By Paddy McCarthy This week’s Out&About is dedicated to a gentleman who deserves to be sitting at the right hand side of the man himself, Our Lord God and probably is by now. I am so saddened on the passing...
Report by Brad Balfour Along with Randy Newman, Paul Williams and Van Dyke Parks among others, pop singer/songwriter Randy Edelman has established himself as a member of the snarky, eccentric songster sub-genre. The 75-year-old tells tales of failed love, unre...
By Paddy McCarthy I have to start my Out&About on a very good note and that is about one of the biggest hubs in North America that is here in New York, Penn Station. I have been a critic for...
By Paddy McCarthy As we are now officially in autumn after a very nice summer, we can manage it I’m sure. You can look forward to lots of special days starting with Halloween, then Thanksgiving Day and of course Christmas;...
By Paddy McCarthy To follow up on my trip to Cork, it was both business and pleasure that went so quick I was on the bus back to Dublin to fly home by Aer Lingus to New York. We have...
By Paddy McCarthy I have just got back from Ireland and let me tell you that America should take a leaf out of their book. The country is buzzing and I tell yea this, there is no money shortage and...
[William Shatner from last year. Photo: Brad Balfour] New York Comic ConOctober 6th – 9th, 2022Javits Center Preview by Brad Balfour As I look forward to this year’s New York Comic Con, I can’t help but mention that I finally...
By Paddy McCarthy It was a very good week to be Out&About and you never know who you’re going to bump into in a pub. Well, that’s all part of being Out&About as I walked into Maggie’s Place on 47th...
By Paddy McCarthy How is everybody? Are you getting back to normal after the summer holidays? I have to say it was a good summer for me and hopefully for everybody else too. I do not review books in this...
By Paddy McCarthy I am sure we all respect and send our condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth last Thursday in Balmoral, Scotland who has been mourned all over the world. Here is a picture from when she visited...