The Walter Mitty and the Realists Podcast

CPI Archive 2008: Andrew Hamilton speaks to Colin Bartley from Limerick funksters, Walter Mitty and the Realists

EVERY scene has its characters and Limerick is no different. From the unbridled angst-grinding metal of Giveamanakick and the rock and rock euphoria of Vesta Varro to the avant-garde power pop of We Should Be Dead and the heartfelt acoustics of Eoin Coughlan, Limerick is a town with all its musical basses covered. Where then, among this ever crowded soundscape, is there room for Walter Mitty And The Realists? Where then indeed? Like a musical Moses standing atop the slow-moving ebb of the Shannon, this Limerick/Leitrim four-piece has discovered they possess the power to turn mere water into pure funk. And people are queuing to be baptised. “We’re into a lot of different kinds of music and I think the sound evolved from all that. The writing came after that and the sound changed again, you know, when we started writing together as a band. We weren’t really thinking which route to go. We were just jamming and the songs came out of that,” says bassist Colin.

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Clare People Interactive

Clare People Interactive (CPI) was founded in the late month of 2006 by West of Ireland journalist Andrew Hamilton. The project was a step into the unknown, an attempt to bridge the gap between the old world of print media and the emerging new media technologies.
At the core of the CPI was a long running series of interviews with Irish and international artists, mostly musicians. These interviews, which appeared first in print and then as free audio podcasts, attempted to provide a richer experience of the subject than had previously been possible in print media. The focus was always on the artist and the work, with journalistic intrusions rare and usually (mercifully) brief.
Between 2006 and 2010, Clare People Interactive grew to just shy of 150 audio podcasts. There were also a dozen video podcasts - the Gonzo Nation series - as well as hundreds of album and gig reviews - which have all, sadly, been lost to the internet.
This archive contains the original 146 audio podcasts in their original format. As the series grew, the audio quality and (hopefully) the standard of journalism grew with it.
Clare People Interactive is the work of Andrew Hamilton. Eternal thanks to John O'Rourke for his technical support, Noel Barrett for designing the many logos and to Gerry Collison for his optimism and support.
This, is Clare People Interactive.

The Walter Mitty and the Realists Podcast

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