Jan 2019. I spent 12hrs on a trolley in an A&E department in a large Dublin hospital. Bursting at the seems with elderly people. I had a 5 min chat with doctor & told nothing they could do. Went private sorted in 1 wk. Where is the explainer for that year?
— leannemac (@leannewhelan8) November 16, 2021
Anyone?
Chosta – Late Night Jazz Radio
Requiem for a scene.
A powerful meditation on the demise of the Dublin club scene which combines old clips of sweaty delirious clubbers in now vanished venues with a cyclist mournfully visiting the husks of the capital’s dwindling culture.
Jack Martin‘s video for the new single by Dublin producer Conor Kelly aka Chosta is a marvel.
Chosta is known for his mix of genres from electronica, downtempo, IDM and outsider house and Late Night Jazz Radio is memorably atmospheric.
Nick says: Slow fade.
Winter Variant: pic.twitter.com/a8qXuQT21S
— Bob Moran (@bobscartoons) November 15, 2021
We trust they are both double jabbed.
*stares at landscape*
FIGHT!
Neolithic – Sick (At All)
“I haven’t been sober since I was sixteen
And that’s when I first found my weed
Then alcohol came to keep with the ease
Apart from when it didn’t keep up the peace.”
Hip-hop hipster Neo Morake (top) aka Neolithic wears his heart on his sleeve on his confessional new single which sees the former Nobody’s Heroes singer go solo.
The video directed by Douglas Miller is also a work of art. Shout out to Johnny Rush’s bar too.
Nick says: Neo word order.
Thank Franny it’s Friday.
Ready everyone? It’s time to put your feet up and indulge in another voucherless Friday music banter fest.
This week, I want to know: what’s your favourite song about the ocean or whose lyrics contain a reference to the ocean?
Here’s mine.
Please include video link if possible.
Lines close at 5.45pm EXTENDED until Saturday Midday.
Nick says: Good luck!
Meanwhile…
Last week, my esteem was won by Lilly who chose a classic Irish standard sung by Enya as her favourite song to fall asleep to.
“If I were to pick a song to nod off to – preferably with the dying embers of a fire flickering on the ceiling – it would be Enya, I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls.”
Nick says: Well done Lily and thanks all.
Pic: Bunker Vinyl, Cork
This afternoon.
Just ‘dropped’
Not another trailer, but the first official ‘clip’ (yes) from Peter Jackson’s forthcoming Get Back, a six-hour documentary on the making of Let It Be, in which the band, featuring a very glum Ringo, grimly attempt to put ‘down’ album track ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’ while Yoko knits nearby.
Lovable moptops.
Previously: Words Are Flowing Out Like Endless Rain Into A Paper Cup
Fia Moon – Simple
“I pack my bags to leave again.”
Irish pop princess Fia Moon (top) explores the end of the affair on her recent single with a photogenic lyric video shot by Fiona Louise.
Fia collaborated remotely with ace songwriters/producers Billy Maybury and Austin Ward.
Fia explains:
“Writing over Zoom can definitely be challenging but somehow we all managed to make it work despite us all being across the world – with me in Dublin, Billy in Cork and Austin in the US. I have admired their work for some time so I was excited we could all work together, despite the restrictions.”
Nick says: Good Moon rising.
“You won’t be able to hide. You will be miserable.
“You will have a very lonely life and you won’t be able to maintain your employment.”
Dr Chris Perry, Queensland President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) discussing the future for the unjabbed.
Gulp.
Meanwhile…
Life in New Normal Germany is a non-stop laugh riot. The graffiti reads … “GAS THE UNVACCINATED!” https://t.co/zOXzwTvxUn pic.twitter.com/v357BHcuCm
— Consent Factory (@consent_factory) November 9, 2021
Steady on, Hun.
Meanwhile…
just get vaccinated and stop being a tit
— johnmoconnor 🇮🇪🇪🇺 😷 (@johnmoconnor) November 11, 2021
Splutter!
Georgia G – Are You Single?
Happy International Singles Day.
It comes around so fast.
When you’re completely alone in the world.
With NO ONE.
Anywho, for the day that’s in it, Georgia G (top), a 20 year old singer/songwriter from Malahide currently studying at BIMM Dublin, celebrates her fellow unattached with this slick, lonely-heart club busting pop banger.
Georgia describes ‘Are You Single?’ as…
‘…a post lockdown bop for all those singletons who wanna meet people in person!
Nick says: Single of the week.
