NEWS
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Emerald Germs nears completion
Read more: Emerald Germs nears completionEmerald Germs (score for radioplays written by Pat McCabe, book out Christmas 2000) is being recorded now and has to be handed in by May. The shows go on air in June, for 10 weeks. The stories are based around ‘Pat McNab, a 46 year old psycho who lives with his ‘mammy’.’ Maurice, Gav and Pat have full artistic control over it. The music is off the wall: ‘mental, culchie rock, 70’s kitch, cinema, celtic, showband, trash, comedy, horror, etc’. In May they will start working on the score for ‘Disco Pigs’, a film directed by Kirstin Sheridan. Gavin may…
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Art Shapes on line chat
Read more: Art Shapes on line chatMarch 15, 2000 artshapes_dotcom: The phone is ringing….. and ringing….. We have Gavin Friday with us. Thank you for staying up late tonight for us, Gavin. What were you up to earlier in the evening? Gavin Friday: I was in the studio writing and recording scores for an RTE musical under the title of Emerald Germs by Pat McCabe. Myself and Maurice are working on it, writing and recording. Next month the actors are recorded. It will be mixed in May and broadcast in mid summer for 9-10 weeks carolinevonb asks: Does Pat McCabe have a musical say in what…
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Emerald Germs update
Read more: Emerald Germs updateGavin and Maurice are currently working on the score for 9 radioplays written by Patrick McCabe. The plays will be aired on RTE radio later this year.
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ArtShapes.com chat
Read more: ArtShapes.com chatGavin Friday will be chatting online at ArtShapes.com on March 15. “The chat will take place at http://chat.yahoo.com and should last approximately one hour. We will be accepting questions from 7pm EST (Midnight GMT). Simply visit the chat room and use the “Ask” box to submit your questions.”
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Brown Thomas Fashion Show 2000
Read more: Brown Thomas Fashion Show 2000Gavin will be modelling at the Brown Thomas International Fashion Show in Dublin next Friday (11th) which will be broadcast live on RTE’s ‘Kenny’s Late Late Show’
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It’s MUC day
Read more: It’s MUC dayIt’s MUC day! In Ireland, you can lodge your moolah at AIB branches throughout the country.
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Muc day announced
Read more: Muc day announcedGet ready for MUC day on January 28! Full details at www.mucoink.com. Gavin will be appearing on the Gerry Ryan show and on INN (independent news network) next Thursday, 27th January. This will be syndicated to all regional stations in Ireland
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Gavin’s all kinds of everything
Read more: Gavin’s all kinds of everythingLast night on RTE’s Saturday Live, Gavin joined host Dana and pop group Westlife amongst other guests for a version of ‘Silent Night’. The performance came shortly after Gavins interview with Dana in which he talked about his visit to Kosovo. When asked to liken what he saw there to an Irish equivalent he said that it would be like “all the people of Phibsboro and Finglas being forced out to the countryside and then finding their homes ruined upon return.” Gavin endeared himself to Dana and the audience by by confessing it was Dana’s Eurovision winning entry All Kinds…
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Who’s the Boy?
Read more: Who’s the Boy?The Millennium issue of the Irish Independent will contain a piece by ‘Gavin Friday and the Boy d’Angelo’. Look for a copy of the piece on gavinfriday.com in early January.
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Dana to meet Gavin and Muc
Read more: Dana to meet Gavin and MucGavin and Muc are going to be guests on “Saturday Live” on RTE 1 (Irish television) on the 18th of December. Their host for the evening will be Dana. This week’s RTE Guide (Ireland) features a piece about Gavin and Kosovo. Gavin has recorded a show for Radio One (Ireland) to go out between 6pm – 8pm on Christmas Day called ‘John Kelly’s Christmas Cardigan’. Gavin, Maurice and a couple of other musicians recorded ‘Fatal Flower Garden’ (one of the Harry Smith songs) to be aired on the show.