Foggy morning, St Stephen’s Green.
(Thanks Colum Cronin)
Singer Dolly Parton is inoculated with the Covid-19 jab that she helped to fund
Ms Parton said those who are not
Brave enough to take a shot
Of Covid vaccine
Should know that they’re seen
As walking piles of chicken squat
Priorities
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Meanwhile…
Tomorrow Tonight.
Bernard Purcell (top right), editor of The Irish World, previews tomorrow’s front pages and pays tribute to legendary RTÉ journalist Mike Burns, who died last weekend.
The votes are in.
Last Friday, with a startling €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World branch, on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song whose lyrics or title refer to a river.
You answered in your dozens.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
The River by Bruce Springsteen.
H writes:
“Before I turned my back on him for the crime of getting ‘too big’ and having the audacity to play Slane (I was a very angry teenager at the time) this was always a favourite of mine from The Boss.
“It took me up to about three years ago to finally admit that I should let it go.”
Runner-up:
Down by the Banks of the Ohio by Olivia Newton John
Fairyqueen writes:
“I only knew it played by some in-house “ballad band” – 1970s on holidays my parents would find a bar (the only time they ever really did this) with a bit of “music” and over flat Cokes and Taytos (me), pint of stout (Da) and a port and lemon (my mother – and one would be all she had all evening) they would sway and sometimes sing along and almost always this song came on. Good times.”
Winner:
Riverman by Nick Drake
Specific Gravity writes:
Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free.
If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don’t suppose
It’s meant for me“It’s probably the melancholia of the end of another stifled week, finally taking a breath and starting to unwind, but this track hits harder now than it otherwise might. Could be on repeat for a while before this night is out.”
Nick says: Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s PC Voucher
Last night.
After a third woman came forward to accuse his brother, New York governor Andrew Cuomo, of inappropriate sexual behavior, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo the host of “Cuomo Prime Time” and known as Fredo after the doomed brother in The Godfather, told his viewers:
“Obviously I am aware of what’s going on with my brother, and obviously I cannot cover it, because he is my brother.”
“Now, of course CNN has to cover it. They have covered it extensively and they will continue to do so.”
“I have always cared very deeply about these issues and profoundly so. There’s a lot of news going on that matters also, so let’s get after that.”
Chris Cuomo blasted by journalists for refusing to cover brother’s scandals (New York Post)
What allegations does Andrew Cuomo face and could they bring him down? (The Guardian)
Meanwhile…
…New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration hired a defense attorney to represent the governor and his closest aides in an investigation probing COVID-19 nursing home deaths during the pandemic.
Defense attorney Elkan Abramowitz, a former federal prosecutor, confirmed to The Hill on Monday that he was representing the “Executive Chamber” as the state endures three probes into how it handled reporting coronavirus deaths in nursing homes.
….New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) published a report determining the state should not have excluded the number of residents who died after being taken to hospitals from the nursing home death toll. The change in classification put the number of nursing home deaths at 15,000 from 8,500 as recently as late January.
Cuomo administration hires defense attorney for nursing home probe (The Hill)
This evening.
At 6.30pm Irish time.
The Smurfit-Stone Corporation Endowed Professorship in Irish Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis presents the writings of Kevin Higgins (above left) and Susan Millar DuMars.
Kevin writes
People here are MOST welcome to join the reading. It’s simple. Just click on the ‘Register me, Please!’ link below, and register. St. Louis is six hours behind Irish time. So the reading will start at 6.30pm and finish at 7.45pm (our time).
Register here.
Behold: the colourful, site-specific, tulle installations of Ana María Hernando, inspired by her childhood in Buenos Aires, where she observed the women of her family sewing, crocheting, and embroidering together every day. She sez:
As a Latina, I explore how the feminine comes forward in strength and flexibility, in beauty and in (an) unstoppable abundance of generosity.
In fairness.
More of Ana’s net worth here.
Net worth.
Ah forget you.
Carrie Baxter – Pray
Star quality.
That’s what Waterford-born, London-based R&B singer Carrie Baxter has in spades. Her single Pray was a big radio hit that Amy Winehouse would have been proud of, and comes with a seductive, atmospheric video.
Now Carrie has teamed up with rapper Nealo and producer edbl for latest single Without You.
Carrie says:
“If I had made a video for this, it definitely would have included me walking away down a long street in a pair of high heels with my suitcases!”
Nick says: Carrie on Carrie.