carty

Reviewed the 40th Anniversary Edition of Rum, Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues for Classic Rock Magazine (not on the web).

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Reviewed The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie for The Sunday Independent.

Tim Wheeler on early fame: ‘I got hammered during the gig. The next day we were doing MTV interviews but I woke up in my own vomit. Management were really upset’ Anyone with any sense joins a band as a teenager and dreams big. Once reality lashes out a few kicks, the majority get on with their lives but that’s not how it panned out for Downpatrick native Tim W...

Interviewed Tim Wheeler out of Ash for @independent.ie

Lawrence Of Arabia, The Godfather(s), Master And Commander, Goodfellas, Gimme Shelter, Blazing Saddles, Tombstone, The Searchers, and YES! - The 13th Warrior.

This deluxe makeover of The Who's Who Are You is interesting and exhaustive "How all deluxe releases should be done"

Good-humoured and Arse-kicking: reviewed the deluxe edition of Who Are You from The Who for @classicrockmag.bsky.social

Pat Carty on the trials of music criticism: ‘People can take it very personally when you express a preference contrary to their own’ It might seem obvious, but it’s OK not to like things. It’s fine not to like a presidential candidate or the last Mission Impossible movie (bit slow to kick off, I felt). What is not OK is the way peo...

Disagreeing about agreeing to disagree...

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Jeremy Allen White shines in Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere The review of the film of the book about the making of Bruce Springsteen's bleak masterpiece, Nebraska

"A burgeoning superstar unsure of everything apart from the music."
Reviewed Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere for @classicrockmag.bsky.social

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Go get the Sunday Indo!

Truly by Lionel Ritchie: A cut above the usual music memoir Highly enjoyable read doesn’t shy away from discussing racism, money or personal struggles

He knows how to tell a story. I reviewed Truly by Lionel Richie for @irishtimes.com

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Richard Hawley review: Songs of magnificence at the Olympia in Dublin Richard Hawley revisited his classic Coles Corner album for a fine gig in Dublin

From tectonic tremolo rumbles to a librarian’s dream of a hush. Went to see the great Richard Hawley at 3Olympia Theatre for the Irish Examiner.

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Priscilla Presley recalls her complicated love for Elvis in a tale of heartbreak and survival Much like the one that surrounds The Beatles, the Elvis Presley book industry shows no sign of abatement. This year alone has seen, amongst others, Preston Lauterbach’s excellent examination of the mu...

Reviewed Softly As I Leave You by Priscilla Presley in today’s Irish Independent

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Down the back of the new issue (with free Motörhead sticker!) of Classic Rock Magazine waxing about Ron Sexsmith, Buckingham/Nicks, Tom Petty, and Queens of the Stone Age.

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Wrote about the €13,000 copy of Patrick Kavanagh’s Tarry Flynn for The Sunday Times.
Abridged, of course.
Not on website.

Born To Run at 50 Pat Carty on Bruce Springsteen's legendary album Born To Run, which turns 50.

Listen back to me waxing about Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run at 50 with the lovely Ciara King on RTÉ's Arena.

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Celebrating Van Morrison at 80 in The Sunday Independent.
Features Aunts, Uncles, funerals, weddings, and mysticism. Read it here - shorturl.at/YNtsJ

Queens of the Stone Age in Dublin: Kilmainham erupts with cathartic glee during this ferocious gig Josh Homme was having a great time, diving over the barricade and wading through the crowd

"One of the greatest rock’n’roll bands in the world cutting loose like sailors on a weekend pass and a set that was lean as a holy man in a desert."

Went to Queens Of The Stone Age in Kilmainham for @irishtimes.com

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I'll be discussing the new Billy Joel documentary with @rickoshea.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena this evening. It's pretty good, even if you're not his biggest fan.

"There's a ticket for you, Carty."

Well, sure, I might as well so...

Robert Redford?!?
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Letters page @independent.ie Thanks John, obviously a man of taste and discernment. Read the article he’s referring to here - shorturl.at/rZxac

‘Even his enemies admired his chutzpah’: How Trump became a God of New York in the 1980s The back cover of this history of New York calls it “a real-life Bonfire of the Vanities”. Tom Wolfe’s bestselling 1987 novel about a bond trader who comes a cropper in a very serious way is also refe...

As colourful and fascinating as the city it captures. I reviewed The Gods Of New York: The Tumultuous Eighties, from Donald Trump to the Tompkins Square Riots by Jonathan Mahler for the Irish Independent.

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How a book forger fooled the literary world until his audacious ruse was rumbled Controversy in the book world, like the debate around the veracity of The Salt Path, is nothing new. Excerpts from Konrad Kujau’s faked Hitler Diaries were published through various outlets in the 198...

Dodgy Fs and Questionable Question Marks. I reviewed The Book Forger: The True Story of a Literary Crime that Fooled The World by Joseph Hone for The Sunday Independent

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Pat Carty on the New Lad: ‘Wherever they ended up, the Oasis reunion was like a bat signal, calling them out of the shadows for one last adventure, one last moment of belonging’ Whatever happened to the likely lads? If you’re old enough to remember the 1990s, then I’m afraid at this point you are officially getting on a bit. It’s now 31 years since Oasis released their debut ...

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? My 'opinion piece' (it says here) in The Sunday Independent uncovers the hitherto unknown connections between Oasis, Lad, Shakespeare, Baudelaire, ponytails, U2's 'brother', Fungie, and a lot more...

Warning: contains video of me.
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Seán Rocks was a lovely man - intelligent, warm, & funny. Every time on Arena with him was a pleasure, sparring with his wit & charm on air, and having a laugh when the light went off. My deepest condolences to his family and friends, a number I’m proud to count myself amongst.

Leon Bridges review: Soul power of Texan star shines through at rain-soaked Iveagh Gardens, Dublin The weather gods may not have been on his side, but Leon Bridges still delivered in Dublin

Groovier Than A New Set of Tires: Went to see a mighty despite the rain Leon Bridges at Iveagh Gardens for The Irish Examiner.

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At least it was considerably dryer than Leon Bridges in The Iveagh Gardens...

Dinner with Charlton and backstage with Nureyev - an ode to the golden age of the celebrity interview, recounted by a master practitioner After steering Celtic rock heroes Horslips’s unique course, Eamon Carr made a poacher/gamekeeper transition and returned to writing to earn his bread. The problem with interrogating musicians is that ...

Warrants corresponding amounts of applause and envy: I reviewed Pure Gold - Memorable Conversations With Remarkable People by Eamon Carr for The Sunday Independent.

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Down the back of the latest issue of Classic Rock Magazine listening to Find El Dorado by Paul Weller, reading 1975 by Dylan Jones, and visiting Frankfurt to see Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

Thanks @wcorklitfest.bsky.social
Delighted to be In Bantry.

Promising American chaps.