Scary Irish Mammy
My mum is like a swearier Mrs Doyle. If you visit her, she’s forever trying to fill you full of food. She’s also quite hip to the music scene. She’ll watch Jools Holland and have a glass of wine or two. She’ll write down the name of the acts and then writes comments and marks them out of five. She’s normally bang on, although on the NYE show this year, she phoned me at midnight to wish me happy new year and I was disappointed to learn that she really liked Paulo Nutini. Sad times Mammy Blue Star. I’ll forgive her that blip though for her genius summing up of Snow Patrol. ‘Spitting Games’ came on the radio and without even looking up from her dinner she said ‘Ah, Blue Star. This song. Promises so much and delivers so little’. She should work for the NME. She’d sort those 6th form common roomers RIGHT out.

I love you mammy.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 14:26, Reply)