Saturday night/Sunday morning had extremely unpleasant, bitter weather to offer. Rainy and windy, perfect Irish festival conditions. I bought myself an insanely over priced hot water bottle that night to make myself feel better. It didn't stop the PUDDLE of rain water that collected over night at the bottom...
I awoke surprisingly fresh faced for Electric Picnic Day 2. That festival feeling of general crustiness hadn't quite set in yet. Or perhaps I was remaining blissfully in denial about it. Saturday fared well in avoiding clashes between the acts I was eager to see, thankfully. It was Sunday which...
I've had a pretty great summer on the music front. I've been lucky enough to have seen Arcade Fire, Green Day, David Gray in Down cathedral, Stiff Little Fingers, Stranglers, Ruts DC, and The Outcasts. To finish the summer off right however, I set off to Stradbally, County Laois to...
Man, I got so much tea on our mini tour of England. Rather than slummin' it as usual and travelling with hand luggage only, we decided to be glamorous and book on hold luggage. Ryanair elite, amirite? This meant I could bring an empty suitcase for my hand luggage, with the...
When walking the streets of Belfast, as I often do - living here and that - I find myself frequently mulling over what it might be like visiting this city as a tourist. Like many tourists' stays, I imagine it would be pretty concentrated in the city centre and...
Well, we're more than half way through August now. I should perhaps have had my July Round Up posted a lil bit sooner than this but I had tonnes of things I wanted to write about what with being on my Mini Tour of England at the end of...
Interesting fact: I share my birthday with both Emily Brontë and Kate Bush (July 30th, FYI.) I share it with them very happily. In fact, I take a frankly embarrassing amount of pride in it, as though I have a sort of star-aligned connection to an incredible writer and one...
So. Netflix has a new original drama/comedy series out (well, relatively new). You might have heard of it. GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling.) It's about a WOMEN'S WRESTLING TV SHOW and it's EIGHTIES AF. My initial thoughts upon hearing about it were: a.) Women fighting each other in lyrca. Well, I'm...
So, my podcast obsession is still thriving. So much so that I've even started planning my own podcast with my friend. Watch this space. I keep speaking to other people who are also avid podcast listeners lately. Either I was never aware of how popular podcasts are and people have...
July then eh? MY BIRTH MONTH. THE BEST MONTH. I hate to be someone who comments on how quickly the year is going by but goddamn, we're more than half way through 2017 and my 24th birthday is rapidly approaching. Gulp. It's been a while since I did a book post....