Liam McNulty
liammcnulty.bsky.social
Liam McNulty
@liammcnulty.bsky.social
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London-based author of 'James Connolly: Socialist, Nationalist and Internationalist' (Merlin Press, 2022). PCS trade union rep. Music and vinyl records. https://www.centralbooks.com/james-connolly-socialist-nationalist-and-internationalist.html
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Not intentionally choosing white records this evening (!) but #nowspinning Hospice by the Antlers

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If I didn't have the house to myself anyway this afternoon, I suspect I would definitely have now.
In a break from the relentless vinyl content, I passed Christ Church Southgate today and wandered in to see the Pre-Raphaelite stained glass windows.

Here is St. Matthew, designed by none other than William Morris himself - and widely thought to be a self-portrait.
V interesting. I did my final year undergraduate dissertation on Vanguard and never did fully get my head around that volte face!
#Nowspinning Smile by the Beach Boys

The 2011 double LP release, assembled from the original tapes in the structure of Brian's 2004 version. The long-lost masterpiece finally out in the world after 44 years.

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#Nowspinning The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by the Incredible String Band

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#nowplaying Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Always been my favourite of theirs.

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Above all, in eschewing the layered Flaubtertian realism of Joyce in favour of a bleak Beckettian minimalism, Peppa Goes to Ireland uses narrative not to further any naive semblance of 'plot' but to explore epistemological questions and the very notion of "Irish-ness" itself. Highly recommended.
In a crucial plot twist, the players at the Irish dancing festival forget their musical instruments. Mummy Pig saves the day by producing some ersatz replacements from the souvenir shop. Profound questions are raised about the authenticity of folk traditions in the context of mass communication.
Indeed, the complete absence of any Irish characters - Peppa only encounters people she already knows from playgroup, who are inexplicably in rural Ireland too is a reflection of Ireland's colonial past which, at the same time, problematises the concept of diaspora in Irish identity.