With Mick Jagger's 80th birthday (not something many people would've thought they'd say!) in the past week, I thought let's make a thread on some of favourite songs by The Rolling Stones. And here's some of mine. Sister Morphine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrwwiAUYdpA Haunting tune, with fantas...

On July the 6th, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will be shutting down for good in Ireland and the UK.

As someone who likes classic movies, I'm gutted by this news and Netflix's selection has also gotten worse over the years. Guess I should go back to buying movies on physical media...

I watched Demolition Man (1993) last night. An entertaining, if very dated Action Sci-fi film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B5v6QZ5R3g The night before, I watched The Outlaw Josey Wales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCPcoNo_OkM I'll be honest, this is the first Western I've watched all the wa...

I watched this video on YouTube about Cumbia music from Peru in the 1960s to the 80s.



So I've been listening to the compilation below this evening. Recommended if you like Santana, Latin Music and/or Reggae.

Found out about this guitarist on YouTube.



Brilliant slide player and fantastic to have on in the background.

1. Queen 2. The Eagles 3. The BG's 4. Flaming Lips 5. Pearl Jam 6. ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) 7. Haircut 100 8. Thin Lizzie 9. Whitesnake 10 Nine inch nails 11. The Bluebells 12. Black Grape 13. The Hollies 14. Oasis 15. Deep Purple 16. Salt-n-Pepa 17. The Beatles 18. Japan 19. Supergrass 20. Cr...

Speaking of Furries, here's a YouTube video/documentary about a Furry convention that ended up being an utter disaster, and thus was never held again.

Casiopea - Midnight Rendezvous



An absolutely fantastic Jazz-Fusion band from Japan that has inspired loads of Video Game soundtracks over the years.

Golden Years - David Bowie



Great song that I have also learned to play on the guitar recently.

I don't necessarily disagree with the people here saying that "International (insert whatever) Day's" are fairly stupid and useless towards whatever cause they may be supporting. If the world was just, we wouldn't need them. Especially in the case of International Men's Day, which actually...

In case you didn't know, today is International Men's Day. From the media, to adverts and other forms of entertainment, you'll hear them talk about how men and boys are awful. Examples include the Gillette ad from a few years back and the bumbling stupidity of many fathers and sons from many TV show...

Frank Zappa - Eat that Question

I hardly ever listen to the radio, except when my Dad has Newstalk on (which I absolutely loathe, BTW). Apart from having too much sports coverage, you also have insufferable pundits/hosts and their talk shows, starting arguments over meaningless crap like crisp sandwiches and whatever is in the new...

They're one of those Irish bands whose output seems to be completely bypassed when it comes to inclusion on compilations or release of reissues. Wouldn't happen if they were English. The problem with them (from Island Record's view, probably) is that they are a very obscure band nowadays, meaning t...

https://i.ibb.co/PNLfWrP/IMG-20221030-143132.jpg I bought this album the same day as I got the Cuban Jazz record from my last post on this thread. Some people here might remember this band from the 80s. Blue in Heaven was a post-punk band from Dublin that disbanded in 1989, but later reformed as Bl...

I'm a big fan of the green triangles in Quality Street. Can't think of their name though I think that's actually just what they're called. About the Roses, I think I used to prefer them to the Quality Street, but then Cadbury's started fiddling about with the flavours too much. For an example, ther...

https://i.ibb.co/51gn9Qz/IMG-20221023-204057.jpg I bought this Cuban Jazz record off of a recommendation of your man who runs the record shop I regularly go into (our tastes align a fair bit and we haven't had many arguments about music, thankfully!). I quite liked the album, but it is different to...

Been listening to The Kinks a fair bit lately.





Fantastic Band.

Heard of this band for a while, but I've only started listening to them recently.

I'll start... I once ate 6-7 penguin bars in a single sitting. This was because I somehow developed an addiction to the things (more like the sugar that's in them), and I had my hands in my face after I realised what I did. Haven't had them too many since then, though. There's also times where we bo...

I've gotten into a bit of James Brown lately...

I've finished reading "The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the end of a Special Relationship" by Derek Scally. The book is written by an Irishman who has lived in Germany for the last 20 years and is about how Ireland has dealt with it's unsavoury past regarding Cath...

Maybe msg isn’t so bad after all, although it certainly has a bad reputation. MSG is used quite a bit in Japan and it also occurs naturally in small amounts in other foods like tomatoes, cheese and seaweed. MSG is used to give food an Umami/Savoury flavour, so that's why you find it added to foods ...

Another thing to consider is that the same crowd (the food industry in 1960s America) also created the food pyramid, which not long after spread worldwide. https://i.postimg.cc/GmYpCN4g/Screenshot-20220905-203719.jpg I don't think there's anything wrong with having crisps and chocalate on top, but t...

Got this album earlier this week.
Only recently heard about and got into J. J. Cale and how he influenced guitarists like Eric Clapton and
Mark Knopfler. Should be a good spin.