Presenting Kalle Ryan: How to re-introduce yourself in the style of a blog from the 90s
A little hello from me. As well as a little collection of different creative work I have done (music, poetry, podcasting)
The Subterranean Homesick Fresh Prince of Bel Air by Bob Dylan
A cover version of the theme song to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air unlike any you’ve ever heard. As sung by a young “Bob Dylan”
The Moth – Masterful Storytelling
When I lived in New York City I used to constantly seek out different creative nights and events to inspire me. One event that kept me coming back was The Moth. A themed night of storytelling, where people from the audience came up and told true stories about themselves and their lives. No subject was […]
An Actual Conversation on YouTube – comedy sketch
Back in the day, at my monthly Brownbread Mixtape variety show, I would regularly write radio-style sketches for our resident sketch troupe The Brownbread Players (Gus McDonagh, Eva Bartley & Sean McDonagh). The show was always themed, and on this occasion the theme was “Do you speak my language?”, so I decided to find inspiration […]
The Brownbread Mixtape: Vol 2 – Ultimate Spoken Word from Ireland
The best spoken word poetry performances from a decade of The Brownbread Mixtape
The Brownbread Mixtape – Vol. 1 – Music
For over a decade I hosted and curated a live monthly variety show called The Brown Bread Mixtape, and it took place upstairs in the legendary Stag’s Head pub here in Dublin. Those eclectic, electric nights in that old Victorian room were some of the most fun and creatively exciting times I’ve had. The night […]
Alternative Irish National Anthem – My Blood is Boiling For Ireland!
One of the more bizarre things I can list amongst my artistic achievements is award winning songwriter. Here’s the short version of how that came to pass. Back in 2010, our leading newspaper The Irish Times put out a call to write an alternative Irish anthem. It was to be judged by members of the […]