My 5 best gigs

Coming back from the point after the legend that is Robert Plant

1. Franz Ferdinand in Dolans

magical
 

2. In Rainbows - Radiohead - Marlay Park
Opening double rainbow greeting

3. Robert Plant The point 2018
incredible, giving in to the public/exchange

Plus few months later Robert Plant SavingGrace

4. Ham Sandwich in Dolans
high energy, vocal

5. Tryo -
feel good

Special mention:
- Girl Band in Bourkes, une baffe
- Swimming Pool convert in Grenoble

What am I listening to

I have become over the years a massive fan of the podcast format in general, sometimes binging all day long on a particular show.

For me it all started, as I wanted to catch up with some French Radio Show when I moved to Ireland, in particular there was two radio shows I would listen religiously, both now available in podcast.

• Mauvais Genre on France Culture.
• Le Masque et la plume sur France Inter - with more interest on the cinema related one, I usually skip the Theater.

The Podcast I enjoy right now [August 2019]

• NPR Hidden Brain
• NPR Planet Money
• Freakonomics
• Revisionist History
• Imaginary Word
• Thinking Allowed
• 99% Invisible

BBC - online radio shows

• Mary Ann Hobbes (show + recommends )
• Jarvis Cocker

Radio Plays

• Damon Runyion Theatre
• X minus one 

On radio dramas, the podcast Imaginary Worlds had an interesting episode about the history of those.

Audiobooks

• Mostly from archive.org, old classics like Jules Vernes or Dickens.

Post strongly inspired by Creme De Citron , so what about you ?

My job way back in 1983

The Computer Chronicles - Microchip Technology (1983)

Post Valentine day - mood

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine (Official Music Video)

Vimeo videos Feb 2019

Few videos from Vimeo.

The Coast

The Coast from NRS Films on Vimeo.


Memories of Paintings

Memories of Paintings from Thomas Blanchard on Vimeo.


The reinvention of Normal:

THE REINVENTION OF NORMAL from Liam Saint-Pierre on Vimeo.

50 things that made my year 2018

In no specific-order.

• Car-less easy commute. Walk to work everyday.
• Collecting leaves with my daughter on the way back from work.
• A week in Portugal - thanks to my wife.
• Book: Diane Keaton autobiography.
• My new job, back to digital physical design.
• Travelling to Prague.
• Few days on Valentia Island.
• A night in the Bowery watching Electric Swing Circus with the wife.
• Dining at King Citric (Howth).
• Building lego sets with the little one.
• Finding my old lego figurines.
• Going to Deer Park with a bike trailer.
• Migrating my geekier website from Jekyll to Pelican.
• The Game Alto Odyssey
• Completing all challenges on Temple Run 2.
• Pantos ( Tivoly and Gaite )
• Finding my daughter flourishing with the new montessori.
• The daughter starting school ( well montessorri )
• Family christmas kindle.
• Token pinball arena.
• Dublin Zoo Wild Lights ( night time at the zoo)
• Cooking from Jamie Oliver book ( Five Ingredients, and Ministry of Food )
• Cutting pumpkins for Halloween.
• Bray walk, and slots.
• A first visit to Tayto Park.
• Limerick winning the All Ireland in Hurling ( finally ).
• Ireland rugby team win over the All Blacks.
• France soccer team winning the world cup.
• Bundoran adventure park.
• Playing on the beach in donegal.
• Finding a lego figurine dressed up as a brick - oh the irony, and one as a french man.
• Trojan academy free play ( dressed up as a lion )
• Building wooden train tracks.
• Solving jigsaw
• Hole in the wall beach ( Howth ).
• Robert Plant in concert.
• Books: "Mythos" by Stephen Fry and "I found my tribe"
• Completing my 2018 book challenge - beating my target of 45 by 3 books.
• Tall tower building (duplos)
• Reading night-time stories ( Enid Blyton, Sven Nordqvist ...)
• Rick and Morty.
• Catching up again with my talented American composer friend.
• Finger painting.
• Dublin Zoo.
• Snowed-in in Dublin.
• Dinosaurs (The Ambassador )
• Auvergne ski resort ( Super Besse ), building a snowman.
• Old Carousel in Vichy (France).
• One year married.
• Playmobil advent calendar.

Books I read in 2018

Highlights:

• Mythos by Stephen Fry. I enjoy rediscovering the greek mythology.
• One Piece: Drawn to it just by curiosity to see what the fuss was all about, much better than I thought it would be.
• Then Again by Diane Keaton, sincere and inspiring.

2018 - Goodreads Reading challenge
So I read 48 of 45 books in 2018.