Yesterday while I was talking with @AVindman and @biannagolodryga about Alex’s new book, I was asked about my comment about COVID misinformation that all of you are sharing. Here was my answer: pic.twitter.com/8LKhPIJ1Eu
“Screw your freedom. Because with freedom comes obligations and responsibilities. You cannot just say, ‘I have the right to X, Y and Z.’ When you affect other people, that is when it gets serious.”
Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cork singer/songwriter Mick Flannery teams up with Clare chanteuse Susan O’Neill (aka SON) for this single from their new album In The Game, due September 3 on Rosa/Believe Records.
Mick says:
“Modern technology and modes of communication allow us all to be aware of the troubles of the world on a mass scale, whilst also dealing with our own personal struggles. This song speaks to the nature of this awareness and how we can (and sometimes have to) turn away, for better or worse.”
Susan says:
“It’s a nod to some of the old proverbs that many of us grew up hearing.Mick pieced many of them together including ‘Wear the shoe, walk the mile’ and ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child’. In this song they have become intertwined with a chorus suggesting we must carry on the journey in the face of all experience.”
More than 5,000 mostly unmasked, socially sardined ‘revellers’ at a concert by James Arthur (top) and Cork’s LYRA (pic 2) in the open air, without restrictions. This was the second event – following Tom Jones last night – in a series at Custom House Square that will attract over 30,000 music fans during the next few weeks.
That’s not a disco classic… this is a disco classic.
Former Revs frontman Rory Gallagher (top) sneaks onto a blockbuster film set for his latest video, shot in Scotland.
Rory writes:
“This is one of the cheekiest videos I ever did, as the majority of it was filmed on my phone at 5am in Glasgow city centre on the set of the new Indiana Jones movie before the cast and crew arrived! They had recreated New York City circa 1970 and it fit perfectly with the song lyrics, but I was chased away (@4.34) by security in the middle of it, and rightly so!”
My un-jabbed wife and sister in law attended the remarkable Tom Jones in Belfast. To get in they did a rapid antigen test, sent free from the NHS & self reported the result. She put in “ negative” and received back a text saying “ You are negative” Think about that for 1 second
One of the best loved Irish bands of the late ’80s/’90s, Power Of Dreams have reformed with a terrific new album Auslander (the German word for outsider) making waves.
Singer Craig Walker (top right) writes:
“A new studio album was something we had talked about doing over the years but the timing and problems of us all living in different countries, meant it never happened. When everything closed in March 2020, suddenly those hurdles of geography and time no longer mattered.
It was a window of opportunity that was too good to pass up. I’d been putting songs to one side over the years, as they were obviously Power of Dreams songs.
“The reaction from fans has been great since we started releasing the singles last year. ‘America’ and ‘Across The Shannon’ topped the iTunes indie charts, then ‘Hurricane’ was used in the TV show Made in Chelsea and now ‘Do It’ has been doing really well on radio and the fans love it. We have received numerous messages from lifelong fans of the band thanking us for doing a new album. We believe the new album will satisfy long time followers of the band and hopefully introduce a new audience to our music.”
The new single Best Days is a heartfelt tribute by Craig to original guitarist Robbie Callan, who sadly passed away last New Year’s Eve, and who was as lovely a guy as he was a brilliant musician.
In honour of Robbie, here (above) is an old video of a performance of All Because on the Jo Maxi TV show on RTÉ in 1988 (that’s him on lead guitar in the black leather jacket). We were cousins too, and I dedicate this post to his memory.
After many great years and stacks of free vouchers, the good folk at Golden Discs have decided to depart sponsorship duties on our Friday music competition mainstay.
I think I speak for everyone when I say they it’s been a blast.
A big thank you to all at Golden Discs and Sinéad and everyone in Presence PR.
All outstanding winners will receive their vouchers this week.
