Sorry folks – I’ve run out of blogging juice. Another little Irish blog falls by the wayside. The well has run dry. The cup no longer runneth over with ideas.
Frankly, it hasn’t in a while… this has been a while coming – college and real life are taking over and I don’t have much time to maintain this little corner of the web any more. Been thinking about this for a while since I saw a bunch of other Irish blogs close their virtual doors recently and finally decided this morning.
I used to be into it. I used to be heavily into reading and writing, but since I suffered a head injury (which I mentioned in a blog post once, and wrote a lengthy account of once), I just don’t seem to have it in me any more… which saddens me.
I don’t really need to go into masses of detail to explain why I’m finishing here and now,- suffice to say, I just don’t feel I have a reason to blog any more. I may find one again some day… who knows. I’m not overly concerned. You’ll still find me on twitter – from time to time.
Anyway, thanks to anyone who’s bothered reading my drivel up to now. I may return to blogging in some totally different incarnation at some stage in the future, but not any time soon… so for now, I bid you all…
It’s 4.30am and I’m off to Athlone to hang out here and work with the lovely people there, so … to keep you occupied… found this here… Play the drums, go on… you know you want to!
Been neglecting my blog recently, and that’s due to continue for a while yet as I’ve been concentrating on the Switch FM web site. It’s the radio station for the college course I’m doing – things are really starting to pick up momentum there and it’s basically sucking up my life … not that I’m complaining!
I should have had these clips in the “Irish Blog Awards 2009 – The Interviews” post, but didn’t get time to do much more (’cool’) editing … that is, until now:
This is John Williams… and no, he’s not the famous composer known for his movie scores, white beard and slightly Richard Attenborough -like looks… – although he has, like his more famous namesake, done work on television scores and various other audio productions in his capacity as a sound engineer.
He’s also one of Ireland’s most prolific twitterers. I nabbed him for a few words last Saturday night during a smoke break, and this is what he had to say for himself:
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Also out in the smoking area (isn’t it always they way… the fun times happen out in the bleedin’ freezin’ cold!) was bubbly Cork lady, Catherine – from MyMunster.com – who spoke to me briefly about the site (they connect Munster rugby fans world-wide) and about why she was there at the Irish Blog Awards 2009.
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Unfortunately, the only words I got out of event organiser and blogging supremo Damien Mulley (while the recorder was on, anyway), were the following:
I know the song is over a decade old, but since that fateful second that the first (who was far from the last) person in the crowd at the Irish Blog Awards in Cork shouted out “You’re GORGEOUS!” at someone on stage, it’s been playing over and over in my brain. It’s one of those songs that, when a DJ plays it, you think “Oh…man! …What a TUNE! I haven’t heard it in ages! (etc. etc.)” and you bop along… and it brings soppy memories flooding back…
Anyway, “You’re GORGEOUS!” became quite the catchphrase for Saturday night’s proceedings… as this picture of Grandad (taken by Donncha, doctored by Twenty) fondly recalls:
So!… A simple blog post for today, as it’s about all my brain can muster after another day of dopey tiredness (and football… hey, I scored a winning goal tonight! Hurrah!) Here’s the video for the song of the moment, the song that’s been stuck in my head since that fateful night (although I can’t for the life of me remember if DJ Brian Greene played it at the aftershow disco… I was probably too busy jumping on the bouncy castle…)
Here it is: Babybird’s lovely little ditty – “You’re Gorgeous“. Enjoy!
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