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You can count on Friday
Read more: You can count on FridayRTE Late Late Show, Tribute to Jim Sheridan, October 31, 2003 by Patrick Lynch Gavin and Maurice were among the many guests who appeared on a two hour tribute show to film director Jim Sheridan on Ireland’s Late Late show on Friday night. Gavin told host Pat Kenny they have worked with Sheridan since 1993’s In The Name of the Father. Gavin has known Sheridan since the late 70s, when Sheridan ran the Project Arts Centre in Dublin and gave the Virgin Prunes a stage to play on. Doing a spot on impression of the director he said Jim had…
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Irish pals sink their teeth into ‘Peter and the Wolf’
Read more: Irish pals sink their teeth into ‘Peter and the Wolf’“Usually, what (children) are hearing is drum machines and Dr. Dre or heavy-metal guitars,” he says via telephone from Dublin. What he and Seezer wanted to do is show “there’s a few other instruments out there.” Gavin talks to USA Today. Check the right hand column for an additional real audio excerpt from the phone interview.
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Wolf on Lyric FM, Gavin and Maurice on Mystery Train
Read more: Wolf on Lyric FM, Gavin and Maurice on Mystery TrainTonight on Lyric FM in Ireland, a one-hour documentary about Peter and the Wolf on October 31st, at 7pm. Both Gavin and Maurice are interviewed. Lyric FM broadcast in Ireland and online. Gavin and Maurice appeared on John Kelly’s Mystery Train tonight at 8pm to talk about and play some of the In America soundtrack on the Mystery Train (archive) before heading off to the RTE TV studios for the Late Late Show’s Tribute to Jim Sheridan. Three tracks off the soundtrack were played: ‘Mr American Dream’, ‘Time Enough For Tears’ and ‘All Our Troubles Have Flown Away.’ They discussed…
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Director Jim reveals filial hand in movie ‘love poem to family’
Read more: Director Jim reveals filial hand in movie ‘love poem to family’The Irish Independent covers the ‘In America’ premiere. DIRECTOR Jim Sheridan last night decribed his new movie ‘In America’ which was premiered in Dublin as “a love poem to my family”. Driving wind and rain meant a group of only 10 people turned out to greet those arriving at the Savoy Cinema but nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of the delighted director. Accompanying Mr Sheridan last night were his wife Fran and daughters Tess (18) and Kirsten along with cast members Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine and sisters Sarah (12) and Emma (8) Bolger. Mr Sheridan described their performances as the…
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An Evening at Christie’s
Read more: An Evening at Christie’sU2 fan describes the invitation only Peter and the Wolf reception at Christie’s in L.A (October 14, 2003): An Evening at Christie’s. “After a while, a lovely Irishwoman was introduced. It turns out she’s the President of the Irish Hospice Foundation. She gave a lovely speech telling the story of how Gavin got involved with the project. Then she told of how Bono came over to her house with the girls one Saturday, and did all the drawings that day! He had some studies prepared (which were hung at Christie’s also), but he did most of the actual illustrating that…
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Time Enough for Tears
Read more: Time Enough for TearsLet’s read the trees and their autumn leaves As they fall like a dress undone At the end of summers love will find lovers Who need the shadows of a winter’s sun Don’t tell me you’re leaving We can hide in the evening It’s getting darker than it should If we read the leaves as they blow in the breeze Would it stop us now my love Time enough for hard questions Time enough for all our fears Time is tougher than we both know yet Time enough for tears The moon is milk and the sky where it split…
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Ordering Peter and the Wolf in your local bookstore
Read more: Ordering Peter and the Wolf in your local bookstoreNo credit card? Get your local bookstore to order the Peter and the Wolf boxed set from Bloomsbury. Details as follows: Peter & The Wolf by Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer, and Bono publishers: Bloomsbury ISBN 0747570604 Audio CD on Hardback, boxed set 64 pages. (Dutch book shops have the set listed at € 26,50.)
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Gavin on Newstalk Radio 106FM, Lyric FM, Late Late Show
Read more: Gavin on Newstalk Radio 106FM, Lyric FM, Late Late ShowGavin will be on Dublin Life with Carol Moran and Eoin Sweeney on Newstalk Radio 106FM in Ireland on Friday (tomorrow) at 3pm GMT. It’s a 45 minute show, Gavin will be talking about ‘his Dublin’ as well as Peter and the Wolf and ‘In America’. 106FM is broadcast on Irish radio and online. The Artszone on Lyric FM in Ireland will be broadcasting a one-hour documentary about Peter and the Wolf on October 31st, at 7pm. Both Gavin and Maurice are interviewed. Lyric FM broadcast in Ireland and online. The Late Late Show on RTE will be doing a…
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‘In America’ wins 30th Flanders International Film Festival
Read more: ‘In America’ wins 30th Flanders International Film Festival‘In America’ by Irish director Jim Sheridan has won the Grand Price for Best Film at the 30th International Filmfestival Flanders-Ghent, Belgium. Producer Arthur Lappin accepted the EUR25,000 award. (Yahoo report) Gavin and Maurice wrote the film’s score.
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Dublin launch of Wolf exhibition
Read more: Dublin launch of Wolf exhibitionThe exhibition of Bono’s illustrations for Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer’s Peter and the Wolf project is launched officially in Dublin today. The paintings had been on show in Dublin’s City Hall since October 1. They will be at Christie’s in London, October 6-8 and will travel to the USA after that. (schedule)