http://www.darraghmurray.com It is not the critic who counts Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:59:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm always interested in hearing a cover - some can be bad (i.e. Celine Dion's covering AC/DC), some can be strange (Of Montreal covering "Know Your Onion" by the Shins), and some can sound as good or better than the original (Elliot Smith's divine cover of the Kinks's "Waterloo Sunset"). You ... http://www.darraghmurray.com/reviews/music/bowie-done-by-the-fields/ I had to take dm.com offline for a bit. Spam was becoming a bit of a problem, and I had upgrade wordpress. I've posted most of the notes that I had been writing on facebook over the past few months (mostly travel stories related to South America). http://www.darraghmurray.com/website-news/and-were-back/ Well, well. I’m well behind on my travel blogging, but I’ve decided to skip ahead and report some of the details of my recent adventure to the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Arts which I experienced for the first time during the past week. Glasto has the reputation for being a ... http://www.darraghmurray.com/reviews/music/the-glastonbury-08-report/ My last tale from the traveler’s beard involved the events that occurred on my Inca trail adventure. You may recall that after the annoyances of my trip back from Aguas Calientes, I had consumed a curry and headed off to bed. Not for too long it seems. For the first ... http://www.darraghmurray.com/travel/cusco-cusco-cusco-post-inca-trail/ Well, we were up at 4 am. Steve wasn’t in a great mood, having had little sleep. Our fairly cramped quarters combined with the cold and the wet was beginning to wear our patience slightly thin. We gringos need our gringo comforts. The porters had to disassemble our tents, ... http://www.darraghmurray.com/travel/the-inca-trail-fourth-and-final-day/ Well, well, it has been some time. I’m currently typing this entry from my pal’s place in San Francisco in the US, and it has taken me some time to get reliable and prolonged internet access. Let me continue my story on Maccu Picchu, and describe the events of day ... http://www.darraghmurray.com/travel/the-inca-trail-day-three/