FED TO RED BIRDS by RIJN COLLINS
Congratulations to Stereo Stories writer Rijn Collins on the publication, today, of her debut novel, Fed to Red Birds.
Congratulations to Stereo Stories writer Rijn Collins on the publication, today, of her debut novel, Fed to Red Birds.
I was in my new outfit and if truth be told I looked a bit like Thurston Howell III from Gilligan’s Island. I think most of the girls there thought so too.
Once Upon A Time there was a band. A band that was Made In Dublin. And there was a girl. Who wasn’t Made In Dublin. But was formed there. In a way. In the 1980s and the 1990s. In the parts of Ballymun that passed themselves off as Glasnevin.
A big thank you to Irish radio station Newstalk, which quoted a Stereo Story on Tuesday 21 February.
So, had I ever heard of CSN, he asked? (Wait, what!? Was that a news channel? A law firm?) No, I had not.
You don’t have to agree on everything, you don’t have to like the same bands, or like the same bands as much, but there is a bond, a thread.
Whether it be websites or concerts, radio or books or podcasts, there is no shortage of personal stories about the songs that shape our lives.
They rode a flying carpet together and travelled with birds.
My muso son Dan texted me. He said that a friend of a friend of a friend is a daughter of a TISM band member.
Hope plays with with The Stiletto Sisters, The Persephone Project, My Friend The Chocolate Cake and many others.