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A French Forest Freak-Out For The Forlorn: I reviewed Madame Sosostris & The Festival For The Broken-Hearted by Ben Okri for The Sunday Independent. @independent.ie @headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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www.dublinbowiefestival.ie @dublinbowiefest.bsky.social

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Showing other bands how it's done with the nimble-fingered dexterity of professional pickpockets: I went to see Sturgill Simpson and friends level Vicar Street for The Irish Times/Irish Times Culture @irishtimes.com @aikenpromotions.bsky.social

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I’m not sure, because it’s a very long time ago, but this might be the first Bowie album I bought. I'd most likely heard the title track and Fame on the radio and I'd definitely heard them on my mate's sister's K-Tel Best Of Bowie...

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I rarely need to dig out a bit of Stephen Hawking for a reference in a gig review but it happens.

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Go North, Young Man: The North Pole by Erling Kagge - m.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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On what would have been Sam Peckinpah's 100th birthday here's a rambling examination of Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid which I reckon is his masterpiece. Co-starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, and the Irish Film Institute.

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Cannibalism! Sexting! Philosophy! Ice! I reviewed The North Pole: The History Of An Obsession by Erling Kagge for The Sunday Independent @independent.ie @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social @penguinukbooks.bsky.social

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Another Isabella Carty creation. www.instagram.com/i.m.carty/

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Book reviews in the weekend papers. Read them here - linktr.ee/patcarty

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"This is as bland as a white bread sandwich with mayonnaise in it and nothing else." Listen back to our judgement of new albums from Manic Street Preachers, Candi Staton, and - Lord bless us and save us - The Lumineers on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena here - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Artistry revealed by careful carving: I reviewed The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth by Adrian Duncan for @businesspost.bsky.social.

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If this is his last round–up, his final words are good and true ones: I reviewed The Vanishing Point by Paul Theroux for The Irish Times.

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"...that earth-shaking southern stew of “omnifarious music”..." I reviewed Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made The King by Preston Lauterbach for The Irish Independent. @independent.ie

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I'll be on Arena on RTÉ Radio 1 at about 7:30 this evening pontificating about new records from Manic Street Preachers, The Lumineers, and Candi Staton. Tune in for the wild sport.

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"...that earth-shaking southern stew of “omnifarious music”..." I reviewed Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made The King by Preston Lauterbach for The Irish Independent. @independent.ie

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Putting notes together ahead of tomorrow night's Arena @rteradio1.bsky.social. This is really good from Manic Street Preachers. Hats all the way off.

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“Exciting… A riveting account.” A nice new review from the Irish Independent of #TheJFKConspiracy, by @bradmeltzer.com and me. The online link is behind a paywall but you can read the review right in the photo! Thanks to @patcarty.bsky.social for the review. www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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The Other Attack On Jack: I reviewed The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill Kennedy – and Why It Failed by @bradmeltzer.com & @joshmensch.bsky.social for The Sunday Independent @ithakapress.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social @flatironbooks.bsky.social

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The V-U2 Sphere photo book is already in its 2nd edition. Is this because of my fabulous essay, housed within its sumptuous pages? Probably not but buy it anyway at shopeu.u2.com/products/v-u...

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Some short scribbling from me about Philio down the back of the new issue of @classicrockmag.bsky.social

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James Joyce was born on this day in 1882 but are you familiar with my great grandfather’s role in Ulysses?

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I reviewed Garrett Carr’s The Boy From The Sea in The Sunday Independent but all credit to Madeleine Keane for the superb headline punnery. m.independent.ie/entertainmen... @garrettcarr.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social

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Mick Jagger, 1975

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Heart-breaking and heartbroken: Marianne Faithfull's best record.

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Marianne Faithfull once blew me a kiss at a Rolling Stones show, which is the coolest thing I’ve ever even heard of.

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"Go to Galway if you’re after that kind of thing..." I reviewed the excellent The Boy From The Sea by Garrett Carr for The Sunday Independent/Irish Independent @garrettcarr.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @independent.ie

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Doffed my cap to the King of the Swingers Paddy Cole in @thetimes.com

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Book Review: The Ghosts of Rome is an exceptional second episode of Joseph O’Connor’s Rome trilogy

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Breathless action and beautiful prose: The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor. @businesspost.bsky.social

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