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Jangly guitars File under Brian Links to radio docs on early REM/The Go-Betweens, The Blue Nile, & The Trashcan Sinatras on linktree https://linktr.ee/Kensweeney website Kensweeney.net

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Eric Alper
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Michael Stipe chased the sun to finish "Imitation of Life" on a beach. Now R.E.M.'s 'Reveal (25th Anniversary Edition)' revisits that 2001 album with rare live recordings, new liner notes and restored videos. zurl.co/SmGxD

zurl.coR.E.M. Revisit 'Reveal' With 25th Anniversary Edition and Previously Unheard Paris Concert - That Eric AlperMichael Stipe once escaped a cold, miserable stretch of Dublin weather, boarded a plane in search of sunshine and ended up finishing one of R.E.M.’s most beloved songs on a beach. That unlikely burst of inspiration helped shape ‘Reveal’, the band’s luminous 2001 album, which celebrates its 25th anniversary with an expanded edition arriving November […]

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Declan Lynch
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Great talking with Dion Fanning at The Currency about my book Roll Away The Stone - When Journalism Was The Best Job In The World. thecurrency.news/articles/243...

thecurrency.newsHow journalism used to work: Declan Lynch on when the mavericks were kings - The CurrencyIt was Tennessee Williams who said that the only complete person was a complete idiot. Roll Away the Stone: When Journalism was the Best Job in the World is Declan Lynch’s memoir of a life in journali...

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The Guardian
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Parents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister says

theguardian.comParents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister saysJake Richards says changes would be part of ‘carrot-and-stick’ approach to try to turn around young offenders Parents whose children commit crimes could lose their benefits, face fines and even be jailed, a minister has said. Jake Richards said the youth justice system “should hold parents to account in a proportionate way for ensuring that they play their role in keeping communities safe”. Continue reading...
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Big fan of this. Former jobs of a superb team. Excerpt @IrishTimes Ticket review ‘Fearless ! Vincent Browne’s Magill and Ireland in the 1980’s @NewIslandBooks

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Fantastic TV “chance, disappointment, happiness, ageing and mortality”. But they all end up at age 70, saying spending time with family the most important thing…. @ITVX__ #70up

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Clare Wadd
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Very much looking forward to The Orchids marvellous Unholy Soul (plus singles) being reissued towards the end of next month by the lovely folks at Circuitry Recordings (who did the super Lyceum reissue last year).

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Our 2024 @trashcansinatras.bsky.social radio doc which ends with John recounting his previous brush with death and spotting a flower growing outside the studio window, talking about how wondrous life seemed to him now. John Douglas 1963- 2026 on.soundcloud.com/y67KAtVHmtFb...

soundcloud.comThe Trashcan SinatrasSilver Winner at IMRO Ireland’s National Radio Awards 2024. Documentary maker Ken Sweeney travels to the West Coast of Scotland to tell the story of The Trashcan Sinatras, featuring recollections fro

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David Belbin
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A lovely listen, absorbing even if, like me, you only knew The Trashcan Sinatras from their lovely cover of To Sir, Wth Love. soundcloud.com/ken-sweeney-...

soundcloud.comThe Trashcan SinatrasSilver Winner at IMRO Ireland’s National Radio Awards 2024. Documentary maker Ken Sweeney travels to the West Coast of Scotland to tell the story of The Trashcan Sinatras, featuring recollections fro
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Will forever be grateful John Douglas told me his story in Trashcan Sinatras, from record deal to touring US, getting dropped, losing studio & being declared bankrupt, ending up busking on London tube. It’s all in this 2024 radio doc with John playing his acoustic on.soundcloud.com/y67KAtVHmtFb...

soundcloud.comThe Trashcan SinatrasSilver Winner at IMRO Ireland’s National Radio Awards 2024. Documentary maker Ken Sweeney travels to the West Coast of Scotland to tell the story of The Trashcan Sinatras, featuring recollections fro
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Will forever be grateful John Douglas told me his story in Trashcan Sinatras, from record deal to touring US, getting dropped, losing studio & being declared bankrupt, ending up busking on London tube. It’s all in this 2024 radio doc with John playing his acoustic on.soundcloud.com/y67KAtVHmtFb...

soundcloud.comThe Trashcan SinatrasSilver Winner at IMRO Ireland’s National Radio Awards 2024. Documentary maker Ken Sweeney travels to the West Coast of Scotland to tell the story of The Trashcan Sinatras, featuring recollections fro

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Gideon Coe
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Love to the Trashcans and all who loved John Douglas. Lovely human. Great musician. "through t-shirt breezes walking home from work county kilburn sun weekends we'd just wash away the dirt of busy, hazy london"

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Pete Buck “And unlike every other band in the world other than The Smiths, we (R.E.M) are not going to be doing the famous album reunion tour or any of that crap. It’s just not going to happen” www.loudersound.com/bands-artist...

loudersound.com"I don’t need the money and I’ve had enough applause to last 10 lifetimes." R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck insists that the band will never, ever properly reform"Everyone has their memories and they’re sacrosanct"

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Graeme Thomson
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I’ve had lots of lovely feedback since In Another World was published a fortnight ago. I particularly enjoyed this post, which acknowledges the degree of folly/peril I always understood was inherent to the entire enterprise, while concluding that – hopefully – there was some worth in doing it anyway

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Rónán Hession
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Polite reminder that I'll be doing a writing masterclass on 12 September in Derry City library. An extremely rare thing for me to do but I think it will be an interesting session. Do come! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

irishwriterscentre.ieWriters in the Regions: Writing, a masterclass with Rónán Hession (Derry) - Irish Writers CentreThis masterclass will focus on the writing, editing and publishing of novels of creative literary fiction with Ronan Hession in Derry

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Timmonsdan
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All vinyl fans should read this. What a shame..

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The worst day in the history of Irish vinyl when 60,000 records went up in smoke at a warehouse near Dublin airport. Rock ‘n’ roll history reduced to a smouldering pile of charred plastic. Brian O’Kelly former boss Comet Records tells me his story. www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz...

thesun.iePriceless collection was lost in blaze...despite no insurance, I've rebuilt lifeRECORD boss Brian O’Kelly has rebuilt his life — one vinyl at a time — after a huge blaze turned decades of music history to ash. The former owner of Dublin’s legendary Comet Records watched in hor…
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The worst day in the history of Irish vinyl when 60,000 records went up in smoke at a warehouse near Dublin airport. Rock ‘n’ roll history reduced to a smouldering pile of charred plastic. Brian O’Kelly former boss Comet Records tells me his story. www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz...

thesun.iePriceless collection was lost in blaze...despite no insurance, I've rebuilt lifeRECORD boss Brian O’Kelly has rebuilt his life — one vinyl at a time — after a huge blaze turned decades of music history to ash. The former owner of Dublin’s legendary Comet Records watched in hor…

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Wallytbm
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The Japanese version of this album has a few extra songs including the Magazine cover so I couldn't resist 👌👌👌👌