Author Archives: Nick Kelly


Paddy Hanna – New York Sidewalk

King of the hill.

Irish songsmith and former Grand Pocket Orchestra leader Paddy Hanna (top) charms with a languid stroll through the Big Apple on his new single on the Strange Brew label.

Paddy writes:

“I rather optimistically believe that many of the mistakes or misadventures that happen in our lives can become great anecdotes down the line, a sense of humour can be a real balm in tough times. ‘New York Sidewalk’ is very simply about that – moving on from the past with a wry grin. It’s about laying to bed past failures, leaping forward and seeing the love that’s all around you.”

Nick says: Pavement fan.

Paddy Hanna

Mothers.

In fairness.

Mmm.

The tang of faintly-scented frozen urine.

Any excuse

Last night

Zero Covid enthusiast Paul Murphy declares the pandemic is not over.

Meanwhile….

Ah here.

Meanwhile…

Fight!

1950s.

The Capital Girls.

Grandad’s ruin.

Last night.

Mark Lanegan, the singer for grunge pioneers Screaming Trees and frequent vocalist for Queens of the Stone Age, died yesterday Morning at his home in Killarney, county Kerry. He was 57. A cause of death was not disclosed.

This (above) was one of his last performances for Other Voices in Dingle, county Kerry.

Via Irish Times:

Shortly after the publication of his 2020 memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, a raw, harrowing saga of addiction, destitution and grief, Lanegan and his wife Shelley Brien moved from California to Killarney, a place they’d first visited when they appeared on Other Voices in 2004.

“A friend of mine had a house here. When I became reacquainted with the physical beauty of the place and made some really good friends right off the bat, the warmth of those people made it an easy place to stay. Sometimes I have trouble with the high voice accent, but I’m learning…”

Mark Lanegan, the self-destructive musical underdog who came ‘home’ to Killarney (Irish Times)

Pic via Other Voices

2018

Yesterday.

St Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8.

Liberties Dublin writes:

Delighted to get a bird’s eye view of the magnificent roof restoration [More than 14,000 roof slates hand cut individually from the same quarry in Wales as those used for the last major roofing project, undertaken under the stewardship of Sir Benjamin Guinness in the 1860s]…

Completion of Roof Restoration Works (St Patrick’s Cathedral, September 2021)

Um.

This morning.

CAP national strategic plans will fail to deliver on EU Green Deal environmental and climate objectives (Birdlife)