Fantastic article from Mike! My Dad was surprised to know the kids* are into Dr. Strangely Strange as they're one of *his* bands. *people in their thirties.

1940 Irish language scif-fi book Manannán by Máiréad Ní Ghráda It is the first Mecha Robot outside of Japan and mention of a Gravity assist in fiction. It was never republished or translated.

2026 is the year I get really into Th' Faith Healers. I should have seen this coming, they did morph into the mighty Quickspace a few years later.

I'm from Clonmel, it's probably me.

Eddie Henderson of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band is playing in Bray in May. Might be time to set foot in Wicklow for the first time. tidal.com/track/686787...

Absolutely massive FUCK YEAH

I've been listening to the new Fixity album for the last few days and it is something special. Guaranteed to turn up on a lot of end of year lists. Out on @polytunnelmusic.bsky.social on March 23rd. moottapeslabel.bandcamp.com/album/assura...

Who would've thought a simple set dresser would've gone on to become one of David Lynch's most iconic characters

Neil Young has cancelled his European tour! Fuck!

Would have liked to go to the Madra Salach gig last night in Cork after hearing good reviews from a Dublin show. Tried to make do with the EP and the production on it is hideous. Music sounds like it was made to soundtrack 'House Of Guinness'. A shame.

Delighted that I'm going to Supersonic this year so I can't be tempted into going to another poor Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke gig in the NCH. The last one went straight into my top five most disappointing gigs of all time.

Art by Noriyoshi Ohrai for the cover of ‘Kiba no Jidai’ by Sakyo Komatsu (circa 1070s?)

THIS JUST IN: THE SUN IS TITS

€200 on the spot fine for people who watch videos or play music without headphones.

Cork City Council still deep in their banter era. www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...

This is what I imagine Paul Jurgen-Romrig looks like

Writing something about the new edition of The Thing Artbook, and I've finally traced the uncredited artist for the cover of the Bantam novelisation. It's Jim Burns. Rather vague where the film is concerned but it's still the best of the novelisation covers.

With the Tubridy sympathy-garnering blitz, remembered I have this saved on the phone (I think a Twitter mutual sent it to the Phoenix originally).

[John Virgo sotto voce] One of the most shameful things l've ever seen here at the Crucible

omg i finally found that tweet

Pinnacle human achievement right here

Unused promotional art by Bob Peak for the movie adaptation of 'Something Wicked This Way Comes,' c. 1983 wearethemutants.com/2018/10/17/b...

Telling that the sites I use the most are two old-school forums and websites I pay a subscription for to keep the ads out.

Simon Harris to continue posting on the child sexual abuse image generating site but shaking his head so people know he disagrees

piloting one of the evangelion mechs but the fluid that fills it is delicious creamy stout

Bread and roses, lads. You don't work for permission to exist, you work so you can have a nice life. And Terry Pratchett didn't give us the Boots Theory just so you could not know it.

Irish language Marty Supreme remake called MÁIRTÍN about road bowling send tweet

This year’s Cameron Winter Holiday Spectacular has raised zero dollars.

That kind of thing doesn't go on in Ireland thankfully

Looks like Steven Drozd and The Flaming Lips have parted company. That's the end of that, though they really haven't released anything decent since 2013. Not a good look when a founding member in Michael Ivins and your musical genius both leave the band.

I was writing songs anyway (Neil Young thanks for the inspiration) but the lad I sat next to in Leaving Cert. Irish had a band and I knew I could do better than him.

Bunker Vinyl bringing back the secondhand CD section is the best thing that's happened this year.

Happy 10 Year Anniversary to the Worst Christmas Card of All Time, sent by Michael Lowry TD to us poor Tipperary constituents.

Rocked up to screening at Cork Film Festival with a bag of cans and doled them out to everyone in the theatre. No idea what we watched but we had a great time.

I've posted this before but always worth a mention that midway through a showing of Jeanne Dielmann, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, the guy sitting in front of me looked up 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles on Google Maps.

Art by • Calder Moore

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

Listening to 'Caribbean Sunset' by John Cale for the first time and holy fuck is it unfairly maligned. Some absolute bangers on here, Cale on top form. I can only imagine the cover art didn't help its cause but what a record.

Already participated in it in the Roundy in 2019(?) vs. CMAT, Elaine Malone and many more.

Alan Daniels, Blade Runner, 1982

Jules Guerin, illustrations from Egypt and it’s Monuments, 1908

Absolutely wild that I'm going to this. Feels slightly unreal.

'Window Shop For Love' - Wipers 'Chasing A Bee' - Mercury Rev 'Untitled' - Boris 'Tired Of Being Alone' - Al Green* 'Twilight At Carbon Lake' - Deerhunter *guitar by the great Teenie Hodges.

Sending a psychic message to Kev and the gang asking them to play 'Honey Power'.

Kow Yokoyama

Kevin Shields hates Dublin pass it on.

Neil Young and Elvis Costello in Cork? At the height of summer? This is the perfect gig announcement.