welcome

to Max, born on the 19th of february 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and congratulations to Noelle and Maty for this so cute baby boy.

Dun Laoghaire

this is where i'm moving to in march.

a flat on my own.

near the sea.

:-)

dublin bands splitting

Stagger Lee/ Dagger Lee

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 

Goodnight, not Goodbye

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Dear friends,....

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It's a strange day when you come on here to say your farewells, but alas here we are.  With no intention of writing some kind of long eulogy to ourselves or anything of the sort, we did, however, all feel that what we achieved as The Dagger Lees (nee Stagger Lee) was deserving of a proper and final end and so a few words is at least fitting.....

The past 3 years have been one hell of a ride! From all the usual madness of being in a band and working and living with both of our lady rockers raising mini rockers at the same time, plus touring with some great bands, recording music we loved, writing, playing, falling down, getting up again..and lovin' every minute of it!  Life has thrown many curveballs our way, and more than once we survived them, dusted ourselves off and got back to work. The past couple of months though have thrown some sad aul curveballs that have meant that the band couldn't continue in its current form, and as much as that pains us, our date with the Diamond will have to wait another day.....

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All good things come to an end, and so to everyone who was involved with us in anyway - a sincere thank you!  Much love must go to Robbie Thing, Leo Pearson, Benjo, Davey, Jessie, Susie, Dan Beatnik, Andy Motorsounds, Loreana, Paul, Jason, Kelley, Mandy, Una, Warren, Karl, James, Niamh, Sinead, Edel, all the Phantom Family and especially to the mini Lees - Dylan and Steven. And to our families for all their support and everyone who came to a gig, hummed a tune, had a dance, wrote about us, helped out with shows, took a picture, bought a song - a really big and very sincere THANK YOU from all of us.....

Each of us can look back on the dedication, love, blood, sweat and tears we put in to making Stagger Lee/The Dagger Lees, something we are really proud of. We can happily say that we still love the bones of each other and there’s not many bands can say that!  We're all moving to pastures new (the first of which to look out for is Benni’s solo project Hathor Vein!!).... so we'll see you in the next lifetime.

Lots of love,
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Donna and The Dagger Lees....

x x x....

 

 

Delorentos

 

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 

We have some sad news... Current mood:  sad Category: Music We've got some sad news. It's with a very heavy heart that we have to let you know that Ronan has decided to leave the band. He feels its best for him to move on and do other things. The three of us will still be making music and will let you know about what happens next. As our songs always came from the four of us playing together we've also decided that it wouldn't feel right to continue "delorentos" without him. We're all very proud of the songs we've written over the last year, we feel they're some of the best we've ever done, and as a result we're determined not to discard them or let them go. Next month, the four of us are going to record this album together and plan on making it something we'll all be proud of. It'll be our last collection of songs as delorentos, and we hope you'll like them. We want to thank everyone that's supported us since we started, and all the friends we made along the way, we'd never have gotten this far without you. We hope to play a gig or two to say goodbye. We'll be in touch soon with more details.  Ross, Níal and Kieran and Ro.

it's hard

during my father cremation, i went outside for a few minutes, i needed fresh air, i needed to breathe, i needed to feel i was alive.

but it is hard to keep living. not that i am ever going to abandon that gift that is life. but it is hard to miss someone. it is hard to think that he would like the new flat i got, or the fact that it's so near the sea, or seeing me registered for sailing classes, and then realizing i will never be able to tell him or show him or share it with him.

Almodovar

if you understand spanish, here is the new short movie by Pedro Almodovar

si vous comprenez l'espagnol,voici le nouveau court metrage de Pedro Almodovar

 

 

go there

for Road Records about to close

Pete

"i'd like to change that for a start. i'd like to imprint a melody in your heart, and in your head and have that as a way you think of me"

Pete Doherty on the Late Late show

Arcadie
Last Of The English Roses
1939 Returning
A Little Death Around The Eyes
Salome
I Am The Rain
Sweet By And By
Palace Of Bone
Sheepskin Tearaway
Broken Love Song
New Love Grows On Trees
Lady, Don't Fall Backwards

 

watch the terrible interview done by Pat Kenny here:

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-yl5GRtq4

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kYzaJ5mOw

life must go on

and music is life

 

a great gig by Of Montreal on the 28th of january in the Button Factory, costumes, make up, theatre, glitter, good music and fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.state.ie/blog/photos-of-montreal-the-button-fa...

 

Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl with a classic Beatles song

 

 

new Greenday album in May, 21st century breakdown:

 

 

Radiohead walk 15 step with a marching band: