darragh murray

It is not the critic who counts

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A place where I can write irrelevant anecdotes that make me sound like a pretentious git.

Archive for November, 2007

In answering this post’s title question, I’m not exactly sure. What I am sure of is that the Shins write some pretty damn good songs. James Mercer, the lead singer and songwriter writes lyrics that make me feel severely inadequate by comparison. While I’m not going to write any lengthy essay on “why I like [...]

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Argh! At work today a computer took ill. An XP SP2 Box, which had been working faithfully for the past 3 years, had suddenley decided to disallow its users from accessing any program executables through the desktop and via the control panel. This problem started occuring while I was away, so I wasn’t actually present [...]

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The English football media have been consistently stating that this Saturday’s match against Manchester United is the defining test of Arsenal’s resolve to lift the premiership trophy this season. It’s fairly early in the season to be making such bold statements, but many believe that if Arsenal can beat United tomorrow, they will lift the [...]

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