Last night Gabriel and I DJ’d a set for the Native Speaker Summer Junior Camp at The Crib in Sligo. Gabe won a free spot at the camp for two weeks through an essay writing contest. When he heard they had a weekly disco on Friday nights, he volunteered to do it. Needless to say, [...]

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Made a last minute decision to attend Oxegen and scored some discount tickets on Toutless. I was a bit wary 1) because the weather looked as if it could be a disaster 2) I hadn’t heard good things about the crowd 3) I was taking Gabe who is 13. Needless to say, the weather was [...]

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You go to concerts to have an experience and to be immersed in the music. The Radiohead show on Saturday night at Malahide Castle was great, but a few things conspired to not make it completely brilliant: sunlight, screens and sound.
This would have been a completely different gig had Radiohead hit the stage at 10PM [...]

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Tickets went on sale for this year’s Electric Picnic. I had a blast last year, and it was doubtful that the line-up could be topped. The initial line-up for 2008 is looking good, but I’ll admit to not jumping out of my socks when I saw it. Gabe can’t wait …

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I wouldn’t know Peaches Geldof if she bit me on the foot. Well, maybe if she bit me on the foot. Went to The Hospital Club (blind) on Tuesday night in London to see a performance and it happened to be herself and the band/brand/designers Rodnik. Terrible. Though I chuckled in the tube the next [...]

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