Author Archives: Nick Kelly

A petition by [Dublin City] Councillor Chris Andrews calling on the Irish government and Irish Water/Ervia to stop breaching the European Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), to fix the problems which are causing wastewater overflows, and give us a safe, clean and healthy Dublin Bay.

Sign here

Previously: The Brown Water Is Back

Just can’t enough, in fact.

Yesterday.

Lancaster Quay, Mardyke, Cork.

Random Cork Stuff tweetz:

Hopped into Cafe Depeche in Cork yesterday for the first time for a coffee and yes, Depeche Mode were playing on the stereo. Nice coffee btw…

Gahan outta that.

The Depeche Mode Connection (Cafe Depeche)

Owen Denvir – Ghost

Tinder is the night.

But what happens when you get ‘ghosted’ on a dating app? That’s the subject of Belfast singer/songwriter Owen (top with unnamed friend)) who has crafted a haunting lament to a vanishing romance.

The classically trained musician has a voice pregnant with raw emotion.

A rising North star.

Nick says: Ghost rider.

Owen Denvir

The Craddock House Nursing Home, Naas, County Kildare

To wit:

The owners of Craddock House (Bríd and Karl Gallagher) decided to build a strong visual sensory area in their Dementia Care unit for the purpose of creating a stimulating space for residents and a place to reflect, relax and enjoy.

They engaged local craft-person Kevin O’Rourke of Country Kitchens (Ballymare Eustace) to design and build a streetscape of old shopfronts that included; a Post Office, Flower Shop, Sweet Shop/Ice Cream Parlour, General Mercantile, Garage, Pub, Antiques Shop and a functioning Hairdressers.  Mock cottage facades and walls formed part of the new streetscape…

In fairness.

Mock Street Scene at Craddock House Nursing Home (Retail Design)

Meaow.

Erwin Schrödinger?

His cat?

‘How On The Turn didn’t make superstars of Kilkenny’s Kerbdog is an enduring mystery. Boasting three superb singles (JJ’s Song, Sally and Mexican Wave), fistfuls of killer riffs and genuine personality, the band’s second album – a perfect blend of alt.metal and alt. rock – should have been huge..’ (Kerrang!)

Kilkenny rock tyros Kerbdog have been given a huge shout out by legendary metal magazine Kerrang! who included their 1997 album On The Turn in the list of most underrated albums of that decade.

Singer Cormac Battle described the accolade as bittersweet on Twitter (below). A few extra million sales would have been his preferred option!

The 12 Most Underrated Albums Of The ’90s (Kerrang!)

Meanwhile…

Shane Fallon – Stuck Inside This Rhythm

Move over, Ron Burgundy – there’s a new Anchorman in town.

The singer with Dublin band The Shoos, Shane has a lot of fun with oversized wigs and multicoloured bow ties in the video to this feelgood ditty that has added sax appeal.

Camoberg productions deserve all the prizes for putting a smile on our faces at Summer’s end.

Nick says: Rhythm king.

Shane Fallon

Last week, with two free tickets to see Mack Fleetwood on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song from the vast Mac canon.

You answered in your tens.

But there could be only one winner.

Third place:

Fleetwood Mac — Albatross

Slightly Bemused writes:

‘I have to admit my favourite song is Albatross, followed closely by Man of the World. A very good friend of mine used play Albatross on his guitar and lamented that he could not get it right (I could not tell the difference). Then he learned that they use 2 guitars and felt so much better. I worked in a lot of countries, and the same friend made me a mix tape to take with me, and one of the songs was Man of the World. That tape cheered me up in a lot of dark places.’

Runner-up:

Fleetwood Mac – Landslide

Millie Vanilly writes:

‘It’s a beautiful song with a lovely sentiment behind it and one of my daughter’s favourite songs. I sing it to her at bedtime and now I associate it with an extremely precious time of day.’

Winner:

Fleetwood Mac- The Chain

Odockatee writes:

‘It’s s a class tune, so far, so good. But then the pause just after the fade out of “keeps us together…….” and the bass line kicks in and its all Formula-1-head-shaking-running-on-the-spot-air-guitaring action.’

Thanks all.

Last week” Win Nick’s Free Tix

Thanks Spaghetti Hoop

Nealo feat. God Knows, INNRSPACE & SENU – Questions

For those about to rap…

Dublin hip-hop newcomer Nealo (top) has just dropped a new single Angel On My Shoulder.

But to get you in the mood, here he is live and dangerous (above) earlier this summer at an RTÉ Studio 8 Live session ably backed by slinky jazz neo-soul trio INNRSPACE and rapper SENU.

Nealo headlines the Grand Social, Dublin, on September 27.

Nick says: Hip-hop hooray!

Stop that.

Saturday and Sunday.

Stradbally, County Laois.

Music-loving ‘revellers’ at the Electric Picnic where they were entertained by Hozier (pic 9) and Billy Eilish (Pic 6) among dozens of others.

Earlier: This Is Not The Beer Talking

Leah Farrell/Rollingnews