SpoilersRoundaboutsBoss Tuneage / Little rocket / Brassneck / SBAM [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=705455709 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] In the true spirit of punk rock collegiality Spoilers didn't allow a chase for their signature to win out for this record. That may yet happen but in the meantime 4 little labels have pooled their resources … Continue reading Play of the day – Spoilers
2019 – A Year in Books, How was it for you
A list of books read in 2019. Did I make it to 52?
This Weeks Gigs – Dec 31 – Jan 6
This weeks gigs in Dublin - Dec 31 - Jan 6 It's quiet enough as the teens enter their 20's but Pillow Queens in Workmans Club is one good way of seeing out the old and bringing in the new. Whelans offering of And So I Watch You from Afar would beat Jools Holland too. … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs – Dec 31 – Jan 6
Hope Show 124
Hope show is an online punk rock radio show on radioactive international
Book of the week – Fxxked up Reader
Fucked up readerBryan Ray turcotteGinkgo press This book has given me the best quote I’ve read about punk rock “ It was just a movement, where anyone who cared could be part of something that really mattered” Shawn stern from byo records and youth brigade. But who did it really matter to! The thousands of … Continue reading Book of the week – Fxxked up Reader
Book of the week – A Keeper
A keeperGraham Norton Hodder and Stoughton My second graham Norton book in less than a year. What is the world coming to? However norton the comedian or norton the chat show host isn’t quite the same as Norton the novelist. He writes with an eloquence that isn’t evident when he is dumping people off a … Continue reading Book of the week – A Keeper
Book of the Week – The best is yet to come
the best is yet to comeAlan O’Mara Hachette books This is not just a book about someone suffering from depression. In reality that term, whilst perfectly reflecting the hopelessness of having depression, makes it harder for people to admit to being afflicted with a mental illness. The existence of books like this from people like … Continue reading Book of the Week – The best is yet to come
This Weeks gigs: Nov 18 – 24
Some crackers this week with the sound of the Ronettes hangoing out with the Raincoats in the guise of London punks, Big Joanie on Wednesday. Or !!! (chk chk chk) in Whelans the following night. On friday you may have been lucky to get a ticket to Girl Band or can wonder in the Scotish … Continue reading This Weeks gigs: Nov 18 – 24
Book Of the Week – Revolutionary Threads
Revolutionary ThreadsRastafarian, Social Justice, And Cooperative economicsBobby SullivanAkashi Press “The question really is How can we work effectively together when we have so much pulling us apart” Sullivan is working for a world “that must not continue to systematically demean, exploit and subjugate its people and their natural resources.” He has been working for this … Continue reading Book Of the Week – Revolutionary Threads
This Weeks Gigs – Nov 12 – 18
It's a week for those interested in the more metal sound of punk / hardcore, with Agnostic Front bringing their street core sing along noise to the Voodoo. They are proud New Yorkers with a strong history including one of violence during a time when violence at gigs was par for the course. For those … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs – Nov 12 – 18