I started this blog in 2007. No one had heard of The Wire and I was making experimental films that a select few saw. My initial tagline for this blog was: 'I write concisely. always. I'm trying to improve this - however, sometimes few words work better'. Then I found Twitter. However, I still post here once a week, so feel free to comment or just to simply say hii.

The Hot 8 Brass Band are playing in Whelans, Dublin on Feb 28th. The Hot 8 Brass Band are a New Orleans based brass band that blends hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with traditional New Orleans brass sounds. I was listening to Rebirth Brass Band's amazing track 'You don't want to go to war' featuring Souljah Slim on Diplo's Mad Decent Worldwide Podcast Episode 5 (New Orleans aint dead..it just got a limp) when it was suggested to me that I should see The Hot 8 Brass Band. Hot 8 Brass Band were propelled to wider prominence globally by an appearance in Spike Lee's 2006 documentary 'When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts' and also by a version of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing. 

Labels: Anne Maree Barry, Choicecuts, Dublin, Hot 8 Brass Band, Whelans