Chvrches – “Such Great Heights” (The Postal Service Cover) youtu.be/wzx26hNWRl4?...

David McComb of The Triffids #WideOpenRoad youtu.be/7N5akOOlGTI?...

Sad to hear ‘Weaver D's’ closing. The Athens, Georgia diner whose owner Wexter Deaver slogan to customers ‘Automatic For The People’ - local band R.E.M used for their eighth album. #REM #StipeBuckMillsBerry pic making 2017 @rteradio1.bsky.social doc #REMOutOfAthens www.rte.ie/culture/2017...

review R.E.M Murmur #StipeBuckMillsBerry

The Go-Betweens 16LoversLane in @ClassicPopMag & more listening here soundcloud.com/ken-sweeney-...

The Primitives’ Tracy Tracy on rubbing elbows with Morrissey and Björk: ‘If I didn’t get into singing, I’d probably have gone into fashion’ english.elpais.com/culture/2026...

Fragment B is the new project by Natasha Penot and Mark Tranmer Pete Paphides played "Beautiful Dreamer" on his show - first broadcast anywhere. Thank you, Pete: www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/pe... Bandcamp - art: Tim O'Donnell. marktranmer.bandcamp.com/track/beauti... @petepaphides.bsky.social

Wish i’d kept a box of these #Brian

Three episodes in & lovin’ #smallprophets - the new comedy from Mackenzie Crook - creator of #Detectorists. Starts on BBC2 tonight - (at 10pm in some regions.) Post Newsnight in others. #Mustwatch

You’re from Glasnevin #TheseSacredVows

Morgan McSweeney resigns

Don’t miss this. #ISwear True story of John Davidson, living with Tourette syndrome & campaigning for awareness. Empathy, kindness and acceptance, with amazing performance by Robert Aramayo. By Director/ writer Kirk Jones. Six #bafta2026 nominations

Doug Steen guitarist with The Revenants at the epicentre of Irish Rock - as I always suspected (graphic: Tadhg Kelleher )

Do The Rat !#TheBoomtownRats @3ArenaDublin last night @hotpress 50th celebrations concert

Bob Geldof summons the spirit of Phil Lynott to join the party @hotpress 50th concert @3arena last night #ThinLizzy #TheBoysAreBackInTown #TheBoomtownRats

at @hotpress.com 50th gig with the A team

Super Channel used to air this a lot. Full of nods to the early days of Channel 4 youtu.be/m_k6sZuoXII?...

Imelda May on why some many big names are turning up to celebrate @hotpress.com magazine 50th anniversary gig @3arenadublin.bsky.social www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz...

Skerries

Want this .. “Taste making tunes inspired by thrift stores and Rickenbacker guitars” … The Rain Parade, The Bangles, R.E.M, The Three O’Clock , Long Ryders @CherryRedGroup #paisleyUnderground www.cherryred.co.uk/various-arti...

‘Watching The Office recently, my heart just sank’ – Mackenzie Crook on comedy, cruelty and being TV royalty www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

My radio drama ‘Wogan’s Sweet Sixteen’ gets a re-airing this Sunday night as part of #RTE100 - celebrating 100 years of public broadcasting in Ireland- and to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Terry Wogan #RTE100 #RTEDramaOnOne #PJOConnorAwards #TerryWogan

BBC ‘to produce unique programmes for YouTube’ www.tvbeurope.com/media-delive...

The Slowest Clock live review in @hotpress by George Byrne @tomhappens #TheNorseman (via Ghostown 1976 facebook )

“Songwriters on the Run, Robert Forster’s debut novel, is a joyride. Burrowing into the netherworld of Australian independent music just as Nirvana’s grunge is about to swamp the planet, the former Go-Betweens has crafted a hectic sometimes hilarious tale”

#Traitors back on BBC1 tomorrow night #CantWait

So. Central Rain" by Pete Buck and Ian McNabb. (The Icicle Works) from forthcoming album 65 youtu.be/M-m9xefyxRo

Radio docs on #REM #TheBlueNile #TheGoBetweens and #TheTrashcanSinatras kensweeney.net

That’s the kind of review you want for your debut album - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers by Giovanni Dadomo (Sounds 1st, January 1977. via @SoundsClips ‘Go Hear It’

In honour of MTV closing their music channels today. Phil Lynott explaining to an MTV VJ ‘the Republic of Ireland’ was not part of Great Britain. #GoodbyeMTV #MTVLive #MTV90s #ThinLizzy youtube.com/shorts/XIagi...

a great watch. 3 part doc #MurderAtThePostoffice

Chris Rea “If I’m ever stuck on the M25, I’ll wind the window down and start singing, ‘I’m driving home for Christmas’ at people in cars alongside. They love it.”

R.E.M., Michael Stipe: "We revere Wim Wenders and his films" www.rockol.it/news-755908/...

Honoured to be asked to be a judge at next years’s New York Festivals Radio Awards. @NYFRadioAwards #NYFRadioAwards #NYFRadioAwards2026 #Radio #Programming #Creativity #Competition #International #Ireland #radio rbr.com/nyf-radio-aw...

Skerries #StormBram

youtu.be/1bj69LyT0FM Between Two Points - Live in Lille * 28/11/25. @needlemythology.bsky.social @petepaphides.bsky.social @jonathancoe.bsky.social @kensweeney.bsky.social #musicsky #live #keepmusiclive #keepmusicalive #lille #france #themontgolfierbrothers

My 1992 album Understood made the top ten re-issues of 2025 @learnandsing.bsky.social with @needlemythology.bsky.social compilation at number 1 Available at Tower Records Dublin www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/top-10-...

Train Dreams.’ on @netflix is just wonderful. “A logger leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century” @traindreamsfilm netflix.com/tudum/articles…

Thanks to all the new readers and of course, to all the saintly booksellers who have supported the book 🙏

If Northern Picture Library had grown up, it would sound like this. Michael Hiscock plus Bobby plus Anne Mari plus Ian Catt = magic. Share far and wide. Elefant Records “Let your existence be the resistance” - There’s more to life than crooks. youtu.be/UBE9E4-CQRY

I bring pop news of great significance and it concerns our latest release. www.patreon.com/posts/forlor...

What weekend viewing ! Watch this fabulous 2012 doc on Big Star on You Tube with not a single ad break. youtu.be/s4_lkESMhZI?...

Notifications just come through that because Eileen has a throat infection the gig has been postponed

“Gaughan doesn’t recall receiving a royalty statement from the company in 40 years. He is battling for ownership and, in turn, hopes to help other veteran folk artists regain control of their catalogues” Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

I’ve arrived

London show Eileen Gogan Nov 21 with help from #Microdisney #Undertones pals @eileengogan.bsky.social wegottickets.com/event/674058

With my dear pal Martin Sapsed recently in Ealing. Martin shot the cover of Brian single ‘Boyfriend (outside Ealing Town Hall ) in 1991 and also in 2024 , new sleeve shots of Western Avenue for label @needlemythology 2025 re-Issue of Brian album Understood. #Ealing

#TheGoBetweens box set re-issue Vo1