Dear Reader –
Let me give you the bad news first…
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The Big Thing
Supply chain issues.
The catchphrase of 2021 has struck again and unfortunately delayed the release of the forthcoming Theme Night album. Not for long, but just enough to change plans. Next week’s letter should have more on this, but enough on that - it’s time for the good news!
It’s great to be able to say that many months after this project was conceived, you will finally be able to listen to the Theme Night album from this coming Friday 19th. It’s a limited digital release, and here’s how you can be the first to hear it.
Click here to buy a Digital Download of the album (available from Friday 19th November). You can choose either a CD or Vinyl copy of the album along with this digital download. These will be posted to you on release date (CD estimated early Dec 2021 and Vinyl estimated February 2022.
**NB - If you supported the crowdfunding campaign earlier this year or you sang/played on the album, I will be sending download codes to you on Friday anyway, so no need to purchase anything.
Where else but Sligo?
The tree in my front garden looked like this when this project began.
Now it looks like this…
What’s New?
Teenage Theme Night #24 (live) will take place in The Model on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th November. It’s a whole new gang of teenagers, and hopefully they will get a better run of live shows than their predecessors. Tickets for both shows available here.
John (The Map) Callanan continues to update his guide to all the best music in Sligo - on and off-line. Live music is happening in some places, while others are providing online entertainment. All details here.
Tommy Higgins was our guest on In The Lamplight last week. He has lived an amazingly full and interesting life, from younger days as a DJ and League of Ireland referee, to a ringside seat at the heart of the ticketing business as it grew hand-in-hand with the live entertainment industry. You can listen to the episode here.
Finally…
We were on the other side of the country for a few days last weekend, and my wife started singing this song. The weather was sunny and calm, and she had seen ‘the falling leaves’ drifting by our window. Funny - she had never been reminded of this song on our side of the country - possibly because here the leaves tend to be blown off the trees!
Nat King Cole explains it best.
Till next time - Kieran.
