Stephen Holland - Multimedia Journalist

This radio series, that originally aired on Flirt.FM a licensed student radio station for NUIG, takes one particular type of music, subculture, sub-genre, or moment in time each week and examines it in detail. Listening to some of the best or underrated music of that time and looking at the history behind it. I cordially invite you to climb on board the Sound Thinking Endless Summer Luxury Cruise. There's groovin' movin' drinkin' boogiein' good times to be had by all! All bets are off as you go on genre journey into the spectacular world of yacht rock. That’s west coast smooth Californian radio rock. What have you got to lose? Episode 21 is Yacht Rock! Listen: Here (Originally aired 21/06/21)

This radio series, that originally aired on Flirt.FM a licensed student radio station for NUIG, takes one particular type of music, subculture, sub-genre, or moment in time each week and examines it in detail. Listening to some of the best or underrated music of that time and looking at the history behind it. On episode 20 I am joined by one cool cat called Patrick Byrne, he's hip to the jive surrounding all things electric. Tune in as we go on a journey back to the 1950's where it all began: It's rock n' roll baby! Listen: Here (Originally aired 7/06/21)

The Mole Agent is a 2020 documentary directed by Maite Alberdi. It tells the story of an 84 year old man named Sergio who is hired by a private investigator to go undercover in a nursing home in Chile. What starts as a quirky take on hardboiled detective fiction turns into a profound meditation on isolation and loneliness. The private investigator has been hired by the daughter of a resident in the nursing home. She believes that her mother is being abused by the staff and that they are stealing from her. In order to get to the bottom of this the detective hires Sergio to go undercover in the nursing home for three months. Sergio is recently widowed and says that wants some excitement back in his life, he needs a reason to get up in the morning, he longs for purpose. Sergio is stylish and elegant, kind and considerate. Once he enters the nursing home, which is almost all female, the residents nickname him the gentleman and everyone is intrigued by this new resident. “He seems lucid,” o...

I used to let anxiety consume me. I was always worrying about how I was being perceived, or that I was doing the wrong thing, or that nobody liked me. It was draining, it was upsetting, and it was just so common. One thing that has surprised me ever since I started to talk openly about my anxiety is just how many other people are going through the exact same thing. Anxiety is a universal issue, maybe some people have it worse than others, but I think we all have it to some extent. The trick is not to let it take over, not let it become you, not let it define you. Anxiety Is Something That Happens To You This is something that took me a long time to really take in. No one is defined by their emotions. You are not sad, you are not angry, you are not anxious. You just feel sad, or angry, or anxious. Emotions come and go and that is normal. They are not tied to your identity and just because you are feeling particularly anxious in a certain social situation that does not mean that it alway...

 

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[Published in the print edition of Galway Pulse with the Galway City Tribune on 14/05/21] By Stephen Holland “My life started as a kind of quandary. A question mark. Who am I? As it turns out I am an artist”. These are the words of Bam, the self- styled Artist Artiste; some of you may recognise him selling his paintings or playing music around the City. Bam originally comes from Jamaica but for the past 20 years he has called Ireland home. “I was born on a Tuesday at two o’clock. That’s what my mom says. It was raining too, so I was destined to come to Ireland,” he says with a wry smile. After living in many different countries Bam ended up in Galway and decided to stay as, “it’s an excellent place and seems to be the kind of place that germinates a good artist”. “Ireland overall is a creative nation, a creative race of people. But in some areas, there is a greater influence of creativity and Galway is one of those places. “There is no part of Ireland you won’t find creativity, but Gal...

This radio series, that originally aired on Flirt.FM a licensed student radio station for NUIG, takes one particular type of music, subculture, sub-genre, or moment in time each week and examines it in detail. Listening to some of the best or underrated music of that time and looking at the history behind it. Episode 19 is late 2000s pop. This is this when chart hits moved away from a more R&B aesthetic and a more electronic dancefloor style took hold. (Originally aired 24/05/21)