'[In the wake of Kurt Cobain's death] Sonic Youth found themselves in Memphis, Tennessee during the first half of 1995, reeling, grieving and asking themselves where they could go next. Washing Machine was the answer...' #SonicYouth's Washing Machine at 30 buff.ly/uItAir8

Our former President Mary Robinson, told Channel 4 News that "the United States is complicit in this famine and unfolding genocide" of Palestinians in Gaza through its support of apartheid Israel. She's right, and shamefully the US uses Shannon Airport every day. #GazaGenocide Video Channel 4 News

Have you quit Spotify? Now is the time to do so Please take a time to watch (or bookmark for later) our latest podcast with @mynabirds.bsky.social about Spotify CEO’s investment in military tech youtu.be/svJnpYwgo9A?... (Be grateful of any shares as I’m new to YouTube and building an audience)

Oh Jaysus.

Massive Attack know what they are talking about. I hope many more follow them. Join us on @qobuz.bsky.social, it's so much better.

Queen

De La Soul released "Say No Go" as the fifth single from their debut album '3 Feet High and Rising' 36 years ago on August 24, 1989 | Watch the official video, listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/delasoul3FHAR

‘Mmanwu’ is #radiodrama that delves into the complexities of maternal struggle, mental health, and the clash between tradition and modernity. It premieres at 9pm on Saturday 23rd August 2025 at 9pm on @newstalkfm.bsky.social #Podcast available on all major platforms after the broadcast.

"The prospect of Mairead McGuinness becoming President is appalling. She voted against a motion in the European Parliament to provide further resources to save lives in the Mediterranean. She then gave a false explanation for doing so. She has to be stopped."

As excavation begins at the Tuam Site, thinking of all those affected directly and indirectly Resharing this article I wrote some time ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The Institutions’ past and resources on teaching it is now also included on the National Curriculum

I think that until such time as the number of homeless is zero, we need to make ALL accommodation social housing. Call it a national emergency. Impose rent controls, tenant rights, whatever it takes. Constitutional barriers? Amend it. Political barriers. Vote them out.

An album released on this day in July 1993: Björk's wonderful Debut www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaxU...

CATU: National Housing Demonstration🏠 Building on the momentum of the successful Raise the Roof demonstrations in Dublin and Cork, the Community Action Tenants' Union have called a National march for Dublin City Centre, Saturday July 5th.

SELF-PROMOTION POST: why record labels (and soon streaming services) need to stop “rinsing” their best customers. For @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Rafael Benitez became a LFC boss 21 years ago today! Liverpool FC announced his arrival on 16 June 2004. He took over and started the great Rafalution. Less than 12 months later he celebrated the Champions League victory with us❤️

For #Bloomsday have a listen to Strolling Through Ulysses. This two part radio drama guides listeners through the curious events and quirky characters of Ulysses. #radiodrama #Joyce #jamesjoyce #speirgorm #audiofiction #podcast alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-po...

my Tribune review of Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine now free to read. Is Spotify evil? Yes! But is this also very convenient cover for the three major labels consolidating power and sucking money out of the industry? Yes!

40 years ago today, Ferris Bueller took the day off.

One of the greatest.

In these matters of art vs. artist, it comes down to this: Can you listen to the music without hearing ghosts in it?

Passengers - a comedy of pretence, playfulness and pilseners. It premieres at 9pm on Sat 31st May on @newstalkfm.bsky.social Funded by Coimisiún na Meán. #audiodrama #radiodrama #podcast #speirgorm

A new #music #radio #documentary I produced 'Roving Out' will be aired on @newstalkfm.bsky.social on May 10th at 9pm. With @nyahhrecords.bsky.social #MohammadSyfkhan, #Varo, #Qbanaa and #TalhaWiseWolf. funded by Coimisiún na Meán #musicinterview #podcast #musicpodcast #musicsky #speirgorm

Have a listen to this #radioshow Grounded for your Friday evening. There's some #hiphop from @clppng.bsky.social, Kae Tempest & locals step3prophet, Jimmy Penguin. Some #indiepop from Haim, #indierock from @thevaselines.bsky.social, Alvilda, Why?, @thebetaband.com. And more... #musicsky #music

'How I Murdered Lucrezia' #audiodrama has been selected for the UK International Audio Drama Festival next week. Written & Directed by Órfhlaith Foyle and produced by me. It is is a meditation on lust, violence and obsession. Listen at tinyurl.com/yc4zfhn5 from 24th March. #audiofiction

290,000 adults on sofas or staying with friends This was 2022 Can you imagine what figure is now Then add the record official homeless of over 15k incl close to 5000 children While all this time over 160k homes lay empty & 20k are derelict This is state enabled violence & vandalism #DerelictIreland

Another absolute belter from our featured poet @jesstraynor.bsky.social. I love that we can almost see the single cocked eyebrow as Jess was writing this. Read the full fabulous poem in print, or online: www.hogriverpress.com/home

Great Bong Joon-ho bit on AI in this month’s @sightsoundmag.bsky.social

🎧 What are you listening to? 🎧 Can - Tago Mago Tago Mago is the second studio album by the German krautrock band Can, originally released as a double LP in August 1971. It was the band's first full studio album to feature vocalist Damo Suzuki #Music #MusicSky #krautrock #NowPlaying #Can

What an album. Still sounds visceral today.

"The biggest beneficiaries were pop singers. Acutely sensitive to tone and nuance, the microphone gave them personality, like Hollywood stars." 100 Years Ago Recording Studios Got a New Tool — Microphones (gift link):

That chair is absolutely going to produce a baby goth

Hey so if you still use Spotify: Streaming services are bad for artists but have you noticed yours is *the worst*?? Their rates are consistently under everyone AND for 85% of the music on the platform they don't pay out at all. Tidal, Deezer, Napster, Apple pay 2-3 times as much. Qobuz is like 4x.

Here's a #radioshow with some #krautrock, some #psychrock, some #indierock & some #rockrock. Have a listen if you're into that sorta thing. Some bands featured: Can, Neu!, Cola, Junk Drawer, Thee UFO, Gaya Su Akyol, La Dusseldorf, Electrelane, La Luz, Melenas, En Attendant Ana. #music #musicsky

#OTD Feb 17 1966 The Beach Boys begin recording sessions for Brian's masterpiece, "Good Vibrations". Multiple layered overdubs spread out over 11 sessions made this the most expensive single ever recorded to date. It would be their last to reach the Billboard Top 10 for ten years. #Musicsky

Series 2 of Inclusion Health, a #health #podcast I worked on with Annette, Cora and Mairéad from The Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME) Mayo/Roscommon is out on Monday 17th February. Topics include homelessness, addiction, and life as a forced migrant.

Save the Pálás cinema in Galway! This vital cultural space will be lost without action.

If the city council own Palas cinema then it should be used as a cultural space for the city for performances, screenings and community meets. Galway needs a viable 3rd place that isn't another chain pub or cafe. It's bad enough that airbnb's have driven the poorest out of the city as it is.

Ireland had the opportunity to be an egalitarian republic where the most vulnerable were always protected, and instead we got a partitioned country built for landlords and the corrupt, veiled behind a thin layer of bowls of shamrock and Aran sweaters so tourists don't notice the rot.

Irish people: sign here!

'There’s trouble until the robins come'. Saw Blue Velvet again last night. It's incredible. Maybe his 2nd best film?

Words To Live By Number 179

I went for houses 2 and 9. What about you?

“I fucking love radio,” he says, later. “Momentarily loving the relationship of the DJ to that piece of music – I don’t need anything else.”

I know it's a bit early, but there will be a best albums of the year show tonight on Grounded. 9pm on Flirt FM 101.3 and flirtfm.ie There will be songs from albums by Heems, The Cure, nala sinephro, MC Lyte, Arab Strap, KNEECAP, Mabe Fratti and others. #indiemusic #radioshow #bestof2024

The part that really hits home for me is the idea that searching for things in the physical (rather than virtual) world feels like actually “living your life”. I feel this with very fiber of my curmudgeonly being.

Letter regarding the BBC’s cancellation of Short Cuts is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Cc @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social

What a song. Love the synth puke sound.

Well this is just shite news. One of the best programmes out there for adventurous audio and for giving opportunities to producers to play and experiment.

After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This is from March of last year, but most of it still applies and is something to contemplate before the election. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...