Posted in Doire, Derry, Northern Ireland, music on Oct 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
I’ve been away from these parts a while - can’t quite remember where I’ve been - but the hangover is a monster one. For my comeback post I’ll continue in the same vein of triviality I was in before I disappeared.
My dearest and nearest often buys the quite decent French rock/culture mag Les Inrockuptibles […]
Posted in Irish Working Class, Northern Ireland, Irish Labour History, politics/Ireland on Aug 31st, 2009 31 Comments »
A new generation of Irishmen are creating a new revolution in Ireland and this time they will not be satisfied with half-measures.”
In the run-up to the 1972 Irish referendum on E.E.C. membership, Official Sinn Féin set up a radio station in Dublin in order to propagate its message for a No vote. The station had […]
Posted in Micksploitation, United States, Television, Northern Ireland on Jul 11th, 2009 1 Comment »
This is just the weirdest thing. It’s the final episode in the series, Deadliest Warrior, where the IRA and the Taliban are pitched in mortal combat. Check out the IRA “experts.” One, Skoti Collins, is listed as an “IRA descendant,” whatever the fuck that means, while the other, Peter Crowe, is a Blues singer/guitarist based […]
Posted in UK Politics, TonyBlair, Northern Ireland on Jul 9th, 2007 3 Comments »
Alistair Campbell’s much anticipated diary of his time as Communications Chief under Tony Blair has been published today. While Alistair decided not to serialize the book in any of the newspapers, despite lucrative offers, it’s reported that he received a £1 million advance and its already number 3 on the best seller list. So you […]
Posted in Northern Ireland on Mar 13th, 2007 11 Comments »
That Martin Turner cartoon the other day in the Irish Times summed it up well. It has Ian Paisley after his DUP party won 35 seats in the Assembly Elections declaring that they’ll hold out until they’ve a complete majority. Of course the prospect of holding out for another election, whenever that may happen, is […]