Kooskoos – Connie
“sup?
This heartfelt requiem for a dear departed pooch may bring a tear to your eye.
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Topher Joe and guitarist Jordie Sunshine remember the much missed golden retriever with a rousing anthem and a poignant video to match.
Nick says: Paws for thought.
Bob Marley at Dalymount Park, July 6, 1980 against a Haile Selassie backdrop
#OnThisDay 40 years ago promoter Pat Egan @Pateganmgt brought Bob Marley & the Wailers to Dalymount Pk @bfcdublin. On an overcast Sunday the show ran from 2.30 to 6.30. 10,000+ attended. £7 in, kids free with adults. No trouble, just 2 arrests but many counterfeit tickets used. pic.twitter.com/vIuE97gcsG
— Brand New Retro (@brandnewretro) July 6, 2020
Any excuse
Bob Marley Dublin July 6, 1980 (Rootfire)
Pic Eddie Malin
Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose credits include the “spaghetti” Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died in Rome aged 91. https://t.co/ptBdNlsSdZ
— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) July 6, 2020
RIP
Requests taken below.
Ennio Morricone: Oscar-winning Italian film composer dies aged 91 (BBC)
Happy Friday!
What song did you initially dislike but then grew to admire?
That’s this week’s question to be in with a chance of winning an instantly lovable €25 Golden Discs voucher.
Here’s mine.
Simply answer below and the winner will chosen by my imaginary robot.
Please include video links where possible.
Lines MUST close at 9.30pm (late entrants will be considered).
Nick says: Good luck.
Last week’s winner here
The Dubliners @Mulligans6 of Poolbeg Street, 1970’s pic.twitter.com/L1jsEzmbMP
— RareIrishStuff (@RareIrishStuff) July 3, 2020
Hair of the dog gods.
Good times.
*slurp*
Ag Críost an Síol on cello from my cottage in Mayo pic.twitter.com/rSlrfkQENe
— Patrick Dexter (@patrickdextervc) July 2, 2020
Yesterday.
Labrador-soothing sounds.
Somewhere in Mayo.
Thanks Bebe
The 10 Best Books set in Ireland, according to the @guardian. Explore Ireland’s history and culture through these tales of loss and love by Sally Rooney, Edna O’Brien, Colm Tóibín and more: https://t.co/U76j4X7rwz pic.twitter.com/af3SqHbKHP
— National Library of Ireland (@NLIreland) July 3, 2020
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Silent People by Walter Macken
The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
The Broadsheet Book Of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland edited by Aidan Coughlan
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
The Green Road by Anne Enright
Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Sea by John Banville
Fight!
10 of the best books set in Ireland – that will take you there (The Guardian)
Reuters
Quinn – Trespasser
How to ward off intrusive, negative thoughts.
That’s the theme of Belfast songsmith Quinn’s memorable debut single which wraps an important message in a naggingly catchy melody.
Quinn (top) says:
“Trespasser aims to be a hard-hitting message about mental health. If you have negative thoughts that trespass on self-image, self-esteem or everyday life, do not listen to those trespassing thoughts!”
Nick says: You ain’t heard nothing like the mighty Quinn.
The votes are in.
Last week, following my beloved Liverpool FC becoming champions of England after 30 years and with a €25 Golden Discs voucher as the goal, I asked you for your favourite song by a band or singer from Liverpool.
You answered in your tens.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
Heart As Big As Liverpool by The Mighty Wah
Catherine Vaughan writes:
One of my favourite Liverpudlians (Pete Wylie). I might normally go for Story Of The Blues, but today, it can only be this…
Runner up:
A Day In The Life by The Beatles
YupYup writes:
THE greatest masterpiece has to be the best of Liverpool surely? The epic nature, the switches and ups and downs which lead to the final crescendo and the famous final chords are rather appropriate for all the Liverpool fans breathing one massive 30 year sigh of relief.
Winner:
There She Goes by The La’s
Bertie Blenkinsop writes:
I loved this song since before Liverpool won the League last time and I still love every single note of it, a lost genius Lee Mavers
Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Voucher
Following @sandralaville‘s shocking revelations in the @guardian yesterday here are some pictures of the River Colne that were taken on Monday.
The River Colne is a chalk stream, one of only 225 in the entire world pumped to extinction.
Wouldn’t that be right @AffinityWater. pic.twitter.com/tHUgqxncuk
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) July 2, 2020
Privatise it, they said.
Yesterday: England’s privatised water firms paid £57bn in dividends since 1991 (Sandra Laville, The Guardian)
Previously: Fergal Sharkey’s Mission To Save Our Chalk Stream
Pic: Richard Saker/ The Observer
