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5 steps to a winning mindsetWhat sport can teach us about great leadershipDamian HughesMacMillan Press 5 S.T.E.P.S SimplicityThinkingEmotional intelligence PracticalStory telling For anything to change someone needs to start acting differently. Leaders bring out the most in their team. Like the all blacks mottos “pass the jersey on in a better state than you got … Continue reading Book of the Week – 5 steps to a winning mindset
..a dreamy pop fuzz drenched sound. There is a grungey feel at times with some songs riffing along in a post punk fashion. Nice and lo-fi and laid back with those guitars jangling away.
One big gig in Dublin this week is the tribute to David Berman. David Berman, pavement hero of the Silver Jews and the comeback king of Purple Mountains, passed on August 7. He left behind a corduroy suit made of a hundred gutters, jagged skylines of car keys, 50,000 beer cans and a wild kindness. … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs – Oct 14 – 20
Get It TogetherLive FreeMake That A Take Fast paced sing along hardcore from Scotish punks Get It Together. They want to "live a life free of persecution" and are ready to scream about it. A metal free Propagandhi sound but with a hark back to fast pure hardcore in the old New York crew tradition. … Continue reading Play of the Day : Get It Together
Notes from a nervous planet Matt haigPenguin How can we live in a mad world without going mad. Every thing is faster than it used to be. Our concerny about the future slows us down. So many things to worry about in a world full of pain. We are living twice as long and have … Continue reading Book of the week – Notes from a nervous planet
"We must unite and resist against the violent symbols of oppression, including what's imprinted on our own self, that must be daily sacrificed. Do not allow yourself to be programmed." Listening to this record is a starting point. Don't accept music as just being three chords and the truth there can be a whole lot more to it
Honest ThievesIneptitudeBrassneck Records [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2333421461 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] Guitars exploding everywhere in the vein of iron Chic or Hot Water Music. The songs have hooks a plenty, anthems rising and sing along chorus. it's high octane punk rock at its glorious best
Lights in the distanceExile and refuge at the borders of Europe Daniel trillingVerso books I have been going through a bad time for the past 12 months. When my father died last February I was 49. I had a lifetime of memories of him. A life of sporting events we travelled together to. A lifetime … Continue reading Book of the week – Lights in the distance
Office GirlJoe MenoAkashic Books This is a love story with a difference. Two individually unassuming people with lives heading down blind alleys. Their paths cross one day and keep crossing. As a reader you want to jump in and say what you think their next steps should be. These steps don’t necessarily happen. As a … Continue reading Book of the Week – Office Girl
Bad SamBring me the head of..Bad Sam records [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1597935857 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] Again in today’s internet age the Bad Sam record has no context details but sure if you’re not like me buying records from record shops then you can head straight to band camp and order this. When I … Continue reading Play of the Day – Bad Sam
