February 2008
If you wish to contact me email me at bigmonsterlove at gmail dot com . If email's not your style I'm also on myspace, just click here. I'm even on bebo, just click right about here to have a look.
I thought it was time to overhaul the look of the Big Monster Love site as it looked kind of grim and I'm not really that grim a person. So, just in time for March 17th I've made it green looking. Thanks to Peter for the illustration in the top right hand side. The navigation has been tinkered with a wee bit and there are more MP3s available.
December 2007
The Christmas EP featuring yours truly, The Yeh Deadlies, So Cow, Jonny Fun and Silence This Noise will be available soon. email me @ bigmonsterlove at gmail dot com for details or to reserve yourself a copy. Further details to follow. Meanwhile for the terminally bored here are some links:
Homoludo
The Truth About The Hoverboards In Back To The Future II
The Easy Way To $100,000
Bollywood Beatles Rendition of 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' (video)
October 2007
The months roll by. Jakers! Not much news, got a mention in the NME courtesy of Mick Pyro from Republic of Loose, you can read it in the about section. I'm as always looking for gigs so drop us a line or add me on myspace or band me(?) on bebo and giz a holler if you want me baby. My email address is bigmonsterlove at gmail dot com or you can always try marryapersonality at gmail dot com. I'm slowly demoing "the" album on a 4-track recorder. Old skool all the way. Recommended listening this month includes: The Herring and The Bring by Mumblin' Deaf Ro' and The Inistioge Folly by The Sick And Indigent Song Club. Fantastic albums both.
August 2007
Yes it's that time of month again. I'm glad to announce that I'm playing The King Pr0n Club again this Thursday. Well that is if I get my damn project completed for college by then. This time I'm playing alongside The Show and My Brother Woody. I recently played Anseo again under the aegis of the Hefty Horse posse where Elsworth Cambs released their wonderful new ep. My Brother Woody's single Hanging Around can be purchased from emusic here. In other news CMX and Tanya D have released a single that you can download by texting'music 486' to 57501 now. The single is called "Breakthrough" and They're looking to chart in Ireland so get texting. It only costs 99c. Check www.downloadmusic.ie for more details. The real world cd single can be purchased from CD World in Dundalk and Abbey Discs, Freebird Records, Road Records and All City in Dublin.
July 2007
Last night's gig with Mr. Mumblin' Deaf Ro' went well. It was my first gig with a piano. I'm hoping to play a few more gigs like that soon. If anyone wants to donate an electric piano contact me :) . I have a new demo up on myspace, the song is called A Kiss Out Of Tune.Next week I'll be playing in the wonderful environs of the Bell, Book & Candle in Galway at the behest of the Mirakil Whip folks. It's on Wednesday the 25th. A whole shedload of other bands are playing as part of the week long Bell, Book & Candle Festival, more info here. Starts at 6pm sharpish. Also on next week is the début of the new line up of The Yeh Deadlies at The King Pr0n Club. Playing alongside them are Galway INDIE comet, So Cow and Leinster's finest Stoat! Click on the poster for further details.
April 2007
Thanks to ABBA I can finally score: On misheard lyrics and the American military/industrial complex circa 1960s.
I had a fan (yes believe it or not i have a fan!) quote his favourite lyric of mine to me recently "Thanks to ABBA I can finally score". It's a great lyric but unfortunately I didn't write it. The line is "Thanks to ARPA I can finally score". So what is ARPA? ARPA stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency which was an agency of the US Department of Defence. This agency (latterly redubbed DARPA with the addition of Defence to the title) specialises in research and development of military applications. Back in the 1960s while others enjoyed The Beatles, marajuana, Cliff Richard, the pill, and the escalating Viet Nam War, ARPA was providing funding and logistics for the establishment of ARPAnet. This telecommunications network, that linked computers at various facilities across the United States was the precursor of the internet. It was designed so that if any node in the network was attacked and destroyed the network itself would survive. For further information on this fascinating topic consult your local library, book depository, or infobahn terminal.