I was just sharing this yesterday! The long lost art of taping off the radio while watching on TV pic.twitter.com/ZoATqdXW7w
— Brendan Maher (@brenny2506) May 18, 2021
Home taping.
It killed music.
Tag Archives: Self-Aid
From May 1986, a friendly reminder to honour your pledge to Self-Aid.
It’s been 28 years but never too late.
Voiceover by Derek Davis.
Previously: Jesus As A Child
27 years ago today.
A fresh-faced Dave Fanning introduces a messianic Bono along with Adam, Larry and Edge at Self Aid.
Courtesy of the RTE Archive.
Watch a short clip here.
Previously: Live Register Aid
Wherin literally dozens of McJobs are ‘pledged’ live on RTE during a 12-hour rock concert.
It gave the Irish economy what Live Aid gave to Africa.
Sweet f**k all. A sense of Hope.
And a bountiful line-up of Irish acts including the last ‘last’ performance by the Boomtown Rats.
Good(ish) times.
Boomtown Rats Reform For Isle of Wight Gig (BBC)
(Poster via Whyte’s)