Daily Archives: August 10, 2010

10 New Green Questions with Comedian Paddy Courtney

  By Peter | August 10, 2010 - 5:58 pm | The Culch
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warning: contains scenes of #doyouknowanto I’ve never met Paddy Courtney before. I’ve never seen him live gig it. I do however know his work. I have also seen him on tv. Paddys been on the circuit a while now and by all accounts played an absolute stormer at the recent Carlsberg Comedy Festival. That aside he is without any doubt a really nice guy. We hooked up in Portmarnock for a cuppa. On arrival he offered to take a photo for 3 girls who just happened to be standing nearby. They were delighted. So Paddy ran off with their camera. Culch.ie is a deadly site he told me…. I absolutely love boggers…. He’s a ball of energy. A fantastic brain…. and also an absolute gentleman. What I had to cut out included commentary on everything including why he likes Eric Lalor. A lot. Paddy is doing some stuff with 7up free … There’s more →

The Last Airbender, Resident Evil: Afterlife & The Green Hornet

  By Anto | August 10, 2010 - 5:53 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Up first we’ve got an exclusive featurette from Paramount’s upcoming ‘The Last Airbender’. It’s a high octane fantasy adventure directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film has its roots in an animated TV series called ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ which has been really popular. The film opens in Irish cinemas on the 13th and you can view this exclusive clip below: [quicktime]http://www.culch.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/RR_MNIGHTPROFILE__1500k.mov[/quicktime] Next up are two clips from San Diego’s Comic Con which took place a couple of weeks ago. First is ‘The Green Hornet’ directed by Michel Gondry and starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz and Christoph Waltz. The film isn’t due for release until early next year but it looks good. Rogen plays Britt Reid who moonlights as a masked crimefighter called The Green Hornet accompanied by his similarly masked valet, martial arts expert Kato (Chou). The original release date this year was pushed out to give … There’s more →

Temper Trap play Dublin and Belfast

  By Pamela | August 10, 2010 - 3:07 pm | Music, The Culch
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For those of us who couldn’t make Oxegen this year and are hoping to catch some of the bands throughout the year, Temper Trap have just announced two Irish dates October 30th in Ulster Hall, Belfast and October 31st in Tripod, Dublin. If you are still wondering who Temper Trap are, they were featured on the soundtrack of 500 days of Summer and the same single ‘Sweet Disposition’ is being used by O2 for their TV advert. Their album Conditions was released in 2009 with three lead singles, Sweet Disposition, Fader and Love Lost. These are a band to see live in a small venue and where better than Tripod. Tickets are on sale this Thursday at 9am from Ticketmaster. Check out my favourite track ‘Love Lost’:

Spirits At Indiependence: Interview with Agbonlahor’s Muireann.

  By Lisa McInerney | August 10, 2010 - 9:00 am | Music
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Spirits? Hennessy and Tanora, to be precise. But there’s more to being a young, Irish rockstar than questionable beverages and festival shenanigans - there’s also … erm … Anyway, Agbonlahor are a four-piece, post-punk-pop outfit who formed in 2008. In the last year, they have tread the boards with Blood Red Shoes and New Young Pony Club and are currently preparing for their debut release and a national tour in late September. Muireann Holly, “bassist, vocalist and token pair of ovaries in the band”, took some time out of her Tanora-chugging schedule to answer a few questions about this year’s Indiependence experience. Bonjour Muireann of Agbonlahor! Tell us a bit about the Indiependence experience that we were just banging on about in the paragraph above. As a teenager, music festivals were what got me through the school year. I remember watching bands like Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons and Bloc Party in … There’s more →