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the master switch

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About Me




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Since graduating from Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design in 1989, I have gleaned a vast and varied experience in photography, design and illustration, working in Dublin, London and Amsterdam.
From 1995 to 2000 I worked as senior multimedia graphic designer with Martello Media, then moving to the Netherlands to take up the position of senior designer with the then newly established Amsterdam branch of Philips Design. I returned to Dublin and joined One Productions as Senior Designer in 2003 and have led art direction on numerous large design projects over the subsequent years. I have worked with a variety of clients including the Victoria & Albert Museum London, National Library and National Museum Dublin, Philips Eindhoven and The Point Depot, Dublin.
As a photographer, I have worked with a number of bands and recording artists, taking photographs for press and album design. I have a voracius interest in music and have worked up a substantial portfolio of bands and musicians, covering many concerts and festivals, most recently Rebellion, Analog and Electric Picnic. I work as resident photographer for Sonic Promotions, Forever Promotions, Whelans, The Village, The Button Factory, Andrews Lane and The Academy as well as Sassy Sue's GoGo Inevitable at the Sugar Club and am about to commence shooting for new Irish music magazine STATE.
I have also worked on set as stills photographer, chiefly with October Eleven Pictures.
I play bass with Dublin's longest standing punk band Paranoid Visions. We've just released the first of three e.p's 'Treasure From The Wasteland', our tribute to some of Dublin's great bands from days of yore. We are currently working on the second, plus a new album, 'Beware of the God'.
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THE OTHER HALF LIVES - instore for e.p launch, tower records

TREASURE ON THE WASTELAND - instore for e.p launch, tower records

ACTS OF LOVE

TREASURE ON THE WASTELAND

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM - RTE television
TAKEN FROM THE RTE AUDIENCE LOG:
callers were very critical of the "mockery" made of the National Anthem by a band on the show, and asked why RTÉ allowed such "disrespect" to be broadcast, and "demanded" that it "never be allowed to happen again."
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My Interests

music, photography, gigs, art, film, fashion, design, ladies breasts...

YOU CAN SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FOLLOWING GIGS IN MY PICS GALLERY


(also see BLOG ARCHIVE):

XRAY SPEX roundhouse, london - 06/09/08
SEX PISTOLS electric picnic 2008 - 31/08/08
MY BLOODY VALENTINE electric picnic 2008 - 31/08/08
GRINDERMAN electric picnic 2008 - 31/08/08
FAUST electric picnic 2008 - 31/08/08
CSS electric picnic 2008 - 31/08/08
SINEAD O CONNOR electric picnic 2008 - 31/08/08
GEORGE CLINTON electric picnic 2008 - 30/08/08
THAT PETROL EMOTION electric picnic 2008 - 30/08/08
BOSS VOLENTI electric picnic 2008 - 30/08/08
CARBON SILICON electric picnic 2008 - 29/08/08
TINARIWEN electric picnic 2008 - 29/08/08
UK SUBS rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/08
THE SWEET rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/08
NEVILLE STAPLE rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/08
THE RESTARTS rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/08
SUBHUMANS rebellion, blackpool - 09/08/08
THE DICKIES rebellion, blackpool - 09/08/08
THE REZILLOS rebellion, blackpool - 09/08/08
VICE SQUAD rebellion, blackpool - 09/08/08
JET BRONX & THE NEW FORBIDDEN rebellion, blackpool - 09/08/08
TEXAS TERRI BOMB rebellion, blackpool - 09/08/08
DISCHARGE rebellion, blackpool - 08/08/08
BOOMTOWN RATS rebellion, blackpool - 08/08/08
SUBWAY SECT rebellion, blackpool - 08/08/08
CITIZEN FISH rebellion, blackpool - 08/08/08
SONIC BOOM SIX rebellion, blackpool - 08/08/08
DEVILISH PRESLEY rebellion, blackpool - 08/08/08
MENACE rebellion, blackpool - 08/08/08
DR & THE MEDICS rebellion, blackpool - 07/08/08
RUBELLA BALLET rebellion, blackpool - 07/08/08
THE GLITTER BAND rebellion, blackpool - 07/08/08
THE PLAGUE rebellion, blackpool - 07/08/08
BUTTHOLE SURFERS vicar st, dublin - 24/07/08
DIERKS BENTLEY whelans, dublin - 22/07/08
MINISTRY tripod, dublin - 19/07/08
SIOUXSIE tripod, dublin - 01/07/08
SOMETHING HAPPENS whelans, dublin - 21/06/08
THE STOOGES royal hospital kilmainham, dublin - 16/06/08
THE KILLS royal hospital kilmainham, dublin - 16/06/08
EVANGELICALS whelans, dublin - 04/06/08
HAM SANDWICH the village, dublin - 24/05/08
WILL SERGEANT the sugar club, dublin - 23/05/08
BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES the sugar club, dublin - 16/05/08
NADA SURF the village, dublin - 10/05/08
HEALTH whelans, dublin - 09/05/08
REBELLION 2008 vienna, austria - 26+27/04/08
OPPENHEIMER whelans, dublin - 03/05/08
ST ETIENNE the sugar club, dublin - 02/05/08
HOWLIN' RAIN whelans, dublin - 02/05/08
GIVEAMANAKICK whelans, dublin - 19/04/08
GO! TEAM, the sugar club, dublin whelans, dublin - 18/04/08
HOLY FUCK whelans, dublin - 10/04/08
MDC whelans, dublin - 05/04/08
THE HORRORS the sugar club, dublin - 04/04/08
YOUNG KNIVES whelans, dublin - 25/03/08
CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE whelans, dublin - 09/03/08
BOSS VOLENTI rte, dublin - 07/03/08
HAYSEED DIXIE tripod, dublin - 01/03/08
FUCK BUTTONS whelans, dublin - 29/02/08
THE KINETICS whelans, dublin - 29/02/08
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP whelans, dublin - 19/02/08
ISLANDS whelans, dublin - 18/02/08
HAM SANDWICH whelans, dublin - 17/02/08
BOSS VOLENTI whelans, dublin - 15/02/08
THE ZOMBIES whelans, dublin - 14/02/08
JAYMAY whelans, dublin - 11/02/08
A TRIBUTE TO DAVID WALSHE the button factory, dublin - 12/12/08
UNGDOMSKULEN whelans, dublin - 11/12/08
POGUES AFTER SHOW with SPIDER STACY & SHANE MACGOWAN voodoo lounge, dublin - 23/12/07
BLOOD OR WHISKEY rds main hall, dublin - 23/12/07
THE REAL JUNK voodoo lounge, dublin - 22/12/07
KERBDOG the village, dublin - 22/12/07
NOUVELLE VAGUE tripod, dublin - 20/12/07
DAMNED the button factory, dublin - 14/12/07
JENS LEKMAN whelans, dublin - 12/12/07
FOREIGN LEGION the lower deck, dublin - 08/12/07
SLACKERS crawdaddy, dublin - 08/12/07
BAD MANNERS + MAX SPLODGE the button factory, dublin - 30/11/07
MANU CHAU sugar club, dublin - 04/11/07
JIM JONES REVUE sugar club, dublin - 16/11/07
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE whelans, dublin - 14/11/07
BRIAN JAMES GANG voodoo lounge, dublin - 27/10/07
HEADHUNTERS sugar club, dublin - 19/10/07
GALLON DRUNK whelans, dublin - 18/10/07
FICTION PLANE whelans, dublin - 07/10/07
THE MISFITS the button factory, dublin - 05/10/07
PARANOID VISIONS voodoo lounge, dublin - 04/10/07
PARANOID VISIONS crawdaddy, dublin - 30/09/07
NO MEANS NO whelans, dublin - 29/10/07
GLEN MATLOCK sugar club, dublin - 21/09/07
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL ambassador, dublin - 28/08/07
PRIMAL SCREAM electric picnic - 02/08/07
THE STOOGES electric picnic - 02/08/07
SONIC YOUTH electric picnic - 02/08/07
BAT FOR LASHES electric picnic - 02/08/07
THE FALL electric picnic - 02/08/07
CHEMICAL BROTHERS electric picnic - 01/08/07
BEASTIE BOYS electric picnic - 01-02/08/07
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN electric picnic - 01/08/07
ERASURE electric picnic - 01/08/07
JARVIS COCKER electric picnic - 01/08/07
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI electric picnic - 01/08/07
UNDERTONES electric picnic - 01/08/07
BOSS VOLENTI village, dublin - 17/08/07
ADICTS rebellion, blackpool - 12/08/07
ENGLISH DOGS rebellion, blackpool - 12/08/07
DWARVES rebellion, blackpool - 12/08/07
PENETRATION rebellion, blackpool - 12/08/07
UK SUBS rebellion, blackpool - 12/08/07
RUTS rebellion, blackpool - 12/08/07
CHEMICAL KAOS rebellion, blackpool - 12/08/07
VIBRATORS rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
COCKNEY REJECTS rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
CONFLICT rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
NEVILLE STAPLE rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
LURKERS rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
P.A.I.N. rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
ARI UP rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
NEWTOWN NEUROTICS rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
999 rebellion, blackpool - 11/08/07
PARANOID VISIONS rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/07
TV SMITH rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/07
SUBHUMANS rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/07
CASUALTIES rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/07
BLOOD OR WHISKEY rebellion, blackpool - 10/08/07
THRILLS w MIKE MILLS village, dublin - 28/07/07
RADIATORS FROM SPACE with GAVIN FRIDAY voodoo lounge, dublin - 06/07/07
LAURA IZIBOR malahide castle, dublin - 01/07/07
BELL X1 malahide castle, dublin - 30/06/07
AL GREEN malahide castle, dublin - 01/06/07
SONIC BOOM SIX voodoo lounge, dublin -23/06/07
DEVO vicar street, dublin - 21/06/07
LAURA IZIBOR crawdaddy, dublin - 19/06/07
NOUVELLE VAGUE tripod, dublin - 26/05/07
DUKE SPECIAL vicar street, dublin - 25/05/07
JULIAN COPE tripod, dublin - 24/05/07
THE PRICILLAS voodoo lounge, dublin - 8/05/07
JOHN COOPER CLARKE whelans, dundalk - 09/05/07
BOSS VOLENTI spirit store, dundalk - 06/05/07
CHARLES HAYWARD the underground, dublin - 04/05/07
REPUBLIC OF LOOSE the village, dublin - 28/04/07
RACINE whelans, dublin - 23/04/07
THE DRONES the lower deck, dublin - 21/04/07
I DRAW SLOW the cobblestone, dublin - 20/04/07
STAGGER LEE crawdaddy, dublin - 14/04/07
PARANOID VISIONS eamonn doran's, dublin - 31/03/07
GANG GREEN voodoo lounge, dublin - 16/03/07
A CERTAIN RATIO the village, dublin - 10/03/07
NINE INCH NAILS brixton academy, london - 07/03/07
PARANOID VISIONS voodoo lounge, dublin - 03/02/07
LLUTHER the village, dublin - 27/01/07
PARANOID VISIONS voodoo lounge, dublin - 22/12/06
THE CHARLATANS ambassador, dublin - 16/12/06
DUKE SPECIAL crawdaddy, dublin - 11/12/06
GANG OF FOUR tripod, dublin - 10/12/06
BOSS VOLENTI radio city, dublin - 02/12/06
SUBHUMANS voodoo lounge, dublin – 01/12/06
MOSQUITOES voodoo lounge, dublin – 26/11/06
CRO-MAGS voodoo lounge, dublin – 21/11/06
PARANOID VISIONS the village, dublin – 17/11/06
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE ambassador theatre, dublin – 12/11/06
GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT temple bar music centre, dublin - 10/11/06
DANIEL FIGGIS crawdaddy, dublin – 04/11/06
NEW YORK DOLLS the village, dublin – 20/10/06
STRANGLERS the village, dublin – 19/10/06
RACKETEERS jj smyths, dublin – 21/09/06

I'd like to meet:

john peel. jello biafra so i could poke him in the eye. angelina jolie so i could just poke her.

Music:



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Movies:



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Television:



tv keeps me stable. it's my portal and my lifeline and my friend. i love my tv. i don't have digital and mtv isn't what it used to be so tv's generally crap and i love to watch crap, as much as i can squeeze in, in fact, with the exception of reality tv which is so jaded that i don't even have the energy to get angry at it anymore. sometimes i watch tv with the sound off and my music on, sometimes with the sound on AND my music on while i sit at my computer and loose days of my life on web spaces like this. if pressed i would have to say starsky & hutch was the greatest program ever made and my guilty secret is eastenders on sunday...

Books:

mark paytress's vicious - the art of dying young, chris salewicz's redemption song, nick kent's the dark stuff, paul trynka’s open up and bleed, jon savage's england's dreaming, alice in wonderland, faery nights–stories on ancient irish festivals, fucked up and photocopied, rough guide to san francisco, ace catalogue 2003...

Heroes:

john peel. vivienne weswood. me...

My Blog

POLY STYRENE soho square, london - photos

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PSYCHOTIC REACTION spiegeltent - photos

11 SEP 08THE MIGHTY STEFTHE THINGSHUMANZI...
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XRAY SPEX roundhouse, london & aftershow - photos

06 SEP 08XRAY SPEXDEBUTANTE DISCOTHE DUEL...
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REBELLION FESTIVAL 2008 blackpool - photos

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DAHLIA DARK, dublin - photos

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BUTTHOLE SURFERS vicar st, dublin - photos

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DIERKS BENTLEY whelans, dublin - photos

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MINISTRY tripod, dublin - photos

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HUMANZI whelans, dublin - photos

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EARTH whelans, dublin - photos

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