https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/ en Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:23:24 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Like many old guys of my vintage, I'm rather thrilled to hear that The Specials are working together again. I saw them at the Speakeasy at Queens in 1979 and they were purely rampant. They were great on anti-racism, they... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/playlist_110408.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/playlist_110408.shtml Stuart Bailie Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:23:24 +0000 It’s high noon at the Equality Commission in Belfast and a new project goes live. It’s an internet radio project called Homely Planet and the idea is to put a positive front on the blossoming multi-cultural potential of Northern Ireland.... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/only_the_homely.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/only_the_homely.shtml Stuart Bailie Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:01:50 +0000 When Marvin Gaye went walking down the road, you could guarantee a car crash. The guy was so handsome, he had such poise and his music generated such fever in people that they would gawp at the man behind their... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/the_kinks_of_leon.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/the_kinks_of_leon.shtml Stuart Bailie Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:30:31 +0000 The original version of the Foy Vance song 'Be With Me' was a bit urgent, passionate even. But the track has been completely re-invented by David Holmes. Now it is compulsive, overwhelming and surprisingly lustful. The two artists cut themselves... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/playlist_070408.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/playlist_070408.shtml Stuart Bailie Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:53:26 +0000 It is 1973 and I’m getting too old for Slade and T. Rex. Hey, I’m nearly a teenager, and I need something a bit more substantial. I’m dabbling in Bowie and flirting with The Faces, but ultimately it’s Mott The... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/gotta_hear_this_7.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/gotta_hear_this_7.shtml Stuart Bailie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:21:15 +0000 It looks like a still from The Sopranos, and in a way, it is. It’s a snapshot of the Ulster punk mafia, mooching around Gordon Street, Belfast after the press launch for the upcoming Undertones/Good Vibrations gig. They are: Terri... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/mobsters_inc.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/04/mobsters_inc.shtml Stuart Bailie Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:35:34 +0000 I'm a major fan of the Soul Jazz label, who are still bashing out tasty compilations of Seventies reggae, New York post punk, Philadelphia soul and the soundtrack to a Brazilian cultural revolution. Their latest is a second volume of... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/playlist_280308.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/playlist_280308.shtml Stuart Bailie Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:38:46 +0000 It’s the last of the four programmes in the Radio Ulster series, So Hard To Beat. Tonight at 7pm it’s Michael Bradley, bass player with The Undertones. I hope I’ve done justice to the guy and his excellent stories, but... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/taking_the_michael.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/taking_the_michael.shtml Stuart Bailie Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:19:19 +0000 To the average passer-by, it’s just another fat dad with a digital camera, taking a photo of his kids at the O2 Arena in London. The Tutankhamen exhibition bag is possibly a giveaway, and the shot has probably been taken... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/stuck_in_a_moment.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/stuck_in_a_moment.shtml Stuart Bailie Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:09:08 +0000 I have loads of admiration for the new Elbow album, 'The Seldom Seen Kid'. The music is so bold and twisted and uncommon. Guy Garvey sings like he's an accomplice to murder and the duet with Richard Hawley, 'The Fix'... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/playlist_210308.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/playlist_210308.shtml Stuart Bailie Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:46:53 +0000 Onwards, then to Part Three of the music series, So Hard to Beat. Tonight I’m in conversation with Barry Devlin from Horslips. The guy is a deeply funny man. He’s a natural born raconteur and he does a fine line... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/the_flaming_horslips.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/the_flaming_horslips.shtml Stuart Bailie Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:27:16 +0000 I’m just back from London where I was combining business with a little recreation. As ever, I was constantly looking up the A-Z directory to get my bearings on the place. Not your average A-Z, mind. I was using my... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/i_second_that_promotion.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/i_second_that_promotion.shtml Stuart Bailie Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:47:48 +0000 A simple plan last night. The first hour was a recording of the 'Astral Weeks Revisited' gig from January 5. I'm still amazed by Duke Special, the Inishowen Gospel Choir and 'Ballerina'. Listen online for the next week and you... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/playlist_140308.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/playlist_140308.shtml Stuart Bailie Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:10:19 +0000 The second part of So Hard To Beat went out this evening on Radio Ulster. It repeats tomorrow morning at 11am and I believe it will be online for a week after. This week’s subject was Moya Brennan, voice of... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/moya.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/moya.shtml Stuart Bailie Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:56:04 +0000 I occasionally ask myself that if Bono hadn’t encouraged Trimble and Hume to shake hands ten years ago, would we currently have peace in Northern Ireland? This might seem like a facetious idea, but really, if the ‘Yes’ referendum had... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/yes.shtml https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/radioulster/2008/03/yes.shtml Stuart Bailie Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:55:48 +0000