Inspiration / 29 February 2020

What I’ve been creatively consuming of late

Have been on a bit of a kick trying out new podcasts and tv shows, as well as revisiting some old faves. Here are some of the best I’ve been watching, listening to, and reading of late. PODCASTS Conan O’Brien needs a friend: Candid, funny, honest conversations with fascinating artists and comedians. Hosted by one […]

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Inspiration / 27 February 2020

Tiny desk concerts

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts are beautiful, pure slices of musical magic. I’ve loved watching and listening to them for almost a decade. Great music when it is stripped back to its essentials is such a joy to observe, and like any great gig, the curators of the show make it such a comfortable, welcoming place […]

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Inspiration / 26 February 2020

What I’ve been creatively consuming lately…

Here’s my occasional list of things I’m digging on the audio, video and written fronts. Tell me what you’re digging at the moment – would love some recommendations: MUSIC In League With Dragons by The Mountain Goats. New album by one of the most lyrical, melodic songwriters in the world. Adore this so much. Why […]

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Spark in the Dark / 25 February 2020

HOZIER, FATHER TED AND ME

Many moons ago, when I was gigging more frequently and reciting poems and performing sketches, I was lucky enough to be part of a regular night called the Monthly General Meeting, which was a showcase for the most inventive and willdy wonderful creative minds in Ireland. On one of the particular shows, I was on […]

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Inspiration / 19 February 2020

Extraordinary Love for U2

As a teen I adored U2. I still do. It seemed inconceivable to me that the most popular (and the best) band in the world were from Ireland. They had bravado, creativity that crackled, they were cheeky and funny. And most of all they wrote beautiful song after song. I still remember seeing them live […]

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Inspiration / 18 February 2020

What I’ve been creatively consuming lately

Another of my occasional posts about what I’m absorbing from the world of words and sounds – this time with a focus on all things Irish ?? TV Derry Girls – If you havent watched this crackling comedy set during the troubles in Northern Ireland, then buckets of pure joy await you. Sharp writing and great […]

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Artchive / 17 February 2020

palate / palette

More oddball New York-era paintings of mine from the start of the millennium that I found in the attic. I think I was trying to say something profound about words (palate) and painted visuals (palette).

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Inspiration / 4 February 2020

Photoshop RAT pack

Imagine if you were able to exercise your creative mind in a different era with different creative minds. Would you have done things differently? would you have been a different voice? (Photoshoppery by Jacob Ford)

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