Larry Ryan'sweek on the web.
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The former Talking Head David Byrne has been writing an extensive online journal since March 2004. Subjects range from projects he's working on to cultural and political issues. Particularly enjoyable was a recent post on attending a performance of the Unauthorised Children's Scientology Pageant, an ironic take on the religion featuring a child playing Tom Cruise and a Katie Holmes sock puppet.
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Sasha Frere-Jones is a fellow New York musician, although he is better known as the New Yorker's pop-music critic. His blog features snapshots of New York city life alongside updates on his music career. Mostly, however, there's much musing on the music of others. In a similar vein but closer to home is Sunday Tribune writer Una Mullally's confidently-titled blog UnaRocks, in which she discusses bands and keeps track of Dublin's music scene.
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Alive in Limerick purports to be "just some miscellaneous bits & pieces of life in Limerick City", but by and large it charts the criminal goings-on by the Shannon. This extremely detailed look at events in the city makes for some dark reading, although eventually it builds into something blackly comic, particularly when readers take up the discussion in the comments section.
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The Blog of Death does exactly what it says on the tin. This long-running US site, produced by an Associated Press journalist named Jade Walker, highlights obituaries of the "famous, the infamous and the interesting unknowns". You can follow your favourite (and/or least favourite) celebrities to the bitter end, or see some worthy figure finally enjoy his or her 15 minutes of fame. Death seems to be Walker's speciality; she also contributes to the Obituary Forum (http://obituaryforum. blogspot.com).