Balloting continued throughout the weekend and the paper ballot closes at 11am. Results should be known by the afternoon, and props to our colleagues keeping the ballot open 24/7 over the weekend.
Your Zen moment this morning is an interview with one of my musical heroes, John Cale. The Welshman was a founder member, along with Lou Reed, of The Velvet Underground. One of the single most influential bands of all time, David Bowie makes a convincing case that they were more influential than The Beatles.
In this interview Cale champions hip hop as "the new avant garde" and reveals his latest listening habits, which include Dublin's own Lankum ("Their songs, he says, “just creep up on you. They have so many things going on. So much character.”)
Lankum played a blistering set to a happy crowd last weekend in Kilmainham. Under glorious skies they played a heap of favourites, including this, which has finally been released as part of Lankum's new live album. It's a glorious thing.