Posted in Anti-semitism, Holocaust Denial, fuckwits, Comedy, French on Jan 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
[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 Manu Chao, Henry Rollins, Mick Harvey, Punk, 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 Literature, 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 Radio, 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 […]