Daily Archives: October 27, 2010

Music Interview: Not bad by Halves

  By Éilish Burke | October 27, 2010 - 1:45 pm | Featured Post, Music, The Culch
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A few months ago I went to Crawdaddy to see Brooklynites Bear in Heaven, a band I’ve been mildly obsessed with for the past year. They were great. I was beside myself. But when I look back on that night it’s the performance of their supporting act Halves which sticks in my mind the most. The tiny Crawdaddy stage was a jumble of cables, foot pedals, trumpets, guitars and (joy of joys) that oft-forgotten gem of an instrument, the melodica. Performing as a five-piece on the night, Halves shifted themselves and their various accoutrements around the tiny stage for so long before they got going I began to wonder if they ever would. But get going they did and what an unexpected surprise; they were awesome. And all of those instruments were put to good use as the band brought to life their multi-layered sound on stage. That night in … There’s more →

Review - You Again

  By brogen | October 27, 2010 - 12:12 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Marni Olivia Olsen (Kristen Bell) discovers that her brother is about to marry the woman who made her high school years hell. In the weekend leading up to their wedding, Marni does everything she can to try and get an apology from her ex-nemesis Joanne (Odette Yustman), without much luck. Director Andy Fickman may be best remembered for his 2006 film, She’s the Man… Or 2009s Race to With Mountain… Ok, so neither film is particularly memorable, and it might be best to forget you ever heard about You Again. The idea of the film is a very simple one; Marni’s family all love Joanne, and have no idea that the two girls had such a fraught relationship in high school. In fact, Joanne doesn’t seem to remember either. In a little twist of fate, it turns out that Joanne’s aunt Mona (Sigourney Weaver) and Marni’s mum Gail (Jamie Lee … There’s more →

Gosh, This Doesn’t Half Border on Squee.

  By Lisa McInerney | October 27, 2010 - 12:00 pm | Music
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… aaaaand we’re over the hump of the week. Happy Wednesday afternoon, everyone! That bank holiday thing really helps time trot along, doesn’t it? ‘Course, it might have been less holliers our banking sector needed, what with the steaming pile of banjaxment we find ourselves in now. This’ll cheer you up. This is the video for The Water, by Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling. It’s the third single from Johnny’s album Been Listening, and it’s due for release on November 1st, and if you can find a video with a more beautiful song by two prettier people today, I’ll eat my hat, which, conveniently, is made from tiramisu. Aren’t they just darling?

Ad Nauseam: Charity begins on Daytime TV

  By Éilish Burke | October 27, 2010 - 10:18 am | Adverts, The Culch
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Being self employed affords me the luxury of making the last minute decision to work from home in my pyjamas, on the sofa with my laptop on my lap and the TV on in the background. Yesterday was such a day. Apart from my mid-morning hit of The Gilmore Girls, I normally avoid anything broadcast pre 6pm though. It’s usually such a pile of mind-numbing poop as to warrant avoidance. Unless it’s a repeat of Project Runway that is. Oh, I’m such a girl! Not watching daytime TV, however, means not seeing all the ground breaking advertising targeted at pensioners, stay-at-home parents and the unemployed. I miss out on all those ads for Vanish Oxy Action, denture adhesive, chair lifts and cash-for-gold rip off merchants businesses. And I also miss the majority of the ads for charities because for financial reasons charities mostly buy the cheapest airtime available (the ‘direct … There’s more →

Review: Super Meat Boy (Xbox Live Arcade)

  By Anto | October 27, 2010 - 10:08 am | Games
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When I first got a mail about this game, I thought it was spam. Well, the title on it’s own in a Subject line could well fool anyone. In reality ‘Super Meat Boy‘ is a bonkers 2D platformer for Xbox Live Arcade. The player takes on the role of a small animated cube of meat named Meat Boy who must save his girlfriend, Bandage Girl, from the evil Dr. Fetus. You need sharp reflexes to guide Meat Boy over buzz saws, up walls and through some very tight spaces. Just watch the blood fly when you get it wrong. The game is split into a number of chapters, with lots of levels within that can be played in any order. When you’ve completed enough of the levels, you unlock the boss encounter, which is much tougher than the levels before it. There are a load of unlockable characters with unique … There’s more →