All year around swimming in the sea (no matter how cold!)
Politics
Music
The 1970s
FC Barcelona (Visca El Barça!)
Arsenal FC
Connacht Rugby (Come on Connacht!)
Going to gigs in Galway
Playing guitar (steel string and Classical)
Drawing (some of my drawings are below - to see more click on My Pics)
British TV series from the 1960s like The Avengers and The Prisoner
British comedies (Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Rising Damp, The Good Life, The Young Ones, Bottom, One Foot In The Grave, and Keeping Up Appearances)
Doctor Who
Time Team, BBC4, Discovery Channel, History Channel.
I also love cartoons (Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Top Cat, Spongebob Squarepants, Samurai Jack)
Two DVDs EVERY football fan should own should own:
Boys From Brazil - John Motson's documentary on Brazil's World Cup appearances from 1930 to 1986 - generous match highlights, especially from 1970 and 1982 and Arsenal V Manchester Utd 1979 FA Cup Final - a thrilling match, a good day for Arsenal, and a great day for football
Books
The Boss by Peter Murtagh & Joe Joyce, chronicling the GUBU years (1981-82) of Charles J Haughey.
Desperately Seeking Paradise by Ziauddin Sardar, one of the best accounts of contemporary Islam.
The Gallic War by Julius Caesar, a thrilling account of the famous battles by the man himself.
Jesus The Jew by Geza Vermes, an outstanding examination of the Jewishness of Jesus by the great Jewish scholar.
Soccer In Sun And Shadow by Eduardo Galeano, the best and best written account of the history, personalities, goals, events, and issues that dominate the beautiful game.
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, you don't have to agree with a word Nietzsche says to admire his imagination, powerful style of writing, and gift for maxims and aphorisms.
The Beautiful Team by Garry Jenkins, a fascinating and entertaining book about the glorious 1970 World Cup winning Brazilian team.
Barça - a people's passion by Jimmy Burns, a detailed, sympathetic, yet not uncritical history of FC Barcelona.
Number 9 Dream by David Mitchell, set in Japan and featuring an appearance from John Lennon, this is one of the best novels I've ever read.
The Big Fellow by Frank O'Connor, a great starting point on the life of the great Michael Collins.
I am the Arts Editor of the GALWAY ADVERTISER, one of the leading regional papers in Ireland. The Galway Advertiser's Entertainments section, THE WEEK is highly regarded and each week features in-depth interviews, album reviews, previews, and features on music, theatre, art exhibitions, book reviews, and cultural events.
Go to www.advertiser.ie/galway and take a look at what we do.
If you're a band, a singer-songwriter, theatre company, comedian, etc, and you're coming to Galway to do a show LET ME KNOW. The Galway Advertiser is THE place to get info about what's going on in Galway so email me at: kandrews@galwayadvertiser.ie
If you want to send me a CD for review or a press release post them to me at:
Kernan Andrews,
Arts Editor & Political Correspondent,
Galway Advertiser,
41/42 Eyre Square,
Galway.
Ireland.
The Galway Advertiser Ltd also have sister papers in Mayo, Athlone, Mullingar, and Kilkenny.
If your band, etc, is heading to those locations contact the Mayo Advertiser (www.advertiser.ie/mayo), Athlone Advertiser (www.advertiser.ie/athlone), Kilkenny Advertiser (www.advertiser.ie/kilkenny), or Mullingar Advertiser (www.advertiser.ie/mullingar).
I was also one of the judges for the first Choice Music Prize Award in 2006.
Please take a look at some of my drawings on the My Pics section which I'm using as an on-line gallery. You can also see them on the slide show below. My Aalya Secura drawings can also be seen on www.jediaalya.com.
Who I'd like to meet: Bands, singer-songwriters, theatre companies, comedians, artists, writers, poets, who are coming to Galway to do a show and who would like to be featured in the Galway Advertiser.
Also, anyone on Myspace who is using it to display their paintings, drawings, and artwork.
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
Hey Kernan!!! How are you??? I'm doing great thanks!!! it's awesome to hear from you!!! It's been a while!!! Wow you went to visit berlin and prague thats simply amazing!!! wow just by how your describing it... makes me want to fly overthere.... sounds like the most beautiful of places!!!! well sounds to me like you had an amazing summer vacation... must admit im a bit jealous lol... i can't wait myself to visit those countries one day!!!! i love travelling so i hope to go there one day soon!!! on my side... it has been pretty crazy lately!!! for the past 2 days i have been running around doing videosand editing... it's been non stop... but everything is done now and i can finally focus on catching up on my messages which is awesome!!! There's loads of things coming up for the band and we'Re all working extra hard to make it all happen!!! so what's in store for you for the rest of the week?? any crazy plans??? hope your enjoying yourself!!! hope to hear from you very soon!!! Much love Anna :)
Hi Kernan, greetings from Cork and macroom-I hope things are going well for you in the writing and drawing world and all the other planetary adventures and ramblings, here comes the Autumn, or is it summer?, best wishes, Ger.
Hey Kernan!!! how are you??? i'm doing great thanks!!! it's awesome to hear from you!!! YAY your on holiday!!! thats awesome news!!! I'm really happy to hear that!!! wow berlin and prague!! thats sooo cool!!!Is it your first time going there??? i can't wait to see all the pics your going to take!!! nope dont have any holidays planned yet ...so how was your week end??? did you enjoy yourself??? on my side everything is great!!! got back home from the country yesterday... man it was long they blocked off the road that we usually take had to take the long way man took us 7 hours to get home... sooooo long!!! but im glad to be back home i missed my friends :) but going away always feels good..i love the country side!!! so what are your plans for this week ?? anything crazy planned??? have an awesome day!!! can't wait to hear from you!!! much love Anna :)
Oh yeah almost forgot my friends just posted a video on their page!! it's episode 89!!! I make a lil appearance... talking about some russian deserts... hmmm check it out let me know what you think ;)
Hey Kernan!! How are you??? i'm doing great thanks!!! it's so great to hear form you!!! hmmm my interest where does it come from ... err good question... i was always fascinated by different cultures... learning about other countries ..look at how they live... what they dooo ...and im a very curious person.. and i also like knowing what ^people talk about lol... im snoopy...lol... i mean how cool is it going somewhere and understanding everything that is said... i mean growing up i had to speak polish/ukrainien to communicate with my family and since i live in Quebec... had to learn french and english in school.. but i always had lots of friends from different cultures.. and i loved learning words here and there... next year i wanna learn arabic and Tagalog!!! so how were the shows??? did you enjoy yourself??? i can't wait to come to Irlande and have to chance to witness all these festivals they look like so much fun!!! and it would be just so awesome to discover even more the irish culture! so what have you been up too lately??on my side everything is going great!!! keeping busy busy...today is another rainy day so staying mostly inside!! but still having laods of fun with my friends... just listening to some good tunes and hanging out!!! how's your week end going so far??? are you enjoying yourself??? have an awesome day!!! can't wait to hear from you!!! much love Anna :)
Hey Kernan!! How are you??? hope everything is going great on your side!!! it's awesome to hear from you!!! i'm doing great thanks!!! wow your girlfriend is really adventurous!!! thats awesome that she conviced you to try it!!! oh wow thats awesome that you got to go to the film fest!!! man im soooo jealous!!! :P ... i bet it was awesome i love thew film fests we have here in mtl especially the ones organized by like the universities were students expose their work..every year im impressed to see what amazing talent we have here!!! i can speak french,english,ukrainien, polish, russian...i use to speak spanish but it's really wonky nowadays and i lost most of it...right now im working on my russian since it's a bit rusty especially my reading and writting... and bext year i want to learn arabic :) wow there seems to be sooo many awesome festivals going on in Ireland... i bet theres never a dull moment in the city!!! so what have you been up too lately???? On my side everything is going great!!! had an awesome week end... spent it just hanging out with friends and last night it was the finale of the Jazz fest in montreal city... so we got to see Ben Harper play !!! it was really awesome coz alot of our friends from the quebec street team were there!! Also this morning had a pinkafied berakfest for my friends bday!!! Pink is her fav color so we were all wearing pink.. it was really awesome she was soo surprised!!! so how was yur week end ??? did you enjoy yourself?? do anything crazy??? hope you had fun!! can't wait to hear all baout it thats for suuure°!!!! Any plans for this week??? have an awesome day!!! keep on rockin!! much love Anna :)
Oh btw just posted new pics from our Canada day celebrations!!!! if you have a few seconds go have a look ;) Click here for Canada day pics!!
Hey Kernan!!! How are you??? hope everything is going great on your side of the world!!! i'm doing fantastic thanks :) wow windsurfing!!! thats awesome!!! i bet your going to have such an awesome time doing that,,, i think it's awesome that you try new things with your GF,,, must make the bond you 2 so much stronger!!! is she excited to try windsurfing as well??? yeah im on the french side... Quebec.. live in montreal to be more precise.. and yes i speak french ..actually i speak 5 languages... and can't wait to learn more!!! i love learning languages.. it'S sooo much fun!!! right now we have the jazz fest going on here in montreall got some pretty good artist lined up... the festival started off with Stevie Wonder which was awesome !!! thats great that you interviewed him... i must check him out... one of my fav canadian humorist is Russel Peters... he cracks me up everytime!do you have any plans for this week end??? on my side im guessing it's going to be pretty quiet!!! have to catch up on my messages.. since i wasnt infront of the pc for sometime..had the chance tto spend some time with my sis which was great!!!! have an awesome day!! can't wait to hear from you!! cheers and luv Anna :)
Hey Kernan!! How are you??? hoep everything is going great on your side of the world??? it's awesome to hear from you!!! i'm great thanks!!! sooo happy to hear that you had such a blast surfing!!! must have been such blast!!!! heheh i bet it is addictive!! thats awesome that your already palnning opn going back.. i live near the st lawrence river... well canada day is fast approaching... and also we have the jazz fest thats starting the same day!!! which is awesome thats what i love about summer in mtl... all the festivals and gigs!!!!What have you been up too lately??? on my side all is going great!! this morning had a cleaning party with my friends... hahaha yeah you read right a cleaning party !!! makes cleaning alot more fun when were a bunch doing it !!! how has your week end going... hope your having fun!!! can't wait to hear all about it!!! Have an awesome day !!! can't wait to hear from you !!! much love Anna :D:D
Hey Kernan!! How are you??? i'm doing great thanks!!!heheh thats awesome that you guys decided to go surfing together !!!and make it a week end !!! let me know how it went!!! even though i'm pretty sure you guys are going to have the time of your life!!! you live 10 minutes from the sea!! thats awesome !!! now i know where to crash if ever i go to ireland :P:P i googled 'the burren' it's simply beautiful!!! wow i was totally floored!!! totally agree with you about the gigs!!! i mean nothing beats a good gig !!! if i had the time i would go see a concert everyday!!! whats the best gig you have seen so far??? on my side everything is going great... my saturday started off awesome got the chance to go for a walk with my 2 roomies... hehe i never see them so it was awesome to spend some time with them by the river!!! even if it was cloudy and windy it was great fun!!! hope your having an awesome time !!! can't wait to hear form you !!! cheers and hugzzzzz Anna :D:D
Hey Kernan!! How are you??? i'm doing great thanks!!! well if you have time to check them out that would be awesome !!! dont forget to give me some feedback!!! i love getting others opinions on my work... wwo your going surfing thats awesome!!! i have always been fascinated by that sport!!! i would love to give it a try someday!!! Looks like so much fun!!!! how long have you been surfing for ??? how big do the waves get in ireland??? what else do you do to keep yourself busy like during the week... have you drawn any new pics???? On my side everything is going great ... it's so lovely outside i just want to run outside and hope in the green fields... lol ok who am i kidding.. there no fields near my house but you know what i mean!!! :D:D this morning started off awesome went for a walk near the water it was gorgeous!! it's my favorite part of the morning :D:D hope your having an awesome day!!! no matter what your doing!! you deserve to have fun and laugh!!! Don't let anything stop you!!! keep on rockin!!! Much love Anna o_0
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Hey Kernan!! how are you?? i'm doing great thanks!! always so great to hear from you !! wow thats awesome!!! not only do you practice art but you can also write about it and make others discover the wonderfull and beautiful world of it!!! i'm soo happy to hear that you had such an awesome time at the final fantasy show!! i will definetly check it out!!! yeah i heard about the volvo ocean race alot of my friends from ireland assissted .. well i do videos for my friends band..which i really enjoy ... i love filming live shows... i'll leave a link where you can check out some videos i did while we were on tour in Japan...there not the best quality... they were done at 3 am in the morning after a long day that started at 8 am... lol gotta love life on tour... but still i have happy with the results and it permitted our friends to see what was happening on the tour!! ( http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C75B3D55E10439E3 ) hows' your day going so far???On my side keeping myself busy...my friends band is having a gig coming up on friday so the boys are jamming like crazy and were checking the last details.. soo busy busy!!! any plans for the fast approaching week end??? have an awesome day !! enjoy the sun!! keep on rockin and hit me back when you can!! cheers Anna :D:D
HEy Kernan!! HOw are you??? i'm doing great thanks!! well actually we did a lil montage with the images we took during that week end.. you can go on http://www.myspace.com/yfe_italian_street_team and check out the the live video chat!! theres all the images from the week end so if you have the time you should definetly check it out !! thats awesome that your a journalist!!! what do you write about??? i wanted to be a journalist at one point.... but my passion for video took over!!! but i still love reading magazines!!! thats awesome that your going to see those shows!! i've never heard of final fantasy..well i hear d anbout the video game but never about the band!! must put on a pretty awesome show!! On my side it's raining cats and dogs..lool... just came back from walk with my friend and got caught by it... i look like a wet mop :P:P teehheee hope it's a bit sunnier on your side of the world!!! how's your week end going so far??? anything crazy planned since it's a long week end??? hope you enjoy yourself!!! Have an awesome day!!!! can't wait to hear from you!! Cheers & Hugs Anna x_X
HEy Kernan!! How are you?? hope everything is going great on your side of the world!!! it'S awesome to hear from you!!! glad to hear that you had such an awesome week end!!! Yeah the Yfe show went really well on saturday!!! even if it was really strange since the guys were up high on a stage...were more used to playing smaller venues.. so playing in a arena was really strange!!!it was really strange trying to film, but i was pretty happy with the end result !! the guys gave it their all, so it was awesome!!! ...but the most fun was after the show when we got to spend time with our friends from the Quebec street team!! so do you paint as a full time job or is it more of a hobby??? hope your having an awesome day so far!!! cheers Anna :D
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