Photo robbed (hoping he won’t mind) from Keith Bohanna

So last night in Dublin myself, Costigan and 298 other people (maybe a few more or less) turned out for the 2008 Moviestar.ie Irish Web Awards.

While we had made plans to attend long before the longlists and shortlists were announced, it was nice also nice to be represented in two categories - myself as Best Podcaster with Playlist Mix (weekly on a Tuesday) and myself and Ross there to represent KilkennyMusic.com in the Best Music Site category. Little did I think I’d be walking away with a trophy and a bottle of champagne to match!

Then of course, little did Elly Parker think she’d end up wearing the bottle of champagne, but when someone sprays you in Formula One-style celebration, it’s only right to return the gesture.

I’ve no idea what I said in accepting the award - nothing to do with the two pints and a tequila I’d had before taking my seat for the start - but the surprise was genuine and I apologise if I sounded like a babbling idiot on stage. Though photo evidence suggests that both Ross and Darragh have the acceptance on video.

Seriously though - thank you. To the judges, to the other podcasters in the category, to Karl Deeter of Irish Mortage Brokers (category sponsor), to Damien and the web awards gang, Moviestar.ie (I’ve been looking for a new DVD player for ages), Darragh and Niamh for the roof over our heads for the night, to those of you who listen to the podcast and those of you who have yet to listen to the podcast (there’s plenty more to come!). Thanks to Ross as well, always nice to have one of your own share in something like that. Though I blame you for the tequila issues throughout the night. God help the Radisson staff… the look of sheer wonder and disgust on their faces at the same time.

Winning an award aside, the IWAs was simply one of the best nights had out in ages. There were a whole lot of hugs, drinks, chats, random singing, dancing, eating (the food was outstanding), more drinking, more chats, more hugs (why all the hugging?) and finally getting to meet up with the likes of Eoghan, Robin and more.

While it was good to catch up with familiar faces, the awards once again served as a fantastic outlet for connecting with new faces. Introductions were made, chats were had, ideas shared, plans revealed and batted around.

Forget to mention too - thanks (again) to Damien… for the poster. Something I developed as more of a promo graphic to be passed around blogs will now hang on my wall in an extremely lifesize manor… it’s huge, the print quality is great and it’s a total bonus

Of course, like an idiot, I left the award behind me. Shows how much I was actually expecting to win! Having guarded it safely for the night and stashing it behind the couch on returning to the house from the hotel, I remembered to pack everything into the van… except the award stashed safely behind the house.

While it gets minded in Dublin until Wednesday or Thursday, I’m going to pick out a shelf to hang and place the award on… it’s not all that often I pick up an award so I’ll treasure that one.

Thanks.

Seriously.

Thanks.

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This week you’ll get five of six of your acts coming from Ireland while you’re sixth act has been visiting and performing in Ireland over the last ten years or so.

There’s music on the cards from

1. Dirty Epics - The Cure
2. Rich Wyman - Colours
3. Darragh J. Glennon - Closer
4. Baby Jenx - Sell Yourself
5. Lights Over Phoenix - Faceless
6. Burma Shade - Bitter

The podcast is nominated for Best Podcast(er) at the 2008 Irish Web Awards and although I’m not expecting anything in the slightest, it’s going to be great to get to Dublin at the weekend (not often I do) and catch up with the crowd up there and those I’ve gotten to know over the last few months and years.

As always, feel free to send your tracks and comments to podcast@playlistmix.com.

If you’re heading along to the awards, be sure and say hello.

Until next week,

Enjoy.

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This week you’re treated to a broad range of tracks with a few punked up numbers in the middle thanks to me catching Strike Anywhere in action in Galway last night.

Here’s this mix for show #38

1. ODi - A Superman
2. Strike Anywhere - Chorus Of One
3. My Morning Jacket - O Is The One That Is Real
4. The Pinup Girls - The Five Minute Hallway
5. Sundial Project - Waking Up Tomorrow
6. Alkaline Trio - Queen Of Pain

Enjoy this weeks show and don’t forget to partner up on the myspace or drop the studio a line to get your music included on an upcoming Playlist Mix podcast.

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On a day when the podcast was named on the shortlist for Best Podcast at the 2008 Irish Web Awards (I’m secretly thrilled but oh so surprised at the same time), I get to bring you another six acts, six more tracks from independent and podsafe acts - this week from the US, Canada and Scotland amongst others.

You’re treated to

• Pato Banton - ‘Heal This World’
• South - ‘Symmetry’
• doublePark - ‘I Don’t Want To Party’
• Comrade Down - ‘Alone’
• The Substitutes - ‘Hardcore California’
• Stereomovers - ‘Waiting’

As always, don’t forget to drop me an email (though there was a small flood in this week, or at least it felt that way on a submissions basis!) to podcast@playlistmix.com or check out the MySpace and add the podcast as a friend.

From the dark (literally) studio on a late Tuesday night, enjoy this week’s mix

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Last week I mentioned the podcast had been longlisted for Best Podcast(er) at the 2008 Irish Web Awards. So I’m delighted to be able to turn around and say that the Playlist Mix Podcast, whose 37th show hits later tonight, has made it to the final five alongside Nialler9, Irish Beats, PC Live Radio and Mum Centric.

Getting nominated was a thrill, getting shortlisted is a real bonus. Looking forward to meeting the other podcasters, some of whom I already know or at least have spoken to (bar those behind Mum Centric), when the awards hit Dublin on October 11th.

For this evening though, it’s on to show #37 with more music, including a new track from Pato Banton… who’d have thought!

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Needless to say, I’m honoured to be featured at this early stage and fingers crossed there’ll be a place on the shortlist. One can but hope. Regardless of places on much shorter lists, the podast returns again, with a little extra added to this week’s show. See if you can spot the difference and let me know what you think.

There’s music this week from…

1. Vesta Varro – Believe
2. Planet Rewind - Beached
3. This Is Fiction – Day Dreamer
4. Annie Golliath – Roller Coaster Ride
5. Satellite State – Plans
6. Ro Tierney – Sing For The Children

Want to get in touch? Email the studio (my bedroom / office / workstation / recording studio / kitchen) on podcast@playlistmix.com or hit the contact form here. Love to hear from you, get your music and see what you think of the show.

Until next week,

Take it easy.

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I’m delighted to see the show included amongst some of the creme of Irish podcasts. More more details, see my note on kenmc.com earlier today.

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I should also mention, if there are any podcasters or social media junkies or enthusiasts (including bands!) interested in discovering how you can use social media tools and technologies to promote yourself online, then why not drop along to PodCamp Ireland taking place in Kilkenny this coming September 27th (a Saturday).

Plugs aside, here’s what you’ve got this week…

1. Myp Et Jeep - Enough Is Enough
2. Codaphonic - Never Slows Down
3. Chemical Addiction - Brian Jones
4. The Distraction - Meet The Wrecking Ball
5. General Fuzz - Eye Heart Knot
6. Curious - Rain

If you’ve enjoyed listening to the show or would like to get in touch and submit your own music for inclusion then drop me a line - podcast@playlistmix.com.

Until next week,

Take it easy.

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So yeah, the podcast is back, the mics are being dusted off, inboxes being cleared of music and snippets on bands and gigs and I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things.

Picking up exactly where things left off in May, the podcast returns with another six tracks from another six acts for you. This week you have the pleasure of listening to

1. Saving J - ‘Kick Off’
2. Supernova Scotia - ‘Oxen’
3. South - ‘Wasted’
4. Virginia Coalition - ‘Home This Year’
5. Citizens Of Contrary Knowledge - ‘Complicated’
6. Twilight Dementia - ‘Aftermath’

As always, if you want to get involved by sending in comments, audio comments tracks for the podcast, suggestions for bands or indeed your own preferred six tracks for a nominated podcast then please do email me, podcast@playlistmix.com. I’d love to hear from you.

Until next week, let’s settle back into the groove and enjoy PLM 34.

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Me? I’ve been immersed in a summer of theatre with The Devious Theatre Company, who I’ll shortly start producing a series of podcast plays for.

The good news for you? The Playlist Mix is set to return in a week’s time, picking right up where things left off, perhaps with a bit of a revamp in place and perhaps with a few more features in the mix as well.

Don’t be afraid… get subscribing today!

To the 170+ acts who have been submitted my way in the last three months, thank you very much, rest assured your music will get into the show eventually. In the mean time, if you’ve got anything to add then don’t be afraid to get in touch!

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Of course, I say that in the most sarcastic way possible. Having missed the Playlist Mix last week due to crazy time constraints, I arrived home after a weekend away to a phone call that went something like…

Ken, are these two bags here yours?

That was all I needed. The fact is, the two bags were mine. The had gone with me at the weekend as I was performing up the country on Saturday night, taking all vocal mics, studio mics, all my small cables, headphones and laptop charger (for my currently dead laptop and inaccessible ProTools).

Being the genius that I am, I embarked on my 6:30am drive home on Monday morning and got the phone call when I hit Kilkenny informing me I had left the afore mentioned bags behind me. How I missed them I’ll never know.

Alas, it appears that not tonight, but possibly tomorrow night will be the earliest I can retrieve said bags, the bags hopefully arriving in time for the Sound System Podcast with KilkennyMusic.com.

Thankfully, there’s a bank holiday weekend ahead so I can assure you that normal transmission will in fact resume next Tuesday with show #34 at long last!

Sorry it’s been a quiet month so far.

Listen back to the previous show… (#33)

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This week sees the return of Canadian metal outfit Inner Surge to the podcast along with newcomers to PlaylistMix.com in the form of

• +Nurse - ‘Gideons’
• Starewell - ‘Broke And Out Of Money’
• Perpetual Emotion Machine ‘Port Moody (150 Dollar Version)’
• Bloodshot Eyez - ‘Fix Me’
• The Puffins - ‘Bad Boys From Leningrad’
• Inner Surge - ‘From The Depths’

If you would like your music featured on the podcast or you would like to nominate / suggest a band or track for the show then email me now on podcast@playlistmix.com. Don’t forget to include MySpace links / Bebo links / iTunes links where possible.

Until next week…

K

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In the mean time, you can listen back to Playlist Mix 32 (download here) and Playlist Mix 31 (download here)!

All will resume with regular programming next week! Don’t forget to keep your email submissions coming in, just drop me a line to podcast@playlistmix.com!

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On this week’s podcast you’ve got tunes from

• Brother Love - ‘Summertime’
• Plunkett - ‘Flies’
• The Krinkles - ‘Still In Love’
• Ghostface Killah - ‘Charlie Brown’ (DJ Mehdi remix)
• The Riot Before - ‘Take That The Government’
• The Beautiful Girls - ‘Sir, Your Fashion Has The Heart Of A Killer’

Submit your music to the podcast by emailing podcast@playlistmix.com. Don’t forget to include a biography, photo and your music (most importantly!).

Until next week… enjoy the mix.

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You’ve got acts from Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and the US in this mix as we go from roots to acoustic to instrumental to rock and beyond.

The tracks this week come from

• Anti-Hero - ‘Unpretty’
• After Son - ‘Tango Mortale’
• New York Fashion Week - ‘Down On The Madman’
• Creature Republic - ‘Blisters’
• Clive Barnes - ‘Danville Girl’
• Rilo Kiley - ‘With Arms Outstretched’

Get involved in the podcast - submit your MP3s and bios to the studio by emailing podcast@playlistmix.com or by connecting on MySpace, visit myspace.com/playlistpodcast for the details.

Until next week…

Enjoy.

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A nice milestone podcast to reach is number 30! Don’t forget to vote for your favourite band from this week’s mix, last week’s top vote going to The Most Serene Republic.

For the 30th podcast you’ve got music from

• My American Heart - ‘Boys Grab Your Guns’
• Karmacoda - ‘Turn’
• Climax - ‘Lying’
• Scanners - ‘Lowlife’
• Rock Kills Kid - ‘Raise Your Hands’
• Velvet Code - ‘Trust Fund Girl’

Don’t forget too, you can get in touch with the podcast by emailing podcast@playlistmix.com. You could also drop by the Playlist Mix MySpace, leave a comment below, click here to contact the show or even subscribe via iTunes or via RSS!

So many ways, so much good music.

Until next week,

Enjoy.

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There’s also a new addition to PlaylistMix.com - check the homepage or individual pages (like this one) and you’ll find the new Playlist Mix Poll where I’m asking you to vote each week for your favourite act! All you’ve to do is click the name of your favourite act from this week’s show and cast your vote - couldn’t be easier.

For the moment we’ll look at finding out who your favourite bands are from each week’s mix, what type of music you’re into but more importantly, when it comes to the milestone shows things can turn around on the podcast - rather than showcasing my favourites, lets pick up YOUR favourites so you can again have your say!

You can cast your vote for any of the following acts on this week’s show…

• The Superfantastics - ‘What Will We Do Now?’
• The Most Serene Republic - ‘Sherry & Her Butterfly Net’
• Mighty Mystic - ‘Shootout’
• Headway - ‘Finish What We Started’
• A Pack Of Wolves - ‘A Whole In The Ground’
• AMe One - Umbra (Downtempo Mix)

Don’t forget - get in touch if you can by emailing podcast@playlistmix.com and if you’re a newcomer to the Playlist Mix, maybe you’d like to subscribe to the podcast feed?

Until next week…

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Well, foolish by name but certainly not by nature, if you take a listen! You’ve got a nice blend of rock and indie, peppered with a dash of 80’s rock influence (you’ll spot it). From clowns to dead men to lippy children, enjoy this week’s show.

Anyway, this week you’re treated to music from

• Acrojunk - ‘Generation X-Squared’
• The Band Of The Eye - ‘Lippy Children’
• My Best Fiend - ‘Dead Man’
• Kat Jones - ‘Sleeping Winter Fool’
• Rubber Clown Car - ‘Only Fools Fall In Love’
• Ian Parry - ‘Fools Don’t Cry’

Thanks again for choosing to download and listen to the Playlist Mix Podcast. If you’ve got any comments or thoughts then don’t be shy in sharing them. Drop an email to studio B by contacting podcast@playlistmix.com or hop over to the Playlist Mix MySpace and leave a note there.

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But, me being me I’m still counting the revival of the podcast as the official anniversary so I’ll see you in October for some cake, that’s when the whole thing took off.

Anyway, this week there’s music from a selection of new and old acts with all but one act having featured previously on the show. You might be getting old acts but you’re getting new music!

There’s tunes from

• Pora! Pora! - ‘Black Water’
• Jupiter One - ‘Unglued’
• The Comfies - ‘Close To Me’
• British Sea Power - ‘Waving Flags’
• Codaphonic - ‘Never Slows Down’
• The Primary Lines - ‘Charm’

If you’re a new or existing listener then why not let me know what you think? Drop an email to the studio at podcast@playlistmix.com or leave a note on the Playlist Mix MySpace. Don’t be shy!

Back in a week with six more tracks for you.

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In my case, I’m cramming in the podcasts, back again with another Playlist Mix for you with six tracks from six acts around the world including stop offs in Florida and Chicago, up to Canada and over as far as Finland.

I also see the podcast subscriber numbers starting to rise a little bit - thank you very much If you do like what you hear then don’t be a stranger and instead why not let me know what you think? Drop me an email on podcast@playlistmix.com or better still - keep up to date with the podcast by subscribing to the RSS feed!

This week there’s music from

• Low Sea Roar - ‘Black Sea’
• Strive - ‘Away From Here’
• Big Bang Radio - ‘Radio’
• Valerian - ‘Soldier Of Fortune’
• The Alrights - ‘City Underground’
• Deerfoot - ‘Elves On Patrol’

Next week’s show (the “technical” anniversary show will be recorded over the Easter weekend for release early Tuesday evening - or at least that’s the plan for the moment). Until then… take it easy.

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