If you lob a cat over a ditch anywhere in the country this summer it’ll more than likely land in a bouncy castle or on someone’s falafel wrap. There are more festivals happening in Ireland this year than ever before and navigating through the glut isn’t getting any easier. They keep popping up like Gremlins … Continue reading
I arrived at Festival of the Fires well prepared, with a case of my favourite brew in tow. I was tucking into the first of the day, nice and early, when a security gaurd stopped me. “Sorry there, you can’t bring glass bottles into the gig”. Shit! “Hide them in your bag there like a … Continue reading
To say that was a busy week is an understatement akin to saying that I only glanced at Jennifer Lopez’s chest in that dress she was wearing at the Oscars… t’was a scene that would rival The Gap of Dunloe at sunrise on a Summer’s day lads. I’m surprised somebody didn’t park a bicycle in … Continue reading
I’m a new man! I’ve let the Mo go, lost the lady-tickler and shaved the soup strainer. Students at work have been telling me I should have left it alone… not sure if they enjoyed the piss taking ammo of it all, tricky bunch those young-folk ;-P I was supposed to go to an ofeeeshall … Continue reading
As I’m buzzing around the country trying to get to at least three festivals in Ireland every week for a year, I’m being educated. I’m learnin’ stuff that I should probably know already, like never drink rum all night with sailors on an island that there’s no escape from, that one of the best sounds … Continue reading
That was the most epic and outrageous weekend so far. I think that I’ve begun a post at least twice now by saying that, but really it was! 6 festivals attended this week, eggs busted on my bulb, pumpkins carved, eaten & viewed, craft beer drank, Penguins playing tunes, a Conker Championship title in the … Continue reading
Smiling in the rain at the OFFline Film Festival Offaly on a rainy Friday, smack bang in the middle of October. I don’t think I will offend any Birriers by saying that this is not my dream destination. In fairness, if you were being water boarded by a steroid addled marine in Guantanamo, you’d have … Continue reading