A Whole Lot of History...

Back in the day (by that I mean the mid 80s and early 90s), music came on Vinyl and Cassette Tape. Yeah, CDs were just starting to make headway, but CD players were still expensive. Me, being a poor student, stuck to the humble cassette tape. They were rugged, cheap, easy to record on and best of all, easy to create your own mixes. You could, if you searched, get C120 tapes, on which you could fit up to 120 minutes of music!

Why do I mention this? Well, this week I collected my old tape collection from my parents house. It had been living in their attic, undisturbed, for the last 21 years. Actually, not only did I pick up the tape collection, I picked up my vinyl collection also!

There were some absolute gems in the tape collection, Dignam and Goff, Power of Dreams, The 4 of Us, Blink, The Golden Horde, The Dixons, Ghost of an American Airman... and that was just in one bundle!

Only another 170 something tapes to get through!

As for the vinyl, I haven't really gone through it yet, but I did notice some great singles from the Fat Lady Sings, That Petrol Emotion and, as it happens, all the singles from the Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum!

Apart from those gems, I found a few flexi-discs, these two were cover mounted on Hotpress Magaxine.

So flexi-discs are exactly what they sound like, flexible discs that you play on a record player. They are rather delicate though, prone to creases and other damage. You got to mind them well (like leaving them in an attic for 21 years....).

Anyway, the top disc is from The 4 of Us (mentioned above) and features extracts from their debut album 'Songs for the Tempted'. The second flexi-disc is from The Pale features the track 'Moon'. I was talking with the band about it and they told me it was actually their debut single and they don't have a copy of it. Well I figure it's worth more to them than me, so I said I'd forward it on to them. I really got to get that sorted this week!

As I look in to the collection more, I'll post any gems I find here. It's such a blast revisiting the past through that collection.

2022-03-26 Buskers on Grafton Street, Dublin

I took a walk around Dublin today, thought I'd check out the buskers on Grafton Street. There's a fine history of busking in Dublin, acts like Hothouse Flowers , The Frames , Rodrigo y Gabriela , Damien Rice , Paddy Casey , Kodaline and a host of others all cut their teeth on and around Grafton Street. It stands to reason that some of those busking today will be successful in the future! So, who did I get to see today? Well, check out the photos below: Zoe Clarke Allie Sherlock Paul Jenkinson

Interview with King Kong Company

Originally published 10/09/2013 on Chunk.ie So, there I was, wandering around the Electric Picnic wondering who I was going to watch next. One of the lads said he had heard good things about King Kong Company and that we should check them out, so off we headed to the Body and Soul Arena to do just that. As I mentioned in my review of the Electric Picnic, the gig was epic. I figured we just had to interview them here on CHUNK.ie, and here it is! First things first, congratulations on a storming gig at the Electric Picnic. It completely blew me away. Was this your first Picnic experience? We’ve been to many Electric Picnics over the years but just as punters, and it’s always been a great festival, so it was a fantastic experience to play at its 10 year anniversary. King Kong Company is a rather interesting name for a band, where or how did you come up with it? The name is taken from the film Taxi Driver. If you look closely, Travis Bickle is wearing a badge which says King

2023-08-26 The Playing Fields Festival - Clane GAA

It's The Playing Fields Festival time again! TPFF23, it's third outing, is back and it's the same, but a little different also. For the first time, it's not just an Irish affair. The legendary Basement Jaxx headlined the Sunday night. Also, for the first time, it's under canvas. Not a big circus type tent, a more low rise, stretched canvas affair, as per TribFest a few weeks back. Given the state of the Irish summer, it was a great decision. The final difference was that I was only there for Day Two as I'd already arranged to bring my niece to see The Vamps , and that clashed with Day One. So, along with Basement Jaxx , who else was playing Day Two of TPFF? Well, we had: The Flavours Altered Lines Diversion Raging Sons Spring Break Roisin O and CamrinWatsin I think we can agree, that's a pretty good mix of rock n' roll, party time and dance music! Even under canvas, the stage was pretty big and sounded good

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