Drove up to CMAT in 3Arena last night. Did a full day's work, left home at 4pm, arrived back at 2am. Totally worth it
Didn't realise how big the old Point Depot actually was, naively thought I was seeing a gig in somewhere maybe twice the size of the Olympia
...despite a 2 hour set! And just get your head around this fact. The 3 song encore is comprised of a song from each of CMAT's 3 albums to date. This is incredible if you stop to think about it for a second! ❤️
...oh those songs. That's the reason we were all there. This woman is going to move mountains if her career trajectory continues at this blistering pace. It's a testament to her back catalogue that I was disappointed to not hear everything I wanted...
The 'sexy CMAT band' are incredible players. Colm was already a legend, the addition of Holly on violin & back vox, as well as a pedal steel guy (whose name escapes me) has been a revelation. Hannah is a powerhouse of a drummer... but the songs!
...so I don't do well in big crowds & this wasn't just a big crowd, it was fucking enormous! But I don't think we'll ever be seeing Ciara play intimate gigs ever again, she's heading for superstardom and stadiums.
I do not know what possessed me to pull this 1996 debut album from Placebo off the CD shelf this afternoon. But I'm glad I did. It's really great. It's the only album of theirs I own & I've not played it in decades. Fucking top class!
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In a rare sight, a female Polar bear, weighing at around 300kg (661lbs) feasts on a male Sperm Whale weighing over 40 tons, she looks so tiny. The whale was carried by the ocean currents and winds to its location from further south, near the continental shelf.
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Mystery solved! Turns out the “lion” spotted roaming Clare was just a Newfoundland dog with a fresh haircut!
Gardaí from Killaloe have concluded that the recent video of a “lion like” animal roaming around the woods in East Clare is in fact the very friendly dog named ‘Mouse’.
Just finished the BBC adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul. It got me right in the feels.
I'd actually watch a whole series based solely on the Hungry Paul character, loved him to bits & the English actor playing him does a better Irish accent than me!
Happy anniversary to that video of the guy who expertly disguised a brussels sprout in a ferrero rocher wrapper & gave it to a trick or treater. All time classic.
I'll tell you, the older & more curmudgeonly you become, the more annoying those Halloween fireworks become. Also.... the poor dogs.
RIP Scott Sorry, you'll never be forgotten. Such sad news and so heartbreaking for his young family. Fuck cancer.
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New Jackson (David Kitt) DJ set live stream happening right now somewhere in Kerry but free to watch on YouTube. Phenomenal stuff. What a guy! youtube.com/live/7ix6C4jym0k…
