Jim Carroll

• Media Music business Pointyheaded stuff Society
• August 15, 2011, 09:34

We have reached the promised land when it comes to music. If you have the time to devote to listening, you will most certainly find enough music to occupy every scintilla of that time. Whether it’s new or old stock …

• Media
• July 20, 2011, 09:53

There are one or two things you shouldn’t do if you are a fabled media mogul whose bark and bite has kept a succession of politicians in your pocket. One of these is to to show that you’re actually out …

• Festivals Irish Times Live music Media Politics
• May 25, 2011, 09:17

This week’s Irish Times’ Culture Podcast was hosted and presented by arts editor Shane Hegarty and features Hugh Linehan, Sinead Gleeson and myself yakking about Queen Elizabeth, Barack Obama, Irish media coverage of these visits, Primavera and summer festivals. Have …

• Ireland Irish music Marketing Media
• April 19, 2011, 13:59

Around about a year ago, there was a lot of guffawing about Jedward on the back of the pair getting their P45s from Sony Music after one single. But, as OTR noted when the story broke, you had to wonder …

• Media
• April 8, 2011, 09:54

It’s a story to warm the cockles of every would-be media mogul’s heart. Yes, Dorothy, there is still cash to be made from magazines. Of course, Vice magazine is no longer just a magazine. What began as a free publication …

• Media TV
• April 6, 2011, 10:25

It was 1976 all over again last weekend as BBC4 began repeating Top of the Pops from that year. The Beeb plan to repeat the seminal music show in chronological order, starting with April 1976 (the date from which the …

• Irish music Media
• March 7, 2011, 09:33

Aslan have never enjoyed a great rep in certain quarters. You can chalk this down to many things, from the band’s music (brilliant, catchy pop songs which get played to death on the radio are not everyone’s cup of tea) …

• Live music Media
• January 27, 2011, 09:50

Is it really 20 years ago since Nirvana brought some teen spirit to Sir Henry’s and the Top Hat when they supported Sonic Youth? OTR rarely indulges in nostalgia, but I probably won’t be the only person who is transported …