#Talos Electric Picnic

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I managed to get my brain to hyperfocus on Do House Things today!

There are three gremlins in my head driving. A toddler, a monkey, and an old woman who is secretly a Cougar.

Sometimes I can spin the Wheel Of Focus and come up with something good. (Other times it just spins and spins.)

Today I started with making breakfast, which dirtied dishes. Yesterday I managed to actually wash all of the dishes but by Talos I found like three more glasses in weird places. So I made a nice breakfast and then persuaded myself to wash the dishes from that, and those last few glasses so it could be ALL DONE.

But then! The sweet hyperfocus kicked in hard, and I scrubbed all the petty little things I could find in the kitchen: the top of the tub we keep the big rice bags in, the electric kettle, a cookie jar, etc.

And then I thought I'd get a basket of "kitchen stuff" from off the back porch. Our closed in back porch (mud room?) Is haphazardly loaded with boxes that we didn't have room for, initially. I dug out a plastic basket of the things that had been on top of the cabinets at the old place. Translation? Rarely used items that were dusty and needed a good scrub.

Found my camping dish set. Washed all of those dishes.

Now, when we moved in December, we brought all of our food out and put it on the back porch while we waited for the fridge to be moved. We had hoped it would stay cold enough but it didn't. We did wind up throwing away most of our food. We also know that we missed some container and there was a cache of food spoiling out there, but we could not find it. It was rank.

So I dug through the stacks, pulling out "kitchen things we didn't have space for" and putting them away, stacking up "previous owner/tenant left this behind", and actually organizing the things I wanted to store out there on purpose. All my coolers and picnic sets are now stacked neatly out of the way back there.

And I found a styrofoam cooler in an odd location. It was heavy. So was my heart. It was filled with items from the freezer. Folks, it is now fucking MARCH so you can imagine the absolute horror. I snagged a big garbage bag, put the whole-ass styrofoam cooler into the bag, sealed it up and put it in the garbage can. Grosssss.

But! All my coolers are cleaned out, my cake saver is clean and ready to find a new home, all my camping supplies are actually in the Camp Box, and I no longer have randomly grubby things in the kitchen!

I was able to incorporate the plastic basket and now my vitamins and supplements all have a nice container.

My porch doesn't smell like death and garbage!

Side effect: I had a date tonight. I had to have a little help getting back out of the headspace of CLEAN ALL THE THINGS! Fortunately that worked out ok, and I was able to get into a romantic mood.

But somehow, I've been able to make my house into a Grownup Space, and we are keeping it up that way.

Well. For various definitions of Grown-up space.

(image description: a window over a buffet cabinet. The window sill has a row of pewter miniatures carefully displayed. Below the window, on the buffet, there is an antique Japanese doll next to three seated 1/3 scale BJDs, each seated in their own chair. They are all female-presenting, wearing fantasy costumes and the one in the center has horns and is holding a miniature stemmed glass.)

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Some Giggery Pokery To Bring Summer To A Close

Some Giggery Pokery To Bring Summer To A Close

While the music world and its wife are gearing up in anxious anticipation for the Irish festival of the year – Electric Picnic – elsewhere, the beating pulse at the heart of gigdom goes on, kept alive by some outrageously good live acts from corners of the globe both near and far. Kick-starting the gigging proceedings is Dublin based four-piece Mongoose who are travelling to West Cork to take…

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Electric Picnic 2017 will bring a close to the summer music festival season this weekend (September 1st to Sunday, September 3rd), with three days of live music and more at Stradbally Hall. With only days to go, TLMT has delved deep and come up with its Guide To Electric Picnic 2017. See below for the full run down, Spotify playlist and stage times. 

Main Stage Area

  Run The Jewels One of modern hip-hop’s influential acts. Currently touring their Run The Jewels 3 album.

Father John Misty Acclaimed songwriter Father John Misty returns to Electric Picnic this year.

London Grammar Hot on the heels of their sophomore album release Truth Is A Beautiful Thing alternative-pop trio London Grammar come to Stradbally Hall.

Birdy Bewitching indie-folk sounds from English songwriter Birdy at Electric Picnic 2017 this weekend.

Young Fathers Powerful genre melding three-piece Young Fathers are always a must see.

Perfume Genius No Shape is one of the albums of the year.

The XX The XX return to Stradbally for a headline set in support of their critically acclaimed album I See You.

Body & Soul

  Public Service Broadcasting Public Service Broadcasting + Body & Soul stage at Electric Picnic… no brainer.

Everything Shook Joyfully dark and off-kilter electro-pop.

Le Boom Quickly becoming one of Ireland’s go-too festival acts.

Slow Place Like Home Brand new single ‘Echoes‘ is epic.

Soulé Soulé will bring a breakthrough summer of festival appearances to a close at the Body & Soul area.

TooFools Established festival buzzers.

Laoise Up and coming alternative-pop artist, quickly making waves on the scene.

Ellll Expect textural electronic vibes from Ellll at Electric Picnic 2017.

New Valley Wolves Some straight-up rock ‘n’ roll.

Frankenstein Bolts Dream-pop outfit. New album Aglow & Spark.

Telephone Explosions Emerging ambient-pop two-piece befitting the Body & Soul vibe.

Field Trip Jangled indie-pop from Galway.

Maria Kelly Rising singer-songwriter Maria Kelly brings her soft alternative-pop sound Stradbally.

The Clockworks Post-punk group the Clockworks take to the Body & Soul stage this year.

Other Voices

  Saint Sister Atmos-folk duo Saint Sister will enrapture the Other Voice crowd at Electric Picnic 2017.

Talos Wild Alee is a strong contender for Irish album of the year.

Ailbhe Reddy An artist just on the verge of something special.

Bitch Falcon Other Voices will be getting considerably louder when Bitch Falcon hit the stage.

Jafaris R&B showman who always delivers live.

Slow Riot Big sounding darkly tinged post-punk.

Pillow Queens A ragged garage-pop band who are continuing to establish themselves within the Irish music scene.

Super Silly Melodically and rhythmically vivid coming out of the Word Up Collective scene.

Jack O’Rourke with special guest Hattie Webb Baroque-pop artist Jack O’Rourke collaborates with acclaimed songwriter Hattie Webb for a special performance at Other Voices.

Trailer Park

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Interskalactic Big band styled modern ska outfit.

Spudgun Truly unique psych-rock group.

Sub Motion Unashamedly big and loud alternative-rock.

Orchid Collective Alternative-folk group with a powerfully atmospheric live sound.

King Bones Bombastic, punkish electro-pop outfit.

No Monster Club Ireland’s mad man of indie-pop.

Salty Dog

  Otherkin With the release of their debut album OK just over the horizon, Otherkin bring their raucous indie-party rock to the Salty Dog.

Columbia Mills Weighty indietronica with a strong Dephce Mode feel.

Paddy Hanna Acclaimed indie songwriter Paddy Hanna will make his presence felt on the Salty Dog stage at EP 2017.

Rocstrong An artist whose music melds funk, hip-hop, R&B and pop into one infectious sound.

Bicurious Big, heavy, instrumental, riff-rock.

Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow

  Jerry Fish The man himself.

Kormac Kormac live is always a festival must.

R.S.A.G The thunderous sound of R.S.A.G equals guaranteed festival vibes.

Bantum Choice Music Prize nominee and electronic producer Bantum brings his singular sound to the Electric Sideshow.

Farah Elle A very promising songwriter with a sound spanning a multitude of genre and styles.

Fontaines A hard-edged indie band with a slight Billy Bragg tinge.

Wolff Hard working rock ‘n’ roll troubadour.

Trenchtown

Mango Firey Dublin MC who impressed at Forbidden Fruit this summer.

Tebi Rex Following their brand new single, ‘She Hated Love Songs II‘, Tebi Rex are coming to Trenchtown.

Hazel Wood

Marlene Enright Enright’s debut solo album Placemats and Second Cuts earmarked the artist as a songwriter with a deft touch.

Tanjier Tanjier bring their own atmospheric take on electro-pop to the Hazel Wood stage at Electric Picnic 2017.

Play The Picnic

  Roisin El Cherif (Photo by Jocelyn Murray Boyne)

Akora Very promising alt. pop act bubbling under the surface of the Irish music scene.

Kevyn Hard hitting garage punks.

Róisin El Cherif Captivating young songwriter. Check out ‘Kerosene‘.

For Forestors A dynamic indie-folk group with a striking sound.

Almost Ghosts Indie-electro three-piece take to the Play the Picnic stage at Electric Picnic festival this September.

Carron Dublin-based folk duo Carron will hit Stradbally this weekend.

Red Bull Soundome

Large scale sonic landmark at Electric Picnic 2017 including DJ sets from Nialler9, Bantum, Donal Dineen, Ghostboy, EVE, Leo Pearson and more.

Tickets to Electric Picnic 2017 are sold out. For more information on this year’s festival visit electricpicnic.ie.

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TLMT’s Guide to .@EPfestival featuring @RunJewel, @birdy, @perfumegenius & more

Electric Picnic 2017 will bring a close to the summer music festival season this weekend (September 1st to Sunday, September 3rd), with three days of live music and more at Stradbally Hall.

TLMT's Guide to .@EPfestival featuring @RunJewel, @birdy, @perfumegenius & more Electric Picnic 2017 will bring a close to the summer music festival season this weekend (September 1st to Sunday, September 3rd), with three days of live music and more at Stradbally Hall.

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BBC’s Huw Stephens and Irish vocalist May Kay will present the newly expanded, glittering line up for Other Voices at Electric Picnic.

Featuring Talos, Ailbhe Reddy, Super Silly, New Jackson and a myriad other acts, it’s set to be one pretty sensational silvan soiree!

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Electric Picnic 2017 | Giggs, All Tvvins & more added to line-up

.@EPfestival 2017 | @officialgiggs, @alltvvins & more added to line-up

Electric Picnic 2017 has added several new acts to this year’s festival line-up today including Giggs, All Tvvins & more.

The latest additions to Electric Picnic 2017 are  Giggs, Tale of Us, Le Galaxie, All Tvvins, Clark, Tiga, The Skatalites, King Kong Company, Rusangano Family, Mr. Jukes, The Strypes, Keywest, Talos, Paul Kelly, Stephanie Rainey, Dublin Gospel Choir, Otherkin, The Riptide…

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Electric Picnic 2017 | Other Voices stage adds Talos, New Jackson & more

‪.@EPfestival 2017 | @OtherVoicesLive stage adds @talostalostalos , @newjacksonmusic & more‬

Several new acts have been added to the Other Voices stage line up at Electric Picnic this year.

Acts added include Talos, New Jackson, Ailbhe Reddy, Booka Brass and more. See poster below for full line-up.

Already announced for the Other Voices stage at Electric Picnic 2017 are Saint Sister, Odetta Hartman, Loah, Charlie Cunningham, Katie Laffan, Soulé and Jafaris.

Acts already set to play as…