At Home With... Mark McCabe
We track down 2FM’s Mark McCabe in the tranquil surroundings of Delgany in County Wicklow.
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 26 Feb 2008
Mark McCabe lives in a relatively new part of Delgany in North County Wicklow, in what he describes as “the last frontier between city and country”.
As he elaborates, “It’s really the point where the country meets suburbia, so I have the best of both worlds. The flat is airy, and with a glass wall in nearly every room, I have great views of the sea on one side and the Sugar Loaf Mountain on the other. I’m surrounded by beautiful countryside, and I’m only a few minutes away from Delgany village, Greystones or Newcastle. Even Enniskerry is just a short drive away on the other side of the N11.”
McCabe has been ensconced in this top-storey apartment for about eighteen months, and it’s replete with the trappings of his music career, which has seen him score big time not just as a radio broadcaster but also as a maker of booty-shaking dance records. The front hallway has several gold and platinum discs adorning the walls, and there are two Meteor Awards sitting on a table. It’s even obvious from the books he’s reading that his commitment to music isn’t just a nine-to-five affair.
“I’m currently working my way through a load of books, most of which I hope to finish! Some of them are about photography, which is a hobby of mine, but I’m fascinated by this book Recording The Beatles by Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew which goes into all the technical stuff about how they made those famous recordings. I’m also reading Make Mine Music, the autobiography of Bruce Swedien who recorded and mixed Michael Jackson’s Thriller album, among lots of other achievements. It’s brilliant.”
You can’t help noticing McCabe’s Philips Aurea television with its eye-catching white panel around the outside that changes colour. If only the programmes were always as interesting! Although he doesn’t watch a whole deal of TV, he does enjoy DVDs. “I’ve just watched Juno, and I like looking at documentaries like Louis Theroux, for example.”
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