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Alan Bennett was a stand-up comedian for a while and during that time he toured with David O'Doherty and Maeve Higgins and did well in some competitions and co-ran Schnitzel Comedy Club. Then he started writing fiction and it has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies including 30 Under 30 which Joseph O'Connor chose as one of his books of the year for The Irish Times. He received a Masters with first class honours in creative writing from UCD and a BA in fine art painting from LSAD. Now he's working on getting his novel on, and being in charge of HeadStuff.org.

Music

The Happiest of All Memorial Days by Acollective. (An excited unreview)

Alan Bennett Jun 11, 2014 0

I've been having a great time discovering new music recently, and so it continues with these guys, Acollective. It started off when I watched this, let's be honest, fairly mind-blowing video. By mind-blowing of course I mean bizarre, weird,…

Music Review

Andrea Balency could be your favourite

Alan Bennett Jun 10, 2014 0

I think Andrea Balency is going to be one of those people that rocks in and says hi and the next day everyone is singing along with her and talking about her. I just listened to the song You've Never Been On Your Own, which I'll put below,…

Film

A Most Wanted Man

Alan Bennett Jun 9, 2014 0

HeadStuff's second ever Legend of the Month, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, died very prematurely in February 2014. Most would agree that he was not finished giving us wonderful films, but, he's gone and he only left bits behind for us. One of…

History

Muddy Waters

Alan Bennett Jun 2, 2014 3

He roller coaster/he got Muddy Waters. Not many people could pull off being one of the coolest people on the planet with a name like 'Muddy Waters'. His real name was McKinley Morganfield which I think is an infinitely cool name. I'd love…

Short Fiction

Scarecrow

Alan Bennett May 18, 2014 0

HeadStuff held a competition in Our Lady’s College, Greenhills in Drogheda among first year art students to design a button for this short story. They created a series of mono-prints and drypoint prints (etchings). The very high standard…

Music

WIN tickets to No Sinner | ticket competition

Alan Bennett May 12, 2014 0

NO SINNER. Here's the thing about No Sinner. They're class. This girl, Colleen Rennison, she can belt out a tune like no one else. Well, not quite like no one else, she can belt out a tune like Nina Simone and Tina Turner and Big Mama…

History

Black Betty (bam-ba-lam)

Alan Bennett May 8, 2014 8

Black Betty is a black belter according to every musician ever. We are all familiar with the Ram Jam version of Black Betty. The party-rock song, whoa-O Black Betty, bam-ba-lam, whoa-O Black Betty. It's a classic and we all love it…

Music

‘There Is A Light’ in aid of First Fortnight

Alan Bennett May 7, 2014 0

First Fortnight, formed in 2009, is a charity-based organisation with the expressed aim of challenging mental health prejudice through the creative arts. So, this is a good thing. Now. What they've gone and done is, they've teamed…

Humour Reviews

An Atheist goes to Church for Sunday Mass – LiveTweets it.

Alan Bennett May 6, 2014 3

Alan Bennett went to Sunday mass in an actual church and livetweeted the entire event to give the rest of us an inside look at this strange other world. An atheist goes to church:

Music

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Alan Bennett May 1, 2014 0

So there's a band called 'Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin', which I think we can all agree, is the pinnacle of band nomenclature to date. SSLYBY are from Missouri which is a bit of America. The indie-pop band were flown to Russia to…

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