Monthly Archives: March 2009

Can’t Have It All by Jay Brannan

  By Will | March 31, 2009 - 3:36 pm | Events, Music
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Title: Can’t Have It All Artist: Jay Brannan Label: Great Depression Records Release: Unknown Jay is due to play in Dublin on May 6 2009 in Crawdaddy on Harcourt Street,. The 140 character review Bittersweet. Honeyed tune with cyanide lyrics that hook themselves in to the brain. Sounds like a song around for centuries; showing talent. Be warned, there is swearing in the song and the introduction to the video. and now your reviews, Will

Ooh Arr, Everyone Makes Mistakes

  By Lottie | March 31, 2009 - 1:58 pm | In The News, The Culch
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You”re out doing a little piracy on the high-seas, as you do, when you spy through your trusty spying glass a lone ship aloft on the water. A lone ship rife for the taking and pillaging. Argh! So off you sail, black flag a flying and board said ship looking to find some helpless fishermen or oil riggers for the terrorising. But on cornering this innocent looking cargo you discover, much to your own peg-legged dismay that you and your hardy maties have actually handed yourself over to a German Army Ship (and by consequence an international anti-piracy task force) full to the gills with weapons and big bad soldiers, who were as it happens, just coming to look for you. Result? Half day for the Navy. Bad day for Pirates. [Image: AddLetters]

Tuesday Tune - Janis Joplin’s Mercedes Benz

  By Darren Byrne | March 31, 2009 - 1:19 pm | Music, The Culch
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Her life was an all too short rollercoaster of highs and tragic lows. Janis Joplin was born January 19, 1943 and died October 4, 1970, and across her 27 years she led a triumphant and tumultuous life marked by an innate talent to convey powerful emotion through heart-pounding rock-and-roll. Born into a comfortable middle-class family, Joplin was a loner by her early teens, developing a taste for blues and folk music and retreating into poetry and painting. She ran away from home at age 17 and began singing in clubs in Texas to earn money for a trip to California. In 1966 she joined Big Brother and the Holding Company in San Francisco. A fairly successful first album in 1967 with Big Brother caught the attention of Columbia Records who signed the group. After the hit single Piece of My Heart, Joplin had come to overshadow her backing band she … There’s more →

Movie News 31/03/09

  By Darren Byrne | March 31, 2009 - 10:00 am | In The News, Movies & TV, The Culch
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Right, well, they’ve bowed to pressure and are not going to remake The Karate Kid…kinda. So as not to sully the great 80′s classic, Will Smith and his son will be making The Kung Fu Kid instead. Blah… As Ghostbusters 3 edges closer to our screens, Harold Ramis (who both played Egon and co-wrote the originals) talks to MTV about the film and its premise. Check it out here. Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes has a new teaser poster. And…yeah, it’s pretty damn cool. Madonna is adopting a new……actually, I’m bored of this story……next topic… Total Film have chosen their 7 favourite sweded movies. I love the Jurassic Park one. I still think we should band together and do out own version of an Irish movie - the Snapper maybe…or My Left Foot… Check out the trailer for Tony Scott’s update of The Taking of Pelham 123:

Some Sad News

  By Darren Byrne | March 30, 2009 - 11:37 pm | In The News, The Culch, TV
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This is where the nerd in me comes out. I was saddened to hear the passing of Andy Hallett. I was am a huge Buffy fan and was a big fan of the spin-off show Angel too. One of the main characters in it was a singing green demon called Lorne. It was without a doubt Hallett‘s biggest role and though he was an accomplished musician, at the time of his death, aged only 33, it is for his 76 appearances in Joss Whedon’s supernatural show that he will be remembered. So, spare a thought for the young actor who died from heart failure after a five year battle.

Believe in Free Speech even if you don’t like what’s being said?

  By Allan | March 30, 2009 - 10:36 pm | In The News, Politics, The Arts, The Internet
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The recent controversy over Picturegate transcended Conor Casby’s paintings. It revealed a national broadcaster in preemptive terror of the government; a meddling Government Press Office that overstepped the procedures the rest of us have to adhere to if we have a broadcasting complaint; and a Gardai that are clearly taking directions from murky corners of Irish politics. The full implications of a very strange week have yet to be teased out but many people are waking up to the rot in Irish political life and the episode has revealed some strange definitions of satire, and strange attitudes to the human body. If any of this concerns you, and as a citizen of a democracy it should, you should express that concern. The Leave Conor Casby Alone group on Facebook approaches 6,000 members, you might join that. You might voice your concerns to RTE [email protected] and/or the BCC http://www.bcc.ie/how_to_complaint/index.html. I’m encouraging … There’s more →

Facebook For The Fabulous

  By Lottie | March 30, 2009 - 12:31 pm | The Culch, The Internet
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Getting a bit fed up of all the poking and vampire biting going on on Facebook? Haven’t really gotten the hang of Twitter? Feel a bit long in the tooth for Bebo? Then why not try Affluence.org. The more sophisticated, upmarket social networkings site. Oh, did I mention you will need a minimum fortune of €2.26 million or a yearly income of over $300k a year to join the ironically free social networking service. Affluence , an American based company, has been around since September or 2008 and now claims to have over 20,000 members, with applications reaching 500 a day. All applications are investigated and vetted to ensure that the application fits the the criteria. Of course if you don’t have the dosh, you only need five uber rich friends to send you an invite and you’re in. If you do fit the criteria, I’ll be happy to fill … There’s more →