Kevin Molloy » nearly band http://kevinmolloy.co.uk the web-logged musings of a bearded Londoner Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:49:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 New Year’s Resolutions http://kevinmolloy.co.uk/2009/12/31/new-years-resolutions/ http://kevinmolloy.co.uk/2009/12/31/new-years-resolutions/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:00:41 +0000 Kevin Molloy http://kevinmolloy.co.uk/?p=142 In an effort to make those resolutions a little more permanent, I’m making them public domain, and hence enforceable by little more than embarrassment.

  • Make More Lists – this is a start
  • Make an acoustic EP by the end of March 2010
  • Run another IKTOMS event at the end of March / start of April
  • Play a set of my own material once a month
  • Go to a gig on the old IKTOMS scene once a month (starting with TABARNAK, The Great Indoors, We Love…, MNYC, Folkadot, BAOBABS etc)
  • Give an album its ‘proper listen’ once a month (sitting down with an appropriate beverage and doing nothing but listen and sip)
  • Keep reading (I’m on a book a week right now, and loving it)
  • Write more – I wrote a few pieces for the Rockfeedback end of year and end of decade articles, and really enjoyed it. Plus, as you well know, the world needs my opinions.
  • Drink less. Smoke not.

And some more I’m sure, but I’ll be happy if I make the above happen. It helps that most of them are fun, and it’d be a sad failing indeed if I can;t make myself do things I actually want to do.

So – let me know if I’m failing!

]]> http://kevinmolloy.co.uk/2009/12/31/new-years-resolutions/feed/ 1 Golden Hour Book Two (and CD!) http://kevinmolloy.co.uk/2009/10/18/golden-hour-book-two-and-cd/ http://kevinmolloy.co.uk/2009/10/18/golden-hour-book-two-and-cd/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:29:14 +0000 Kevin Molloy http://kevinmolloy.co.uk/?p=135 I’m very pleased to say that, having been asked to contribute a track a good few months back, I was pleasantly surprised to find a copy of the Golden Hour Book Two on my desk on Friday morning (I’m on the compilation CD, slipped into the back cover).

Golden Hour Book II

Golden Hour Book II

The book is put out by the publishing arm of the rather splendid Forest Cafe – one of my favourite places, ever. I’ve played some of the best gigs of my life in the forest cafe, at the Edinburgh Fringe with Soundbites (now known as Unstable Promotions), then the next year on the IKTOMS Tour, and by myself for a Golden Hour show (which happen once a month).

This is only the second ever Golden Hour Book and compilation, so I’m incredibly happy to be featured. The track was ‘Goddess of the Rain’, it sits alongside tracks from 19 other acts, including good friends of mine and yours – Robin Grey and Jonny Berliner.

I’m looking forward to settling into the written word too – I know I’ll love what Benjamin Morris and Ryan Van Winkle have to offer for starters. And a big shout out to Ryan, who’s the reason I know about the cafe and what they do. If you’re ever in Edinburgh, make sure to make a stop to Bristo Place and the Forest Cafe – the most supportive artistic community I’ve found.

And if you are feeling flush, and would like to support what the Forest do, please do feel free to buy a book – all the profits go to making more cool artistic projects happen :)

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