Bullitt is on ITV4 tonight at 10.20. I wrote a story about Bullitt style - the boots the clothes, the car, McQueen. www.digwithit.com?p=536
I've just written a story about Irish music activism for The Markaz Review. It mentions Kneecap, Huartan, Lankum and the music on the marches. themarkaz.org/shamrocks-wa...
Through a conflicted prism, the effect of the year-long war in Gaza on the music and politics of Northern Ireland.
DUBLIN! Phil King & I will be coming to town on Thu Oct 31 for a screening of 'Lush : A Far From Home Movie' at the Irish Film Institute. There'll be a Q&A, this time hosted by ex-NME writer @stubailie.bsky.socialtinyurl.com/bddxtfh9
I listened to 27 live CDs of Bob Dylan and The Band from 1974. Some joy, many digressions. A review for Classic Rock. www.loudersound.com/reviews/bob-...
27 live CDs, 417 unreleased tracks, not all of it good, as Bob Dylan's archive is plundered again
New old episode up now. Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice, with guests Sam West and Sophie Ratcliff, and a newly recorded introduction from @iammilliam.bsky.social@johnmitchinson.bsky.socialwww.backlisted.fm/episodes/220...
Eric Bell, guitarist, Donaghadee, Co Down, 22.08.22. Eric was co-founder of Thin Lizzy, magnificent on tracks like ‘Whiskey in the Jar’ & ‘The Rocker’. A box set, Eric Bell: Remembering, is out Sept 27. Eric receives the Oh Yeah Legend Award, Nov 13 at the NI Music Prize, Ulster Hall. 📷 @stu_bailie
Great piece about Terri and the Seventy Five Revolutions book in the Guardian. "I was as mad as the rest of them but I wanted love and peace, not violence and hate.” Thanks to Brian at Dimple Discs for the help with this. www.theguardian.com/music/2024/j...
He belted a Beatle, launched the Undertones and foiled armed kidnappers. Terri Hooley explains how he kept Northern Irish teens kicking as the Troubles escalated
Another week closer to Christmas and this week's #TopTenBestsellingTitlesbridgebooksdromore.co.uk/product-cate...
My book about Terri Hooley is launched on Thursday. A lovely feeling. The printers did a fantastic job. Lot of content about Terri's radical life before he released 'Teenage Kicks' and the unruly stuff that happened afterwards.
Making my entrance again, with my usual flares.