Posted in Irish election, politics/Ireland, Bertie on May 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
We are always giving out about RTE. The State of Us was dire, Fair City risible, and Killinascully is a vacuous black hole of a comedy which wouldn’t even make a crazy old lady laugh.
But what about RTE’s election coverage? It was supposed to be the most extensive coverage ever. The RTE TV studio […]
Posted in Art, music on May 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
Last time I spent a couple of weeks in our over-moneyed wee island, I ended up flying home to France on a Sunday. Consequently, I managed to bury my disgruntlement, on the plane, in that day’s copy of the Observer. Mark E Smith’s analysis is, once again, spot on - this proves me, gan dabht, […]
Posted in gigs, music on May 29th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been listening to the new Björk album Volta of late, and I must say I like it. One of Bjork’s musical virtues is that she always collaborates with interesting musicians. She does tend to cherry pick the hottest stars who happen to pepper the edge of the mainstream in an effort to create her […]
Posted in Irish social history, Irish working Class Culture, Irish Working Class on May 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
Some footage I found of Dublin around the time of the first Gregory deal. The past may be a different country, but politics seems to stand outside of it sometimes. Music by Sufjan Stevens.
Posted in Property, Irish election, Ireland on May 27th, 2007 No Comments »
The body strives for that which sickens the mind with love…
Stretches out toward that which smites it, and yearns to couple.” (Lucretius, In the Realm of the Senses, 4.1048)
For all the talk of a presidential campaign - for all the Lunz cuntz focus groups and “Dream On Baby” slipup scoops- this election boiled down to […]
Posted in Irish election on May 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
So I was wrong. Many people were. Before the time passes completely and the recent memory of the last week of the election campaign is wiped out of our collective memory by the inevitable rewrite once the negotiations for government begins, we should remember that lots of people thought that Fianna Fail were going to […]
Posted in great irish bands, irish culture, Irish music, Irish working Class Culture on May 24th, 2007 7 Comments »
The Stars of Heaven were another band who graduated from the Underground on Dame Street. I find it amazing how that little venue has been written out of Irish music history, and I can only conclude that it’s because Jeff Brennan, who ran the place, simply pissed off too many journos, DJs, and Hot Press […]
Posted in great irish bands, irish culture, Irish music, Irish working Class Culture on May 23rd, 2007 6 Comments »
Hey Paulette were a band I first came across through the Underground on Dame street. This was back in the late 1980s, and I spent just all my time in that bar either playing drums or getting drunk - usually both at the same time. most of the video was filmed in Temple Lane rehearsal […]
Posted in Iraq on May 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Currently, the most read article on the Guardian Unlimited site is this one about the US allegation that Iran has a secret plan for a summer offence designed to oust the US from Iraq. The very experienced reporter Simon Tisdall cites an unnamed US official as saying:
“Tehran’s strategy to discredit the US surge and foment […]
Posted in Media on May 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
Dublin City Council has struck a deal selling off public space across the city to the largest multinational advertising agency in the world. With the outdoor advertising market in Dublin estimated to be worth about a billion euro annually you would imagine that the next Council bin lorry you see will be sporting gold rims. […]
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