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As Bono from U2 put it: “The whole thing about Lent – as any Irishman will tell you – is that it stops on St Patrick’s Day.” Bono, you speak, we listen! Janet Elkins' hometown is famous for dying the Chicago River green. Even here in Southern California we celebrate the Irish holiday although the California way may not be quite conforming with the original religious holiday tradition. We are in good company, though! While 5.5 million pints of Guinness are consumed daily around the world, on St Patrick's Day that number rises to 13 million! Another great Irish tradition is music. We asked DJ Lee Dyson to compile The Perfect Playlist! Lee Dyson: "Since I’m more or less ½ Irish AND a DJ I figured it’s only my responsibility to provide everyone with some festive music from Irish bands to help celebrate the day. P.S. I didn’t forget Enya…..I just didn’t want to put anyone to sleep!" So we got you drinking Guinness and dancing. Let's add food! Please d...

Dear Friends, By the end of this week, everyone will feel a little Irish - or at least wear green and down a pint of ale. We are getting a head start on the party and we asked Matt to pick something Irish. It turns out that our DJ is part Irish himself. Feel free to send him some love! You can find Matt on Facebook . "Happy St. Patty's Day from DJ Matt Cornwall! Being that I am a quarter Irish, I'm not only entitled to celebrate twice as much as non Irish people , but I get to be picky about what music should be played ! : ) Two Door Cinema Club are some nice young men from Ireland (somewhat following a tad in the footsteps of another band of nice young men from Ireland with the letter U and the numeral 2 ) making charged passionate original rock dance music while managing to invoke and incorporate seamlessly, what can only be described as a pastiche or blend of various brands of something distinctly Irish in sound ...see if you can hear hints of various legendary I...