Designing Rock History: An Exclusive Interview with U2’s Album Art Visionary
The creative process and stories behind the iconic visuals that defined U2’s iconic albums. Stephen Averill, known by his stage name Steve Rapid with the…
Jason O’Toole
Jason O’Toole is a renowned journalist, best-selling author, and filmmaker, widely recognised as “Ireland’s best interviewer.” As an author, O’Toole has penned 11 books, including the authorized biography of an Irish Prime Minister for Transworld. He recently expanded into filmmaking, directing the three-part documentary Confessions of a Crime Boss, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video UK.
No Boss Is an Island – Except at Island Records
Dave Robinson helped Island Records sell 44 million Bob Marley albums and launched many music careers. “No man is an island,” as the renowned 16th-century…
No comprendo!
Crossed wires are a standby in comedy the world over. We English-speakers can’t begrudge other European nations a chuckle at our attempts to master a…
We need to wake up and smell the sugar-free coffee
I was instantly turned off my recent chocolate bar after a new-age hippie amigo sent me a meme with the chilling words “sugar kills” in…
Driven to oblivion
In an ongoing series of in-depth interviews, here is one Jason O’Toole conducted with DeLorean executive Brian Beharrell about the $24 million cocaine bust that…
Legend Paul Shaffer on The Blues Brothers, David Letterman, Seinfeld and Famously Using the F-word on live TV!
The multi-talented Canadian was the loyal sidekick to US TV’s the Late Show host David Letterman, a trusted leader of Belushi and Aykroyd’s iconic movie…
How can an Irish accent regularly top polls of sexiest accents in the UK?!
It’s baffling how the British press continues to label us Irish as UK citizens … My blood boils whenever I read online polls declaring that…
Johnny Cash: Following In The Footsteps of Greatness
Thomas Gabriel is the eldest grandson of the legendary Man in Black, but he refuses to “cash in” by using the famous family surname to…
The Maze Escape
It is 30 years since the Maze Prison escape by the IRA, which at the time was the biggest prison break-out since WW2. Here’s an…
Online boasting should be deemed as an unsociable disease
Flashy stars have a bad habit of making every day look like they just picked the winning seven numbers for the EuroMillions jackpot. Has it…
How Phil Collins’ Son Marches to The Beat of His Own Drum
Simon Collins obviously “Plays Well with Others,” to playfully namecheck the title of a Phil Collins’ album, considering his own track record of collaborations with…
Jacknife Lee: The Hitmaker Behind Music’s Biggest Sounds
You might find it a bit hard to swallow now when looking at the top Dublin producer’s stellar CV, which includes working with U2, REM,…