Belturbet here we come
Off to Beturbet for a week to work on Coma with Mr Kevin McCann. Rewrites and auditions. Keep her lit. Meanwhile…...
View ArticleGreetings from Comaville
Back from Belturbet for a three day breather before returning to work with Kevin McCann on Coma next week. Auditions very interesting. Writing for radio is a whole other thing. You’re finding words for...
View ArticleUp for oxygen…
…after four days of bed rest, liquids etc. Infirmities permitting, tomorrow we’ll be in Kilmainham filming a short piece on L. Cohen’s Old Ideas for RTE’s The Works. Meanwhile, here’s our review of...
View ArticleRegarding L. Cohen
The Rev Murphy’s piece on Leonard Cohen for The Works is now online. El Murphy and L. Cohen
View ArticleNelson’s Columns
Not many music writers warrant a biography. Lester Bangs was one. Maybe Tosches or Kent. But Everything Is An Afterthought, by Kevin Avery, is a singular piece of work, a hybrid bio and anthology....
View ArticleThe Late William Gay
The opening paragraph of the NY Times’s obit report says it all: “William Gay, a self-taught novelist from rural Tennessee who emerged from obscurity in his late 50s with critically praised books in...
View ArticleWrecking Ball: The Works
We’ll be on RTE’s The Works tomorrow night (Thursday 8th) talking to John Kelly about Bruce Springsteen’s new album Wrecking Ball. Our full review will appear in tomorrow’s issue of HP. Wrecking Ball...
View ArticleThe Times looked at Jonny
Apologies for the wrong steer re Springsteen on the Works. The review should run in or around March 22nd. Meanwhile, here’s the NY Times report on Bruce’s Apollo show last Friday....
View ArticleThe Gripes of Wrath
And completing a triptych of Bruce-related posts, here’s our review of Wrecking Ball, published in the current HP: Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball (Columbia) Let us now praise angry old men. Bruce...
View ArticleBlog of Revelations 2008 – 2012
Yep, it’s about that time. Thanks to all who’ve visited the Revelatorium over the last four years, and to the HP staff for keeping the lights on. You can keep an eye on all further developments at...
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