July 23rd: RIP Ozzy. SODA BLONDE this Saturday in-store! New BLACK KEYS, new LAST DINNER PARTY and totes, WAR OF THE WORLDS Box Set, NIN Soundtrack, TOM PETTY Blu Ray, and doggie trouble.

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Hi folks

Hope all is well enough folks, 

Ozzy has left us….a great character, Sabbath and Oz had a huge influence on so many.

Edmundo ( a regular with us) was in Villa Park just a couple of weeks back to see him….Ozzy managed four songs….im fairly sure he knew the end was very near …recent boxset named “ see you on the other side”…it was like a religious experience i was told ( the gig in Birmingham)

Rest in Peace Ozzy , one of a kind

Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs

Releases for the 25th of July  include…

Well well well, i work from home on Mondays and was back in the shop yesterday morning about 20 minutes id say and who is in,  only “Tipp lad”….we see him about twice a year and he only has money once every couple of years, but i see him 36 hours after the final whistle….uncanny!!

Only messing Tipp lad….as i said to him, it must be the sweetest and one of the greatest All Irelands Tipp has ever won….it is in my living memory anyway….and do you know what, fair feckin play to them , fully deserved, fully fully deserved, its there to be won and they reached out and grabbed it.

This Cork team has given us great days again this year and have to pick themselves up now again … .really tough few days and weeks ahead for these young lads … .but going again is the only answer. That’s sport.

Anyhoo, congrats my Tipp friends, fully deserved and no complaints here, better team by far won the match. I don’t think it gets any sweeter than that one. Well done.

 

Releases in the shop then for Friday August 1 include….

 

Really really cracking instore this Saturday coming at 4 pm when we have SODA BLONDE instore with us.

They have a new EP out “ people pleaser” and they will perform tracks from the EP and sign copies afterwards.

If cant make it in and want a signed copy, just let us know!

Here is another belter from the EP

Soda Blonde – The Saddest Thing (Official Lyric Video)

 

The main week we are plugging in the newsletter is for releases on the 8th of August … .if interested , shout please…

 

Going to hand ye over to Shane now as usual as he takes ye down the road ….

Hi all, hope ye’re doing ok. Thanks, Ray!

Yes, RIP to the legend Ozzy. Sabbath created metal, for me. Tony Iommi’s doomy riffs, distortion and note choices hit different, and coupled with Ozzy’s dark lyrics, it was totally new. Iommi loved horror films of the 60s and he felt the draw would be there if mixed with music too. Ozzy was a brilliant frontman for that. A mad bastard at times. I read Nicki Sixx from Motley Crues book, and they said that Ozzy was the maddest of them all.
Great song choice above, Ray, very much rings true with the state the world is in these days.
I was in a band as a teen and we used to play that and ‘Paranoid’.
Here’s one that reminds me of listening to Kerrang TV growing up, and again poignant. RIP Ozzy, Legend: https://youtu.be/LCCiwPEdEpg?si=lpF3hI-tlNO7xa3g

First one to mention for down the road is the brand new album from The LAST DINNER PARTY – From the Pyre. There will be CD, standard LP or indies Coloured Vinyl of it. And also, we’re getting some tote bags free to anyone who pre-orders the album.

This is their second album I think. There was a buzz around the first one in the siopa. Here’s a new track from it: https://youtu.be/4T5nNmaTPEY?si=fonAoi-fUJinPESm
Bit of a peaky blinders vibe going on there. The album is out on October 17th.

There’s a deluxe reissue of JEFF WAYNE’s – WAR OF THE WORLDS Musical coming out on August 8th. Every second person’s Dad had this.
It’s going to be a Deluxe 16 CD+2 Blu Ray box set with loads of extras.

And another one that caught my eye is the new Soundtrack for the movie TRON: ARES by NINE INCH NAILS. The trailer for it looks good. Daft Punk did the last movie soundtrack. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are well used to doing soundtracks nowadays.
Here’s a track from it:
https://youtu.be/-Sj-FmI5JfA?si=chzeaJWSJ3aUBnKS
Really like that, to be honest. The indies version of the vinyl is red coloured and comes with alternate cover and poster. Release date is 19/9/25. (The movie is out on October 10th.)

Here’s the lisht of the rest coming soon:

Think that’s everything. Had a few stressful days earlier in the week. Our dog, Taylor, was sick. (We have two, Hayley and Taylor.) Swollen stomach and shivering etc. We thought the worst. Had to step out on Monday to bring her to the vet. She was given light food and some injections and it wasn’t as bad as we thought. Phew. Part of the family as I know ye understand.
Thanks to Adam for covering the few hours for me.

Anyway, slán. Might see ye at the SODA BLONDE in-store.

Thanks Shane

Glad the dog is feeling better, it might have been the match that upset her.

Sin e for this week folks

Thanks for listening as always

Ray, Shane, Adam Og and Mia