Category Archives: lyrics and lines I especially admire

Scorn Not His Simplicity

Posted on 13 July 2011 by

My Dad was a big fan of Phil Coulter. He was at Queen’s at the same time as Phil and liked to tell us about the time Phil locked him and a bunch of other students in a room on … Continue reading →

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Tonight with Craig Doyle

Posted on 6 May 2010 by

On Saturday I was on Craig Doyle’s show, singing with James McMorrow. My fellow backing singers were Jill Deering and Peter Ryan and I did some tambourine, too. We sang a track from James’s album called ‘This Old Dark Machine’ … Continue reading →

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The Marriage of Figaro

Posted on 5 May 2010 by

In my first year at Edinburgh University I was involved in the student production of Mozart’s opera, ‘The Marriage of Figaro’. The cast sang in English, as I recall (the opera is originally in Italian). It contains some of the … Continue reading →

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The Rainbow Connection

Posted on 27 April 2010 by

A few weeks ago I did a recording for one of my fellow tenors in New Dublin Voices, jazz pianist Stephen Kenny. He has formed a duo with a Finnish singer called Milla Mamia and they needed a demo so … Continue reading →

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Poisoned By McDonalds Blues

Posted on 16 February 2010 by

My friend Jonny posted this as his facebok status about an hour ago: POISONED BY MACDONALDS BLUES went to macd’s for a wispa mcflurry now im running to the toilet in a hurry went to macd’s, got me a big … Continue reading →

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Some recording, a new piece, and a bursary

Posted on 22 January 2010 by

I’m writing this while eating a Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. Raising a glass and a half to the taste of world-beating excellence. Please, American Kraft people (and I know you’re reading this blog…), don’t change it. Although I’m still a bigger … Continue reading →

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Yo Gabba Gabba

Posted on 14 January 2010 by

Came across this funny article (via Twitter) about children’s programmes on Nickelodeon Jr. Now, I don’t have kids but I do work with little ones sometimes. The guy who wrote the article rates the shows’ songs and music, too, which … Continue reading →

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Word setting

Posted on 4 July 2009 by

I spent a good (as in a lot and also as in enjoyable) part of yesterday setting a list of proper nouns to music in the grand tradition of Tom Lehrer and Yakko from Animaniacs.

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A beautiful Christmas song

Posted on 16 December 2008 by

I was introduced to Eclecticity today by Rowan Manahan, whose witty and informative blog I would recommend to anyone who likes to laugh and has to work for a living. I sing in a choir and, it being the season, … Continue reading →

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An album to make grown men cry

Posted on 13 September 2008 by

This morning I listened to Elbow’s Mercury prize-winning album, The Seldom Seen Kid.  It was easily one of the most sustainedly moving listening experiences I’ve had in a long time.  About halfway through I was so excited about writing this … Continue reading →

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