John Daly
@johdal.bsky.social
Books, film, art history, improvised music.
The owner turned up today.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The owner turned up today.
Favourite movie trope: the little cough about half way through the movie that foreshadows the subsequent pneumonia/COPD/emphysema/tuberculosis etc etc
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Favourite movie trope: the little cough about half way through the movie that foreshadows the subsequent pneumonia/COPD/emphysema/tuberculosis etc etc
That’s quite the cast for The Hurricane (37). #NowWatching
October 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
That’s quite the cast for The Hurricane (37). #NowWatching
Watching The Blue Dahlia and I am once again confronted with my unreasonable irritation at obviously empty suitcases being presented as full. (i.e. Why did nobody realise how ridiculous it looks and do something?)
October 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Watching The Blue Dahlia and I am once again confronted with my unreasonable irritation at obviously empty suitcases being presented as full. (i.e. Why did nobody realise how ridiculous it looks and do something?)
Entertaining 1933 time-travel tosh that unfortunately only seems to be available in a truly appalling transfer on YouTube. Deserves better.
October 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Entertaining 1933 time-travel tosh that unfortunately only seems to be available in a truly appalling transfer on YouTube. Deserves better.
Just came across this curiosity again - buried under a pile of other books.
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just came across this curiosity again - buried under a pile of other books.
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This is the most cogent and terrifying piece I have read on the post-literate age we have entered.
If you want to understand the collapse of literacy and its link to democratic regression, take 20 to 30 minutes to read and absorb this.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
If you want to understand the collapse of literacy and its link to democratic regression, take 20 to 30 minutes to read and absorb this.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is the most cogent and terrifying piece I have read on the post-literate age we have entered.
If you want to understand the collapse of literacy and its link to democratic regression, take 20 to 30 minutes to read and absorb this.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
If you want to understand the collapse of literacy and its link to democratic regression, take 20 to 30 minutes to read and absorb this.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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We have all been saying that government needs to move from X/Twitter to Bluesky, so give these people and other govt departments a follow! #Speirgorm
The consultation on Ireland’s Second Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy is now open!
Launched by Minister of State Alan Dillon, this consultation is your chance to shape Ireland’s circular future.
Find out more here: gov.ie/en/departmen...
@gov.ie
Launched by Minister of State Alan Dillon, this consultation is your chance to shape Ireland’s circular future.
Find out more here: gov.ie/en/departmen...
@gov.ie
September 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We have all been saying that government needs to move from X/Twitter to Bluesky, so give these people and other govt departments a follow! #Speirgorm
Very late to this tv series, possibly the best, certainly the most authentic feeling, spy/espionage thriller I’ve seen. (High concentration level a requirement.)
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Very late to this tv series, possibly the best, certainly the most authentic feeling, spy/espionage thriller I’ve seen. (High concentration level a requirement.)
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Couldn't be more excited for EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS, an upcoming Irish film about that transcendent pianist with a screenplay by the indomitable @markohalloran.bsky.social (whom everybody also digs). Betting @tomasjmurray.bsky.social will be similarly fired up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybo...
Everybody Digs Bill Evans (film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Couldn't be more excited for EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS, an upcoming Irish film about that transcendent pianist with a screenplay by the indomitable @markohalloran.bsky.social (whom everybody also digs). Betting @tomasjmurray.bsky.social will be similarly fired up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybo...
Loved this. As I progressed I kept thinking ‘he’d better include It’s All In the Game/You Know What They’re Writing About.’ Not disappointed! 😀
Terrific rumination on the inherent *oddness of Van Morrison and his music. Read first before replying.
August 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Loved this. As I progressed I kept thinking ‘he’d better include It’s All In the Game/You Know What They’re Writing About.’ Not disappointed! 😀
Wow, brutally honest stuff from Conor Murray (who has of course played under both): “If Schmidt treats his players like PhD students cramming to complete their final dissertation, Farrell sees grown men with the mentality of elite athletes.”
August 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Wow, brutally honest stuff from Conor Murray (who has of course played under both): “If Schmidt treats his players like PhD students cramming to complete their final dissertation, Farrell sees grown men with the mentality of elite athletes.”
Six Feet Under
Borgen
The Bridge/Bron/Broen
Mad Men
Big Love
Borgen
The Bridge/Bron/Broen
Mad Men
Big Love
Take away all the GOAT candidates: The Wire, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Lost.
What’s the best show outside of that group?
What’s the best show outside of that group?
August 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Six Feet Under
Borgen
The Bridge/Bron/Broen
Mad Men
Big Love
Borgen
The Bridge/Bron/Broen
Mad Men
Big Love
Does anyone have any recommendations for decent Rosamond Lehmann editions? These are examples of the last Virago Moderm Classics I bought, and the paper used produced this level of sun fading - in a not particularly sunny room. Dreadful quality.
June 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Does anyone have any recommendations for decent Rosamond Lehmann editions? These are examples of the last Virago Moderm Classics I bought, and the paper used produced this level of sun fading - in a not particularly sunny room. Dreadful quality.
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Referring to events in Ballymena as "disturbances" is a euphemism too far. We are witnesses to a pogrom. And it behoves us to say so, loud and clear.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O’Reilly: Ballymena violence is the result of politics based on scapegoating any ‘other’
"The central perversity of treating these people as anything other than racist thugs is only more transparent in Ballymena because they have so few migrants that any other excuse is patently absurd."
www.irishexaminer.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Referring to events in Ballymena as "disturbances" is a euphemism too far. We are witnesses to a pogrom. And it behoves us to say so, loud and clear.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Wtf! I get 9/10 and am awarded 36%.
June 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Wtf! I get 9/10 and am awarded 36%.
Good evening from České Budějovice.
May 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Good evening from České Budějovice.
Burton as Alec Leamas does some grocery shopping in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. This must be one of the Ardmore scenes - Lyons Tea!
April 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Burton as Alec Leamas does some grocery shopping in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. This must be one of the Ardmore scenes - Lyons Tea!
It’s been years since I watched this and in one obvious way it has aged terribly - i.e. the special effects are truly awful. But Reeve and Kidder are brilliant together and Hackman’s performance is another reminder that he was undoubtedly one of the all-time greats.
April 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It’s been years since I watched this and in one obvious way it has aged terribly - i.e. the special effects are truly awful. But Reeve and Kidder are brilliant together and Hackman’s performance is another reminder that he was undoubtedly one of the all-time greats.
A movie from the year you turned 18.
April 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A movie from the year you turned 18.
He looks like the wisest sage here, when he’s actually an idiot. (In the best possible way, of course)
April 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
He looks like the wisest sage here, when he’s actually an idiot. (In the best possible way, of course)
I’m going niche on this:
Tommy Flanagan
Elvin Jones
Art Blakey
Oscar Peterson
Roy Haynes
Tommy Flanagan
Elvin Jones
Art Blakey
Oscar Peterson
Roy Haynes
5 Famous People You’ve Met But One Is A Lie
Toni Morrison
Jay-Z
Clarence Thomas
Dean Smith
Salman Rushdie
Toni Morrison
Jay-Z
Clarence Thomas
Dean Smith
Salman Rushdie
5 famous people you’ve met but 1 is a lie
Hank Aaron
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Cyril Ramaphosa
Pete Rose
Antonin Scalia
Hank Aaron
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Cyril Ramaphosa
Pete Rose
Antonin Scalia
April 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’m going niche on this:
Tommy Flanagan
Elvin Jones
Art Blakey
Oscar Peterson
Roy Haynes
Tommy Flanagan
Elvin Jones
Art Blakey
Oscar Peterson
Roy Haynes
Today’s Connections puzzle has annoyed me enough to consider no further attempts. Grrr.
March 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today’s Connections puzzle has annoyed me enough to consider no further attempts. Grrr.
My ‘Bill Evans Plays Ballads’ playlist is really hitting the spot this evening.
March 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My ‘Bill Evans Plays Ballads’ playlist is really hitting the spot this evening.