As part of the superb Trans festival, the Oh Yeah music centre plays host to Northern Ireland’s first dedicated music industry trade show this Friday: Music Mart 2008. Entrance for non-exhibitors is free. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be provided. Some of the companies currently exhibiting include: Smalltown America Records Prince’s Trust Sound Live Easy [...]

12:03am. Ash are 3/4 through their set, and are in good form. It’s been a great day, the weather was good and so many musicians in the one place enjoying the lively atmosphere ad great music. Back to 3/4 through Ash’s set and Paddy Glasgow has noticed a disabled man by the fence left of [...]

I posted plenty of link-filled entries last year, back when my camera was being repaired, but it didn’t last too long, and although I mean to do it again occasionally, it’s another of those things I can’t seem to get round to. Today, however, Damien set a challenge for others to post fluffy links, so [...]

This morning I woke up tired as usual, but please with the events of the night before; a great meal with some friendly people and that very long, but truly great film, The Fiddler on the Roof. Upon quickly checking my mail before leaving for work this morning I found that I had received an [...]

What does the future hold for photography? The panel attempted to answer this question at the Waterfront Hall last Thursday as part of TransBelfast. Adam Turkington was joined by two representatives from Belfast Exposed, Ciara Chambers (Archive Manager) and Pauline Hadaway (Director), who spent far too long talking about their super archive of photographs rather [...]

The first time I heard of the Photo365 project it reminded me only of my photoblog, and as I first had a slight misunderstanding of the project, I thought to myself that was something I tried to do – and failed. My original idea was that a photograph had to be posted online (flickr/blog) on [...]

I have to make my plan soon for the Trans Festival. It looks like the first event I will attend, however, will be ‘Add to Set’, a photographic exhibition in the Waterfront Hall (Top floor Gallery) on Thursday 17th July. ‘Add to Set’, will be a celebration of the quantity and quality of Belfast based [...]

If a group of people want to celebrate an achievement, by parading through the streets in costumes and playing music that’s fine, to a point, however, problems arise when these celebrations get out of hand, preventing normality for everyone else. I have no problem with it all – heck I get a couple of days [...]

The weather was good, and bad at the same time. When it wasn’t raining it was sunny and warm. I arrived in Cork City with no idea what to expect, pleasantly surprised to find that Cork is essentially an island surrounded by two river channels. I also haven’t been to a new city in Ireland [...]

4th July. Independence Day. I’m going to CORK! Of all the three letter airport codes Cork has the best: ORK. But thats a sidenote I’m not even taking the plane anymore. The last time I was in Cork we went to Trabolgan though I was nine and barely remember it. I’ve been thinking about going [...]