Paul Shevlin

Next BRIT Thing //// Songwriter //////// C-BEAMS ////

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Chill Island

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Last week my good friend Kit Grier invited me to join him on his latest podcast venture "Chill Island". Alongside the two of us was also Belfast Record Label "Old Fang" owner/musician Thomas Camblin. We chat about music, movies, life in general and even get to some Lord of the Rings impressions... Enjoy! 

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Went to see Guardians of the Galaxy...sat beside Tom Hiddleston. For real.

Tom Hiddleston is over in Belfast at the minute shooting a film called "High Rise" and this happened last Sunday:

The cinema was basically empty, about 16 people there and not by choice (but divine freakin' intervention) he ended up sitting beside us. After the movie was over and everyone was waiting for the after credits scene (including Tom) I psyched myself up to talk to him. It was as everyone was getting their stuff (he had his hood up and no-one recognised him) I went over and said "Hey, sorry i don't mean to bother you but I just wanted to say I really like your work!" and he did the polite, obligatory thank you very much and went on his way.

But as soon as my girlfriend and I had left the screen and everyone else had moved on I saw he had been waiting outside and he came over and apologised saying that he was trying to remain under the radar and didn't want to come across as rude. Then stayed for about 10 minutes and chatted with us!

Literally the nicest man alive.

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Another C-BEAMS track. There will be more to follow!

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For any young folk in the UK with an interest in working in the music industry check this out! The Big Music Project is a new initiative being ran by the BRITS and a bunch of other people designed to help young people in the UK get a start in the music industry. 

It's not just for performing types also. There are loads of opportunities for prospective music managers, promoters, music lawyers, A&R, scouts...etc. There will be 4 launch events in October in Belfast, London, Cardiff and Glasgow which I'll be playing! I'll fire the details on here closer to the time. 

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Here is a song from a little project I've been working on for a while. It's called C-BEAMS and the song is called Tannhauser. The video was shot by my good friends Richard Butler & Dan Brown! 

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Dexter is fucking amazing. Excuse me. The season finale killed me though. God. I couldn't even deal with that.

Ah, yeah the ending was incredible! I hope the 8th one is the last one though, so it has a good ending! 

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Yes, sir. I'm on season 5 now, but I think I'm gonna wait until it's all figured since that's the last season. I like when shows are 13 episodes, instead of like 24.

Yeah, I judge what shows to watch on that basis. I hate like procedural 'story a week' things. Dexter is one of my favourite shows also. 

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I'm going to watch that eventually. My brothers watched it, said it's good. Have you ever watched Breaking Bad?

Yeah, it's amazing. Are you a fan?

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I liked The Crazies. I tend to like those types of movies. What's your favorite of his?

I think if it wasn't for him I wouldn't of. Em, not exactly a movie but I'm loving 'Deadwood' at the minute! 

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No one I know really watches it so I'm kinda like "DO IT. IT'S AWESOME." Though I loooove anything Timothy Olyphant is in.

He made 'The Crazies' more than bearable and that is an achievement!

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Yes :) I watched the first season and half of the second when it first started, then forgot about it. But every time a new season aired, I was like, "I gotta catch up." And I finally did.

I was lucky enough that seasons 1, 2 and 3 were out so I could watch them in a bundle. Just waiting for my girlfriend to catch up so we can start watching the 4th one. So excited. haha

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In a ridiculous turn of events my band Hologram's song "Summer's Song" has been chosen to go on the BRIT awards 2013 album alongside Coldplay, The xx, The Killers, Emelie Sande, The Black Keys...the list goes on. It's an amazing honour and anyway long story short you can hear the track here, which was recorded in Abbey Road! x

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Thanks for the follow :)

No worries, it's good to see some 'Justified' love. The more the better! :)

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Quick Django Unchained review

Yesterday afternoon I finally got to see Django Unchained, and I say finally because if I even hear a rumour of a new Tarantino film I instantly start waiting. To cut this from being an overly long post I'll just summarise. It was amazing! Django had all the hallmarks of classic Tarantino from sharp dialouge, distinct/motivated characters and of course a penchant for a little shoot out.

The standout performances for me were Leonardo Dicaprio who played 'Calvin Candie' with just the right side of menace to keep him from becoming a pantomime villain, Christoph Waltz who as usual lights up the screen in every scene he appears in and Walton Goggins who played Candie's right hand man and whom I know and love from the most underrated TV show of all time 'Justified'. Obviously these being my highlights doesn't speak at all for the strength of all the performances with notable mention going also to Samuel L Jackson.

Some people have said to me the length was a little of putting but for me the time flew by. Like a traditional/classic Western each scene was crafted in such a way that there was no part which felt like extra baggage.

All in all, I loved it. It doesn't quite top Reservoir Dogs in my opinion but will without a doubt will be slotting somewhere into my favourite films list! Go see it. See it now. :)

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There might not be mail today in the USA, but that didn’t stop The Postal Service from announcing their return (via The Postal Service is officially returning)

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hi! thank you for following me! your blog is awesome!

No worries! Thanks for the follow back, I like your blog also!

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Going to see Django Unchained this afternoon. I've been waiting for this film for ages so I am psyched! Also recently I've decided to watch Sergio Leone's 'Dollars' trilogy to get in the mood. Watched 'A Fistful...' last night and was really pleasantly surprised at how it's aged. Apparently "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is Tarantino's favourite film as well so apart from being ashamed that I haven't seen it up until this point I'm also very excited to watch it also. I'm not hard to please. :)