Articles & News

I've published articles and blogs on the internet since 1997. Most of those early artilces are no longer available. However, I still have a HUGE collection of articles and news from my many blogs. This page is sort of a "quick" guide to some of those articles.

1. Amazing Tour of Fantasy Festivals and Renaissance Festival
2. Attention Goodwill Shoppers!
3. Announcing the Winners of the Celtic Music Awards
4. Like a Lotus Blossom in Bloom
5. Happy Birthday Bilbo!
6. Drinking With Voltaire
7. Seeking Celtic Wedding Songs?
8. That's Greek to Me
9. Podcasts That Love Marc Gunn
10. St. Patrick's Day News
11. What Do Serenity, The Princess Bride, and Wedding Headdresses Have In Common?
12. 17 St. Patrick's Day Free MP3 Downloads
13. St Patrick's Day MP3 from the Brobdingnagian Bards
14. Happy St Patrick's Day
15. Top 10 St. Patricks Day Gifts
16. St Patrick's Day Party Supplies
17. Mur Lafferty's Geek Fu Action Grip
18. New Cat Painting
19. History of Poekoelan
20. New Enya Music
21. D&D's Venger Is My Third Cousin, Twice Removed
22. St Patrick's Day Birthday Party
23. Things I Learned from British Folk Ballads
24. Joe Vitale's Podcast - Beyond Marketing (review and response)
25. Autoharps
26. Irish Valentine's Day in Austin at Things Celtic
27. Irish & Celtic Music Venues in Austin
28. Live Irish Music Every Week in Austin
29. Irish in Austin
30. Celtic Music Brunch at Mother Egan's Irish Pub
31. CD Release Party for The Circle, a Ren Faire Compilation
32. Imagine Felix and Morris the Cat Celebrating St Patrick's Day
33. Delaware House Concert
34. 1st Annual Renaissance Festival Performer Awards
35. 1st Annual Celtic Music Awards
36. Free Classical Music & Free Music Promotion
37. Thought-Freel Images of the movie 'Before Sunset'
38. Ten Music Marketing Articles Worth Reading
39. Ten New Posts at the Free Music Blog
40. Music Promotion with Great Speaking Skills
41. I Saw SERENITY!
42. Serenity, a Sci Fi Western
43. Free Passes to See Serenity
44. Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon with 7 Hobbit Meals
45. 2am Rambling on Irony of Fetish Fans and the Catholic Church
46. Computer Support Tech
47. PHAEDRA'S LOVE by SARAH KANE
48. SONG HENGE Irish MP3s and Other Happenings
49. Celtic Stone CDs
50. The Secret to Great Tasting Homemade Espresso - Italian Style
51. My Film Acting Debut in Deadbacks
52. How Amway and Elvis Presley Made My Dreams Come True
53. Best of Austin Poll Thoughts
54. Best of Austin 2005
55. Black Fox Fur Coat
56. Tony Winning SPAMALOT Music on a REN FAIRE CD
57. The Bad News Bears
58. Deep Throat Secret Question
59. JEDI DRINKING SONG - Coming Soon to a Webpage Near You
60. Star Wars Revelations, BBQ Wench T-Shirts, & Free Irish Music
61. Celtic Music and Corporate Sponsorship
62. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Review
63. Give Quiche A Chance T-Shirt
64. Celtic Hate Mail
65. Paying $$$ for Celtic Music Reviews
66. Irish Song Lyrics & Free Music Downloads
67. How to Stop a Nose Bleed!
68. Cafepress Book Printing
69. Celtic Christian in a Pagan World
70. New Cat Music Poll
71. Irish Songs for Cat Lovers Music Review
72. Celtic MP3s - Free Music Downloads
73. Cat Songs & Cat Free Music Downloads
74. The Dubliners' Tabby Cats
75. Cat CD on Pet Talk
76. Chameleon Dreams
77. Goddess Dresses, Magic Gardens and Love of Excalibur
78. Travel to Italy for just $1.62 per Day
79. Giving Thanks for The Leprechaun, Music, and More
80. Podcast: When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling (Irish Song Parody)
81. Free St Patrick's Day Stickers
82. LOTR Wedding Headdresses
83. Last Chance to Own My Cat
84. St. Patrick's Day Parade of Music & Poems 2005
85. Custom Cat Portraits with Colored Pencil Art
86. Discover Your Scots-Irish Musical Heritage
87. All the News That's Unfit to Publish
88. My Tabby Cat Auctioned On eBay
89. Renaissance Festival Music
90. Brilliant Archos Gmini 400 + Canon Powershot Combo
91. Cat Interviews
92. Which Side of the Cat Fence Are You On?
93. Countdown of the Self-Employed
94. #1 Folk Band in Austin Chronicle Music Poll
95. Tabby Cat Art
96. Review of Archos Gmini 400 - iPod Competition
97. Do Virgins Taste Better....no, but pizza does.....
98. Cat CDs, Songs, and Artists
99. Cat Mystery of the Opposable Thumb
100. Happily Ever After Free Music Download
101. Web Hosting Reviews - Lunarpages
102. Open Hearts & Open Communities
103. Irish Songs, Cat Songs, Ren Faire Music, Fine Art, Fantasy Art, Poetry, Music Business and Travel
104. 1-2-3-4 Texas Renaissance Festival at the Door
105. 2004 Texas Renaissance Festival
106. Bagpipe Music
107. Trees of the Veneto
108. Auto Glass Repair in Austin
109. Italy Escapes
110. Door Refinishing in Houston
111. More of Seymoure's Movie Reviews
112. Seymoure's Movie Reviews
113. All the latest news, poetry, and web wanderings
114. Promote Your Music with these Hot Tips!
115. Galore's of Free Music Downloads
116. Celtic Music and Such
117. Celtic Irish Music News & Reviews
118. Free Music Downloads & the Music Industry
119. Who Else Wants Garfield & Aslan the Lion to Raise a Pint on St Patrick's Day?
120. 4 Irish Whiskey - 4 Irish Whiskey Pub Songs
121. Ireland's THE CHIEFTAINS Kick Off Winter 2006 Tour in Shreveport/Texas
122. Gaelic Storm Interview and a Personal Blunder
123. The Black Irish on Red River in Austin
124. Busking and Street Performing, Part 2
125. Marc Gunn & The Irish Whiskey
126. Harold Turner on Turner Classic Movies
127. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
128. Cat Licks
129. The Austin Celtic Festival Is Coming
130. Talking Your Way to Great Music Marketing
131. I got the The Limeybirds CD
132. Celtic Radio - Irish Music Podcasts
133. Lake Ronkonkoma House Concert on Long Island
134. A Child's Faith
135. DragonCon Highlight - Singing with The Last Unicorn
136. Grammy-Nominated Bagpipe Music
137. LOTR Marathon, Hobbits, Food, and more Food
138. The Rabbi's Cat
139. Scots CD Recording - Banks o' Loch Lomond and Follow Prince Charlie
140. Scottish CD recording - Donald, Where's Your Trousers? Troosers?
141. March of the Penguins
142. SONG HENGE - Celtic Irish Music Archive
143. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
144. Filk Music CD Tops the Charts
145. The Fantastic Four Movie
146. Austin Symphony's Concert in the Park
147. Mozart's Digital Concerto - Free Classical MP3s Made Easy
148. Batman Begins Movie
149. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
150. Austin Music Bootcamp
151. Music Promo Idea for Folk and Comedy Music
152. Comedy Podcast - Manic Mondays
153. Wanted: Irish Music CD Reviews
154. New Ren Faire Music Resource
155. Star Wars MP3
156. SPAMALOT Music Wins Best Musical at the Tony's
157. New Leader in Celtic / Irish Music?
158. The Not-So Secret Guide to IRISH SONGS
159. Submit to a Blog Directory
160. Spamalot MP3
161. Lord of the Rings MP3
162. Free Irish Music Downloads
163. Autoharps and Autoharp Radio
164. Star Wars Sexually Slanted Lines from The Trilogy
165. Top Celtic Music Stars Perfectly Tuned for Corporate Sponsorship
166. Top 10 Texas Music Websites
167. Most-Popular Irish Song Lyrics for April 2005
168. Red Dwarf T-Shirt
169. Red Dwarf Backmasking
170. Free Music Downloads, My Ass! Don't Bother Reading This
171. Texas Science Fiction Conventions
172. MP3 Free Downloads
173. Classical Music Downloads for Free
174. Free Music Postcards that Rock!
175. Celtic MP3s & Free Music Downloads
176. Announcing Celtic Cat Songs CD Single
177. Re-Emergence of Celtic Stone
178. NEW Celtic Cat T-Shirts
179. NEW Irish Celtic Music Fan Site
180. Computer Science Gangsta Rap
181. ST. PATRICK'S DAY - Free Music Downloads
182. Top 5 Celtic Music Websites
183. St Patrick's Day Party Music
184. New Celtic MP3s Celtic Knotwork Logo with a Cat
185. Introducing The Dubliners' Tabby Cats
186. Free Cat Music Blog
187. Happy Valentine's Day Music
188. Celtic Music, Celtic Rock, and Cats
189. St. Patrick's Day Poetry & Music
190. Rediscover Your Irish/Celtic Heritage
191. St. Gertrude, the Patron Saint of Cats
192. Auctioning My Cat on eBay to Raise $$ for New CD
193. The Legacy of Britney Spears - Butt Cracks
194. Cat Sponsors Start Purring In
195. Celtic Rock Secrets Revealed
196. Celtic Rock CD Nears Completion
197. Not Enough Renaissance Festival Music?
198. Gmini 400 and Canon Powershot Combo
199. Cats Interviewed by Me
200. A Cat Gift that You Love or Hate
201. Full-Time Musician Countdown
202. #1 Folk Band in Austin - Vote
203. Tabby Cats for Christmas
204. Irish Session in Switzerland
205. Archos Gmini 400 Review
206. Ren Faire Story about Dragons and Virgins
207. Announcing Cats with Opposable Thumbs!
208. The Coolest Cat CDs
209. The Pink Free Music Download
210. Happily Ever After, a Free MP3 Download
211. Music Website Pet Peeves
212. Discount Web Hosting Review - Lunarpages
213. Top 5 Free Music Downloads Websites
214. Postal Humor
215. Avenue Q - Gut Busting Funny Music!
216. TRF Weekend Warning: Beardless Bard
217. Great Traditional Irish Music with Lunasa
218. Creativity meets The Sex and Cash Theory
219. European International Airports
220. Bard of the Fey, music for Elves, Pixies, Sprites, and other Fey Folk
221. Free Music Downloads - The Master University List of Free MP3s
222. University Music Promotion Ideas, Beat the Record Labels at their Own Game
223. Busking and Street Performing
224. Rain Days at the Texas Renaissance Festival
225. Gearing up for the Texas Renaissance Festival
226. Digital Distribution of Celtic Music
227. Texas Renaissance Festival 2004
228. My Favorite Bagpipe Music
229. Emerald Rose's "Vulcan Rubdown" on Dr Demento
230. Georgetown's Ol' Time Fiddlin' Fair 2004
231. Return of the Austin Hippie Fest
232. Trees of the Veneto
233. Austin Cat Festival
234. Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales
235. Cat Songs Pressing Down with Recent News
236. CAT SONGS - New Cat CD Nearly Written
237. Free Music eBooks
238. Get Your Music Industry Message Heard!
239. Irish Song Lyrics and Folk Music Inspiration
240. Celtic Irish Songs Lyrics
241. Kazaa's Free Music Downloads
242. Free Music Downloads Ezine
243. Irish Pub Songs Recorded Live
244. Comedy Radio feature on DFSX Radio's 'I Still Get Demented'
245. Yahoo! Joins Google Bandwidth Wagon
246. Free MP3s Killed my Google Adsense Account
247. CompuBards Computer Repair
248. Diskfaktory CD Duplication Review
249. Harry Potter Prisoner to Greatness
250. Tim Sweeney's "Successfully Playing Live" Review
251. earning How to Write Songs in the Folk Tradition
252. The Costs Associated with Producing a CD
253. Celtic Music Survivors of MP3.com - Where are they now?
254. Free Classical Music Downloads Guaranteed!
255. Autoharp Legacy Review
256. An Unbiased SiteBuildIt Review...
257. The Pieces of a Musical Puzzle Come Together -- serious kitchen
258. Serious Kitchen CDs make those Kitchen Utensils Rattle
259. Red Dwarf on it's way! and Opus Fantasy Arts rocked!
260. Nine lives, nine cat songs
261. DJ E-Mail from up North
262. The Secret World of Celtic Rock
263. The Cat's Meow... *snicker*
264. Inspired, music, promotion and much more!
265. Pleasant Peasant Pheasant Plucking Song
266. Relaxing weekend without Jibber Jabber
267. Reminiscing my music business beginnings
268. Lookie, lookie, it's Dougie!
269. Elvis Presley Tartan
270. Serendipity Cinema
271. How Scotty from Star Trek Offers a Brilliant Lesson on Life
272. More Austin Music Awards stuff
273. Irish Drinking Songs, Bedlam Bards
274. We're Second Best!
275. Buttercup's Lament Hits #5 on the Indie Music Download Charts on Amazon
276. Dick Gaughan, A Legend I Better Understand
277. St Patrick's Day and the Austin Music Awards
278. St Patrick's Day - Fantasy vs Fact
279. SXSW 2004 -Gogirls Music Showcase
280. Happy with myself - Anne of Green Gables Song
281. Renaissance Faire Boots Recommendation
282. Coventina's Well, Celtic Music CD is back on the block at last!
283. North Texas Irish Festival 2004 Review
284. The autoharp... an Elven musical instrument?
285. A Lesson from the Chronicle
286. Going to Hollywood for the Into the West LOTR Oscar Party!
287. The Return of Autoharp Radio!!!
288. Bards Out on the Porch
289. Interesting Paradox
290. Excalibur Fantasy Faire presents... Songs of the Faire Folk
291. The Be Good Tanyas
292. Buttercup's Lament climbs the charts of Amazon.com
293. Meanderings on the weekend, Celtic MP3s, linking and all that stuff
294. Bards featured in Austin Chronicle's TCB
295. A full session confession
296. Inspired by a Celtic Woman
297. A Red Dwarf fanatic is born
298. Soul of a Harper "Celtic 101" Review
299. Lothlorien, Celtic Music Group Disappears, or Have They?
300. Soul of a Harper Selling Well
301. "I'm getting better." No, you're not!
302. Celtic T-Shirt Update - Download Guilt Free
303. *purring softly*
304. Art opening in New Orleans
305. A Gathering of Celts
306. Soul of a Harper needs reviews!
307. Love that Rennie Hoochie Mama
308. Soul of a Harper Picked as Best of 2003
309. Soul of a Harper is Here!!!!!!!!!
310. Middle Earth Bragging Song Hits #1 on SoundClick Comedy!!
311. Middle Earth Bragging Song hits #2 on the Comedy Charts!!!
312. Upcoming Gig, Dec 27th - Hamlet of Mid-Missouri Renaissance Festival
313. LA Over, KC Beginning
314. Ignorance is the hobgoblin of little minds... especially in regards to free music downloads!
315. Solas at the One World Theatre
316. Preserving the music of a culture - Irish Pub Songs
317. Making a difference
318. Titania; Wake You, My Sweet Queen
319. Irish Pub Songs for Cat Fanciers
320. Irish Drinking Songs
321. Happy Eleventy-First Birthday to Bilbo Baggins and Thirty-Third to Frodo
322. Free Music Downloads Ezine & Bilbo's Birthday
323. The passing of Two legends
324. Marc Gunn...Cat Whisperer & Autoharp Legacy
325. Live Music Capitol of the World Inspiration
326. Finding your voice, Cats and People
327. Learning from the Austin Music Foundation
328. Musical Genius at the Saxon Pub
329. Celtic Music Ramblings

Marc's Poetry

1. Friends of Irish Music
2. Baby, It's Cold Outside!
3. Another Lonely Night
4. Such A Romantic
5. A Tiny Cafe of My Heart
6. Iced Cappuccino Love
7. The Sailboat Armada
8. Ode of Oceanflame Poetry Blog Review
9. Buy Me A Drink, Today!
10. Poetry Book Review of "Bella Filiocht"
11. To the Untuned Ear (I Speak a Strange Language)
12. Jock Stuart (A Man Who Wears a Kilt Every Day) for No Pants Day
13. I Believe In Love
14. Yowling Kitty (parody of Whistling Gypsy Rover)
15. Cat Hair (parody of Scarborough Fair)
16. Raggle-Taggle Tomcats, O! (Raggle Taggle Gyspy parody)
17. Cuddles McGish (parody of Arthur McBride)
18. Stories and Glaggle
19. The Mining Ship the Red Dwarf (parody of The Bonnie Ship the Diamond)
20. Glancing Back in the Rear View Mirror
21. A Silent Meow
22. Where Ere You Go
23. A New Year, A New Heart
24. Love with a Language Barrier
25. Swiss Snow
26. I Kiss Your Soft Lips
27. Oasis
28. A Cat Named Rover (parody of Gypsy Rover)
29. Molly Malone (cat song parody)
30. Ever Hopeful, More Often Hurting
31. Middle Earth Quivers
32. The Mouse & The Kiss
33. Continue The Quest
34. Take the Punches
35. Outside My Window (the Zombie Tango)
36. The Neverending Drama of Psy-Chronic Sinusitis
37. Musical Ignorance
38. Angels and Demons In Motion
39. Uncontrollably Charmed
40. Climb the Fence
41. Soliloquy from Julius Caesar's Salad
42. Sadness Is My Inspiration
43. Angel's Lament
44. Live For Another Day
45. Kitty Cat (parody of Mari Mac)
46. Black Is the Color (of My Cat's Fur)
47. Lord of the Pounce (parody of Lord of the Dance)
48. The Demented Cat Game (parody of Patriot Game)
49. I'll Tell My Cat (parody of I'll Tell My Ma)

Articles Marc Owns Republishing Rights

1. A Brief History of St Patrick's Day
2. Firefly Lyrics
3. The Ballad of Jayne Lyrics
4. The Story of the Paddle Spanking
5. Heart Surgery Stories
6. Warm Guinness & Blazing Hot Irish Music
7. Celtic Harp Wedding Music
8. 9 Sizzling Summer Celtic CDs You Need to Hear

Celtic CD Reviews

1. "Digital Flashbacks" by Celtic Stone
2. "Archives of Ages to Come" by Emerald Rose
3. "All Ages" by Green Tea
4. "Almost Irish" by Ceann
5. "Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers" by The Dubliners' Tabby Cats
6. "One Spot On Earth" by Heidi, Stef & Bow Triplets
7. "Piping Hot" by MacTalla Mo'r
8. "The Days of Abundance" by The Barley Boys
9. "Into Jerusalem" by Raymond McCullough
10. "Son of a Dunigan" by Michael DeAngelis
11. "Health to the Compay" by 3 Pints Gone
12. "Samhain" by StoneRing
13. "The Road to Santiago" by Heather Dale
14. "Harp and Shamrock" by Cady Finlayson
15. "Highland Fling" by Highland Fling
16. "The High Road" by Cluan
17. "Storming Heaven" by Avalon Rising
18. "Far From Home" by Hugh Morrison & Friends
19. "Roguetrip" by The Rogues
20. "From the Ashes" by Sarah Dinan
21. "Posing As Human" by RISE
22. "Take Two" by Sean McCabe and Cady Finlayson
23. "The Well Tempered Bow" by Liz & Yvonne Kane
24. "Kilkelly" by Moloney, O'Connell & Keane
25. "Irish Heartbeat" by Van Morrison and the Chieftains
26. "The Makem & Clancy Concert [Live]" by Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy
27. Celebration of Celts
28. "The Best of The Dubliners" by The Dubliners
29. "When Kitty Eyes are Smiling (and other Celtic Cat Songs)" by Marc Gunn
30. "The Children of Lir" by Patrick Cassidy
31. "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" by The Pogues
32. "Choice Language" by Capercaillie
33. The Fenians St. Patrick's Day Tour 2005
34. "Two Horizons" by Moya Brennan
35. "The Blue Idol" by Altan
36. "At the Close of an Irish Day" by Mary O'Dowd
37. "Soul of a Harper" by Marc Gunn
38. "The Magic of Ireland" by The Irish Ceili Band and Singers
39. "Lake Effect" by Liz Carroll
40. "Underneath the Stars" by Kate Rusby
41. "Celtic Wedding" by The Chieftains
42. North Texas Irish Festival (NTIF) 2005
43. "A Place Among the Stones" by Davy Spillane
44. "The Best of Silly Wizard" by Silly Wizard
45. The Irish Harp
46. "Kinnitty Sessions" by Lunasa
47. "Talk On Corners" by The Corrs
48. "If This is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back" by The Saw Doctors
49. "Home Ground: Live from Scotland" by Battlefield Band
50. "Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance"
51. "The Hour Before Dawn" by Solas
52. "Martha's Dragon" by Cantiga
53. "Generations of Change" by Ed Miller
54. Celtic Harp Wedding Music
55. Techno Bagpipe Music
56. "New York Town" by Black 47

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