Ten For Today: St. Patrick's Day

Eire Apparent, Thin Lizzy, Horslips, Undertones, Boomtown Rats, Radiators in Space, Stiff Little Fingers, My Bloody Valentine, The Fatima Mansions, The Strypes

“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” That’s supposedly a quote by William Butler Yeats, though there’s no evidence that he’s the one who said it. Regardless, no Irish philosopher ever let the truth get in the way of a good story, so we’re happy to attribute to him.

Today is the feast of…