Posted in Politics on Feb 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
This is interesting. One of the most known (renowned) photographs in the world is the one shown here of Mohammad Atta, the ring leader of the conspirators who flew the planes into the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on September 11, 2001.
But needless to say, apart from whom the picture […]
Posted in Labour on Feb 27th, 2007 5 Comments »
Most of Labour’s critics, armed with a deadly cocktail of ignorance and arrogance, have dismissed it as a sideshow. There was never a strong left-wing party in Ireland, they say, because there was never a strong industrial base from which to build such a party. The only place where a true working class existed, the […]
Posted in gigs, music on Feb 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
On Friday night, during Newsnight Review, the writer and idiot Toby Young outted Montreal based Arcade Fire as a bunch of rich upper-class prigs, two of whom went to the most expensive school in the US private education system. Needless to say, he was dismissive of the album without actually saying anything about it, as […]
Posted in cinema on Feb 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
We all have in the back of our heads, a nagging list of movies that we really have to see before we can call ourselves cinematically snobbish, albums we must hear before we can call ourselves musically smug, and places we must visit before we can leave our passports lying around for people to see. […]
Posted in Ireland on Feb 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Reading Timothy Garton Ash yesterday in the Guardian while consuming a delicious latte in my favourite coffee shop in Dublin I was struck by his neat way of explaining political complacency and the majorities general satisfaction with global capitalism as well as the thoughtless popular fascination with inane celebrities.
“In more developed economies, such as […]
Posted in music on Feb 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Billy Holiday and Louis Armstrong singing New Orleans in the 1947 film of the same name.
And of course, Strange Fruit. I hate to admit that the first time I heard this was when it was sung by Mary Coughlan, long before she became better known for her bitter rivalry with Sinead O’Connor. […]
Posted in Iraq, politics/world on Feb 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
In the print edition of The Irish Times today there was a Reuters report about Dick Cheney’s visit to Japan, where he said that the US has to succeed in Iraq to prevent terrorists attacking the US. It’s not on the site so I can’t link to it.
It was an eventful morning and I lost […]
Posted in politics/Ireland, Ireland on Feb 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
Recently I mentioned that a certain weekend had provided a number of shocks: in the Rugby, with Labour tax cut pledge, and with the nomination of this modest site for the Irish Blog Awards. There was also one other shock which I mentioned obliquely without explaining what it was.
I can now reveal for the curious […]
Posted in Media, Politics on Feb 20th, 2007 4 Comments »
The New York Times provides a fascinating close study of the current testimony in the trial of Lewis Libby Jr, former Chief of Staff for Dick Cheney, who is accused of leaking the name of the CIA operative Valarie Plame to the press. It shows exactly how both Libby and Cheney conducted themselves politically in […]
Posted in blogging on Feb 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Thanks to everyone who voted for us in the Irish Blog Awards. We were lucky enough to be shortlisted in Best News/Current Affairs Blog category along with:
An Spailpin Fanach
IrishElection.com
The Limerick Blogger
Sarah Carey
So we’re in excellent company. I’ll be at the glittering awards ceremony at the Alexander Hotel for Dublin Opinion and I shall […]
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