Dixon Jones is a lovely man. Dixon Jones is a very funny man. Dixon Jones is a very generous man. We all like Dixon Jones. Thank you Dixon (and watch out for Jon, he’s behind you!) Dixon photo by storyspinn on flickr & balti image by ayes.
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Ciarán Norris blogs about music, media and much ado about nothing
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Q-Tip & Gilles Peterson Playing The Roundhouse
So apparently Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show has been on Radio 1 for ten years. As with so many other things these days, that makes me feel a bit old as I still remember his show on Kiss (as I’m sure…
Tagged with: broken beat, brownswood, gig, gilles peterson, hip hop, Lefto, Little Dragon, mix, Q-Tip, Roundhouse
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John Martyn R.I.P.
So I just had an email from my sister asking if I’d heard the news and I hadn’t and now I’m a little sad. The news was that British folk singer John Martyn had died at the, tragically young, age…
Skype, Hostelworld & The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
I’ve spent the last few days in Dublin and yesterday I spoke at the Hostelworld.com conference on how hostel owners could be using video, various forms of social media & viral marketing to promote their businesses. As part of one…
Eelus’ “Lost”: Street Art In Dublin
I’ve been in Dublin this weekend as I’m speaking at a conference today. After meeting one of my Irish cousins for lunch yesterday I spent a rather pleasant afternoon walking round Dublin: checking out the shops (man, that exchange rate…
Help Me Get Free Groove Armada Songs
So in today’s Popbitch there was a link to an interesting promotion being carried out by Bacardi & Groove Armad. Essentially, like many others in recent years, they’re giving music away for free. What’s interesting is that to get one’s…
Dillinger – Cocaine In My Brain
A remix of this track just came on the office stereo (the Groove Corporation one that features on the Bedroom Sessions mix by Faithless) and I just felt like I had to play the original. Cocaine In My Brain by…
Amazing Veet Ad From Down Under (Literally)
It was only the other day that I read an article claiming that some of the most interesting and exciting digital marketing was coming out of Australia. Well, it seems that the same could be claimed for their offline marketing…
As Obama Progresses, MPs Regress
Yesterday, as I’m sure I don’t need to point out, saw the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States. We had an event on here at work where we invited clients to watch it, served food &…
Lost Gloves #8: Great Portland Street
Lost gloves eh? They’re like buses – you wait ages for one, then loads come along at once. And as if that wasn’t enough, it seems like people aren’t content to lose just one glove anymore as this is the…
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