Standing in a field to watch a band on a video screen because they're so far away and with crap sound. That'll be 400 yoyos. Will never get the appeal. Good luck to those who enjoy it. Give me Vicar Street, the Olympia, Workman's Club...

Not the worst thing to happen to Franz Ferdinand in a car

How Bowie progressed from a London Boy in 1967 to being a Young American by 1975 What a journey ! Join us, music , clips , more music ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌

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Seize their assets reads better than moral obligation.

Ivy, the '90s cult favorite indie pop band featuring the late Adam Schlesinger, are reissuing Long Distance and have shared a previously unreleased song pitchfork.visitlink.me/CwKH-C

I have been told to stop stealing muffins from the bakery. Unfortunately, it’s the only way to keep my lucrative muffin stand in business. Everyone is fine with this.

A difficult piece to write, but an important one. Sunday Independent Irish Independent m.independent.ie/life/family/su…

Tomorrow at 9.30am

Ahead of her appearance at the The Shaking Bog festival, my son and I had lunch with the magisterial Paula Meehan. Here's how it went. independent.ie/entertainment/…

Thank you to the The Irish Times for the feature irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Cost of the Las Vegas Sphere: $2.3B Cost of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (projected): $4B It literally takes two big balls to clean the ocean.

When I interviewed Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) during his last Irish tour, he told me a big ambition was to collaborate with Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy. Now that would have been something.

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) in Dundalk Bay this week, mirroring the government's response to the biodiversity crisis!

Why did a species that fulfils all the criteria of an alien invasive - sika deer - and is killing off native ecosystems, spreading Lyme disease, causing incessant serious traffic accidents, etc., ever get protected status in Ireland? Damn good question.

Support this crucial work - please do. My amazing niece, a hardworking, dedicated, accomplished and highly trained nurse, Chelsea Milne is fundraising for Breast Cancer Ireland in Very Pink Run 2024 eventmaster.ie/fundraising/pa…

Completely delighted to be supporting the Paul McVeigh Writer Residency at The Harrison Hotel Belfast, offering a group editing workshop to all applicants - because applicants deserve love too! This is a fantastic programme for emerging writers in the UK/Ire, details: chambersofdistinction.com/the-paul-mcvei…

Hands down one of the coolest and most beneficial things that has happened in my short writing life was being chosen for the inaugural year of this residency. I'd encourage any emerging writers to polish up their samples and submit.

James Earl Jones (1931 — 2024)