Enda Guinan
@endaguinan.com
Does digital things in the third sector. Host of Let There Be Music. Expect plenty of #NowListening.
‘Joy is an act of resistance’ -Toi Derricotte, The Undertaker’s Daughter (2011)
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Galwegian in London.
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‘Joy is an act of resistance’ -Toi Derricotte, The Undertaker’s Daughter (2011)
he/him
Galwegian in London.
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Now LIVE on tape from London and Belfast, it's part 1 of our episode on Concert for George, featuring @stevenc63.bsky.social of Nothing Is Real.
🍏Steven talks about the reverent atmosphere in the room
🍏Why didn't Bob Dylan or John Cleese show up?
🍏George's death and the cruel onward march of time!
🍏Steven talks about the reverent atmosphere in the room
🍏Why didn't Bob Dylan or John Cleese show up?
🍏George's death and the cruel onward march of time!
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Now LIVE on tape from London and Belfast, it's part 1 of our episode on Concert for George, featuring @stevenc63.bsky.social of Nothing Is Real.
🍏Steven talks about the reverent atmosphere in the room
🍏Why didn't Bob Dylan or John Cleese show up?
🍏George's death and the cruel onward march of time!
🍏Steven talks about the reverent atmosphere in the room
🍏Why didn't Bob Dylan or John Cleese show up?
🍏George's death and the cruel onward march of time!
Paul McCartney contributes bonus track to silent protest album.
The digital release of Is This What We Want? credited to '1,000 UK Artists' reached no. 38 in the UK charts. Now, it is being released on vinyl, with a bonus track - a recording of an empty studio - from McCartney.
The digital release of Is This What We Want? credited to '1,000 UK Artists' reached no. 38 in the UK charts. Now, it is being released on vinyl, with a bonus track - a recording of an empty studio - from McCartney.
1000 Artists - Is This What We Want?
Official 1000 Artists shop. Buy Is This What We Want? and other music from 1000 Artists in MP3, Vinyl and CD.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Paul McCartney contributes bonus track to silent protest album.
The digital release of Is This What We Want? credited to '1,000 UK Artists' reached no. 38 in the UK charts. Now, it is being released on vinyl, with a bonus track - a recording of an empty studio - from McCartney.
The digital release of Is This What We Want? credited to '1,000 UK Artists' reached no. 38 in the UK charts. Now, it is being released on vinyl, with a bonus track - a recording of an empty studio - from McCartney.
The Beatles Anthology | Official Trailer | Disney+
YouTube video by The Beatles
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November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
New music from Aimee Mann is always welcome. Here’s her take on Carpenters’ Rainy Days and Mondays from the offbeat comedy The Chair Company. #NowListening
Rainy Days and Mondays (from
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November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
New music from Aimee Mann is always welcome. Here’s her take on Carpenters’ Rainy Days and Mondays from the offbeat comedy The Chair Company. #NowListening
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The autumn tradition continues.
Here's our list of the 40 best new artists of 2025:
Here's our list of the 40 best new artists of 2025:
The 40 Best New Artists Of 2025
What do Tame Impala, Haim, Chance The Rapper, and Addison Rae all have in common? Though they’re arguably superstars now, in the past they were all featured among Stereogum’s annual roundups of the ye...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The autumn tradition continues.
Here's our list of the 40 best new artists of 2025:
Here's our list of the 40 best new artists of 2025:
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People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
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"Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.” - Henry Rollins
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.” - Henry Rollins
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Two interesting stationery facts that you might need to sit down for :
1. The blue part of a classic pink/blue eraser was originally intended for pencil on thick paper, not ink.
2. Etymologically ‘stationery’ stems from ‘stationary’.
1. The blue part of a classic pink/blue eraser was originally intended for pencil on thick paper, not ink.
2. Etymologically ‘stationery’ stems from ‘stationary’.
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Two interesting stationery facts that you might need to sit down for :
1. The blue part of a classic pink/blue eraser was originally intended for pencil on thick paper, not ink.
2. Etymologically ‘stationery’ stems from ‘stationary’.
1. The blue part of a classic pink/blue eraser was originally intended for pencil on thick paper, not ink.
2. Etymologically ‘stationery’ stems from ‘stationary’.
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Link to an article about the original bird place thread. "Trouble with the spaceship, was it?" 🤦😂
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Twitter Thread Of Irish People Roasting Ill-Advised Outfits Is Proof Ireland Is Home To The Funniest People On The Planet
Ireland might be home to the funniest people on the planet based on a Twitter thread filled with stories about people in the country roasting others over
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November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Link to an article about the original bird place thread. "Trouble with the spaceship, was it?" 🤦😂
brobible.com/culture/arti...
brobible.com/culture/arti...
Charming @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert with Pulp. They do This Is Hardcore, Something Changed, A Sunset and Acrylic Afternoons.
#NowListening
youtu.be/x_KlY-AegeE?...
#NowListening
youtu.be/x_KlY-AegeE?...
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Charming @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert with Pulp. They do This Is Hardcore, Something Changed, A Sunset and Acrylic Afternoons.
#NowListening
youtu.be/x_KlY-AegeE?...
#NowListening
youtu.be/x_KlY-AegeE?...
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FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
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A local bakery just posted this photo on Facebook. I’ve gotten stuff from her before. Nice older lady. I do not know if she made it but…it’s perfect. Perfect.
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A local bakery just posted this photo on Facebook. I’ve gotten stuff from her before. Nice older lady. I do not know if she made it but…it’s perfect. Perfect.
Show us the last four albums you listened to
#Last4Albums
(Mild fascination with Wings/McCartney right now. Just what the hell is ‘Jet’ about? Exuberant madness!)
#Last4Albums
(Mild fascination with Wings/McCartney right now. Just what the hell is ‘Jet’ about? Exuberant madness!)
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Show us the last four albums you listened to
#Last4Albums
(Mild fascination with Wings/McCartney right now. Just what the hell is ‘Jet’ about? Exuberant madness!)
#Last4Albums
(Mild fascination with Wings/McCartney right now. Just what the hell is ‘Jet’ about? Exuberant madness!)
‘Don't forget Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Running from the law King Herod had imposeth
And they were each one quite odd
A mensch, a virgin, and a God ’
Day 15 #ArtistFave15 Spotlight on Christmas (McGarrigle Christmas Hour, 2003)
Some McGarrigle dry wit for Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUM...
Running from the law King Herod had imposeth
And they were each one quite odd
A mensch, a virgin, and a God ’
Day 15 #ArtistFave15 Spotlight on Christmas (McGarrigle Christmas Hour, 2003)
Some McGarrigle dry wit for Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUM...
Rufus Wainwright - Christmas Special 2003 - Part 1
Cozy interview with Rufus talking about the spirit of christmas and the makin of the "want" 1&2 project, aswell as singing the song Spotlight on Christmas.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
‘Don't forget Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Running from the law King Herod had imposeth
And they were each one quite odd
A mensch, a virgin, and a God ’
Day 15 #ArtistFave15 Spotlight on Christmas (McGarrigle Christmas Hour, 2003)
Some McGarrigle dry wit for Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUM...
Running from the law King Herod had imposeth
And they were each one quite odd
A mensch, a virgin, and a God ’
Day 15 #ArtistFave15 Spotlight on Christmas (McGarrigle Christmas Hour, 2003)
Some McGarrigle dry wit for Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUM...
‘The day has been long and night's drawing in
And I'm thinking of heading for home ’
Day 14 #ArtistFave15 Heading for Home (Folkocracy, 2023)
Is Rufus finally mellowing? This lovely Peggy Seeger song, here a duet with John Legend, would suggest a man at peace.
And I'm thinking of heading for home ’
Day 14 #ArtistFave15 Heading for Home (Folkocracy, 2023)
Is Rufus finally mellowing? This lovely Peggy Seeger song, here a duet with John Legend, would suggest a man at peace.
Rufus Wainwright - Heading For Home feat. John Legend (Official Music Video)
Heading For Home feat. John Legend OUT NOW from the new album 'Folkocracy' out now!
Listen here: https://rufus.lnk.to/HeadingForHome
Listen to and order Folkocracy:…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
‘The day has been long and night's drawing in
And I'm thinking of heading for home ’
Day 14 #ArtistFave15 Heading for Home (Folkocracy, 2023)
Is Rufus finally mellowing? This lovely Peggy Seeger song, here a duet with John Legend, would suggest a man at peace.
And I'm thinking of heading for home ’
Day 14 #ArtistFave15 Heading for Home (Folkocracy, 2023)
Is Rufus finally mellowing? This lovely Peggy Seeger song, here a duet with John Legend, would suggest a man at peace.
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Meta is using your Whatsapp messages and Facebook & Instagram DMs to train its generative AI. If you want to object, you can do so here www.facebook.com/privacy/genai
How Meta uses information for generative AI models
Learn how Meta uses information for generative artificial intelligence, generative AI models.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Meta is using your Whatsapp messages and Facebook & Instagram DMs to train its generative AI. If you want to object, you can do so here www.facebook.com/privacy/genai
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‘No more candlelight
No more romance
No more small-talk
When the hunger stops.’
Day 13 #ArtistFave15 I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger’s Gone) ft. Dido (Bridget Jones’s Diary OST, 2001)
Written by his mother, Kate McGarrigle, domestic heartbreak rendered tender.
No more romance
No more small-talk
When the hunger stops.’
Day 13 #ArtistFave15 I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger’s Gone) ft. Dido (Bridget Jones’s Diary OST, 2001)
Written by his mother, Kate McGarrigle, domestic heartbreak rendered tender.
Rufus Wainwright (Dido) - I Eat Dinner
I Eat Dinner
Artist: Rufus Wainwright
From the movie: Bridget Jones
Lyrics
[Rufus Wainwright]
I eat dinner at the kitchen table
By the light that switches on
I eat leftovers with mashed…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
‘No more candlelight
No more romance
No more small-talk
When the hunger stops.’
Day 13 #ArtistFave15 I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger’s Gone) ft. Dido (Bridget Jones’s Diary OST, 2001)
Written by his mother, Kate McGarrigle, domestic heartbreak rendered tender.
No more romance
No more small-talk
When the hunger stops.’
Day 13 #ArtistFave15 I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger’s Gone) ft. Dido (Bridget Jones’s Diary OST, 2001)
Written by his mother, Kate McGarrigle, domestic heartbreak rendered tender.
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: ROSALÍA (26) Wings (22) Enya (14) She & Him (13) Augustus Pablo (12). #myweekcounted 257 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: ROSALÍA (26) Wings (22) Enya (14) She & Him (13) Augustus Pablo (12). #myweekcounted 257 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
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This year we have two charities we have supported before:
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This year we have two charities we have supported before:
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
‘I’m going to a town that has already been burned down.
I'm so tired of you, America.'’
Day 12 #ArtistFave15 Going to a Town (Release the Stars, 2007)
One for the times we are living through. Maybe the closest Rufus gets to writing a standard.
I'm so tired of you, America.'’
Day 12 #ArtistFave15 Going to a Town (Release the Stars, 2007)
One for the times we are living through. Maybe the closest Rufus gets to writing a standard.
Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town (Official Music Video)
REMASTERED IN HD!
Official Music Video for Going To A Town performed by Rufus Wainwright.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘I’m going to a town that has already been burned down.
I'm so tired of you, America.'’
Day 12 #ArtistFave15 Going to a Town (Release the Stars, 2007)
One for the times we are living through. Maybe the closest Rufus gets to writing a standard.
I'm so tired of you, America.'’
Day 12 #ArtistFave15 Going to a Town (Release the Stars, 2007)
One for the times we are living through. Maybe the closest Rufus gets to writing a standard.
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Today is Neil Young’s 80th birthday! Stereogum asked 80 musicians to discuss a favorite song of his, and here’s Tom Morello on “My My, Hey Hey.”
Check out everyone’s picks at stereogum.com/neil
Check out everyone’s picks at stereogum.com/neil
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today is Neil Young’s 80th birthday! Stereogum asked 80 musicians to discuss a favorite song of his, and here’s Tom Morello on “My My, Hey Hey.”
Check out everyone’s picks at stereogum.com/neil
Check out everyone’s picks at stereogum.com/neil