Our views on movies 10-06 are here. 10. Frankenweenie -. See our review here. 9. Beast of the Southern Wild -. Our review is here. 8. Moonrise Kingdom – A Wes Anderson […]
Best Movies of 2012
Matthew Bark’s Albums of 2012
Only 5 albums? Yes. Only 5. There were many others I liked during the year but the following held my attention for the longest. #FIVE Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded/ […]
Best Albums of 2012
Yes, enough of the nearly men, let’s hear it for the real winners! Not a vintage year of music, but there’s still a lot of quality stuff out there. The list only […]
1,000th Post!
I’m typing this at the back of a conga line, which is jolly difficult! Yes, it’s a day of celebration for the workhorse crew, as we’ve reached another round number. Thanks to […]
Top 5 Zombie Movies!
An old post, but for the weekend that’s in it, quite fitting. Mary from Candepop on her favorite zombie movies! If you wanted to pick five movies for a zombie marathon at […]
Things to do in Dublin – 17th – 23rd Sept
And you thought last week was a busy one? Well, it ain’t got nothing on this one! Mostly due to Culture Night, yes, that’s right, the night where all the museum employees […]
Things to do in Dublin – 10th – 16th Sept
Yeah, it’s another busy one, so I’ll get right down to it. Music – Leonard Cohen starts his residency in Kilmainham tomorrow, and there still seems to be tickets going for the […]
Blog Awards Ireland – Shortlist
We are pleased to announce that this little old Blog has been shortlisted for the Blog of the Year in the Best Arts / Culture Blog category! Who would have thought when […]
Top Ten Gigs of 2011
Ok, one last list, and then that’s it, I promise! Well, this blog did start life as a gig guide, so it would be poor form to ignore them! Did I go […]
Top 10 Movies of 2011
Working my way back through the releases from this year, it wasn’t a vintage year, and there were very few that would excite me greatly. Still, we did see Tomas Alfredson prove that ‘Let […]
Top Ten of the Year – Music – MQ
Ah. Ok, here we go! Time to nail my colours to the mast. What does that mean anyway? After a quick google search… “In nautical battles colours (flags) were lowered as a […]
Top 10 Albums 2011 – JR
These lists basically mean nothing but we love (and hate) doing them. It’s definitely a love/hate thing. I love it because it’s enjoyable going over all the music you’ve heard in a […]
Song Fu #1
Update: The Winner is Kurt Vile and Bank of America! Ok, so our top team of lawyers have told us to issue a full apology to Adam and Joe, and to change […]
Song Wars #2
Update: Kimya wins! I’m pretty sure the volcano swung it. It’s a slow Monday, so I’ve decided to knock out another battle royale. Same rules as ever, two songs enter, one song […]
Song Wars #1
Update: The Winner is… Girls! Another wonderful idea from those Candepop people, Rebecca this time. Two songs enter, one song leaves. There can be only one! and other bad movie lines, you […]
Guest Post: Top Five Sci-fi Movies
Before you ask, yes, I am annoying all my friends on a consistent basis to do these things, but they’re kind of fun. I’m enjoying them at least. This is by one […]
Guest Post – Hal Hartley
Another Saturday, another guest post. This time it’s by a blogless person, Lesley Ann Whelan, whose knowledge of obscure movie directors knows no bounds. Hal Hartley is an American independent movie director […]
Guest Post: Zombie Attack!
Second in the List of Guest Posts, is from another of the wonderful Candepop people, Mary (Edie’s Mum)! Their knowledge knows no bounds, and they can easily change from babies to zombies […]
Guest Post – ‘Coming of Age’ Movies
The public requested, nay demanded guest posts, and what does the workhorse give them? This is the first one, and hopefully some of the other people I’ve been nagging will come up […]
Does the 27 club exist?
After the sad death of Amy Winehouse last weekend, all the hacks in the media jumped on the fact that she was 27 to fill up some space on their papers, but […]
Mercury Prize Nominations
The Mercury Prize nominations are out, and do we care? Kinda. These prizes are never more than a mild interst, and when you see the previous winners include such high lights as […]
‘It’s about Summer and having some time off, and being totally in love’
Ok, the sun has got to me, so I’m doing Summer songs. All suggestions welcome! This is the tallest man on earth, and he described this song as, well, what it say […]
Michael Franti ‘Sound of Sunshine’
This quickly seems to be the song of the summer, which is nice to see, as no one can claim he didn’t pay his dues. I was listening to Today FM the […]
NPR – Colin Stetson, Big K.R.I.T
Colin Stetson is another name I didn’t know off the NPR’s list of the best albums of the year (so far!). He plays bass saxophone among other instruments, and has played with […]
NPR – Top 25 of the year
I considered doing a ‘top albums of the year so far’ but thought it would be too cheap. Happily, not everyone thinks likewise, as the great NPR have created one. As ever […]
No More Workhorse 