I remember the first time I listened to a Tori Amos album – it changed my idea of what a piano could do. It was Under The Pink, which I listened to all the way through a few times alone in my room. Before listening to Tori, my notions of piano music were limited to [...]
I lost my iPhone last Wednesday while walking the dog I’m looking after while some friends are away. I’m gutted and so angry with myself for losing the iPhone while in the park – I doubled back twice to try and find it, but with no luck. I dropped into O2 the next day, and [...]
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I spent the last two weekends in London for various reasons, but the main reason for the trip last weekend was to see the lovely Gaba Kulka play her first London gig. The Tuesday afterwards, we got coffee and some food and chatted before walking down towards the tube to go our separate ways. I [...]
Tags:Gaba Kulka·humour·london·personal
The wonderful Anna Lee was around Galway yesterday, so she came and joined the family dinner I was having with two of my siblings. After a post-lunch walk on the prom, we came back to my house and listened to some music and caught up a bit. But she offered to work the desk for [...]
Tags:lgbt·personal·songs·songwriting
i travel all around the city go in and out of locomotives all alone there’s no-one here and people everywhere only if a ship would sail in or just someone came and knocked at my door or just (or just) SOMETHING Parts of Björk’s Crying rather aptly describes my days lately. It’s been weird. I [...]
