Zipping Around the Web
• I’ve been waiting for ages for an excuse to link to Ze Frank, and then he only talks about Kansas City - which is important for those of you unfamiliar with KC - but Tony beat me to it.
• You know summer is really over when it’s warmer inside O’Dowds than it was in the dog days of July
• The very non-parochial part-Irish-owned Pangea Cafe on 39th Street have a beer pairing dinner on Monday, October 2nd
• The best live music venue in Kansas City by an Irish mile turns one year old this October, but for some reason you’ll still hear the odd person refer to the Record Bar as if it were still Molloy Brothers Irish pub
• Irish artist Caoimhghin O Fraithile, a graduate of the University of Missouri where he completed a Masters in Fine Arts in 2000 has a not insignificant show at Siamsa Tíre, the National Folk Theatre of Ireland - which is down in Tralee in Kerry
• Rowan, Celtic band from the heartland - or Kansas, if you prefer - have samples of their forthcoming CD available online. And seriously Celtic in that we’re talking songs of Brittany and Galicia, as well as Ireland (and England)
See Some Older Stuff:
• Hoffenpurpenburger Day
• Little Judy’s trying to watch “Top of the Pops”
• FAIQ # 7 : What’s Irish Radio Like?