Posted in Irish Society, Irish Economy, Ireland on Feb 19th, 2010 No Comments »
[Thanks to Paula Geraghty for the video and link.]
Shell to Sea, Dublin, held a solidarity picket outside Shell’s headquarters in Leeson Street Dublin Tuesday 16th February 2010. This video is from that event
Local people in Erris, Co Mayo, have been involved in a long-term battle to force Shell, the multinational corporation to refine gas offshore […]
Posted in irish culture, Irish music on Feb 16th, 2010 7 Comments »
The first demo from a very popular Irish act.
Thanks to Dave for the tapes. Much appreciated.
Real Time [2:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Breakthru [3:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Burn Clear [3:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Shine On [3:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Friday 13 [3:30m]: Play Now | Play in PopupPosted in irish culture, Irish music on Feb 16th, 2010 3 Comments »
Again, no information here except what’s on the cover.
I’m not sure if this is a demo. It kinda has the feel of a cassette E.P.
Anyway, not exactly my type of music, but it is reflective of the type of stuff being produced in Ireland in the 1980s.
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According to Irish Rock discography, the Secret Goldfish were possibly an ‘Atrix related band from the mid-80s?´
I’m afraid there is absolutely no information with the demo, which was recorded on a computer cassette tape (one to explain to the kids, that).
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On Wednesday next (February 17), the IFI is showing the classic 1982 sci-fi movie, Tron. Consider this post a public-service announcement: if you haven’t seen Tron yet, here’s your chance.
This was one of the first films I saw in the cinema, back in the day. I saw it again last year at the IFI as […]
Posted in Irish History on Feb 14th, 2010 No Comments »
I met up with Terry Fagan of the Dublin North Inner City Folklore Project on Friday, to hand over to him a USB key of 97 recordings I’ve digitized from the project’s collection of oral history interviews. The original tapes are stored in the Irish Labour Museum, Beggars Bush, and I’ve been working my way […]
Posted in Media on Feb 11th, 2010 6 Comments »
Adam Curtis did a short film for Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe, which I thought was pretty good.
Posted in irish culture, Irish music on Feb 9th, 2010 16 Comments »
The Boneshakers were fronted by Dave Finnegan and were probably Ireland’s first psychobilly band. They lasted less than a year, but in that time managed to play venues such as the Ivy Rooms and The Underground. They didn’t make any other recordings except this demo. The line-up was:
Dave Finnegan - Vocals
Willo O’Brien - Bass
Dermot Free** […]
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I know nothing about this band, except that they were based in Dublin c.1984. I don’t know if they played any gigs. The demo comes from a bag of tapes a friend of mine found in his attic. Thanks again Dave for passing them on.
The names on the demo are (I think):
John Lalor
Steve Potter
Andy Skerritt
Luke […]
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What the fuck did he expect? Richard Bruton to step aside and let Lee take his cabinet seat? Leo Varadkar to grow a heart and lose a spine? Enda Kenny to make shrewd and calculating choices?
It’s hard to know which is funnier: that George Lee thought Fine Gael knew (or cared) about the economy, or […]
