Posted in Comedy, French, Ireland on May 18th, 2011 2 Comments »
This video is by that rare creature - a Frenchman that makes me laugh (intentionally that is) - Philippe KATERINE. He also makes my daughters laugh a lot - may be due to the fact they’ve just overtaken me in mental age.
Translation of the lyrics :
Hello, I’m the Queen of England and I’m shitting down […]
Posted in French, cinema on Jan 21st, 2010 5 Comments »
[ Libération cover from the day after Rohmer’s death ]
During the mid 80s Mozzer moaned about Channel 4’s late night programming in song - something or other about ‘plans for a future war’. I don’t remember that particular evening but I do have a (very possibly) distorted memory of there always seeming to be […]
Posted in French, cinema on Mar 4th, 2009 1 Comment »
[ Sur la plage de Belfast poster from Director’s own site ]
A short film crops up fairly regularly on French TV that reminds me somewhat of Conor’s modus operandi on a couple of damn good posts on this blog (I’m thinking of his posts from about this time last year using old family […]
Posted in fuckwits, Comedy, French on Jan 3rd, 2009 14 Comments »
[Dieudonné on a French advertising pillar in a characteristically tasteful advert for a previous one-man-show]
In bringing in the new year (that thus far doesn’t look like being much of an improvement on the fetid worm-ridden stool we just left in the toilet bowl of time) I get to use for the first time a tag […]
Posted in French, music on Dec 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Warning for Donagh - this post may or may not mention football … Avert your eyes now !
A post resulting from more deadtime spent on YouTube - I’ve a lot of that recently due to the wonderful French employment market for blokes with funny accents.
Anyhow, had heard a cover on the radio of great 80/90s […]
Posted in Lisbon Treaty, French, politics/Ireland, Ireland, Politics on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
There’s an interesting report in the Financial Times today. It states that France has “put on ice” its plans to implement European tax harmonisation under its forthcoming presidency.
Christine Lagarde, French finance minister, told the Financial Times that while the proposal for a common consolidated corporate tax base had not been abandoned altogether, Paris would no […]
Posted in French, football on Jun 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
I have been meaning to post on football for a long while but have managed to let the season pass by without getting around to it. We find ourselves now in that football equivalent of ‘after hours drinking’ we get every 2 years when we binge out for a month after the season’s end* thanks […]
Posted in French, Bastards on May 7th, 2008 7 Comments »
Take a look at the wee family spat over here on the Guardian’s site, classic ‘Little House on the Prairie’ stuff I think you’ll all agree : Houllebecq’s Darlin’ Mother
:->
Posted in French, great irish bands, Irish music, gigs on Mar 17th, 2008 No Comments »
[ Hangover friendly broadcasting - Photo from Radio Nova Website]
On a balmy night last summer, I had somewhat of a radio epiphany while trying to tune the car radio somewhere near my home. I came across a station I’d never before noticed that was playing a track from that Stuart Staples solo LP from a […]
Posted in French, obituary, music on Feb 14th, 2008 5 Comments »
[ Salvador on the cover of an album from 2000 - courtesy of www.zoomrang.com ]
‘Woke up this morning…. felt like Ronnie Drew’ as the old blues standard goes. In fact, I woke up, as per usual, when a news story that actually grabbed my attention came on my radio alarm. This particular morning - amongst […]
