Posted in aesthetics, Art, music on Jul 24th, 2008 5 Comments »
Oh man.
I picked this up in the Oxfam shop on Parliament street for one euro. Classic stuff. The b-side, Who’s knocking at my door, is below, along with Paralyzed.
Here’s a bit about the Legendary Stardust Cowboy from his official site:
Norman Carl Odam was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1947. Inspired by Chet Atkins, he […]
Paralyzed [2:20m]:
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Who's knocking at my door [3:07m]:
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Posted in The Fall, aesthetics, Art on May 14th, 2008 9 Comments »
Mark E Smith’s most distinctive texts echo both Lovecraft and Dick’s methodology. According to caricature, The Fall proffer a naturalism whose dreariness is leavened only by its humour. But it was only in their earliest mode that The Fall were comic naturalists, introducing an amphetamine-driven garage punk to the bingo halls, industrial estates and cracker […]
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(Photo by Graham Keogh.)
A lot has been written about Jinx Lennon. All positive, and all well-deserved. A true original voice. He’s been the subject of RTE’s Arts Lives, clips from which are available on YouTube here.
From his website biog:
Jinx takes the word singer songwriter,douses it liberally with petrol lights it up and then takes a […]
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From the makers of the charming ‘The Red Balloon‘ comes this following little enterprise - ‘It’s a horrible life‘. Well-structured and well-edited, a simple little story. All in all, great stuff.
Enjoy.
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I just came across this enjoyable little Irish movie - all 2 minutes and 51 seconds of it. I know absolutely nothing about the makers of it, except the following from the youtube site itself:
The Red Balloon - a film by Lauren Brownen, Claire Butler and Conor O’Kelly. The story of a girl and […]
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Posted in Art, Film on Mar 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Mertz: Do you find my method acting unsound?
Dullard: I saw no acting at all.
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The post below on snobbery, art, and Dvorák, got me thinking about an Irish composer who drew heavily from this country´s heritage - namely, Seán Ó Riada.
Born in Adare, Co. Limerick in 1931, Ó Riada studied music under Aloys Fleischmann at UCC, before getting a job in 1952 at Radio Éireann. In 1955 he […]
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There are people out there who do not see the three minute pop song as an art form. They need help. Now, there are thousands of pop songs to choose from, but here´s one that I find particularly wonderful.
The Divine Comedy will be a subject of our Great Irish Bands series soon, but for […]
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Karen Dervan is not well.
In today’s Sunday Tribune review section she tells us that her blood is boiling. The reason is simple: Glen Hansard and his “make art” speech at the Oscars.
There are Irish artists struggling to “make art” every day, artists who will most likely never earn any recognition for their efforts until, […]
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Posted in comix, Art on Feb 28th, 2008 No Comments »
This is well overdue but still, better late….
Bob Byrne of clamnuts fame has just launched his comic book Mister Amperduke - actually it was back on Valentine’s Day, but as I said better late…
It’s about how a mini-city of small lego people survive when their benign creator, a tic-tac dispensing granddad with tiny rabbit ears, […]
Yank Sizzler No. 30:
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