Podcasts about bohemians

The Tarot of the Bohemians by Papus (Gérard Encausse) is one of the foundational texts of Western occultism and esoteric tarot study. Written in the late 19th century, this classic work unveils the mystical structure and symbolic depth of the Tarot as a sacred book of ancient wisdom. Papus reveals the hidden connections between the...

In this episode of The 1895 Podcast, Ste and Ben dive deep into the aftermath of a thrilling week for Shelbourne FC. They kick things off reminiscing about an unforgettable Bank Holiday weekend filled with highs and a few lows, including a disappointing European outing in North Macedonia. The lads break down the rollercoaster match against Bohemians, discussing the pivotal moments, standout players like Kerr McInroy and John Martin, and the tactical changes that turned the tide.They explore what it means for the squad moving forward, especially as they gear up for their final league game against St. Patrick's Athletic. Expect spirited discussions, laughs, and a passionate analysis of the Reds' journey as they strive for more European glory!

In the mood for some baseball? Of course you are; it's still our national pastime, after all, despite the threat of encroachment by football, soccer, basketball, Nascar and Monster Trucks. And now that the innovation of the pitch clock has trimmed down the times of games, it's a little more dynamic than it used to be back in those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summers past. This World Series has been a humdinger, breaking several records, but it ain't over yet - The Toronto Blue Jays now have a 3 game to 2 advantage as they return to their hometown field and crowd. What had seemed like an inevitable win for L.A. after game three, now is in nail-biting doubt. Just goes to show you that, in the words of Yogi Berra - "it ain't over 'til it's over!"

Join Daithí as he speaks to the inspiring Seán McCabe, the world's first Climate Justice Officer in a football club. Seán talks us through the work being done in Bohemians Football Club in Phibsborough, Dublin, where community and climate justice is being put right at the heart of things.  With impacts of the climate crisis and transition being felt unequally across communities, the Climate CoOp at Bohemians has set out to address the issues faced by their own members, playing to their strength as a tight knit and inclusive community. Seán talks us through the different projects at Bohemians, such as their 'Library of Things', and supporting people serving prison time in Mountjoy to upskill in bike maintenance, as well as some of their aims for the future. His words of advice – dream big!         Thanks very much to Sorcha O'Carolan Murphy for support with research, design and promotion.   Links: 1. The Spark https://www.thespark.coop/      2. Bohemians Football Club Website: https://bohemians.ie/home/     3. UN Sport for Climate Action: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/sectoral-engagement/sports-for-climate-action     4. Mary Robinson Climate Justice Foundation: https://www.mrfcj.org/     5. Think tank for Action on Social Change (TASC): https://www.tasc.ie/      6. Qatar World Cup Controversy: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/19/qatar-working-conditions-world-cup-guardian-reporting       7. Friends of the Earth - 'Still Left out in the Cold' Report: https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/warm-homes-for-all/resources         8. Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions explained: https://www.grantthornton.ie/insights/factsheets/sustainability-scope-1-2-and-3-emissions/       9. Seán and Leo from Bohs F.C. on The Book of Leaves Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-sport-clubs-can-take-climate-action-bohemian-football/id1460583049?i=1000638902017

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is one of the best depictions of the creative process that I've ever seen, exploring where an artist's ideas come from: those sources, personal and environmental that are processed via one's family history, dreams, desires - and are then delivered through said artist's private relationship with their tools - (in this case the Tascam Portastudio, Echoplex reverb unit, and a water-damaged boombox). I was thrilled by that examination, and by Bruce's steadfast protection of his lo-fi masterpiece when it was being threatened by corporate pressure to compromise. Jeremy Allen White is one of America's finest exemplars of smoldering emotion, and the close ups on Springsteen's anguished face were a tour de force of inner conflict. The protean Stephen Graham as Bruce's complicated monster of a father found vivid expression with just a smattering of dialogue. And, Jeremy Strong - an actor capable of the deepest levels of immersion portrays Bruce's guardian angel of a manager, Jon Landau with such grace, and generous restraint that it made me cry. Kudos to all.The pace is pokey, and I personally could have done without the manufactured love story in which the actress, Odessa Young has the unenviable task of having to deliver clunky exposition, notably when she psychologizes Bruce for us. But, all in all, for a story that chronicles depression and child abuse, the darkness is mitigated by the knowledge that our hero emerges from this crucible to become a happily married family man and cultural hero, and create a timeless work of art. The Splendid Bohemians are honored to feature a couple of tributes to The Boss, which recognize his influence and influences: First, a duet with Bruce and Pete Seeger, the Patron Saint and Johnny Appleseed of folk music, singing Bruce's still relevant- (sadly)- homage to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Tom Joad.  And, we'll close with Ryan Adams' honorable rendition of Nebraska, the title song from those sources which are celebrated in Warren Zanes book and Scott Cooper's film

It's the final show of the season, and Breifne Earley and Meabh De Burca are looking back at a memorable FAI Women's Cup Final where Athlone Town completed the double in style.Despite a spirited display from Bohemians, a Kelly Brady hat-trick led the Midlanders to glory in Tallaght.The Gypsies opened the scoring with a rocket from Alannah McEvoy, and a late long-range strike from Aoibhe Brennan capped off their scoring – but it wasn't enough to deny Athlone their first-ever League & Cup double.

00:01:30 Intro00:03:30 Sports ball Topics00:14:00 A Carnivore Did It00:17:00 This Game is Killer00:22:00 Why did you play that?00:26:30 Rules Lawyer Time00:30:30 Taste Buds00:39:30 Miniature Market00:40:30 Bohemians00:59:00 Punica: Rome vs. Carthage01:07:30 Portal Games01:08:30 Fountains01:15:30 Everdell Duo01:23:00 Cookie Run Braverse01:29:00 Outro Halloween is creeping ever closer, ushering in a surge of spooky décor, costume scheming, and sugar-fueled anticipation. Soon, neighborhoods will flicker with jack-o'-lantern grins and haunted house setups, casting eerie shadows perfect for mischief, mayhem, and board games. And yes—Marty's legendary BooBQ is just around the corner. Before the festivities kick off, we squeezed in a few two-player gems that pack a punch without hogging the table. Everdell Duo reimagines the beloved woodland world for two, offering competitive, cooperative, and campaign modes that layer strategy with charm. Cookie Run: Braverse transforms the digital Cookie Run universe into a physical trading card game, introducing a clever twist on health tracking that adds surprise and tension to every skirmish. Punica: Rome vs Carthage throws players into the heat of the Punic Wars, where asymmetric tactics and area control drive a brisk, brainy clash—can you succeed where Hannibal failed and bring Rome to its knees? We also tried a fresh tile-laying release from OP Games. True to form, the components are stellar, but it's the rondel-style drafting that stole the spotlight, injecting strategic depth and just enough “take that” to keep things spicy. Thanks for listening, we really do appreciate it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you all the latest as St. Patricks Athletic and Bohemians hunt a European place takes a hit in a nil-all draw in Dalymount Park.Kenny praises his side's resilience, whilst O'Donnell rues his team's wasteful ones.Carla Ward is happy to have Denise O'Sullivan.Jamie Finn pleased to be back after injury.Jose Mourinho back in familiar territory.Arsenal apologise for lack of hot water.And Carragher on the Dyche appointment.Become a member and subscribe at offtheball.com/join

Shamrock Rovers captain and Cape Verde international Pico Lopes joins us to talk about his journey from growing up in Dublin to playing international football, captaining one of Ireland's biggest clubs, and how golf has become his new competitive outlet.In this episode, Pico opens up about:His early life and road to professional footballRepresenting Cape Verde on the international stageLife as Shamrock Rovers captain and the pressures that come with itHow he discovered golf and why it's become a new obsession for him and his teammatesThe surprising crossover between elite football mentality and the challenge of golfWhether you're a football fan, a golf nut, or just love a good story of passion and competition, this is a must-watch.Since making a debut for Bohemians in 2010, he has established himself as one of the top defenders in the League of Ireland, leading Shamrock Rovers to win the League Of Ireland title multiple times and they're now competing in Europe in the UEFA Conference League.This is the second episode of a 3 episode series with @opelireland3345 and we are delighted to have Pico join us for a chat about his football career and golf game.The Bogey Men is proudly sponsored by Opel Ireland.Listen to our Podcast!Apple Pods - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-bogey-men/id1510331480Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7vKtYZke5QsfXghpKpTd0I?si=fGy4ozVUSC6WHPy4crqyfQIf you have any thoughts or comments let us know and leave a review.Get in touch with us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bogeymenpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BogeyPod

V dalším díle našeho tradičního Space Z Letné a Strahova Víťa s Michaelem rozebrali především bezgólovou remízu v Uherském Hradišti.Mohl Brian lépe střídat? Co chybělo Rynešovi? A jak probudit Jana Kuchtu?Kromě toho jsme se zaměřili i na skladbu kádru, kde je až příliš mnoho hráčů pocházejících ze zemí mimo EU. Jak bude Tomáš Rosický tento problém adresovat?Řešili jsme také nadcházející utkání proti Rijece, Bohemians nebo poháru na půde Artisu Brno.Jak se připravit na Rijeku a kdo je její největší hvězda? V čem nám bude největší problém způsobovat právě Bohemka? A Víťa jako trenér prozradil, na co se bude nejvíce soustředit náš druholigový soupeř v poháru.Dejte nám follow, lajk a na další díl se budete moci těšit opět v 20:00 příští pondělí po utkáních proti Rijece a doma s Bohemkou.

On Monday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you all the latest as Manchester United celebrate an Anfield win, whilst here at home St. Patricks Athletic and Bohemians hunt a European place at Dalymount Park.Dyche is Marinakis' new man.Potter looks to cast some Swedish magic.St. Pats and Bohs meet on the northside for what should be a rainy epic.Athlone's Kelly Brady, the hat-trick hero.Israeli fans clash in Tel Aviv.And Celtic fans continue their protest.Become a member and subscribe at offtheball.com/join

Po reprezentační pauze se vrací ligová Desítka Pavla Horvátha. Co si náš fotbalový expert myslí o tom, že ve 12. kole padlo v osmi zápasech pouze devět gólů? Jak se zadařilo čtyřem novým koučům na pozici hlavního trenéra? Jak to bylo s červenou kartou při utkání Bohemians proti Plzni? Co chybělo Slavii, aby se v bitvě proti Zlínu prosadila? „Soupeři Jablonce, Slavie i Sparty utkání velmi dobře odbránili a nepustili favority do top šance,“ komentuje ztráty elitní trojice.

Ben Symes speaks to Athlone Town player Kelly Brady, manager John Sullivan and owner Nick Giannotti after they beat Bohemians 3-2 in the FAI Cup Final at Tallaght Stadium.LOI on Off The Ball with Rockshore

SOCCER: Galway United's Stephen Walsh and David Hurley with Galway Bay FM's Jonathan Higgins after their 2-0 victory over Bohemians

SOCCER: Galway United manager John Caulfield with Galway Bay FM's Mike Rafferty after their 2-0 Men's Premier Division win over Bohemians

SOCCER: Galway United midfielder Axel Piesold with Galway Bay FM's Mike Rafferty after their 2-0 win over Bohemians

LISTEN TO THE FULL SHOW HERE On this week's first bonus show, Matt Ford and Stefan Bienkowski sat down to discuss some of the biggest topics surrounding fan culture in German football. That naturally led to them discussing the unfortunate scenes of Schalke fans attacking two photographers in Dublin, ahead of the club's friendly match with Bohemians. The duo discuss the wider context around the situation and ask whether it could have been avoided entirely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane Dawson is joined by Bernard Jackman on Leinster v Munster and rest of the URC action, Rebecca Creagh and Meabh de Burca preview the Women's FAI Cup Final between Bohemians and Athlone Town (we hear from both managers) while Jeff Shepard talks NFL and Trump's threats to World Cup host cities. Game On.

Hostem čtvrtečního vydání Desítky Pavla Horvátha byl Josef Jindřišek, který v nejvyšší domácí soutěži odehrál 447 zápasů a vstřelil 25 gólů. Jak vzpomíná na poslední proměněnou penaltu kariéry? Jak je nyní spokojený v třetiligovém týmu Velkých Hamrů? Co všechno mu dalo dlouholeté angažmá v Bohemians? Proč si pořád zastrkává dres do trenek a nebyl za to někdy terčem posměšků? Kdy se chce naplno začít věnovat instalaterství? Dozvíte se v oblíbené fotbalové talkshow.

Dan Patriss is back with another round of gaming news! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Portal Games is releasing a new deck building game Bohemians Oct 25. ($40) UVS Games will release the Godzilla: Reign of Kaiju, themed set for UniVersus CCG March 26 Over on BGG Jamey Stegmeier announced that Origin Story a game which uses trick-taking and tableau building will release at Essen (Limited quantities) and worldwide in Nov (But likely not here in US until 2026?). Being Designed by Pete Wissinger has me VERY excited to check this one out. (Guess $25-30) Asmodee announced the US release of Libellud's Take Time, a co-op puzzle game Oct 25 ($30) Using more Card Crafting mechanics in games-- Alderac Entertainment Group reportedly will release Misfit Heroes next year  April ‘26 This reminds me of Custom heroes and Ruins from John D Clair a bit. And Speaking of which there will be a new game based off of Mystic Vale called Mystic Lands coming very soon to Kickstarter. Renegade will release a Dice Version of Robo Rally Q1 ‘26 ($35) And Renegade is releasing a GI Joe Version of Heroscape. With Painted and Unpainted versions (Q1 ‘26 Painted-- $85 Unpainted $65) Devir Games will release a christmas themed Card game (Real time?) in time for the holidays this year called Rudolph (~$15) CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Return to Dark Tower: Expeditions Red Dragon Inn 10 Cranio's Expansion Pack Tenpenny Parks: Expansion and Collector's Ed The Dealers Tarot Bake Your own Gingerbread Dungeon Don't Starve: The Board Game GameFound Heroes of Might and Magic:The Card Game Uprising:Legendary Big Box and True Solo mode

Dan Patriss is back with another round of gaming news! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Portal Games is releasing a new deck building game Bohemians Oct 25. ($40) UVS Games will release the Godzilla: Reign of Kaiju, themed set for UniVersus CCG March 26 Over on BGG Jamey Stegmeier announced that Origin Story a game which uses trick-taking and tableau building will release at Essen (Limited quantities) and worldwide in Nov (But likely not here in US until 2026?). Being Designed by Pete Wissinger has me VERY excited to check this one out. (Guess $25-30) Asmodee announced the US release of Libellud's Take Time, a co-op puzzle game Oct 25 ($30) Using more Card Crafting mechanics in games-- Alderac Entertainment Group reportedly will release Misfit Heroes next year  April ‘26 This reminds me of Custom heroes and Ruins from John D Clair a bit. And Speaking of which there will be a new game based off of Mystic Vale called Mystic Lands coming very soon to Kickstarter. Renegade will release a Dice Version of Robo Rally Q1 ‘26 ($35) And Renegade is releasing a GI Joe Version of Heroscape. With Painted and Unpainted versions (Q1 ‘26 Painted-- $85 Unpainted $65) Devir Games will release a christmas themed Card game (Real time?) in time for the holidays this year called Rudolph (~$15) CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Return to Dark Tower: Expeditions Red Dragon Inn 10 Cranio's Expansion Pack Tenpenny Parks: Expansion and Collector's Ed The Dealers Tarot Bake Your own Gingerbread Dungeon Don't Starve: The Board Game GameFound Heroes of Might and Magic:The Card Game Uprising:Legendary Big Box and True Solo mode

Athlone Town's star striker Kelly Brady and new Head Coach chat to our own Ben Symes at Tallaght Stadium ahead of the Women's FAI Cup Final vs Bohemians on Sunday. LOI on Off The Ball is brought to you by Rockshore 0.0 #LOI

Bohemians FC goalkeeper and captain Rachael Kelly and manager Alban Hysa chat to our own Ben Symes at Tallaght Stadium ahead of the Women's FAI Cup Final vs Athlone Town on Sunday. LOI on Off The Ball is brought to you by Rockshore 0.0 #LOI

#COYGIG host, Kathleen McNamee, is in with Eoin to break down Carla Ward's latest Ireland Women's National Team squad, which was announced today ahead of Ireland's UEFA Nations League Promotion/Relegation play-off with Belgium. They also touch on the FAI Cup Final coming up this weekend where Athlone Town and star striker, Kelly Brady, take on Bohemians in their chase for the double. #Football on Off The Ball with William Hill Ireland.

Wir reisen ins Paris der 20er Jahre und schlagen uns als Künstler durch den Tag. Das sehr schön illustrierte Deckbau-Spiel von Pegasus ist eine der SPIEL-Neuheiten dieses Jahr. Wir sagen euch, wie es uns gefallen hat und wie wir uns als Maler, Musiker oder Bildhauer durchgebracht haben.Wir freuen uns über Kommentare und Anregungen an @tabulaludo bei allen Sozialen Netzwerken. Wenn ihr uns unterstützen wollt, dann folgt uns bitte bei Twitter, Instagram und Bluesky oder abonniert uns bei eurem bevorzugten Podcatcher. Auch Bewertungen bei Spotify & Co helfen uns sehr weiter. Vielen Dank!Dieser Podcast ist nicht gesponsert oder von Herstellern oder Verlagen unterstützt. Alle Spiele, die hier besprochen werden, sind selbst gekauft. Bitte unterstützt euren lokalen Spieleladen und kauft wenn möglich dort!Tabulaludo bei Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabulaludo/ Tabulaludo bei Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabulaludo Tabulaludo bei Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tabulaludo.de Tabulaludo im Web: https://www.tabulaludo.de/

Vi taget tilløb til Spiel i Essen, hvor Papstinenser sender helt holdet afsted… næsten. Hvad er nyt og hvad er hot, når det kommer til Europas største messe for brætspil og alt det der svæver i periferien af vores hobby? Vi snakker indkøbskultur og gætter på, hvad der bliver hits, her i blandt Bohemians, som man kan høre lidt om, i vores snak med Ignacy Trzewiczek fra tidligere på året. Du finder værktøjet fra Tabletop Together her Nævnt i denne episode: ANTS Rats of Wistar March of the Ants Nature Habemus Papam Crime Unfolds A few Acres of Snow Burgle Bros Blackjack BLUFFIT Cosmolancer 365 Adventures Agent Avenue Altay: Dawn of Civilization Undaunted: Normandy The Hobbit: There and Back Again Castle Combo Faraway Sanctuary Ark Nova Oh My Socks

This nation's troubled history with Manifest Destiny will continue to haunt us for some time. Throughout the decades some Native voices have emerged and contributed to the ongoing cultural conversation: most recently on the Broadway stage, on film, and television, and this awareness might move us towards some, if not restitution for atrocities past, at least a dialogue that might point the way towards the future.Today Double Trouble features the efforts of two important Americana artists, neither one Native American, but both identifying with them. Johnny Cash believed that he was part Cherokee- (a notion disproved by DNA). They both raised their voices in advocacy with the dispossessed. Pete La Farge wrote The Ballad of Ira Hayes, which Johnny Cash delivers here, and then Mr. La Farge himself mourns the disappearance of the Coyote as a consequence of Capitalism's rapacious destruction of sacred lands.JOHNNY CASHFrom his 1963 concept album “Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian”, The Ballad of Ira Hayes tells the story of a WW2 War Hero, one of the men raising the flag over Iwo Jima in that iconic photo. Upon returning to the states, Ira had to confront the irony of his impossibly low status on home soil, and descended into alcohol addiction and death. Pete La Farge wrote 5 of the songs on Cash's album, and became known, along with Buffy St. Marie, as one of the most prominent singer-songwriters concerned with Native themes. Johnny Cash was a life-long representative of Native peoples, trying through his popular status to bring about an awareness of the wrongs that had been committed in the name of “progress”. PETE LA FARGEGiven the focus of his creative output during his short life - he died, age 34, of a stroke - one might assume that Mr. La Farge was Native American, but not so: he was the son of an anthropologist and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and a Rhode Island heiress. Growing up in New Mexico and Colorado, he developed a love of Native American culture, and that became his artistic touchstone. Most famous for The Ballad of Ira Hayes, his tribute to a discarded, fallen hero, the song has been covered by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger among many others. Here, in Coyote, La Farge channels the mournful sound of the dispossessed animal as it fades away into the ether, after losing its habitat to business interests - an issue we're still dealing with today. 

There's strong Clare interest in Treaty United Women's U19 Cup Final taking place next Sunday, October 12th, in Athlone, as the side takes on Bohemians. It's a huge occasion for women's soccer, with several Clare players represented across Treaty's under-17, under-19, and senior squads. Alan Morrissey was delighted to chat with Irene Hehir from Ennis, Team Manager, Sadbh Griffin from Ballynacally and Saoirse Kent from Connolly, players & Colaiste Muire students on Tuesday's Morning Focus.

Die Schalker sind wieder da. Tim, geboren als Podcast-Legende im Knappencast ist heute Knappencast-Gast. Ergo: Es wird wild. Es wird schön. Der Gantenbein in Uwe-Seeler-Manier, Papa Unkel als Stellvertreter glorreicher Zeiten, Freddy Mercury beim Auswärtstrip nach Irland. Emotionale Highlights: Schalke schöne Serie und Tims schönste Knappencast-Momente. Gerade ist alles so schön wie der Bart des Trainers. Ihr findet uns auch auf folgenden Plattformen: https://www.instagram.com/knappencast/ https://bsky.app/profile/knappencast.bsky.social https://www.facebook.com/people/Tim-Skoko-Schalker-Podcaster/61561712747176/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKyVKbbVBqd_BBlnIVOQZ5w https://www.tiktok.com/@knappencast https://www.instagram.com/knappencast/

What is the fascination that we have with seductive avatars of oblivion? Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams indoctrinated the adolescent me to the possibilities of the Succubus, and became my tween age, gothic sex symbol; the painting by Pre-Raphaeite John Millet:  Ophelia (who floats beautifully in the river) hung on my dorm wall for years.  Today, Double Trouble features a couple of ice queens who inspire detached sexual delirium, one contemporary, and one long gone, but still as magnetic as when she walked the earth: the enigmatic Lana Del Rey and Andy Warhol's muse - Nico (nee Christa Paffgen). LANA DEL REYWhen Lana Del Rey sings “We were born to die,” you know she's not fooling around. Her voice might be studiously without affect, but you can sense some psychic turmoil underneath. And when she purrs, “you like your girls insane,” she is obviously speaking from experience. Her Greta Garbo air of mystery smolders like an ember that could reignite and singe you at any moment. Of course, LDR is vastly more multi-dimensional as an artist than simply existing as a blank canvas on which to project our emo fantasies. Her later work, such as her fifth album, the widely acclaimed “Norman Fucking Rockwell” has generous reserves of humor, complexity, and intelligence to ponder and appreciate.  And, her recent marriage hints at even further explorations of domestic bliss. So maybe our gothic goddess will be embracing life going forward.NICOSpeaking of blank canvasses on which we can project our fantasies - Nico, the fashion model, turned Chanteuse, was the ultimate receptive surface.  She wasn't even a singer at first, veering off key as she often did, but her voice with its hypnotic, Germanic drone had its undeniable charms. And, Andy Warhol knew the socko glamor that he was wielding when he saddled the Velvet Underground with her, making her their front person. Who knows if the group, as brilliant as they were, would have garnered any attention initially if it wasn't for Warhol's 1960s answer to Marlene Dietrich. Nico struggled with heroin addiction and died tragically young in a senseless bicycle accident, but before she left us she created, (with the help of Velvet's veteran John Cale as producer) some unforgettable mantras. Frozen Warnings is one of the most compelling - It's harmonium and droning viola conjure the sense of tip-toeing across a frozen lake and feeling the ice cracking under your feet as you try to reach the glaciated siren.

At risk of seeming sexist, it must be noted that the two prodigies of the bass featured here are female, and perhaps that, in some sense, informs their approach to their artistry.  Listening to BC by Tal Wilkenfeld, and Esparanza Spalding's Vague Suspicions, one cannot help but appreciate both the technical precision, and the soulfulness of their musical expression. The bass rarely takes the lead in an ensemble - they are usually responsible for holding down the bottom with the drums. However, occasionally, the bassist will step forward into the limelight - Charlie Mingus and Jaco Pastorius come to mind - and, this inversion can lead to some amazing revelations. ESPERANZA SPALDINGI was inspired to read that Esperanza Spalding had been afflicted with Juvenile idiopathic Arthritis as a child. That this was to be the launching pad for a career as master of one of the most physically demanding instruments imaginable - the upright bass -, puts me in awe.  (She also plays the violin, guitar, piano and the oboe). Having the ears and instincts of a prodigy, she was given a full scholarship to the Berkelee School of Music, where she was also granted an honorary doctorate and professorship at age 20.By the way: let's not neglect to mention her singing, which is miraculous, lifting easily from conversational mode to a soaring airiness, there are unmistakeable echoes of Billie and Ella.  Besides all this, she's on a mission to make jazz more mainstream - attested by the title of the album Radio Music Society, from which this track derives. If anyone can accomplish this feat, it's this Grammy Award winner. TAL WILKENFELDI first became aware of Tal Wilkenfeld when I saw Jeff Beck play A Day in the Life at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. There was Beck, looking relaxed and dashing - delicately maneuvering his whammy bar… and to his left stood what looked like a street urchin with wild ringlets, following his every nuance, note for note, wielding a massive Fender bass, which was as big as she was. It was alchemy. Later, I watched the Live at Ronnie Scott's video where you could really see the two magicians extended celebration. She was around 20 at the time, possessed of a preternatural talent, and sidekick to one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived. Since then, the master has left this realm, and the apprentice has stepped forward to become her own front person - living in Nashville, playing with her band, and her calendar is filled with multiple special appearances and collaborations. And, to top it all, she's jolly. Her sense of humor is obvious, partnering with comedians, Marc Maron, Spinal Tap, and Jeff Ross on their projects. 

In Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you a full preview of tonight's League of Ireland action, which includes Off The Ball's live game at Tallaght Stadium. We speak to Stephen Bradley and Bohemians defender Cian Byrne ahead of that clash in Tallaght. We also hear from Kevin Doherty, Patrick Hickey and John Coleman before another busy night in the top flight. We've the latest on UEFA's apparent push to expel Israel from their competitions. And Arne Slot discusses Giovanni Leoni's awful debut game injury, and Hugo Ekitike's dumb sending-off in the Carabao Cup.

Last week we saw the family slowly climbing out of the hole that Friedrich IV of the Tyrol had dug them. But despite all these consolidation efforts, the family was still in the second league of European princely families. Then, just 25 years after Ernst the Iron married down into minor Polish royalty, his first cousin once removed, Albrecht V became King of Hungary, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia, all in one single year, 1438. How was that possible? Here is friend of the podcast, Eneas Silvio Piccolomini summarizing events: quote Albrecht grew up and married Elizabeth, daughter of King Sigismund. She was a very beautiful woman, who lived with him most virtuously. After the Bohemians had turned to heresy and terrorised all their neighbours with wars, he alone, with great strength, protected Moravia and Austria, and the damage he inflicted upon the Bohemians was not less than the damage he took from them. He was always in arms and, like the Bohemians, used waggon formations in battle. Making his soldiers undergo hard military training, Albrecht was the only one of all their neighbours whom the Bohemians feared, having been often defeated by him and put to flight.When his father-in-law Sigismund died, the Hungarians soon called him to the kingship, and the Bohemians followed suit. Thus, in a very short time, he gained two large kingdoms. In the meantime, the electors of the Empire, having heard about Sigismund's death, elected Albrecht as King of the Romans and sent their decree to him in Vienna.” End quoteBish bash bosh – that is it, end of episode. Thanks for coming.OK, maybe we have to go with Skipper from the Penguins of Madagascar and demand: Kowalski- AnalysisThe music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.comIf you wish to support the show go to: Support • History of the Germans PodcastFacebook: @HOTGPod Threads: @history_of_the_germans_podcastBluesky: @hotgpod.bsky.socialInstagram: history_of_the_germansTwitter: @germanshistoryTo make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. So far I have:The OttoniansSalian Emperors and Investiture Controversy

Stephen Bradley speaks to our own Nathan Murphy ahead of our live commentary game of Shamrock Rovers' derby clash with Bohemians, a game which Rovers could secure the league title with.The League of Ireland on Off The Ball with Rockshore 0.0

Cian Byrne speaks to our own Cillian Horan ahead of our live commentary game of Bohemians' derby clash with Shamrock Rovers, a game which Bohs need to win to keep their European push going.The League of Ireland on Off The Ball with Rockshore 0.0

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Former Shelbourne, Bohemians & Sligo manager, Owen Heary, joins Ger Gilroy & Colm Boohig on the show to round up last night's League of Ireland fixtures, as the league nears its end.Off The Ball Breakfast w/ UPMC Ireland | #GetBackInActionCatch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

DT: STRING THEORY / TELEVISION AND KALEIDOSCOPEThe guitar as we know it has had an illustrious evolution, starting its journey in ancient Mesopotamia, then finding its earliest recognizable incarnation 5 centuries ago in Spain, and continuing to move through various cultures until blossoming into its electric manifestation in the modern era. It was the magic wand to the baby boom generation - suddenly, everybody had to have one to express themselves, along with a garage band with whom to practice their 3 chord fantasies. Then, there were the transcendental wizards who blazed trails of such sonic originality that the instrument's sound never got boring. Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck, to name a couple. Most of them were firmly rooted in the blues form. Today we feature two bands (Television and Kaleidoscope) whose unique recorded output, though small, blew minds with their sublime, far-reaching soundscapes - reaching deeply into themselves, and searching widely for other cultural inspirations to make original music no 60s/70s rocker teens had even heard before. KALEIDOSCOPEDavid Lindley merged his folk cred with Solomon Feldhouse who brought a middle eastern sensibility to the mix, and they struck world-fusion-rock gold. Lindley started off as a banjo picker, but could play anything with strings, and Feldhouse, a Flamenco artist who had grown up in Turkey, was giggling as an accompanist for belly dancers. Theirs was an unlikely,  but unimpeachable partnership.In this cut from their 1967 debut album, Side Trips, the boys take us on a magical mystery tour through the sanctum of the Egyptian Gardens, where Oud riffs twirl madly through the perfumed air, and scantily clad dancers hypnotize us with their charms. TELEVISIONPunk music was completely democratic. It was said that you didn't have to have chops to play; all you needed was passion. Not so with Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd's band Television. Their debut album, 1977's Marquee Moon immediately splintered that myth. The two virtuoso guitarist's method of meshing their sound together threw down the gauntlet to any aspiring duelists, and their achievement remains unparalleled, and unchallenged. It was an intellectual approach heretofore unseen in CBGBs, and the other dives of the lower east side. There was a jazz-like, improvisational element at work, and in the record's eponymous cut, Marquee Moon, you can hear Verlaine and Lloyd spur each other on to increasingly ecstatic heights. 

DT: STAYING HYDRATED WITH MARTY ROBBINS AND REV. AL GREENH2O - we can't live without it. As the temperatures rise, physically and spiritually, you better keep plenty of the life giving elixir handy. The human body contains over 50% of the stuff, the earth- about 70 percent. It's all around; within and without us. From the book of symbols: “River is vital fluidity: the rivers move through both the upper world and the lower world, over ground and underground, inside and outside: rivers of fertility and prosperity, rivers of forgetting, rivers of binding oath, rivers of commerce, rivers of blood and rivers of water, rivers of rebirth, rivers of death, rivers of sorrow…”Two streams of much needed refreshment will be  delivered by Marty Robbins and the Rev. Al Green today; dip in and be baptized.MARTY ROBBINS  / COOL WATERCool Water had been around for about 20 years when Marty Robbins included the song in his 1959 album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, which also featured the hit “El Paso”. It was written by Bob Nolan, founding member of The Sons of the Pioneers, and had been covered many many times. But, nestled here, among the other songs that comprise this formidable concept album, it takes on a mythic resonance. As Marty urges his parched mule, Dan forward through the unending desert,  his emotion choked voice cries out for an oasis of redemption. REVEREND AL GREEN / TAKE ME TO THE RIVERThe Reverend Al Green became fully ordained in 1976, two years after he wrote and recorded this soul classic. In 1974, with the assistance of production wizard Willie Mitchell, he created this toe tapping ode to spirituality and lust.  Al must have had an premonition of the rebirth that was about to occur, because'74 was also the year that his peccadillos came home to roost: when he was scalded by hot grits, wielded by suicidal, ex-lover, Mary Woodson.And, this cut contains both the sacred and the profane in equal measure - not explicitly, but in the hip chugging funk juxtaposed with the call for baptismal relief.  Rock n Roll has been called “The Devil's Music:” Al may have strayed, but has since devoted himself to the gospel of rehabilitation.

ANCHORS AWEIGH!This episode comes from diary entries written from March to August, 2018 - and, involve labyrinthian efforts to get my nephew into the Navy.  My dreams were plentiful and disturbing, but nothing compared to the bureaucratic nightmares that lay before us.  Enjoy!

Derry City manager Tiernan Lynch and goalkeeper Brian Maher react to a thrilling 4-3 win away to Bohemians that only helps heat up the race for Europe. Both were speaking to Johnny Higgins.

In Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan helps set the table for tonight's clash of European hopefuls Bohemians and Derry City - a game you can hear live and exclusive on Friday night's Off The Ball. We hear from Kevin Doherty, Stephen Bradley, Ger Nash, Tony McNamee and Oran Crowe ahead of this evening's FAI Cup quarter-finals. Plus, Arne Slot on Liverpool's pursuit of Marc Guehi, and injury blows for Chelsea & Newcastle's new strikers.

Long ago and far away, around 1970, there was a smoldering rage that permeated through every strata of American society. Following a flurry of assassinations in the mid sixties, the Manson murders in ‘69, riots in Detroit, the Motor City in '67, and in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic Convention, at Kent State in ‘70 with the murder of four protesting students - it seemed that the whole fabric of society was coming apart due to the country being mired in the Viet Nam war and the never ending specter of racism.  Step up to the mic Gil Scott-Heron and the MC5. In “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Mr. Scott-Heron, in a performance that has earned him the title “The Godfather of Rap” in some quarters - eviscerates those couch potatoes who are watching it all unfold on tv, and that expect things to right themselves between commercial interruptions. And he does it with jazzy flair that made the absurdity of the whole situation crystal clear.. And, then there was the  Motor City 5, those scruffy provocateurs whose manager, John Sinclair was jailed for two joints, who fought the good fight the only way they knew how: by “Kicking out the Jams, Motherfucker!”GIL SCOTT-HERONScott-Heron's combination of spoken word poetry with soul-jazz is a style which has made him influential throughout the decades. So much so that he was inducted as an influence in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame. In “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” he melds the two strains  - one melodic, one verbal - together to deliver an unassailable message: there will be no change without intentional activism. It's word play may be humorous, but it's deadly serious. Now we have the internet and social media and people are less inclined to believe what they see, or even commit to any action because their attention is being relentlessly consumed. In 1970, despite the horrendous condition of the political scene, Gil Scott-Heron still believed that societal change was possible.MC5The same optimism resounds in Kick out the Jams by the MC5. These were kids who saw the wrong headed direction of their government, and tried, by assuming the outlaw stance of revolutionaries, to influence the youth. However, the enterprise was hobbled from the start by drugs, their association with White Panther Party founder, John Sinclair, - and, the radio censorship by their label of their most famous song because of the introduction's unacceptable word “motherfucker!” They were a great live band of proto-punks, home-town heroes in Detroit, who never achieved the national prominence they deserved. It's not the lyrics of Kick out the jams that are dangerous - it's the exuberant energy of the offending word - that, ironically, created history.

Joe HIllA songwriter, itinerant laborer, and union organizer, Joe Hill became famous around the world after a Utah court convicted him of murder. Even before the international campaign to have his conviction reversed, however, Joe Hill was well known in hobo jungles, on picket lines and at workers' rallies as the author of popular labor songs and as an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) agitator. Thanks in large part to his songs and to his stirring, well-publicized call to his fellow workers on the eve of his execution—"Don't waste time mourning, organize!"—Hill became, and he has remained, the best-known IWW martyr and labor folk hero.Born Joel Hägglund on Oct. 7, 1879, the future "troubadour of discontent" grew up the fourth of six surviving children in a devoutly religious Lutheran family in Gävle, Sweden, where his father, Olaf, worked as a railroad conductor. Both his parents enjoyed music and often led the family in song. As a young man, Hill composed songs about members of his family, attended concerts at the workers' association hall in Gävle and played piano in a local café.In 1887, Hill's father died from an occupational injury and the children were forced to quit school to support themselves. The 9-year-old Hill worked in a rope factory and later as a fireman on a steam-powered crane. Stricken with skin and joint tuberculosis in 1900, Hill moved to Stockholm in search of a cure and worked odd jobs while receiving radiation treatment and enduring a series of disfiguring operations on his face and neck. Two years later, Hill's mother, Margareta Katarina Hägglund, died after also undergoing a series of operations to cure a persistent back ailment. With her death, the six surviving Hägglund children sold the family home and ventured out on their own. Four of them settled elsewhere in Sweden, but the future Joe Hill and his younger brother, Paul, booked passage to the United States in 1902.Little is known of Hill's doings or whereabouts for the next 12 years. He reportedly worked at various odd jobs in New York before striking out for Chicago, where he worked in a machine shop, got fired and was blacklisted for trying to organize a union. The record finds him in Cleveland in 1905, in San Francisco during the April 1906 Great Earthquake and in San Pedro, Calif., in 1910. There he joined the IWW, served for several years as the secretary for the San Pedro local and wrote many of his most famous songs, including "The Preacher and the Slave" and "Casey Jones—A Union Scab." His songs, appearing in the IWW's "Little Red Song Book," addressed the experience of virtually every major IWW group, from immigrant factory workers to homeless migratory workers to railway shopcraft workers.In 1911, he was in Tijuana, Mexico, part of an army of several hundred wandering hoboes and radicals who sought to overthrow the Mexican dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, seize Baja California, emancipate the working class and declare industrial freedom. (The invasion lasted six months before internal dissension and a large detachment of better-trained Mexican troops drove the last 100 rebels back across the border.) In 1912, Hill apparently was active in a "Free Speech" coalition of Wobblies, socialists, single taxers, suffragists and AFL members in San Diego that protested a police decision to close the downtown area to street meetings. He also put in an appearance at a railroad construction crew strike in British Columbia, writing several songs before returning to San Pedro, where he lent musical support to a strike of Italian dockworkers.The San Pedro dockworkers' strike led to Hill's first recorded encounter with the police, who arrested him in June 1913 and held him for 30 days on a charge of vagrancy because, he said later, he was "a little too active to suit the chief of the burg" during the strike.

Today we feature two black female vocalists, born 66 years apart, both renown for their independent spirit, singing songs about trying to make love work -  despite clear signs to the contrary. As artists, they've both shunned the spotlight, maintaining the mystery of their magic: Sippie Wallace quit show business for 30 years, preferring to express herself through her church organ, and LGBTQ icon Tracy Chapman staunchly separates her private life from her public one. Sippie returned to the spotlight by way of the blues festivals of the 60s, and was celebrated and covered by Bonnie Raitt, among others, and although Tracy appears regularly to perform for political causes she champions, only recently did she resurface in a big way in the mind the general public, by way of an emotional re-appearance at the 2023 Grammy's to perform her song “Fast Car” in a duet with Luke Combs, who made it a Country hit almost 40 years after its original release. SIPPIE WALLACEOn this 1926 Okeh recording of “Special Delivery Blues”, we first hear the whistle of the approaching mail train, then the crescendoing piano rolls building up suspense musically. This wave of energy is capped by the immortal cornet of Louis Armstrong and the yearning phrases of Sippie Wallace begging for news of her man's return. She wishes and hopes that the guy who left her will come back soon, but it doesn't look good. Despite this, Sippie makes it clear she'll keep up the vigil as long as it takes.“The Texas Nightingale” built up her reputation playing tent shows, and releasing a spate of recordings that put her up there with Ma Rainy and Bessie Smith, but she decided to chuck it all and dedicate her musical talents to the Church, where she played organ for 30 plus years. During the folk/blues revival of the mid-1960s, she was rediscovered and enjoyed immense appreciation for another 20 years, until her death at age 88. TRACY CHAPMANI love GIVE ME ONE REASON because it's so simple and direct. Tracy is drawing a line: “I'm telling you that I love you, but you have to reciprocate, or I'm gone”. It's clearly stated without equivocation, but as the verses add up, you can just picture her, standing in the doorframe, giving her object of desire just one more chance, then another, then another…. Drawing one line, then moving it back a bit. She doesn't want to go, but it looks like she's going to have to.Tracy Chapman catapulted out of the Boston coffeehouse scene in 1986, 25 years after Joan Baez had accomplished the same feat, and her first single, “Fast Car,” a song which alluded to economic inequality, was ubiquitous - a definite anomaly during the MTV era, which shows that the public can respond to bare-boned honesty, (without bells and whistles), when they hear it.  And, she has maintained her integrity as a socially conscious artist throughout the intervening decades.  

On Friday's Football Daily, David Wilson brings you a full preview of tonight's League of Ireland action plus our live commentary game between Bohemians and Cork City on Off The Ball and the GoLoud App from 7 o'clock, plus a momentous day for Irish clubs in Europe.Stephen Rice is Keith Andrews' man for set pieces at Brentford.Stephen Bradley on perhaps the greatest week of his life.Joey O'Brien knows there is 2 halves of football still left, plus a backing for Mipo Odubeko.Evan Caffrey loves the WWE, and Danny Mandroiu praises his team's effort.And what could have been for Robbie Keane at Inter?Become a member and subscribe at offtheball.com/join

Gossip, Tittle Tattle, rumors, hearsay, dishing the dirt, idle talk, back stabbing…. It's not one of the seven deadly sins, but maybe it should be. How many friendships, how many marriages, and how many jobs have been lost through spiteful blather? In this episode of Double Trouble Howlin' Wolf and Gene Pitney testify to the adverse effects of pitiless small town talk. Mind your own business, “they” say; “discretion is the better part of valor,”, “People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones,” etc. I'm sure you've heard them all, but how's your ratio of disciplined restraint? That's a lesson I had to learn the hard way. Gossip may feel like a way of getting closer to someone by sharing intimacies. But, the next thing you know that person tells the other person, and YOU'RE the odd one out. Best to maintain a lock-jawed policy of trust. HOWLIN' WOLFWho's Been Talking, from 1960, swings it's savage message with a Calypso beat. Chester Burnett, the blues master trained by Charlie Patton and Sonny Boy Williamson; the discovery by a 19 year old Ike Turner for Sam Phillips and Sun Records; the neck and neck competition with Muddy Waters, and inductee into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame delivers his self-penned diatribe against the effect of cheap talk with his usual lupine swagger. “Who's been talking?” Wolf wants to know, and when he finds out, whoa, the owner of those loose lips better hide, or they might get their jaw broken. GENE PITNEYTown Without Pity was a 1961 Kirk Douglas film with an uncredited, re-written screenplay by the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo, featuring a score by Dimitri Tiomkin, who also composed the theme for High Noon, among others. Town Without Pity was crooned by Gene Pitney, the heartthrob with the 3 octave range - and became Pitney's first top 40 single. He garnered many accolades in a career which also boasted bull's eyes as a songwriter, composing hits for Ricky Nelson with Hello Marylou, and Bobby Vee's Rubber Ball. In this bluesy lament in a minor key, Pitney tugs at our heart strings as he bemoans the besmirching of his purest love by the wagging tongues of spite.

In this episode we catch up with Ignacy from Portal Games. We talk about the latest and upcoming releases including Age of Galaxy and Bohemians. We get a tease of what's coming in 2026 And we finish off the episode with Rank Em! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the summer of 2019, in the halcyon days before the Pandemic, Chemayne and I got to share a 25th anniversary celebration experience that we had put off for 5 years: an Alaskan cruise.A year and a half later, the world was in chaos and Chemayne was gone, but these images and moments, preserved in the diary, live on.Let's go north to Alaska together, accompanied by some amusingly connected travel dreams.

APOCALYPSE NOW! JACKSON BROWNE AND CHUMBAWAMBAHave T***p derangement syndrome? Don't worry; be happy! Go with the flow. Things can always get worse, right?The dual apocalyptic visions featured today may derive from decades past, when anxiety within the zeitgeist was running hot, but they look positively edenic in retrospect. “All Things Must Pass,” as George Harrison prophetically wrote, and if that includes our entire civilization, we best make our peace with it. No bomb shelter can save us.Chumbawamba's 1997 hit “Tubthumping” had that ear worm: I Get Knocked Down, but I get up again,” which signified a contagious resiliency.  However, in this, their eerie cover of The BeeGees NY Mining Disaster 1941, the protagonists portrayed will probably never see daylight, or their families again. Jackson Browne's elegant metaphor of the approaching deluge that will sweep everything under its power has always brought tears to my eyes, even back when I first heard it in college. Now, as an elder, the hopeful innocence of the doomed weighs like an anchor on my heart. CHUMBAWAMBAThis group of anarchist-artists from Leeds, U.K., has been hard to pin down because their musicality encompassed so many different genres. Maybe that's the source of the Trump campaign's confusion when they tried to use the group's one hit TubThumping as their campaign rallying cry before Chumbawamba put a stop to that. (Reminiscent of Reagan and his attempted coopting of Springsteen's Born in the USA). Ironic because they are known for having crooned such leftist provocations as “So long, so long, Margaret Thatcher,” and “The Day the Nazi Died,” in their long career of social protest.  Their choice to cover the mid-60s BeeGees hit about a fictional mass grave in the making is intriguing. It sounds like a church hymn sung by an angelic choir. JACKSON BROWNEBefore the Deluge, the last song on the 1974, Late For The Sky record - (a perfect album, in my opinion) - is Jackson Browne at his best: with a heart wrenching melody (aided by David Lindley's keening violin), and a solid poetic metaphor that, in its specificity, encompasses worlds. As we follow the travails of the pilgrims who just want to live freely and honestly, apart from the excesses and corruption of the modern world, we watch with trepidation as their annihilation through compromise approaches. The “deluge” may be interpreted widely as a metaphor for whatever impending disaster one chooses. When Jackson sings: “let the music keep our spirits high, let the buildings keep our children dry, Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by, when the light that's lost within us reaches the sky,” its a prayer… a prayer that the dark forces within us and surrounding us may somehow be quelled and quieted.