I think that you’re a nice girl,
I’ll take you home and meet my daddy,
And he’ll make a nice cup of tea.” (Elephants For Fun and Profit)
The search for Stump got me thinking about Finbarr Donnelly and Five Go Down To The Sea? Finbarr was the subject of a documentary broadcast on Cork Community Radio a […]
Fishes For Compliments:
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Elephants for Fun and Profit:
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There's a Fish on Top of Shandon (Swears he's Elvis):
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Why Wait Until April:
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How much is the fish?
How much is the chips?
Does the fish have chips?” (Buffalo)
you know, there’s a lot to be said for dropping this whole tenuous link with reality that the Irish have nurtured in the past ten years or so and just get back to the brass tacks of Irishness: you know, being fucking […]
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This article owes its existence to two things: one is the situationist ideas of René Viénet; the other is Sinéad Gleeson. Recently, Sinéad had a post on Irish film, and mused on a possible definition of what constitutes an Irish film.
If it’s made by Hollywood is it Irish? Does it have to be set here? […]
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Now I am going to explode,” he cried. “I shall set the whole world on fire, and make such a noise that nobody will talk about anything else for a whole year.” And he certainly did explode. Bang! Bang! Bang! went the gunpowder. There was no doubt about it.” (Oscar Wilde, The Remarkable Rocket)
The Ego […]
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Heads up to Random Walk for this one. And, ahem, McWilliams for the overdraft line. Ireland’s gross external debt increased by 262% under Fianna Fáil and the PDs, from around €521 billion in 2002, to over €1.36 trillion as of 30 June 2007. The gross external debt, according to the CSO, consists of “the gross […]
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I noticed on Cathal Coughlan’s website that a retrospective of Microdisney has just been released. This seems as good a time as any to post up a video from Microdisney. So. Here’s ‘Birthday Girl’, live on The Tube.
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Last Saturday afternoon, having nothing more on my mind than a short stint of browsing, I found myself on O’Connell Street, watching the unfurling of two separate but equal banners. One was for a “Justice for the Bellanboy 3” rally, the other was part of a “know your rights” campaign by the Independent Workers Union. […]
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