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Next up: I will be launching None of That: A Black Books Podcast

I was recently interviewed by Holly Bartolo at the fantastic comedy blog The Phoenix Remix about my involvement in Ecumenical Matters - The Father Ted podcast.

𝕻ilot season is the early months of the year, when a lot of production companies in Hollywood are creating new TV shows in the hope that th...

Moving to LA for Pilot Season - the actor's Mecca

𝕻ilot season is the early months of the year, when a lot of production companies in Hollywood are creating new TV shows in the hope that th...
The Fallacy of Britpop's 'Big Four' Revisionism.

Britpop was a glorious era for British and Irish music, when bands from almost every major city in the country were generating enough ground...
How to Find Good Actors, or The Pitfalls of the Novice Filmmaker.

𝕴 recently attended a film audition by an enthusiastic, but largely clueless pair of filmmakers. They had a good set of equipment, and a r...
Arcade Fire and the subdued reception in Belfast: A study in the radio-industrial complex.

𝔚 hen Arcade Fire decide to call it a day, they will be hailed as the most influential band of the early 21st Century, so when Belfast musi...
The lead single: can it sink an anticipated album before it's even dropped?

𝕴've been blogging a lot this summer about Arcade Fire's lead single from Everything Now. It's an instantly-catchy, room-grabbi...