Well, the Andy White show I posted about last Sunday was lovely. It was a shockingly intimate setting, a cozy and beautifully decorated back room at the Celtic Knot where Andy played for a group of about 20 of us, and he was just as charming and entertaining as any Andy fan would expect.
He […]
Entries Tagged as 'Celtic'
Andy White at the Celtic Knot, 3/30/08: Follow-Up
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 6th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Tags: Culture · Music · Journal · Chicago · Performance · Lit · Mike Scott & The Waterboys · Ireland · Celtic · Folk-Rock · Reviews
Books: “Too Slow a Form of Information Delivery”
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 13th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Scary quote of the week: In an article from the LA Times about the sad passing of another indie book store owned by a wonderful old eccentric — which is kind of like losing one of the last 12 rare rhinoceroses or something – anyway, toward the end of that article, we read this:
Dowdy […]
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Forty-Onederful: Alt Q Review
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 14th, 2007 at 4:33 am
Speaking of Jorjet, as I was a couple of posts ago, I spent the evening of my forty-first birthday sharing a table with her at this year’s Alt Q festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music (after having a nice coconut and basil dinner with Lisa Buscani at Thai Classic).
Alt Q was a […]
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Waterboys + Decemberists = Fun
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 24th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Speaking of Waterboys videos, here’s one I dearly love. It’s a fan-made clip of Mike Scott performing “Fisherman’s Blues” live with The Decemberists! The sound isn’t great but the joy comes through just fine. Here’s what the official Waterboys mailing list said about it:
Mike Scott made a guest appearance with top up and coming US […]
Tags: Culture · Music · Mike Scott & The Waterboys · Celtic · Folk-Rock · Video
The Waterboys: Mike Scott in The Guardian, and new album Book of Lightning
Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 26th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Mike Scott, singer, songwriter, and bandleader of The Waterboys, has a thoughtful and entertaining piece in The Guardian recounting his experiences trying to correct errors in the band’s entry on Wikipedia.
Meanwhile, the Waterboys have a new album coming out in April! It’s called Book of Lightning and you can hear samples of a couple […]
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