Two Gallants (band) the pair decided to just make music together, plugging Stephens' guitar into Vogel's bass amp in order to play bass lines with melodies. The name Two Gallants was chosen after a short story of the same name from James Joyce's "Dubliners", as both were reading the book at the time and the name "seemed obvious". With Stephens on guitar, harmonica, and lead vocals and Vogel on drums and vocals, Two Gallants began playing house shows around the Bay area and busking outside BART subway stations, particularly the stop at 16th and Mission. Two Gallants released their debut album, "The Throes",
LÉ James Joyce (P62) LÉ James Joyce (P62) LÉ "James Joyce" (P62) is a (OPV) which was built by Babcock Marine Appledore for the Irish Naval Service. Although questioned by some descendants of the author, the ship was named for writer James Joyce. In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine, a UK-based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon. Like the similar "Róisín"-class OPV, "James Joyce" was designed by Vard Marine. In July 2013, the name of the vessel, "James Joyce" was announced by the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter in Dáil Éireann.