Articles tagged ‘The Shack pub’
Shack Session
By Seán | March 1st, 2007 |
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This week’s Shack session marked a long month for me with a complete lack of wife and munchkin. It was a wild ride, the empty rooms at the end of one’s nights certainly gives an extra glow and warmth to Athlone’s public houses. Oh, the shhhcandal!
In any case, an honest man once more I pen [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | February 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It was another Tuesday night and the feeling was right to head out for a bite . . . er, or a session in the Shack!
We had a pretty good turnout this week with pads, ze germanz, the sherrif, the bean, angel, the fingerpicker and my own sweet self. I caught a lift out with [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | February 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Well, Tuesday was the good old reliable Shack session. That’s right, kids. Well, given that last week’s session was the songwriter release night and the previous week was so well attended it was standing room only we were half-fearful heading down this week - could it get any bigger?
Well, we needn’t have worried. The [...]
Songwriter CD release night
By Seán | January 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last night was the release night for the 2006 Songwriters CD and The Shack was the place to be.
We had all but two of our songwriters with us on the night, plus the regular Tuesday crew. A few members of the press were even in attendance. The music flowed fast and furious and I sold [...]
The Shack Session, Athlone
By Seán | January 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It has been a handful of Tuesdays since I attended the last Shack Session. What with the Christmas, New Year and the trip to France it’s just slipped off the slick edges of my reality. Thank goodness I was able to make it out this week - what a great session.
I don’t mean that it [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | December 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The night was a chill shroud. The ancient stones of Athlone castle almost creaked with the cold; rivulets of moisture ran down their slick surface. Emerging from the shadow of the castle, three huddled figures with bulky pieces of equipment strapped to their backs stole quickly across the town bridge.
City council workers, their numb [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | November 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
So this Tuesday I hoofed it out to the Shack. Halfway there I saw a bodhran-laden silloette approaching and as it passed under a streetlight it turned out to be EEEEEMMMOSSSS!
She was just coming from a local theatre production whose opening sequence utilizes a bit of the aul ceili. Well, it took a little arm [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | November 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
I decided to stick up a sketch of last night instead of a photo this week, feel free to go to the bottom of this post to see a photo instead - or to compare the horrible attempt at likenesses. *grin*
So the bean and I headed out to the Shack last night a bit early [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | November 15th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Last night was the Shack Session and we had two honeymooning visitors from Wisconsin joining us. Seeing the two lovebirds reminded me of myself and Kim when we arrived in Ireland on our honeymoon.
In any case, ze germanz pulled up in the car park at the same time as the sherif and the three of [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | November 8th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
So last night was the Shack session and it was a good one.
It being a warm night, I opted to walk and arrived before anyone else. After chatting for a while with the publicans, I was joined by the Sherrif and we made our way over to our usual spot. Next in the door was [...]
