+ music
+ friends
+ all of the bands listed below especially the frames
+ going to concerts
+ singing
+ horseback riding
+ photography
+ writing
+ the stickers on the backs of books from borders
+ ultra-fine-point black sharpies
+ acting
+ sneaking into bars but not drinking anything
+ people with stories
+ carrying things for people
Music
the frames, mark geary, exit, u2, coldplay, the killers, mic christopher, damien rice, death cab for cutie, bob dylan, van morrison, leonard cohen, the arcade fire, james, josh ritter, radiohead, r.e.m., snow patrol, the red hot chili peppers, the who, bell x1, the decemberists, pixies, the shins, jeff buckley, frightened rabbit, sufjan stevens
Movies
SNAKES ON A PLANE, garden state, mirrormask, october sky, in america, the commitments, sgt. bilko, anything ever made by Mel Brooks, moulin rouge, shakespeare in love, RENT, billy madison, rattle & hum, jarhead, serenity, donnie darko, life of brian, monty python and the holy grail, a beautiful mind, seabiscuit, miracle, brokeback mountain, Letrim: Fact or Fiction?
Television
LOST, the West Wing, Whose Line Is It Anway, Oz, House M.D., Firefly, Kids in the Hall, Harsh Realm, Scrubs, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Law & Order SVU, Scrubs, House, the Office
Books
Neverwhere, American Gods, anything written by David Sedaris, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a ton more
Mark Dignam has been bumping into Paul Luc and Ben Shannon a lot, at Treelady Studios, where they are all working, on their upcoming albums. They admire each others work so much, they decided to put together what promises to be, a mini singer/songwriter festival.. Watch for special guests and a very memorable night at The Rex Theater, 1602 East Carson Street. Pittsburgh, PA 15203. 8pm. $10.
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
Hey Friends,
Let me take this moment to wish
you all a Happy Christmas and
here's to a better New Year.
So come on down to the lower eastside for
Brendan O' Shea's 2 last shows of 2008.
Brendan will have some special guests
and should make for a lovely evenings of
songs and music.
20th Dec. 8pm The Living Room (154 Ludlow ST)
21th Dec 7pm The Scratcher Sessions (209 E 5th ST)
Come and show your support for LIVE music.
A Big Heads Up to all those friends and fans in
and around the Pittsburgh area. Mark Dignam
will be performing at The Map Room on the
29th of November at 8pm. Supporting artist is
yet to be confirmed.
Mark will be singing songs from his previous
albums "In a Time of Overstatement" and
"Box Heart Man", along with some new material
that will be appearing on his new, yet untitled CD.
Go and show Your support to Your local independent
musicians. See a LIVE gig.
Map Room-1126 South Braddock (Regent Square),
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Telephone 412- 371-1955
hiya emma how are ya keepin? are ther marky gigs in us soon? are u gona go? Im headin to see neil young with the frames as support 2mro nite cant wait :) any news with you? :D
ah i see, im goin to college in Dublin hopefully to do a photography course!! Should be fun, here emma you can join me and we will work for the frames. hahaha! Only jokin, cant wait tho shud be fun, i finished my exams only last week, so glad to be finished now!!!! u headin to ne nice gigs over summer? I wanted to go to oxygen, a festival here but i cant go that weekend, coz i think i plan to be away with my family, i even had 2 tickets and i had to sell them, it sucks!!! ne festivals or gigs for you??
hiya em how are you keepin? have you finished school for the summer now?? I have exams next week and then finished on thursday forever and them im off to college. When you you go to university? Any nice plans for summer?? :)
