Tuesday, July 07, 2026

NCH Gamelan Orchestra: concert and recording

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The NCH Gamelan Orchestra is the professional gamelan orchestra operating out of the National Concert Hall. I like to think that they are t...
Monday, July 06, 2026

Gamelan: our end of year concert

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I've been playing with a community gamelan group in the National Concert Hall for a while now, and in June we played an end of year conc...
Sunday, July 05, 2026

Archipelago: a fusion of Javanese and Irish Traditional Music

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Danger, fusion. This was a concert in the National Concert Hall's Studio by the UCD Traditional Music Group and the UCD Gamelan Orchestr...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

A short review of a Stereolab concert

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Blahdiblah, Stereolab, very popular band, went on hiatus when the two of them who were a couple stopped being a couple, now they're back...
Wednesday, July 01, 2026

Maria Somerville / Nashpaints (Whelan's)

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Maria Somerville is the neo-shoegaze sensation who has been attracting much attention of late. I went to see her at this sold-out concert, ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Some Short Record Reviews

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Sono Seni Ensemble Keroncwrong (2025) This is a 2025 release recorded in Surakarta in Indonesia and featuring John Jacobs and Ginevra Hou...
Monday, June 29, 2026

Every Bowie album 01: David Bowie (1967)

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I've had the great idea of listening to and then writing about every David Bowie album in turn. This is the first one, a 1967 album wit...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

Gamelan Magic: a return to Poolewe

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Last September I spent a week in north west Scotland, attending a gamelan retreat with other aficionados of the popular Indonesian music. A...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

Trump's war against Iran has been nearly over for a long time

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9 March 2026 Trump says "the war is very complete," and he's considering taking over Strait of Hormuz (CBS) 11 March 2026 Tr...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Controversial John Carpenter film recommendations

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John Carpenter has made many films. I have seen some of them. Of the ones I have seen, which ones would I recommend? I think my most whole-...