Posted in great irish bands, irish culture on Jun 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
It took me a long time to get into the Frames, and when it finally happened, I was quite surprised and not a little embarrassed. As it stands, For the Birds is rarely off my MP3 player. The song below is taken from it.
For the band’s wikipedia entry, click here.
The official site, click here. […]
Posted in irish culture, irishness, Fianna Fáil, Irish Society, Irish Diaspora, Ireland, politics/Ireland, Politics on Jun 18th, 2008 No Comments »
NONE of Foreign Minister Micheal Martin’s EU counterparts blame the Government for the crisis caused by the ‘No’ vote on the Lisbon Treaty, he said yesterday.”
As Ciarán Fitzgerald famously said, “where’s your fucking pride?”
So the EU doesn’t blame Micheál Martin. That’s the big message he brought back from Europe. Well, that’s what matters, I suppose. […]
Posted in great irish bands, irish culture, Irish social history, Irish working Class Culture on Jun 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
Thanks to Reekussunfare for this. A clip of the Blades miming to “Downmarker” outside the RTE studios in Donnybrook, sometime in the early 1980s.
Posted in Bigfoot, irish culture on Jun 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
My God. This is the first time I’ve ever seen footage of Beckett, or even heard him speak. The clip is only 39 seconds long, putting it on a par with the infamous Roger Patterson Bigfoot 8mm film.
It’s taken from an interview in Paris, 1987, and Beckett is talking about What Where.
He sounds […]
Posted in irish culture, Irish social history, music on Jun 9th, 2008 No Comments »
A couple of years ago I came across a bootleg I had made back in 1987 of Something Happens! in the Baggot Inn. Support that night was the Slowest Clock. I converted the tape to MP3 and burnt it onto a CD. Unfortunately, I cannot find the cassette tape, and the CD has become damaged. […]
Posted in irish culture, Irish social history on Jun 9th, 2008 No Comments »
More albums from St. Vincent’s on Sean McDermott Street. This one is a collection of the best sketches of comic duo, Jimmy O’Dea and Harry O’Donovan. The following comes from the album sleeve notes, written by Matthew Murtagh:-
“Born in Lower Bridge Street in the heart of old Dublin - not far from “Biddy Mulligan´s” Coombe […]
Biddy Mulligan on the Tram [3:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Biddy Mulligan Casts Her Vote [3:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Biddy Mulligan (song) [3:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup James Joyce, Anna Livia Plurabelle [8:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup O'Dea and O'Donovan, non troppo largo [3:12m]: Play Now | Play in PopupPosted in irish culture, dublin, Art, Film on Apr 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
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.
Posted in great irish bands, irish culture, Irish music on Apr 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
You have to blame trust me I’m a thief for these two back-to-back posts. The link to Jape brought me to Si Schroeder, who I have never heard of before. The following is from his record label page:
Si Schroeder is a six-foot hairy male who makes ‘music’. This ‘music’ generally sounds like classic songs in […]
Posted in great irish bands, irish culture, Irish music on Apr 3rd, 2008 7 Comments »
Taken from Jape’s label website, trustmeiamathief.com, (home to the Redneck Manifesto as well.)
The music of Jape is a breath of fresh air to the smoggy atmosphere of Dublin. The first album “Cosmosphere” which was released last year on the Volta Sounds label showed his experimental side and sense of humor with stoner folk and 8 […]
Posted in irish culture, dublin, Art, Film on Mar 28th, 2008 14 Comments »
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 […]