Baby Steps

It's been a great (if not ridiculously busy) month. I spent last week working at the Sunday Life in Belfast, getting some great advice from Associate Editor David O'Dornan, and working on a few small features and news articles.

I also had the chance to interview the fantastic Ciaran Gribbin (a.k.a Joe Echo) about writing and recording the soundtrack for the new U2 bio-pic 'Killing Bono'. I finished the article on Tuesday, after developing a mild addiction to his debut single 'The Heart That Knows Desire'. I can't believe I missed him at Oxegen last year.



The Life are running it as a page lead this weekend, so I'll post it here once I get a copy.

The day before that I had a chat with Cormac Neeson from The Answer about spending almost a year on the road with AC/DC. I asked him if it beat the hell out of a 9-5 office job. He laughed and said "Awk, It depends on what you're into..."



Bastard.

Jealousy aside, he's another good lad who is deserving of his success. He gave me loads worth writing about, so I'm currently working on getting it down on paper (or screen) in the next week or so and scoping out who it would interest.

In addition to all of that there's another decent interview in the pipeline, I'm in contact with a really good freelance music writer, Dropkick Murphys, Dan Le Sac, The Rabble and Pendulum are Belfast-bound and I got my hands on a whole bunch of new records that I'd love to review.

I just don't know when I'll get the chance.

Stay in touch,
Joel