Daily Archives: May 19, 2009

Dublin City Soul Festival hits town

  By Steph | May 19, 2009 - 10:50 pm | Events
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It’s that time of year again - the days are getting longer, the sun is coming out to play (well hopefully) & there’s soul in the air! The 3rd annual Dublin City Soul Festival hits the capital this week from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th of May. There’s an amazing array of musicians from all over the world hitting the streets, cafes & bars of Dublin this week bringing soul to the masses. Here’s some of the highlights: Rising Stars @ Meeting House Square: Taking place on Friday 22nd from 5pm, the Top 10 Rising Stars will be providing soul food from the stage while a BBQ, tapas & cold beer will be on hand to get you weekend off to a fantastic start! Tickets are free & available by emailing your request to [email protected] Soul Jam @ The Sugar Club: Ms.Nickki & The Memphis Soul Survivors with Vince Johnson … There’s more →

Battle of the Hands

  By Sinéad | May 19, 2009 - 9:01 pm | Events, Music
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There have always been Battle of the Bands, and open mic nights - neither of these ever really catered for the piano player. Until now. The Green Room Bar, located near the O2 is holding a “Battle of the Hands” starting on June 10th. From the press release… The Green Room’s Search for Dublin’s Hottest Piano Player We are looking for a born entertainer with a talent to rock the piano, whatever your playing style. Each player will be assigned a 20 minute set to wow the judges as they battle it out for a residency and €500! There are 15 places, 5 players a night and the winners from each night will come back for the final to compete for the final prize. The winner will be determined by a panel of judges as they battle it out for the prizes. You can enter the competition by filling out … There’s more →

interview with a guitar maker…

  By Peter | May 19, 2009 - 5:37 pm | Featured Post, wantsies
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I’m sitting down having a cup of coffee about a month ago banging my head off a desk, trying to get my head around some feature or other for a design… it’s nearing something like some sort of brain training exercise gone wrong]. G. Ryan is on. I think ‘flippit thats all I need…’ But the chap on the phone intrigues me…. and all I can think about is how on Gods earth did he end up doing that for a living, by 34 years of age. I picked up the phone and called Alastair. This is my interview with Alastair of Emerald Guitars…. i used to grow plants under my bed. you woke up one morning and thought ‘i wanna build a guitar…….. I have always been fascinated by guitars for as long as I can remember but never had the opportunity to learn to play until I was 18. … There’s more →

No Giggidy…

  By Rick | May 19, 2009 - 4:19 pm | Gigs, In The News, The Culch
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Right so… The Heineken Green Spheres stage is new at Oxegen this year (does it just replace one of the old stages?). Got a release today telling me who’s going to be on it: The full Heineken Green Spheres stage line-up is: FRIDAY 10th July 2 MANY DJ’S REPUBLIC OF LOOSE MOGWAI FIGHT LIKE APES DREADZONE GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT SATURDAY 11TH JULY PET SHOP BOYS TV ON THE RADIO PETER DOHERTY REGINA SPEKTOR THE SATURDAYS DANIEL MERRIWEATHER GARY GO SUNDAY 12TH JULY MANIC STREET PREACHERS GLASVEGAS JASON MRAZ FOALS FRIENDLY FIRES NOISETTES IGLU & HARTLY Then, there’s one of the two impending signs of the apocalypse I have for you today. Impending sign of the apocalypse #1: Chris De Burgh has just confirmed 3 intimate fully seated performances at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - 31st August, 1st & 2nd September 2009. Tickets from €54.80 including booking fee … There’s more →

Darren’s Movie News 19/05/09

  By Darren Byrne | May 19, 2009 - 12:19 pm | In The News, Movies & TV, The Culch
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I have a dream…works… Spielberg is working on a biopic of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The only question - what took him so long? Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott and Rufus Sewell will star in the modern retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher. Poe’s classic story will even be shot in 3D I mentioned the Humpty Dumpty horror movie before, well the posters are out. Damn creepy stuff. And doesn’t it look freakishly similar to some of this guys work? It seems that Bradley Cooper is set to place Face in the A-Team movie (due for release in June 2010). I’m not liking the choice. Anyone else? The latest board game set to become a movie is Battleship. I assume it will be some high seas adventure tale. Strange though. Monopoly is already in the works too, so I ask, what board game from your … There’s more →

We Got Time by Moray McLaren

  By Will | May 19, 2009 - 8:15 am | Music, The Culch
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Title: We Got Time Artist: Moray McLaren Label: unsigned/Lash Release: Out now I made the mistake of looking at the video before hearing the song on this one. The song starts off simply, then gets complicated, then fugue-like then sort of messy. There is simply too much going on here in a “wall of mostly harmonic noise” style as opposed to a “wall of sound”. This is my brain intellectuality trying to figure out why my heart changed its mind halfway through the song. Part of it is probably from a memory. School disco, not the adult in ill fitting uniforms that go on today, but an actually school disco. A midtempo song cleared the dancefloor. Too slow to dance to, and too fast to slow dance to. I assume that the likes of Coldplay don’t want to do floor-filling anthems, and its the case here. Its a gig or … There’s more →

What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through The Fire

  By Green Of Eye | May 19, 2009 - 4:27 am | Movies & TV
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‘Dear Zachary’ is a staggering piece of work by filmmaker Kurt Kuenne. It was made after his best friend Dr. Andrew Bagby was murdered. Their friendship blossomed at the age of 7 and continued until the evening of Nov. 5th 2001. Andrew (28) was discovered with fatal gunshot wounds in a parking lot in western Pennsylvania. The prime suspect, his ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, fled the United States to St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. It was here, shortly after the incident, that she announced that she was pregnant with Andrew’s child. She named the little boy Zachary. Kuenne started the documentary to honour Andrew. When he learned of Zachary he decided to make the film for the child; as it may be Zachary’s only chance to get to know his father. Taking nearly a decade to make, old footage has been woven with interviews of Andrew’s family and friends. It may … There’s more →