Daily Archives: September 13, 2009

Two Sheets to the Wind: Top Five Directorial Debuts

  By Darren & Lottie | September 13, 2009 - 8:00 pm | Featured Post, Movies & TV, The Culch
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It’s been a month since our last Two Sheets to the Wind. And in that time we’ve discussed doing the top five John Cusack films, the top five soundtracks, the top five Spielberg movies, the top five scariest movie moments and a good few others besides. However, having just seen Mark Webb’s first major feature film, (500) Days of Summer, a piece of beauty, and Duncan Jones’ first, the intelligent sci-fi flick Moon, and contender for film of 2009, District 9 by Neill Blomkamp, I began to look over other directorial debuts. Clearly some directors just have natural talent and were made to sit in the power chair. Some, like Chris Rock (Head of State) and Madonna (Filth and Wisdom) do not. Consulting the Wikipedia’s reasonably comprehensive list of Directorial Debuts, we’ve pulled together our top fives. I’ll be interested to see you you agree with our choices or have … There’s more →

The rest of ABSOLUT FRINGE - it’s not too late to see great shows!

  By darraghdoyle | September 13, 2009 - 4:50 pm | Comedy, Events, Performance Art, Photography, The Arts, The Culch
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We’re in the second week of the ABSOLUT FRINGE Festival and there’s still loads to go, see and experience. Here’s a few of what I’d recommend (and will be going to see). Go on, have a look below. You might enjoy it!

The Dublin Bike Scheme - the second best thing to happen to the city recently?

  By darraghdoyle | September 13, 2009 - 2:44 pm | The Culch
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I have to tell you - I love the idea of the new Dublin bike scheme, launched today. They’re now available on the streets of Dublin and I’ve already seen people around on them this morning. The connection to pop culture here? No, not tenuous. I could put in something like “You can get to your events faster” just to fill criteria, but I think this goes deeper. Suddenly we have introduced another factor to make our Capital City more modern, cosmopolitan and even that bit more colourful. A change in culture - “You don’t need to bus it or taxi it, just bike it” has been kicked off. If Dublin, as a city, can adopt these bikes by (a) using them properly, (b) not vandalising them and (c) promoting their use, we could see, like The Luas, like The Spire and many more features, the bikes being adopted into … There’s more →