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Finnegan's Lad Erik

About Me

Just a lad from the Netherlands who spends his free days playing music and going to Ireland. I play in an Irish celtrock band: Finnegan's Lads. Collecting vinyl is also one of my hobbies (and especially weird folk and punk stuff) In normal life I teach English in secondary school to all of the nice pupils the Netherlands have to offer :DI also love to watch my football team Roda JC and Celtic Glasgow (UP THE BHOYS!)

My Interests

Music, films, internet, guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, Guinness, Jameson

I'd like to meet:

Shane Macgowan, James 'maestro' Fearnley, Spider Stacy, Jem Finer, Andrew 'the clobberer' Ranken, Darryl Hunt, Cait O'Riordan, Philip Chevron, Terry Woods (or the Pogues), Joe Strummer (RIP), Johnny Cash (RIP), The Edge, Liam Neeson, .. width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

The Pogues, Christy Moore, Bob Dylan, U2, Neck, Sweeney's Men, The Who, Shane MacGowan and the Popes, The Clash, Johnny Cash, Sinéad O'Connor, Dropkick Murphys, The Tossers, The Real McKenzies, Damien Dempsey, Damien Rice, The Killers, The Dubliners, The Cherry Coke$, Flogging Molly, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Wolfe Tones, The Cranberries, The Decemberists, Biblecode Sundays, The Greenland Whalefishers, Black 47, The Mahones, Hayseed Dixie, Luke Kelly, Coldplay, Embrace, Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, The Clancy Brothers, Thin Lizzy, The Pogues & Joe Strummer, Josh Ritter, The Slackers, Josh Rouse, Greenland Whalefishers, The Dead Pets, Box of Crayons, Street Dogs, Luka Bloom, The Wolfe Tones, T Duggins, Pete Townshend, Larkin, Finnegan's Lads, The Woods Band, Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/finneganslads/

Movies:

Too many to mention but mostly cult films like Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange etc but also historical films like Michael Collins or the Wind That Shakes the Barley

Television:

Simpsons, Family Guy, FATHER TED, Blackadder, Bottom, the Young Ones, Fawlty Towers, Top Gear

Books:

Don't read much except for good band biographies or poetry

Heroes:

Shane Macgowan (for living that long I could see him live) and Philip Chevron (the most down to earth guitar hero you'll ever meet!)

My Blog

Glasgow

I'll be going to Glasgow from the 27th to the 30th of April!!!!Any tips besides Celtic Park and loads of pubs!!Yeah can't friggin' wait!
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:52:00 PST

Song I wrote

So I recently wrote a song and I'd like to kno wwhat you guys think and if you know what it's about because I haven't found anyone yet who could!So come on! Dare me!Eyes of GreenYour tears are like t...
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:08:00 PST

Finnegan's Lads songs!

Wow, we finally finished our recordings! We spent two days in the studio mixing and mastering and now we have five and a half song (and we sound just like Britney Spears gone folk ) You can download t...
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:54:00 PST

Some updates

A little update about me. I've had quite the busy time again and lickily I had a week of holidays last week. I made quite a big decision last week to goo back to univeristy again! Most certain I'm goi...
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Mon, 08 May 2006 01:22:00 PST

How funny is this?

The coolest thing happened today with a pupil I showed them Green Street Hooligans in class to talk about football and one pupil asked me to burn it for him. So I said he should give me a blank DVD. ...
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:16:00 PST

Hungover

Wow, what a weekend!
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:25:00 PST

Paddiesday!

Two days till Paddiesday! GUINNESS!!!! ERIN GO BRATH!
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:06:00 PST

WOW!

Wow, yesterday I got this in the mail These  are gold records of my favourite band the Pogues! Their best album as well: Rum, Sodomy and the Lash! Only 8 days till St. Patrick's Day!...
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:21:00 PST

Long time no post

Yeey finally some well deserved days off. Last weekend was carnaval but I didn't go as I idn't reallt felt like it. Anyway, today I went ice-skating with my little cousin and just now I bought tickets...
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:26:00 PST

Last weekend

Last weekend we finally had another big gig at the 'Herrezietsoeng' in Bocholtz. It was really funny to see 300 men drunk and trying to sing. The sound was shite but the beer tasted rgeat
Posted by Finnegan's Lad Erik on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:30:00 PST