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The Graceless Age by John Murry (Tom Waits/Neil Young style) http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/02/john-murry-graceless-age-review Circuital by My Morning Jacket is a really good album too.

First was The Pogues in 1987. I'm going to Frightened Rabbit next week in Dublin, but last gig was Israel Nash Gripka in Cork.

One of the most innovative and original music artists ever, influenced almost every genre and artist that came after him.

What's the alternative though? I had really bad sciatic nerve problems about a year ago, phantom pains down my legs, pins and needles, numbness it kept waking me up at night, I had a cortisone injection into my hip and it's been great since.

Stephen Kings 112263 audiobook is excellent also the audio versions of The Shining and Doctor Sleep. I really enjoyed Peter Mayes Lewis Trilogy, they're read by Peter Forbes and he does a great job.

Any Neil Young fans should check out Israel Nash Gripka, I just saw him play a small gig in Cork, it was such an amazing wall of sound. So like the Cinnamon Girl style Neil Young, check him out here ....

Yes, fair play to the Dubs, much better team in the second half, better forwards = win

Ned Flanders(talking about Woody Allen): “You know, I like his films except for that nervous fellow who’s always in them.”

Lamb for me, my neighbour has an organic farm and gives us a whole lamb for our freezer every year, it is sensational.

Can't wait for this to start again, great show.

Congrats to the dubs, amazing match, should be a dream final.

The "playing badly and winning" test passed by mayo, please let this be our year!

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No. 2 years apart, still eye watering though.

I've broken both collar bones in my teens (over 20 years ago). The right one healed with an overlap, it took a few months but never had any major problems apart from some pain during really wet weather.

And "Sprints" is the new word of the day.

We've recently started having "Scrums" every morning at 10, everyone stands around and tells what they're going to do today. A load of shite and I hate the f*ckin rugby analogy.

Friday Night Lights was great, the final series just finished up on Sky.

This, it's so painful being from mayo over the years, but this year we seem to have addressed the past problems, lack of forwards and fragility. Dublin always been my second team, would love to play them in the final.

The TV series of the Stand was utter shite, Molly Ringwald ffs, there is talks about a proper movie with Ben Affleck directing, but not confirmed yet. ‘The Stand’: Ben Affleck on the Difficulties of Adapting Stephen King’s Book

Bullworth (Warren Beatty and a young Halle Berry) and Lone Star (Chris Cooper and Kris Kristoferson)

I saw an amazing gig last week with about 10 others in Galway, Cara Luft a Canadian folk singer (with backup from a Liverpool lad, Scott Poley, an excellent multi-instrumentalist) she's touring the UK at the moment. Anyone into Folk/Bluegrass (she did play a class acoustic version of Led Zeppelins Black Water Side) should check her out.

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A slice of lime obviously!