Playlist: Autumn
Well, right here in the heart of the Northern Hemisphere, as October heads warily towards November, it is clear that we are entering...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 7
About a Boy: U2 as post-punk heroes?
When four Dublin teenagers burst onto the scene in 1980, it is a possibility that they might have ended up being 'just another post-punk...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 30
Playlist: A to Z of the 1980s
It's the end of April, post number 193, and the second anniversary of this site. Incredibly, in that time, over 450 people have visited...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 9
Wayne Kramer
Last weekend we reported on the sad passing of Wayne Kramer, guitarist with legendary proto-punks the MC5. He was highly revered in the...
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jamesgeraghty
Jan 4
Bono
What better way to start 2024 than with the man who sung New Year's Day? Yes, it's everyone favourite singer named after a Dublin barber...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 6, 2023
Playlist: Geography 5 - Ireland (and a nod to Shane)
Shane MacGowan was probably a week or so, one way or the other, from being truly Irish - i.e. actually born on the Emerald Isle. His...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 31, 2023
Playlist: Ultimate 80s
The mood in the Birds That Are Blue camp is still requiring an uplift. So we will continue with our theme of playlists by the decade -...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 15, 2023
Playlist: Real People
So, there are songs with made up names in them and there are songs about real people that the wider world won't know (parents, ex-lovers...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 20, 2022
On This Day: Boy (U2)
They would go on to be one of the biggest bands of all time, but it was on this day 42 years ago that it all really started (but 5 months...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 9, 2022
The Goosebumps Playlist
Every so often a song comes along - and no matter how many times you play it - ten, a hundred, a thousand - it gives you that strange,...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 6, 2022
Playlist: When I Was A Teenager
In this playlist I am looking at albums that I discovered during my teenage years. These are ones that are hugely important to me,...
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jamesgeraghty
May 23, 2022
Album Title Track Day
So, apparently it is 'Album Title Track Day' or something like that - at least that's what it said in a Pixies tweet today. Well, whether...
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