Picked up Dinobot Slag. Although officially they’ve changed his name to Slug now, so as not to offend cockneys or something.
They should make James Corden the new James Bond. That way everyone will find the movies as insufferable as I do.
There’s a real sense of this Simpsons bit going on with the considering TDs millionaires for just owning a house in Dublin.
I'm looking for a composer for my upcoming feature film . I'm looking for an orchestra score . A haunting movie sound . Send me a link of your work .
It’s Friday night and my girlfriend is out of town. That can only mean one thing! Pancake party in the living room!
Episodes 5 and 6 of audio drama Rivitn’ History have now been broadcast and are available for download.
You can catch up on the first 4 episodes here:
Next up is a new comedy series called ‘Shopping for Beginners’. We just finished recorded it and I currently have it in post production.
Had a go at recording a podcast about board gaming for my Board Games Ireland meet up group.
In the first of hopefully many podcasts we discussed the following:
Another 1916 project I worked on this year was a series of talks that took place in Coolock Library dealing with the role of women in the 1916 Rising. There was an impressive turnout at these talks.
Haven’t done an update in a while. But first off the entirety of “Lost Easter Voices” is now available online:
We got a pretty good response from the series with people even calling up the National Archive to ask about the cylinders.
We just finished up recording parts 5 and 6 of “Rivitin’ Histoy” and I currently have it in post prodcution and they should be ready for broadcast late August or early September.
You can listen to parts 1-4 online now:
We also just got 2 new drama projects successfully funded under the Sound and Vision Scheme. One is a 2 part comedy series called “Shopping for Beginners” and the other is an anthology series of 3 Shakespeare plays updated to take place in contemporary North Dublin. More updates on these soon.
The new radio series I’ve been busy working on for a while starts broadcasting on the 21st March at 1pm and runs every day at the same time up to Easter Sunday.
You can hear the promo here:
Near 90.3fm will broadcast a unique 1916 series during Holy Week (21st to 27th March). This series, titled ‘Lost Easter Voices’ offers listeners a chance to hear what is purported to be the last interviews recorded with the executed proclamation signatories, starting with Patrick Pearse and concluding with James Connolly.
At the time of the 1916 executions, social historian, Richard Maxwell, a nephew of General Sir John Maxwell, Commander in Chief of British Forces in Ireland, obtained permission to bring his early Edison recorder into Kilmainham jail to record interviews with the seven Proclamation signatories shortly before their capital punishment. During the turbulent weeks that followed the executions, Richard Maxwell returned to England with his recordings. Eventually, in ill health, he moved to Estuarios in Spain to live with relatives. Apparently, these unique recordings have lain in an attic in Spain for one hundred years. Now a great-granddaughter of Richard Maxwell, Senora Maxwell-Hogan, has returned to Ireland with these historic recordings and has offered to donate them to the National Archive. But first, she has permitted Near fm to digitise and clean these unique recordings and the community station now presents them as part of the centenary commemorations. Each programme will be followed by a panel discussion expanding on the topics raised by the rebels. The entire production was handled by the Near Drama company. Are these authentic recording? Are these the final words of such iconic figures? Listen and make up your own mind. The series will be broadcast Monday 21st March to Sunday 27th March each day at 1 o‘clock.
