Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
Published: Irish Times, December 4 2009
“THERE’S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING WILL GO HORRIBLY WRONG IN THE LEAD SINGER DEPARTMENT…”
PHIL CHEVRON
Guitarist and songwriter and guitarist discusses the trials and tribulations of being in The Pogues.
If someone had predicted that the Pogues would still be touring in the year 2009, what would you have thought?
I’d have thought it was extremely unlikely. In fact, I’d have thought it was extremely unlikely even ten years ago. But over the course of a lifetime, I’ve learned to expect the unexpected. Read the rest of this entry »
TURN THE TABLES
THERE ARE ONLY a handful of tipplers at the bar in the Odessa Club when I arrive. I’m two minutes late for my interview with Annie MacManus, but I hesitate nonetheless before deciding which table to approach. The Dubliner is an in-demand club DJ in the UK, where her show Annie Mac’s Mash Up recently replaced Pete Tong in the prestigious 7-9pm Friday slot on BBC Radio 1. Her Annie Mac Presents… tour, meanwhile, has become an important showcase for new talent. She plays Ibiza regularly and has toured the US.
But for all her international recognition, the 31-year-old still cuts something of an anonymous figure in her native city. She could be any well-dressed young professional stopping in for a drink after work on this wet Thursday evening. Read the rest of this entry »