This week we’re trying a different format: there’s some ‘Splainin’! I recorded a conversation about failure with my friend Emily, another American ex-pat living in Ireland. Feel free to weigh in on the conversation in the comments. And don’t mind the creaking door in the background… Music Track list: You love to fail by Magnetic …

Brú – Darkside IPA Tóol – Dangerously Close To Stupid IIPA Black Black Black – Exorcist Everything Herder – Grand Precipitations Black Cobra – Dark Shine Graves At Sea – The Ashes Make Her Beautiful Harvester – Magnetic North Lizard Queen – Khan Metallica – Disposable Heroes Ministry – Stigmata

About Silence SEQUENCE 5.1 (2016) I grew up in Dublin, the youngest of six children in a house full of noise. My mother says I did not speak until I was three years old as I was able (through various gestures) to convince my siblings to do my bidding. I learnt to get my needs …

Talk about all over the place! But that’s just sort of how it goes sometimes. Some new finds for me this week and a couple of current obsessions. Track list: Cram It by Gland If Not For You by Olivia Newton John How Come You Never Go There by Fiest — Shoes Off (Boots On) …