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Irish Bands: Send your singles/albums/demos to:RODDIE CLEERE IRISH NIGHTLIFE WLRfm THE BROADCAST CENTRE ARDKEEN WATERFORD IRELANDThis double award winning programme airs every Friday night between 10pm and 1am....hear it .. - WWW.WLRFM.COM"RODDIE CLEERE HAS A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF AND FEEL FOR THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ROCK MUSIC IN THIS COUNTRY (ireland). IT IS A QUALITY WHICH HAS INFORMED HIS EVERY BROADCAST ADVENTURE,NOT JUST IN HIS CHOICE OF MUSIC BUT IN THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE HE HAS BROUGHT TO INTERVIEWING ARTISTS AND SONGWRITERS......HIS INTEREST IN AND COMMITMENT TO IRISH ROCK IS LONGSTANDING"............HOTPRESS MAGAZINE - Top 100 People to Know In The Irish Music Industry
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My Interests

Ever since I can remember I loved music and spent much of my younger days buying records (remember them!!). Oddly I never learned to play an instrument. The best way to compensate for my lack of musical prowes on an instrument was to get involved with broadcasting.............I first became interested in radio back in 1979.I had a day jobbut eventually radio became the full time occupation.My interest in Thin Lizzy ( see below ) led me on to checking out other Irish bands at the time and that interest has been with me ever since. That is why I still do a show on the radio dedicated to the promotion of up and coming Irish bands. There are so many out there all trying to find their way in the madness that is the Irish Music Industry. This double award winning radio show airs every Friday night on WLRfm (in Waterford, Ireland) from 10pm - 1am. If you are in a band, please feel free to contact me....www.wlrfm.com. The show is IRISH NIGHTLIFE.

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Music:

It's no secret to people that know me, how much of a fan I am of Thin Lizzy. I followed the bands career from about 1969/70. I can still vividly recall hearing "Whiskey In The Jar" on the radio for the very first time and totally freaking out. It should be noted that as a lad aged 13/14 at that time, all we (my peers) had in Ireland were the bloody showbands. Radio Luxemburg and Radio Carloine were life savers. As time passed I became more and more intrigued by Philip Lynott's writing and the love affair with everything "Lizzy" deepened. I was fortunate to meet Philip on a number of occasions but the most memorable was when he played a solo gig in Waterford' where I not only met him but also got to interview him also(1983). The photograph of Philip (elsewhere on this site) and I was taken just after that interview, a recording of which I still have and has become a treasured possession, among some other personal treasures associated with Philip. ***************** Many years later I was to become a member of the RoisÃn Dubh Trust which is spearheaded by Philip's mother, Philomena. Philomena and I have been close friends now for many years. A truly remarkable woman who has friends in just about every corner of the globe I am proud of the friendship we share.

Movies:

TODAY'S FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Television:

FRIENDS - or ANYTHING that has Jennifer Anniston in it ! Hubba Hubba !!

Books:

Lord of the Rings

Heroes:

Nelson Mandela

My Blog

The Playlist - Irish Nightlife - Friday 29th February 2008

The Playlist - Irish Nightlife - Friday 29th February 2008 10pm - 11pm1 - Sick Beauty of the Suburbs - Gorbachov **2 - I Hate All My Friends - Large Mound3 - Back Ice - Luan ParleInterview with ...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:54:00 PST

In case you missed it !

OSCAR ACCEPTANCE SPEECHGlen Hansard:Thanks! This is amazing. What are we doing here? This is mad. We made this film two years ago. We shot on two Handycams. It took us three weeks to make. We made it ...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:25:00 PST

The Playlist - Irish Nightlife - Friday 22nd February 2008

The Playlist - Irish Nightlife - Friday 22nd February 2008^^denotes featured album 10pm - 11pm1 - White Lemonade - David Turpin^^2 - Generation X Squared - Acrojunk**3 - The Pink Blood - ILYA K*...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:03:00 PST

The Boy (!) is Back

Following my week away presenting the breakfast show ( WHAT was i thinking!!) I return to the programme that keeps my sanity intact. Hope you can be there also....Friday night 22nd February 10p...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:13:00 PST

No "Irish Nightlife" this Friday 15th Feb.

No "Irish Nightlife" this Friday 15th Feb.The powers that be at WLRfm towers deceided in their wisdom to ask me to present the breakfast all this week (ha the fools!!) and as such I have Friday night ...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:41:00 PST

Irish Nightlife - Friday 8th February 2008

"The PlayList"Irish Nightlife - Friday 8th February 2008 10pm - 11pm1 - Beautiful Bodies - Siobhan O'Brien2 - Ragdoll Gavin Glass feat 3 - Keepsake - Ham Sandwich4 - One and All - Bobby Lee5 - G...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:53:00 PST

Irish Nightlife - Friday 1st February 2008

The Playlist - Irish Nightlife - Friday 1st February 2008 10pm - 11pm1 - If Youve Got The Guts - Eat This2 - Everything Flows - Super Extra Bonus Party3 - Zaza - The Gandhis4 - Heads...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:55:00 PST

The Playlist - Irish Nightlife - Friday 25th January 2008

The Playlist - Irish Nightlife - Friday 25th January 2008^^denotes featured album 10pm - 11pm1 - Cant Stop - Jaded Sun2 - Slowdance - The Flaws3 - Downtown Bliss - Saving JInterview with Paul Hindle -...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:01:00 PST

Irish Music Industry Documentary begins

Friday 18th January 08..........Spent a few interesting hours in Dublin with Linda and Aoife from Good Seed Records as they set about putting together the documentary on the Irish Music Industry. I di...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:26:00 PST

Roddie Cleeres Irish Nightlife - Friday 18th January 2008

Roddie Cleere's Irish Nightlife Friday 18th January 2008- pre-recorded**Waterford Act 10pm - 11pm1 - Charm Alarm - Lady Doll2 - Zaza - the Gandhis3 - Cities - Codes4 - Gamblers Blues - Gly...
Posted by Roddie Cleere on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:59:00 PST