Monthly Archives for December 2010
HNY
Unfortunately that’s all we’ve got left and it’s 10 to midnight! Posted via email from Caroline
Shy bittern back on Irish shores
Relevant to this bit of news: Shy bittern flies back to Irish shores after 150-year break. See wikipedia for an explanation of the poem below. A bhonnán bhuí by Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna A bhonnán bhuí, is é mo … Continue reading
Elbow – ‘Lippy Kids’ (Live at Blueprint Studios)
Elbow’s new album ‘Build a rocket boys!’ is out 7th march.
links for 2010-12-27
Sinéad O'Connor: Some Burning Questions for the Pope "Please deign to respond to this letter directly and personally and put aside all the pomp and titles and so-called 'proper channels' — all of which belong not in the 21st century … Continue reading
links for 2010-12-23
100 verses of A Bang On The Ear | Word Magazine Word readers write 100 verses ('vignettes of love lost') to The Waterboys 'A Bang on the Ear' (tags: music lyrics waterboys) Twitter for Musicians | Make It In Music … Continue reading
links for 2010-12-22
What's Ahead For 2011? Ian Rogers: Direct To Fan Grows, Cloud Music & New Funding Models Emerge – hypebot (tags: music business topspin)
links for 2010-12-21
Gilles Babinet: 10 digital music bets for 2011 | MIDEMBlog "You don’t care about Facebook’s hipness and you think “fans” are insignificant in terms of music business? You may be wrong." (tags: music business)
links for 2010-12-20
Marc_Almond_In_My_Room_1991.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) Download unreleased demo version of In My Room from 1991 (tags: marcalmond mp3 download) Interview: Anton Corbijn on making The American – The Arts Desk – Arts Reviews, Features and News (tags: antoncorbijn interview)
Merlin’s Season 3, definitely of the good
In Season 3, the BBC series ‘Merlin’ became a little darker, a little more epic, a little more cinematic and a little more… good. As Tony Head put it: ‘The chickens come home to roost.’ Now if they could drop … Continue reading
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