Music and Suicide

Meg Gardiner brings up the question of country music and a statistical connection to suicide. I’d heard of this phenomenon a lot of years ago, but it got me thinking. When I was a teenager, there was the whole fiasco about backwards messages in some heavy rock music. I remember, in particular, a court case [...]

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Way back when…

Another one for the folk music collection. The singer is Luke Kelly, one of the real giants of Irish folk music. The voice is unmistakable. Luke is also notable for being one of the only people ever to have a ginger afro. Hit the play button, do something else and leave [...]

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Ruminations of a Blue-arsed fly

I can’t believe it’s only Tuesday. I need another weekend! It’s been quite a busy one so far. Yesterday I completed 3 exams of a computer course I’m doing. It can usually take a year, but I’m charging at it like a junkie with a claymore because I want to get it done, dusted and [...]

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Thank God I’m a country boy

Well, I’m not really. I’m a townie through and through. Every so often though, I get a kind of overwhelming urge to get the hell out of towns, buildings and crowds and just lose myself somewhere among rocks, bogs, trees and space. As I say, I’m a townie born and bred, but there must be [...]

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