• Friday and Bryars on Lyric FM

    The concert Gavin played with Gavin Bryars and the Crash Ensemble in Dublin (November 2005) will be repeated on RTE Lyric fm – Nova on Sunday evening, May 7th, at 8pm GMT. To listen online, click ‘Listen live’ on the site.

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  • Breakfast on Pluto: ‘All is forgiven’

    Self confessed ‘book slut’ Jessa Crispin writes about the book to film adaptation of Breakfast on Pluto on her weblog. She is ‘disturbed’ by the changing of Cillian Murphy’s character from Pussy to Kitty, but: ‘All is forgiven, however, for the casting of super dreamy Gavin Friday.’ If you missed Gav’s super dreamy performance in the theaters, fear not, the film is out on DVD.

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  • Neil Jordan on Gavin Friday

    The Breakfast on Pluto director talks to GreenCine about his work and mentions Gavin: “I knew Gavin was a great singer but I didn’t know that he could act. I brought him in. I did my little video test. I got right in my video camera, ‘Act, okay, let’s try it this way.’ In a little room like this [where we were sitting], he was floating. I thought it was great. I love that kind of acting where they don’t know they can act and they don’t know the rules of acting. They can never repeat what they’re doing. ”

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  • Gavin Friday – Baltimore Whores – Lyrics

    There were four old whores from Baltimore Drinking the blood red wine And all the conversation was “Yours is smaller than mine.” Chorus: Through me roly, poly, tickle my hole-y, Smell of my slimy slough, and drag your nuts across me guts, I’m one of the whorey crew. “You’re a liar,” said the first whore, “Mine’s as big as the air The birds fly in, the birds fly out, And never touch a hair.” Chorus “You’re a liar.” said the second, “Mine’s as big as the sea The ship sails in, the ship sails out Never troubles me.” Chorus “You’re…

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  • Interview – Rogue’s Gallery: ‘No time to rehearse, just go in and learn your part and sing it…’

    GavinFriday.com talks to Gavin about the Chanteys and Sea Songs tribute album and its all star line-up. Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Antony and the Johnsons, Bono and yourselves… that’s quite an impressive roll call: ‘It’s very ‘who’s in town’, very impromptu. Hal (Willner) has been doing workshops in different cities, Seattle and London and New York. No time to rehearse, just go in and learn your part and sing it.’ Fresh from Willner’s Dublin workshop, Gavin Friday rattles off details of the sessions in Westland Studios. He serves up the lyrics of one of his songs with gusto, characterising the…

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  • Gavin records ‘chantey’ songs with Hal Willner

    Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer, Dave-id, Guggi, Bono and Andrea Corr and a full ensemble have been working with producer Hal Willner in a Dublin studio this past week. The impromptu ensemble came together to record songs for a tribute album of ‘chantey and seamen’s work songs’.

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  • Staking our claim at MySpace.com

    We noticed there are a number of imposters hiding out at MySpace.com, so we thought we’d jump in the mire and set up the one and only ‘real’ MySpace profile. It’s *Mr* Gavin Friday, don’t you know. http://myspace.com/mrgavinfriday

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  • Ryan Tubridy’s Baker’s Dozen

    Gavin appeared on the Ryan Tubridy show on RTE 1 on the 15th and got to answer Ryan’s Baker’s Dozen. In the evening he was on the 2FM’s Dave Fanning show, talking about the album that changed his life: David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

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  • Sony Pictures announces Breakfast on Pluto DVD

    From MoviesOnline: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced the 2005 dramedy “Breakfast on Pluto”, which stars Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson and Cillian Murphy. The film will be presented in 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Extras include an audio commentary, behind the scenes featurette and more. The disc will be available to own when it hits store shelves April 18, 2006. DVD Details: 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen English Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Commentary with Director Neil Jordan and Cillian Murphy Behind the Scenes of “Breakfast on Pluto” featurette Conversation with the Director Neil…

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  • Bauhaus: ‘I bet Gavin’s behind all this…’

    The Dublin Event Guide interviews Bauhaus bassist David J and asks him about the band playing with the Virgin Prunes in the 80s. Q: Looking back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, you shared some stage space with the Virgin Prunes. Do you have fond memories of those days? David J: “We did some dates with them all right. Isn’t Gavin Friday in that new film Breakfast On Pluto? We got on famously when we did those early dates. I remember once we were in Newcastle and we went into this real rough docker’s pub. We had just done…

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