Category: PreDumb
Grandaddio!
For Emma – Vitamin String Quartet So I’m driving along. Listening to Taylor Swift. On my way to yoga. And I’m crying. Weird day. In a daze when I got in my car. Turn on the radio. Anything. Just don’t want the silence. Drive on. My Dad phoned me a few minutes before. Told me myREAD MORE
LA State of Mind (And Body)
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/mind-and-body-you-can-always-look-better-in-la-30524320.html So, one minute you’re at Starbucks in Beverly Hills waiting in line for your skinny café mocha frappe latte gibber, listening to two beautiful girls in tight yoga apple bottom pants talk to each other with their big voluptuous lips about how one uses cider vinegar in her beautiful blond hair and the otherREAD MORE
I Want To Be The Best
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/your-voice/first-person-mark-hayes-i-want-to-be-the-best-30457187.html When I was a young wee lad making my way in the real capital of Ireland, Cork, boy, I had little to no clue what I wanted to be when I grew up. Besides the best, obviously. The question was, the best at what? For a while I thought I was going to leadREAD MORE
Ah For Book’s Sake! Podcast
New book related podcast. First episode’s guest is Mark Hayes, author of RanDumb: The Adventures of an Irish Guy in LA, RanDumber: The Continued Adventures of an Irish Guy in LA and new book PreDumb: Before I Came to LA.
PreDumb Out Now Unofficially On The QT
In case you didn’t know, my new book PreDumb: Before I Came to LA is now out, online so far at least. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, all the usual haunts. Click on the links to go forth and have a gander. Otherwise go into your nearest book store and demand the speed up their orders.READ MORE
Half Naked, Half Leprechaun, One Third Potato
Can’t beat being on the front page of a newspaper wearing a leprechaun hat. Couldn’t find a version online so here’s the original gibber. Recent radio interview too where I ramble on and on and on. New book PREDUMB out soon. Narcissistic levels reaching new high. Mountain Dew – The Clancy Brothers Blacks, whites, Asians,READ MORE
PreDumb Chapter – Hairdresser Hayes
Hairdresser Hayes I had been dreading going into fifth year purely down to Dirk coming to stay with me. The German students were due back for two weeks at the start of October for their portion of student exchange. At least we got two weeks off class at the start of the year to goREAD MORE