Things are moving fast

Phone interview on Friday. First one for an outside job in 8 years... so that should be fun. The first time I haven't done one face to face - not sure if this makes it easier or harder. Also the job isn't in Cork - I didn't expect that for my first interview. Anyway we'll see what happens. Feels good to be actually pusuing something rather than sitting on my hands waiting.

Crying into your beer

Went to see Richmond Fontaine on Saturday night in Cyprus Avenue. Always good to see a band in an intimate setting like that. And they were superb - the singer's voice has a real crying into your beer quality, and they sounded a lot bigger than they do on The Fitzgerald (the only album of theirs I have, but that will soon change). The sound was rounded out by pedal steel and trumpet which added a real spaghetti western flavour to some of the songs.

The only gripes I had are no fault of the band - the crowd seemed a bit unexcited, which was odd considering the number of requests shouted out. And the door to the toilets next to us could be heard bashing open and closed every minute or so which was kind of distracting. Surely this is something that can be fixed though?

Staples

Hey, it looks as if Bradley's Almanac is still up and running. I hadn't checked it out in quite a while - I think he must have changed his RSS feed or something nerdy like that so I wasn't getting any updates. Anyway it seems Buffalo Tom have a new album coming out. I should probably be more excited but for me Buffalo Tom will always evoke college days and hearing new stuff from them now will probably never have the same impact it did back the the 90s. Or something. This is the album I always remember listening to at the time:


Anyway the site is worth keeping an eye on for the live mp3s he often puts up. It was on the very same blog that I first discovered this band.

People are blogging

Yes it's strange all right.

tuff wha?

Yes the title is a bit random - it comes from here. I was just listening to it at the time.