The Spikes

I first saw The Spikes at Phantom’s First Friday in the Academy and I was really impressed. They have an energetic, sexy sound reminiscent of The Cult or Franz Ferdinand and they aren’t half bad to look at. Saw them again at The Mercantile last week and again they really rocked the stage. The music is fresh and upbeat. Singer, Tom Dunne has great stage presence as well as a distinctive voice. First new live band to wow me in a long time. Check them out but catch them live if you can: Upcoming Gigs: Sat Jul 2nd – Slatterys, Rathmines, Dublin Thurs Jul 14th – Shebeen Chic, Georges St, Dublin Sat Aug 27th – Newmarket Festival, Nemarket-on-Fergus, Co Clare

TV Preview: Falling Skies

 “Falling Skies” is a new sci-fi summer series starting this Sunday at 9pm on TNT in the US. There is also a web comic at the website which is released every two weeks. Noah Wylie plays the lead character who is a college professor in Boston. While the Boston skyline has been shown in trailers, this was filmed in Toronto.

A Pocketful of Hopes and Dreams - Book Review

Jeff Pearce was born in the slums of Liverpool in 1953 to an enterprising but downtrodden woman. His father drank what little money he earned while his mother was forced to send her children begging for rags from the rich to sell on the markets. He left school at the age of fourteen, unable to read and write but managed to use the trading and selling skills he had acquired from his parents to make himself a millionaire by the age of thirty. It wasn’t to end happily there though. Circumstances conspired and he lost it all. He found himself penniless and he and his family forced to move out of their beautiful home. He picked himself up, swallowed his pride and went back down the markets to start all over again. This book is his memoir. This is an uplifting story for anyone who finds themselves broke, unemployed and … There’s more