Archive for the 'Music' Category
Don’t forget to Waits
Monday, December 17th, 2007Waits For Christmas has started strong with ‘Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis’ being placed in the top 30 songs sold on iTunes Ireland after just one or two days of sales. With just under four days of purchases left to go there’s still plenty of time for this song to slap X-Factor and […]
An offbeat pitch for Christmas number 1
Monday, December 10th, 2007[A dedicated blog has been set up for this campaign - keep an eye on it for more information and get buying online on the 14th of December! Thanks for your support!]
Even though I was never a big pop-music fan I always remember being entranced by the race for Christmas number 1 as a child. […]
Ticketmaster think I’m going to see Ian Brown
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007This afternoon I got an email from ticketmaster entitled “Ticketmaster Ireland - Ian Brown, Big Top, Phoenix Park Information”, which opened with:
Ticketmaster would like to take this opportunity to thank you for booking your Ian Brown, Big Top, Phoenix Park tickets with us. Please read this email carefully as it contains information regarding venue accessibility.
It’s […]
A modern media fable
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Not so long ago, in a place not too far from here there lived a conservative and very opinionated man named Master Osborn Stockdale.
Stockdale loved his country very much; so much so that he would regularly warn of its slow demise and impending destruction to anyone who cared to listen. “Society is coming to an […]
Some clever marketing by Nine Inch Nails
Sunday, March 4th, 2007Nine Inch Nails, a band I’ve been a fan of for some time, are gearing up for the release of their next album, entitled ‘Year Zero‘.
Going back to the concept album format, Year Zero is apparently set in 2022, where the American administration has become totalitarian, the connection of church and state has been completed […]
Blog apathy, vinyl love
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006I have about 1,000 topics in my head that I’d love to blog about, but keep finding myself deleting my draft about 2 paragraphs into the discussion.
Part of the reason is that I’m listening to the latest addition to my ever-growing vinyl collection, Tool’s Lateralus. As with every Tool release in recent times it’s beautifully […]
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