It must be the hardest job of marketing experts the world over to make Science seem cool, but I guess that’s the aim of Science Week, which has a series of lectures […]
A New Look
I picked the look of the page quite quickly back in April (ah yes, all those months ago). It was always quite ugly, but i was slow to change it for some […]
Bonnie Prince
You can hear or download some songs from the Bonnie one, from his intervew at WBEZ91.5 (chicago) here! Its a nice live version, with some conversation also. He performs Troublesome Houses and […]
Janelle Monae?
Quick quiz. What do you know? Ah, basically, Im really not convinced by her. I like tightrope, which is a pretty good song, but cold war and others really leave me high […]
Ranelagh Arts Festival
The Ranelagh arts festival is something worth keeping an eye on. Over the last few years I’ve seen Martin Parr give a talk on his work and Neil Hannon play in a […]
Pavement Interview
This really is well worth having a look at, for Malkmus’ shocking performance! He is being interviewed by someone who clearly has no idea who he is, and doesn’t really care anyway, […]
To toast or not to toast
I wish I could stop myself, but I can’t! This video has nothing, I repeat, nothing to do with toast. They have the whole thing on youtube, which is pretty amazing.
The National Return!
Some good news for a quiet Tuesday lunch time, but the National are returning to Dublin on 2nd of December, with the 3rd and 4th quite likely once the first sells out, […]
Music for Babies #4
I had vaguely heard that They might be giants had made an album for kids, but had no idea of the scale of their interest in the baby scene! They’ve taken this […]
Football Shocker
Is there really anything shocking about a footballer sleeping around anymore? Do they honestly think whoever they’re with won’t just go straight to the Sun or the News of the World and sell their […]
Emmy Awards 2010
I’m not sure why it is, but I’m a fan of most of the nominations for best TV show in the Emmys this year. I doubt this was always the case, but […]
You know, for Kids!
I saw Tim Robbins play/ sing live with the Rouge’s Gallery about two years ago, in what was probably the last ‘Dockland’s Festival’. It was a nice idea, to hold a festival […]
Unofficially Offical
According to most of twitter, and also the Irish Times, Arcade Fire are returning to Dulbin to play the O2 on the 5th of Dec. The truly shocking thing is the price […]
Micah
Micah P Hinson returns to Dublin, to Crawdaddy. The video link below doesn’t really capture how odd he is, but it does capture how lovely his sound is! He has had two […]
Fionn and the Mice
There’s always a glut of new gigs announced once i do a gig guide! always the way. Anyway, here’s two more. Fionn Regan in that odd new venue the workman’s club, as […]
Atoms for Peace
Super groups are nearly always a bad idea. They rarely come to much, but I guess the travelling Wilbury’s were good in their day, right? Maybe I’m alone on that one. I […]
I was born for the stage
Dublin’s very own theatre festival takes place between Sept 30 and Oct 17, and looks to be another strong line up. Possibly the stand out shows this year include…John Gabriel Borkman with […]
Live music on sound cloud.
The wonderful Nialler9 has a link to the sleigh bells concert from Primavera on his site here. The equally wonderful and in some ways more so, Cormac sent me this link, if you […]
The Walkmen – Lisbon
Their new album isn’t out till Oct 8th, but you can download a song from it for the mere cost of an email address, of which you probably have about four thousand. […]
One Summer’s Eve
A nice little oddity of an outdoor festival in Temple Bar is taking place next week, in Meeting House Square. It sounds fun, with a good line up of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, […]
Cheers to Arthur
I guess Guinness enjoyed Arthur’s day mark one, as they’re doing it again this year. Supposedly the 250 years is complete nonsense anyway (as it was a completely different drink back then), […]
Discreet Music #1
Navigating the “ambient” music landscape can be a perilous undertaking. The peaks reveal brilliant recordings whereas the valleys can often be home to “supermarket” or “new-age” music. It’s tricky. On reflection I […]
Kilkenny Arts Festival
First off, Kilkenny arts festival is only around the corner. It has a very strong visual arts section in it, with names such as Willie Doherty, Willian McKeown, Ethne Jordan among many […]
Hamburger
Neil Hamburger has just confirmed a gig at Dublin’s Sugar club. 2nd of September, for 22 euro. Here are some of his insights into the sad loss of Heath Ledger, taken from […]
Jova Joy
As can be found here, Liverpool’s new signing Milan Jovanovic was ‘delighted’ that the club changed his number after less than a month at the club! When Joe Cole arrived at the […]
Belle and Seb among others
Around the same time as their ATP Belle and Sebastian have just announced a date at the Grand Canal Theatre, on the 3rd of Dec, Tickets are on sale already and are […]
Festival of world festivals
You wait six months for a festival and then two come at once! The DLR Festival of World Cultures is on this weekend (23rd to 25th) in Dunlaoghaire. Its possibly the best […]
Calvin
Can you remember when Beck was cool? I know its a struggle to remember that far back. Well, i guess the mellow gold was pretty good, but the only album of his […]
The Free Economy
Another story about someone giving something away. Author Marta Ascota wrote a vampire book for teenagers, but sadly, she wasn’t alone, as that’s what half the world seem to be doing, after […]
