Daily Archives: June 2, 2009

It started out as Hogwarts now it’s Lord of the Flies

  By Will | June 2, 2009 - 5:54 pm | Big Brother, Featured Post, In The News, TV
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Once I loved Big Brother. Note, there is no number following that title. The first Big Brother. The most interesting thing about the first Big Brother was how different the contestants were when compared to the crop over the last eight years. Few of the contestants were fame hungry. No one really knew if it would work… it was a very expensive experiment. As a group it seems that many of the first contestants are, well, not working. Some are still working somewhere in media (usually quietly behind the scenes now). True, none of them found the dizzying heights of fame as the most famous looser of Big Brother, Jade Goody, but few people let alone reality show contestants have. Then again, one the the first contestants, Mel is responsible for the Big Brother “eye” logo. Its her eye.

Some Giggidy…

  By Rick | June 2, 2009 - 2:52 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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It’s been a couple of days since the last gig thing but things have been quiet all over… Gigs announced recently include: Halves Live @ Whelans June 19th Tickets are €11 on sale now John Mayall adds second date at the Academy, Dublin on July 23rd. Tickets for the extra date priced €30 including booking fee on sale now. Tickets for MUSE - at the O2 on Friday 6 November are priced €54.80 (Standing) and €59.80 (Seated) incl. booking fee and go on general sale this Friday 5 June at 9 am Beyoncé announces extra dates - LIVE AT THE O2, DUBLIN – 22nd NOVEMBER ’09 and LIVE AT THE ODYSSEY ARENA, BELFAST – 24th NOVEMBER ‘09 TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 5TH JUNE AT 9AM Steve Earle IRISH TOUR - NOVEMBER 2009 MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER Town Hall Theatre, Galway TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER Town Hall Theatre, Galway WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER Opera House, Cork FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER … There’s more →

On the QT - Part 1 (Redux)

  By Maxi Cane | June 2, 2009 - 2:21 am | Celebs, Featured Post, Movies & TV, On The QT, The Culch
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The first, first part was here. On the lead up to the release of the soon to be latest Quentin Tarantino instalment, Inglorious Basterds, I’m doing a review of all of his movies to date. Upon my incredibly extensive research, I came across rumours of a never much seen first attempt of a movie by Quentin. This was the first that he had written, directed and starred in. I, among many other Tarantino fans thought that True Romance was his first stab at film making, or even involvement. While that was his first major Hollywood screenplay, his first attempt at making an entire film was “My Best Friend’s Birthday“. After trying to piece the whole thing together through Youtube, our very own Darren Byrne tracked me down a copy of the movie and sent it over. Kudos dude, and thanks. Into the laptop it went as my excitement was quickly … There’s more →