Another one of those best of list things…
Albums:
Kate Bush : Aerial
The Budos Band : The Budos Band
Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings : Naturally
Antibalas - Who is this America?
Song of the Year: Kate Bush 'Pi' anyone who can write a song based on the maths symbol pi deserves this award..the chorus goes something like 3.174 etc. amazing stuff
Gigs of the Year:
Once we’ve been knocked out of the football county
championship a trip abroad is always on the cards to drown the sorrows. This
year berlin was the destination and delorean suite the band to see in that
small jazz café on a street whose name I cannot remember. After seeing the
sound check that afternoon the expectations were high and they didn’t
disappoint.
More gigs from them in the new year all going well.
When Saul Williams came to play Dublin towards the end of the summer I was probably on my bicycle making up the three miles from my house to the gaa field of dreams back in kerry preparing for a do or die match. By the time he made his return in late November I was also on my bicycle clocking up the miles on the trip home from hatch st to south circular road and I passed by him getting out of a taxi just outside the pod. So things augured well. The gig itself was brilliant except for some French dude who kept dancing on my toes and took phone calls in the middle of some of the poems…word up to ophelia for an excellent warm up.
Films:
2046 (visually one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen, wanted to go back and watch it again without reading the subtitles but never got around to it)
Downfall (scene in which eva braun insists that everyone in the bunker gets up and dances at her party even though berlin is crumbling with bombs been dropped outside is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen)
Maria full of grace (difficult film to stomach,have never looked at a grape the same way since)
The life aquatic with steve zissou (bill murray is a legend)
Radio Documentary:
Documentary on the aurora borealis on lyric fm was half an hour of pure bliss. Have always wanted to see the northern lights but can’t afford to for the time being. Hearing the noise that it makes as it passes through space in the comfort of my bedroom was the next best thing though.
Disappointment of the Year:
Losing that aforementioned do or die match to st senans. Also, returning to my bicycle after a night of beer and dancing and seeing that someone had twisted the back wheel of my bike, would love to dance on his head if I got the chance.
Peter Curtin
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