Daily Archives: September 23, 2009

Sneak peek of Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album

  By lecraic | September 23, 2009 - 11:51 pm | Music
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As previously flagged here on Culch.ie, Bob Dylan is releasing a Christmas Album for charity next month. A preview has just found its way onto YouTube. The full track listing is : Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) Do You Hear What I Hear? (Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne) Winter Wonderland (Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard ) Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Traditional ) I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram) Little Drummer Boy (Katherine Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone) The Christmas Blues (David Jack Holt, Sammy Cahn) O’ Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (Traditional ) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin ) Must Be Santa (Hal Moore, Bill Fredricks ) Silver Bells (Raymond B. Evans, Jay Livingston) The First Noel (Traditional) Christmas Island (Lyle Moraine) The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) O’ Little Town Of Bethlehem (Traditional) … There’s more →

We Got Shortlisted…

  By Rick | September 23, 2009 - 10:35 pm | Site News, The Culch
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… for Best Entertainment Website sponsored by Radical. Wow. Is that what we are? Eh, thanks and see you there on the night!!! The rest of the shortlists are here: http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/09/2009-realex-payments-irish-web-awards-shortlists/ EDIT - In my excitement my genuine and sincerest apologies to all the authors!!! It’s you guys who own this nomination and Darren and I love yiz all very much. Now, who’s coming?

JC Decaux take “no such thing as bad publicity” adage too far

  By Allan | September 23, 2009 - 4:11 pm | Gadgets, In The News, Tourism
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Photo owned by periwinklekog (cc) JC Decaux launched its Dublin Bikes last week to much positive fanfare. This week it has two flat tyres having ordered Fusio to remove its Dublin Bikes iPhone app. I asked both parties for a statement. Fusio was the only one to get back to me: Before starting development on the Dublin Bikes App Fusio contacted Dublin City Council in July to discuss it with them. They provided us with a map of the proposed locations for the stations and seemed to think the app was a good idea. We proceeded with development and launched the app in the Apple iTunes Store on the day that Dublin Bikes launched. It quickly became the most popular Irish app in the store and was downloaded approximately 3,000 times. We received very positive feedback from users and from the press. A few days later JC Decaux’s French office … There’s more →

Competition: Your toast to Arthur - Guinness 250

  By Anto | September 23, 2009 - 12:49 pm | Events, Featured Post, The Culch
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We’ve covered Arthur’s Day quite extensively here on Culch over the past couple of months and we’re a mere day away from the event itself. To mark the occasion, I’ve come up with a unique idea and Guinness have gone with it. At 17:59 (BST) on 24th September, we’re asking you to Twitpic a picture of yourself and your pint. You can include your mates, your local landlord, whoever, the more creative the better. We’re using the hashtag #guinness250 so make sure your Twitpics are tagged as such. If you have a Twitter account then you have a Twitpic account by just logging in at their site. You can then email photos to Twitpic by getting the address from the Settings section. What’s the upside? Guinness is prepared to pay €250 for the best Twitpic. Not bad for a couple of minutes work at best eh? So, to Arthur!!

Culture Night 2009: Cork

  By Will | September 23, 2009 - 9:01 am | Events, Gigs, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre, Tourism
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On September 25 towns and cities across Ireland are celebrating a night of culture. Of course culture means different things to different people. In Cork there is a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party and a Lord Mayor’s Tea Dance (probably unrelated). There is opera in the docks and electronic beats in an electricity sub-station. Galleries and museums (and for some reason the English Market) are open late and theatres are opening their backstages. Culture Night was first launched in Dublin in 2006 by Temple Bar Cultural Trust, with the aim of organising an event that would provide access to people who may not otherwise be able to enjoy the rich cultural offering of the country’s cultural venues. Last year over 100,000 people came into Dublin City for Culture Night and the event has now expanded nationally to a total of 11 cities including Cork and towns across Ireland. Over fifty organisations … There’s more →

Culture Night 2009: Cork - Listings

  By Will | September 23, 2009 - 9:00 am | Events, Gigs, Music, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre, Tourism
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When a City decides to have a culture night from 9am until 1am the following morning, there are a lot of events to list. Over fifty organisations and one hundred and fifty events. This is the official released (and incomplete, for example the boat tours and tours of boats are missing) list of event for the Cork night on September 25 2009, and you can expect a few more unofficial ones to take place too. A printable brochure is also available. Special secret tours will also take place where the host of the tour will remain a secret until the night itself. Pre-booking of all tours is essential. Tel: 021 4924333 Email: [email protected] Tours and Demonstrations The Masonic Hall The Masonic Hall at 27 Tuckey Street has been the home of Freemasonry in Cork since 1845. A guided tour of the building outlining the history of Freemasonry and showing historic … There’s more →