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About Me

I'm a 40 something Homer Simpson clone in every way. Except the yellow skin and the cool job and the big house and the varied/interesting life.
If you missed out on The Beatles in the Cavern, U2 in The Dandelion, Ayrton Senna in Formula Ford, Valentino Rossi in 125cc here is your chance to see something special before it becomes global - Go and see THE DYKEENIES. YOU'LL THANK ME FOR IT!
BIPOLAR EMPIRE - FEEL THAT YOU OWN IT
THIS IS MY CRAZY SON CALLUM PLAYING DRUMS WITH GOOD NEWS - THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR NAME TO BIPOLAR EMPIRE
Listening to this lot at the moment:
WHITE LIES - TO LOSE MY LIFE
WHITE LIES - TO LOSE MY LIFE (INSTRUMENTAL)
HOUSE OF DOLLS - Myspace Tracks
LYREBIRDS - Myspace Tracks
GLASVEGAS - GLASVEGAS CD
CURVE - EVERYTHING!
THE SOUND - From The Lions Mouth
Snow Patrol - Thousand Million Suns
GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT - EVERYTHING!!!!
The Dykeenies - Nothing Means Everything
Delorentos - In Love With Detail
BIPOLAR EMPIRE - Myspace Tracks
THE CHAMELEONS - Everything!
LOWLINE - Myspace Tracks
Interpol - Everything!
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Mansun - Everything!
SLOWDIVE - Souvlaki
exit calm - Myspace Tracks
Dragons - Here Are The Roses CD
Sounds Of The City

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The person who hands over the Lotto cheque.

Failing that - In this life: My old mate Bono and the rest of the gang, Freddy Sigafoos, John Sheehan (Done it), The Chameleons, Bruno Senna again, Valentino Rossi, Jack Nicklaus, The Dykeenies (Done It) and more to be added.

Failing that - In the next life My Mam, Ayrton Senna, John Lennon, Martin Luther King, the bastard who gave out the lotto cheques and missed out on me.

BIPOLAR EMPIRE (ex Good News) LIVE @ CRAWDADDY SUPPORTING THE DYKEENIES

GIGS:

6th Mar KINETICS/COWBOY X - ALT8.5/10

13th Mar BABY JENX - Up @ Whelans 9/10

13th Mar CADES/BRAVADO/FTF - Capt. A's 9/10

27th Mar SICKBOY/THE MINUTES - Whelans

28th Mar BIPOLAR EMPIRE - Capt. A's

1st Apr BIPOLAR EMPIRE - Whelans

11th Apr DE SHONOS - The Village

10th Jul OXEGEN 09 - Naas

11th Jul OXEGEN 09 - Naas

12th Jul OXEGEN 09 - Naas

10th Dec DEPECHE MODE - O2

FOOTAGE FROM THE MOST MEMORABLE NIGHT OF MUSIC I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED (MARK BURGESS) - SOME HEROS LIVE UP TO THEIR STATUS.

Tribute to Ayrton Senna
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HOW IT ENDS(Live) - HOUSE OF DOLLS (THE BAND TO SEE IN 2009)

My Blog

DEPECHE MODE RETURN IN STYLE

Its been a while since Depeche Mode were this good but thankfully this album is a return to the purple patches of Violator, Songs of Faith and Devotion and Ultra. From the brooding, building opener of...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:31:00 GMT

U2 - IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Once again the man who would save the world proclaims that the new U2 album is their best work yet.Lies, Lies and damned lies. Not even White Lies. Another case of the emperors new clothes.DON'T BELIV...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:42:00 GMT

MY FAVOURITE 50 ALBUMS

MY PERSONAL TOP 50 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (Criteria being constant playablity over the years - No surprise that most are debut albums. Like they say 'You have all the time in the world to record your debu...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:55:00 GMT

OXEGEN VERSUS ELECTRIC PICNIC

For the past few years any time I spoke about music or festivals I was constantly told that Electric Picnic was the best festival going and that I had to try and attend to understand what the vibe was...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:06:00 GMT

OXEGEN 08 & HOW TO GROW OLD DISGRACEFULLY

Twelve months had flown by since Oxegen 07. We still had Callums muddy wellies from last year in the porch to remind us of last years mudfest. But this year was gonna be dryer and for me the line-up ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:15:00 GMT

DRAGONS, LOWLINE & EXIT CALM in Manchester Academy

When music becomes your true passion and gets into your bloodstream then there are no boundaries or lengths you wont go to in order to fulfill that need, that hunger. February 27th 2008 was one such d...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:47:00 GMT

A Funny Thing Happened When The Dykeenies Came To Ireland

Where do I begin, well we went to Belfast to surprise them at the last minute. We were sat in the kitchen and I said to Cal the lads are only 2 hours away do you fancy the trip? Ten minutes later we w...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:21:00 GMT

THE BRIANISM OF DYKEENYING IN LONDON

Some people think the meaning of life is 42. I think it is all about the connections we make with other humans. Those experiences shape our existence and have a major part to play in whether we enjoy...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:24:00 GMT

OXEGEN 07

WOW! What a weekend Oxegen 07 - Mud, Rain, Sun, Stink and some of the greatest bands on the planet. At 42 this was my first festival since Reading '92 and I was F*%Ked by the Sunday night. I took my 1...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:37:00 GMT

Hello, Is there anybody out there

Hi There - Its never too late to join the myspace age, I was told, so here I am. I'm a 40 something Homer Simpson clone in every way. Except the yellow skin and the cool job and the big house and the ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:50:00 GMT