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Inspiration: Esbjörn Svensson Trio
When I was in university, every so often one of my friends would announce some random gig or other that we all just had to go to. Sometimes the excitement was well founded – like the first time Damien Rice came to play in NUIM was just at the university open mic, but the excitement [...]
Photos from the last two months
Finally got around to looking at the few photos I’d shot on my phone since Xmas. I like a few of them, but not all. Cork, visiting Meadhbh Salthill sunsets again – I’m obsessed. The light is different every time. Boo reading … Intended on having a shot of Boo reading all the books I’ve [...]
NYE in Cork with Meadhbh
I’m reposting this here from my facebook, because I can’t face doing my “review of the year: 2010″ just yet. I have a feeling I didn’t do one last year either. They’re rather sporadic, and usually happen on LJ. Someone wearing lettuce as a hat. a straight boy deciding to prove he wasn’t homophobic by [...]
Snow days
Snapped some more photos of the snow, and low solstice sunlight over the last day or two. Here’s a few of them (click to see bigger versions, as per usual) : St. Nicholas’ Cathedral and one of my favourite lines of trees in the city: The grounds of NUIG They were just snapped on my [...]
Christmas means the Muppets.
It may be a bit odd, but Xmas for me has always meant the Muppets. One of the earliest presents I remember the whole family getting one Xmas was a VHS player. We didn’t get one until sometime in the early/mid 90′s. Xmas 1993, I think, as the movie that my folks bought with it [...]