Culchie Catch-Up (9)

As the winter begins to set in, Culch.ie is slowing down. We’re being thoughtful, bracing ourselves for the harsh times ahead. Or something…

It’s been a quieter than normal week on Culch.ie, but there’s still been plenty of activity to keep readers happy. I’ve even been philosophical about it, asking what you suggest we do over the coming months.

Events

The Temple Bar Chocolate Festival is on this weekend. Really worth checking out. Niamh has more on it here.

Sharon went along to the Heineken Expression UV Art event.

Single and lost for something to do this Halloween, Amy has the answer.

Music

Seamus continues to keep us abreast of our Traditional Irish Music heritage, even though he’s based in the US himself. He talks about SligoLive which ran last week, along with the Saw Doctor’s new Irish tour.

Lottie’s been discovering new music on RTE Radio One. Have a listen to SJ McArdle.

Plinth may be a hard band to describe, but Will gives it a go.

Movies

The B-Team? Have a gander at the new look A-Team, including Liam Neeson as Hannibal.

Screen Cinema is playing a bunch of classic horrors at the moment, one of them being The Thing, which Stan speaks more about here.

Colonel Popcorn is hungry. What’s your favourite cinema snack?

Niall returns with his Couch Potato column, looking at this week’s new DVD releases. He’s also seen the Michael Jackson film, This is It.

Lottie and I have had a lot of fun this October looking at the great horror genres. Our penultimate post looks at the horror heroes though in Two Sheets to the Wind.

TV

24 is coming back. Has it had it’s day?

Don’t forget to check out Niall’s Couch Potato for the latest TV DVD releases too, not to mention his look over the newest movie trailers.

Seamus previews the new incarnation of V.

The Apprentice

We ran the live blog as always, but there’s also a couple of clips of Breffny being……Breffny (here) and an argument between Steve and Aoifffffe here.

Don’t forget to join us this Monday evening for the next show, where teams must design a new chocolate bar for Cadburys.

Fashion and Gossip

Sweary’s back again with her weekly look at the gossip columns. This week she goes high brow……sort of.

We’ve a couple of new Culchies in Harriet and Beatrice, two vintage fashion loving ladies. Say hello to them here and check out their first recommendation here.

And Allan is pissed off with Celebrities peddling goods in the name of charity.

Books

Ronan has roped me into the NaNoWriMo. Read more about it in his weekly Broken Spine column.

Games

Will is wondering whether the newest incarnation of Cluedo cuts the mustard.

About Darren Byrne

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3 Responses to Culchie Catch-Up (9)

  1. Ronan says:

    Ahem. Books. Ahem.

  2. Darren Byrne says:

    Ro, I’m so sorry. It was done in a hurry. I’m correcting it now.

  3. Ronan says:

    @darren No bother. Only joking. I forgot to big-up recto verso. Must do that now actually.