Author Archives: Nick Kelly

Paul Callan – See The World

The glorious 12th!

The 12th and final song, that is, in Louth songsmith Paul Callan’s monthly release project.

A perfect way to close, the atmospheric See The World is straight from the heart.

Paul writes:

“How quickly the year turns around. It is now December and this will be my twelfth single release this year. See The World is just a reminder to lift your head and look around. Everything you need is right under your nose! A simple song with a simple message for any time of the year.

“This year I have written, recorded, produced and released twelve songs. All these songs will be compiled and released, with some other unheard material, early in the new year.

All of my music can be found wherever you listen to music.”

Nick says: A diamond dozen.

Paul Callan

Jabbening now.

What der füppen?

Österreich sucht Angestellte, die Impf-Verweigerer jagen (Blick)

Meanwhile…

Gulp.

The Delivery Boy & D’Beats – Pints

Thirsty?

Then get this down ya. Cork hip-hop duo The Delivery Boy (vocals) and D’Beats (producer) take a trip down memory lane to the watering holes of yore before 8pm curfews and all that malarkey.

Pints is from their new EP on bandcamp called the Minimum Wage Mixtape.

Ronan aka The Delivery Boy writes:

“It’s a concept EP with a storyline throughought about a working man who has a bad day, snaps, takes revenge on the landlord, and then faces the consequences. It’s supposed to be a light-hearted project, like a faux-socialist parable for cynical times.

“The tagline is ‘A day in the life of a man who had nothing. And lost it.'”

Nick says: A Shandon on the rocks.

The Delivery Boy & D’Beats

This afternoon.

“There are no plans to tighten restrictions further. The restrictions that come into effect today will last until the 30th of January. Of course we can’t rule out easing of restrictions earlier or having to tighten them if there was a sudden deterioration or major deterioration in terms of the picture in our hospitals for example.

“What was announced last week and what comes into effect today is there to apply until the end of January. There is no secret plan for any additional restrictions before Christmas, before the new year or in January.

“But of course the caveat is it’s not possible to rule anything out in this pandemic and I think people appreciate the extent to which the virus has surprised us on a number of occasions, including with the emergence of the omicron variant which is so much more transmissible and has vaccine escape properties.”

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar.

Anyone?

Record Covid numbers expected in days to come – Tánaiste (RTÉ)

Thanks Jimmy Jones

Jack O’Rourke – Sea Swimming

Splash!

Cork songsmith Jack O’Rourke braves the freezing water while paying a sort of homage to REM’s Nightswimming masterpiece on the latest single from his new album Wild Place.

The stunning video was directed by Daniel Keaney and also features fan footage.

Nick says: Not drowning but waving.

Jack O’Rourke

Oh.

This afternoon.

Wembley, London, England.

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Ah now.

Thanks KN

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Saturday: Mist Appointment

Last night.

Meanwhile…

Um.

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Gulp.

This morning.

Meanwhile…

….via Football 365:

‘…It puzzles and angers many that in England so many footballers won’t get the jabs. While male footballers may not be massively different in numbers to any other young men in their 20s and 30s in their hesitancy to get vaccinated, with roughly 25% not interested, they are, in other ways, very different to us and this explains their anti-social choice.

….The body fascism that has berated and bullied women for not being the right shape and size since the dawn of time now also bullies men into being more well-built, more well-hung. Thicker, longer, harder, bigger. It is a mentality only endorsed and amplified by pornography. The internet generation has been raised with these values totally absorbed into their cultural DNA.

So every male footballer, having grown up with this hyper-physicality as part of their self-identity, is not divorceable from being a body-conscious physical specimen and this is what makes them susceptible to rumour and half-baked notion about vaccines making you impotent (why not ask someone who’s had it if they can still get hard?), or infertile (why not ask someone who’s had a kid in the last 18 months?), or grow an extra head (hey, actually that could be useful at defending near-post corners).

They’ll take any pill or needle if it facilitates better performance on the pitch (and is legal, obviously). So refusing one which will stop you being ill, or being as ill and helps stop others being ill too, shouldn’t be a great leap of understanding. But it is for some. It is, literally, mental.

The only thing impotent about anti-vaxxers is their naivety (John Nicholson, Football 365)

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

Referee, Trevor Moloney, abandoned the match in Hibernian Park, Burt, at half-time.

The Finn Valley side’s star forward had been having an outstanding game for his team, and had scored 1-3, when he appeared to go to the ground.

The young man was unable to get up and was attended to by officials and medical personnel before being helped to the sideline.

He remained there for about 15 minutes before an ambulance arrived.

Breaking: U21 hurling final abandoned after player becomes ill (Donegal Daily)