No one is under the illusion that Sex & The City: The Movie was about story or substance. It’s about fashion, pure and simple. Pretty shoes, beautiful handbags, delicious dresses and ridiculous head pieces. Photos just released of the upcoming SATC 2 the “ladies” travel back in time to when even SJP (or is that Madonna?) can’t pull off the 80′s mishmosh that passed as “fashion” back then.
If they even showed this ad once on the telly, I’m fairly certain there’d be no need for those smoker helplines anymore. Robots scare me..
Some of you guys had really interesting things to say about my last post, and Darren’s comment, along with Amanda’s recent post on upcoming new shows, got me thinking about following it up, but this time taking a look at TV shows, and the effects that the digital age and the internet have had on some of our favourite TV shows. You might think “not a lot,” but you might also be in for a surprise. Serial media is something of a scary phrase, but we’re all familiar with the concept behind it: whether it’s TV shows, comics or even book or movie series, we’re all used to the concept of a story that expects us to come back for more, usually with some cliffhanger leaving us desperate for resolution. It stretches back over two hundred years, when Charles Dickens’ novels were serialised: it’s the same with George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, … There’s more
From September 21st to the 27th Ranelagh (Dublin 6) will host the 5th annual Ranelagh Arts Festival, also known as Ireland’s biggest “little” arts community arts festival. The lineup features music, historical tours, literary events, theatre, lectures, debates, cinema, comedy, street theatre and much more. Tickets are on sale for all of the events online (with a reduced rate for students – nice!) and highlights include: Ruairi Quinn, Labour TD, Economist Journalist, Dan O’Brien and Noel Whelan will tackle the question on everyone’s lips currently, What’s going on?, in a debate about the Irish economy, on Tuesday, September 22nd. Author James Ryan will host an evening with booker prize winner, Anne Enright on Wednesday 23rd.
You know Darren, the guy who admins this place, who does all those featured images, who responds to the emails to Culch, who blogs and who takes photos? (Not Darren) He loves llamas. He really does. So when I saw this, I had to post it, just for him. It is possibly the best thing I’ve seen this week at least on the interwebz. In all its glory, here is coverage from Minnesota’s 4H Llama Costume Contest. It gets better though over on the comments on You Tube: I am a llama showman, and this is a terrible representation of costume class. The rules at the national level is that you cover as much of the llama as possible, and the theme has to be obvious. They have also had costume class for over 10 years in Texas. As bestweekever.tv asks, what did people do before the internet? How did … There’s more
Sometimes you’ve just got to admire a man who stands up for himself. Chris De Burgh certainly did in his response to a fairly negative review in the Irish Times recently. Here’s the original review from his gig in the Gaiety on September 3. Hot Press wrote the story including Peter Crawley’s reaction to the email he received. And they also published the full text of the email, as below:
I tell you, I don’t really know what to think of this “Best wedding toast ever” video. So tempted to arrange it for someone. Would hate it to be done to me though! From Amy on You Tube: “This is my Man of Honor’s speech from my wedding on April 28, 2007 in Sanibel and Captiva Islands, Florida. In this magical moment, I seriously felt like my heart was going to explode!” She certainly looks it in the video!
I’m delighted to be able to bring you this exclusive competition, thanks to Guinness. So, Arthur’s Day is September 24… (but I may have told you that already) Here’s the blog post featuring the full line-up for each venue Here’s the chat with Simon from The Chapters, one of the bands who’ll be playing Here’s the chat with Mik Pyro from Republic of Loose about their plans for the day Here’s the chat with Bresy and Lynchy from The Blizzards about their gig on the day Here’s the post announcing the ticket sales Here’s the post about Arthurs day and its launch So, we’re giving tickets to one lucky Culch.ie reader to one of the best - sold out - gigs of the entire celebration. You could win two tickets to Whelan’s of Wexford Street, Dublin 2 to raise a Guinness to Arthur at 17:59 that evening and see the … There’s more
further details: A who’s who of whats on - click here How to get to the Garden Exhibition Centre - click here Make a donation online to the Fundraiser- click here Any further information - to contact peter - click here
This particular flavour of single theme tumblelog is hugely popular on tumblelogging service tumblr and while I must admit the sheer abundance of them can get a little irritating, if you find one on a subject you like, you’ve hit the jackpot (F**k Yeah Zooey anyone?). So let’s take a look at some of weird, wonderful and down right creepy F**k Yeah tumblelogs: One of tumblr’s highest ranking: F**k Yeah Skinny Bitch gives you a daily dose of pretty, free spirited, seriously in need of a decent corned beef sandwich or two - slimline ladies. There’s nothing in there that’s NSFW so feel free to dip in during your lunch break (After 10 minutes of looking at this malnourished lot, you’ll enjoy that sandwich all the more). F**k Yeah 4Chan catalogues some of the finest memes to come from that venerable sewage system of the internet, 4chan. Some of these … There’s more
What it’s called: The SARI Soccerfest and Concern Stop Child Labour Kitefest Where it is: The Phoenix Park, Dublin, Garda and Camogie Sports Grounds When it is: Sat 12 and Sun 13 Sept, 10am to 6pm How much it is: FREE There’s a huge amount happening in Dublin and beyond this weekend (The NMTT Family Gardeners Weekend, SeptemberFest, ABSOLUT Fringe and more) but one of the ones that looks like fun is the joint SARI Soccerfest 2009 and the Concern Kitefest happening in the Phoenix Park. SARI - Sport Against Racism Ireland which supports and promotes positive integration through support are bringing together over 40 men and women’s teams competing in a 7-a-side weekend tournament as part of Soccerfest. They promise a festive, fun, welcoming environment for all people to come together as participants, spectators, volunteers, performers and entertainers. There’s a host of free entertainment promised including penalty shoot outs, … There’s more
If you haven’t been to Ballyboughal in a while… [unusually that opening sentence does include some of the culch.ie's ] or you haven’t been to O’Connors pub in a while then you may not be so aware that Kevin and Mark [they be the don's] have introduced Saturday night music. You may be thinking small town pub brutal music ? [I say, You may be....] That’s what I kind of thought when I first heard. Personally, I ‘don’t like as much’ the karaoke machine type cd musicians…. I prefer the really good guitar player who can hold his own… And in fairness 99% of the time that’s exactly what I’ve got when I’ve gone down on a Saturday. Because whhilst U2 are 270 degreeing it up and down the country, Pearl Jam and The Black Crowes are no where to be heard… one man bands and some really talented musicians … There’s more
Toymaker Hasbro has launched an online massive multi-player version of its best-selling property game Monopoly, dubbed Monopoly City Streets. This free to play game uses Google Maps, or Open Street Map, as the actual playing board. New players will be given three million Monopoly dollars to begin building their virtual portfolio and theoretically every street in the world will be available for purchase. The goal of the game, like the real-life version, is to earn money on the streets and properties and become the richest property tycoon around. Once a player has taken control of a street, they will be able to charge rent and build new virtual properties. Streets may also be traded and sold with other players. Hasbro is introducing new chance cards, which will allow players to sabotage rival competitors by building rubbish dumps, prisons or wind farms on their property to reduce the rent value of … There’s more
