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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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The World You Think You Live In
Experimental short documentary piece I made a while back. The narration was adapted from an unpublished short story called ‘The Wedding Tree’. The story was later adapted into a radio drama for Newstalk. I talked about the ideas behind this story in an Ignite talk at Mindfields a couple of years back called ‘The Nuts… Read more
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I Don’t Need No Stinking Rehab!
This is actually the original track before they vocoded it. I founded the masters in a trashcan in Camden. Update: Switched to vimeo version because of a bogus and illegal Youtube takedown notice from Universal Music Group. This despite Youtube’s own advice to dispute illegitimate takedown notices. In this case I disputed the initial illegitimate takedown… Read more
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Brendan Baker (Love and Radio) Talk
The ever clued in Colm Coyne gave me a heads up about a fascinating radio event in Brooklyn last month: ‘Ears Forward‘ @ JACK performance space in Clinton Hill. Brendan Baker, sound designer / musical collaborator on Nick van der Kolk‘s award winning radio show ‘Love & Radio‘. I’ve been a huge fan of this (too… Read more
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Short Story: Happy Together
This story was first published in ‘From Whatnot To Where I Belong’ in 2013. Image used, creative commons attribution non-commercial share-alike. The bus hinged around arching corners of endless overpasses. This unkempt net of highway had been cast over the country to catch shoals of fat bright motorcars. It seemed here knotted and there unbound,… Read more
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Flash Fiction: Marley
This story first appeared in ‘This Is Still Not Where I Belong’ in 2013. Image used, creative commons attribution 2.0. When Marley first ran away at twelve, she made it as far as the motorway protests. You know the ones. Splashed across John Major era British television, Swampy down a hole and hippies up the… Read more
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New Radio Series in production ‘Mad Scientists of Music’
I’ve just kicked off production on my new radio series, my first documentary. It’s a 6 * 30 minute show about experimental music in Ireland, entitled ‘Mad Scientists of Music’. Experimental music is a pretty big topic, covering everything from bedroom tinkering with Fruity Loops to technically and aesthetically sophisticated electronic ‘noise’ to Harry Partch… Read more
