Ah here.
Via OldDublinTown
If you had no TV licence you feared the arrival of the Post & Telegraph (P&T) Television Detector vans in the 70s…
Meanwhile…
Ah now.
Fergus O’Neill writes:
Fixed that for you…
Hoax? Not a hoax? Find out here: TV Detector Van technology (Wikipedia)
The votes are in.
Last Friday, with a €20 Currys PC World voucher redeemable in any Currys store on offer, I asked you to name your favourite tune that refers to a month of the year.
You answered in your dozens.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
September Gurls by Big Star
Andy Pipkin writes:
“Just brilliant from the opening riff till the end! Big Star at their best! Enjoy!”
Runner-up:
April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel
Gustavo Fring writes:
“I love the guitar tune and the subtle harmonies of their two voices. Perfection.”
Winner:
April In Paris by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Papi writes:
“Ella Fitzgerald, baby. I naturally think of this one as I have grown up with it played again and again with my dad. And even though we were geekholing up all year with our duo all year, putting on shows ( for basically mostly ourselves ), April hit hard because my dad’s birthday is in last day of April.
“Which obviously meant, when growing up , we had to interrupt the first barbecue of the year with this song on repeat. Every year. To everyone’s delight. So it being the end of April, it came just naturally to me. Not this year then, but next year, we will bother the crap out of neighborhoods with this. Out of tune. Obviously.”
Nick says: Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s PC Voucher
RIP Nick Kamen … that advert for Levis 501 in 1985 was huge pic.twitter.com/LLXcI9Aalm
— desod (@desodr1) May 5, 2021
This afternoon.
Singer and model Nick Kamen.
Denim-washing dreamboat who, in one 30-second, boxer short-clad commercial, helped revive sales of Levis 501 jeans while killing off the y-front for a generation.
RIP.
Any excuse.
Brigid Mae Power – Head Above The Water
Let’s move to the country.
Gorgeous images of the wild western Irish landscape light up the video for the title track of Brigid Mae Power‘s excellent album on Fire Records.
The film was shot by Brigid (top) and Jonny Sanders aka Prehuman and “uses effects that replicate the cyanotype photo printing process”.
Brigid says:
“I shot some footage of the surrounding landscape where I live, feeling very drawn to filming the water and damp boglands around me.”
Nick says: Mae the roads rise with you.
1975.
RTÉ man interviews hardy West Cork postman/farmer/cyclist Mike Sheehan on his route in Goleen.
He always delivered.
Usually by late afternoon.
Or the next day, punctures notwithstanding.
Adrian Crowley – Northbound Stowaway
Don’t pay the ferryman.
A former winner of the Choice Music Prize, Adrian Crowley (top) is back with a new album The Watchful Eye Of The Stars, produced by longtime PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish.
The eye-catching video was directed by Adrian and Niall McCall.
Nick says: Not waving but hiding.
That was the question.
Early 1960s.
Old Dublin Photos writes:
Mass X-Ray van at the Pillar on O’Connell Street. This was a mobile unit checking the health of Dubliners against TB.
Name those jammers, anyone?
Ancient Mysteries Explained.
Following the Ballyfermot Paradox…
…the identity crisis of Bray, county Wicklow explored.
Finally.
Thank Fintan it’s Friday.
As May beckons, it’s a great time to have another music competition.
This week I want to know what’s your favourite song that mentions a specific month and the reason why you like it?
Here’s mine.
Reply below to be in with a chance of bagging yourself a €20 Currys PC World voucher redeemable in any Currys store.
The winner will be chosen by my personal organiser.
Please include a video link if possible, thanks.
Lines MUST close on Saturday 11am.
Nick says: Good luck!
Last week’s winner here
Johnny Brady & Caitriona O’Sullivan – This Country Girl
Move over, Garth & Trisha, there’s a new country power ballad couple in town.
Antrim’s Johnny Brady met Kerry’s Caitriona O’Sullivan on the set of the TG4 music programme Glor Tire and a thriving songwriting partnership was born.
The scenic video was shot in Dingle.
Nick says: I’m gonna try for The Kingdom.
