Caricatures Ireland

On the way to Dundalk on Saturday (I went via Ardee) I spotted a sign for Derry- 163km. I suggested to the New Muse (who’s been accompanying me to one or two gigs) that it would be quicker to go to Donegal after the wedding than drive back to Galway, and we could make a night of it (Carndonagh is the craic central of Inishowen). I rang The Voice to see if we could stay with her and The Drums, but they were en route to Sligo for an Inishowen Gospel Choir gig in the Clarence Hotel.
The New Muse and I had a quick bite (of food!) in Dundalk and hit the road for Sligo. We took the scenic route from Castleblaney to Clones and then on to Enniskillen, Manorhamilton and finally Sligo. We saw donkeys and ruins and pockets of an Ireland thought long dead: dwellings resting at crossroads with sunken glass in deep windows and walls made of ivy.
We arrived in Sligo in plenty of time for the gig. I got shot in a drive-by waterpistolling as we walked to the venue, I started to give chase and I was catching up when I realised I’d survive as they missed all my vital organs and it probably wasn’t worth it. (Video and pics below the fold).


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Fight like Apes are playing this Saturday 25th August in the Roisin Dubh, Galway. I saw them the last time they played there and was blown away. I did the above afterwards I was so drunk impressed.

Well worth seeing if you’re in the vicinity.

Fight like Apes on Myspace. (Strong language warning- maybe turn down the speakers if you’re in work!)

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I saw this The Bird and the Bee video last night on the telly and it just stopped me in my tracks. It’s hypnotic. Buy it now!

the bird and the bee player

visit inara and greg on myspace or get the code for this player

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I have a little button on my website and blog so that clients can contact me directly using Skype. Click, ring, ring, I’d like to enquire about your caricature prices. But I frequently get contact requests or chats from random people, not just in Ireland, but all over the world. I don’t necessarily mind (yet!) but it got me thinking: you’d never just pick up the phone and randomly ring someone from the phone book, would you? And isn’t VOIP supposed to be computer-based telephony?
Here’s my thinking on it- the whole social networking phenomenon (Bebo, Myspace etc) is so ingrained into the culture of computer usage that applications like Skype fall into that bracket by default. By the same token that you can browse and add friends at random on networking sites, Skype users are doing the same thing. Which begs the question, what is considered proper Skype etiquette? I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on it.

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