Daily Archives: November 5, 2010

An Jig Gig 2010

  By bngr | November 5, 2010 - 4:31 pm | The Culch
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An Jig Gig is the x-factor of Irish dancing - without the pantomime and endless ad breaks - which airs every Sunday night on TG4 at 7.15pm (repeated Tuesdays at 11.30pm) and is well worth watching. We’re mid way through the second series now where every week 10 acts battle it out for one place in the semi finals. The acts come in all shapes and sizes with young and old, professional world champions, part-time amateurs; dancing in groups or solo; to pop, country and classical music as well as traditional Irish. Every style of dancing is on display with riverdancers, hard and soft shoe, sean nós, etc. I’ve no background in Irish dancing and wouldn’t know the terminology but you don’t need to to watch this programme. Everyone will get something out of it. An Jig Gig is hosted by Róisín Ní Thomáin and judged by Breandán de Gallaí … There’s more →

Liam Clancy

  By Peter | November 5, 2010 - 3:39 pm | Music
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I meant to put this up yesterday, but the weather was so bad and I was so damp…. Anyhow, yesterday, 4th November would have been the 1st anniversary of Liam Clancy’s passing. As a good friend commented recently I’m sure there is as session on in heaven with him and Tommy as they used to say and close their gig’s ‘Those were the day’s my firend’. An appropriate tune I felt.

The Mo’lympic Games

  By Peter | November 5, 2010 - 3:08 pm | Events
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I’ll have some more Movember stuff coming up in a while…. but for now this…. Ireland’s first ever Mo’lympic Games will take place this Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th November. The Mo’lympics will take place in the PlayStation Hub at 50 South William Street and the competition is open to all Mo Bros and Mo Sistas who have registered for this year’s Movember campaign. The PlayStation Hub has become a Mo Friendly Zone in support of Movember and will play host to this one-of-a-kind gaming sports event. You don’t need to worry about being the fastest around the track or a top field athlete to compete in the Mo’lympics. All you need to do is visit the PlayStation Hub and try your hand at the new PlayStation®Move title ‘Sports Champions’ and try out the archery aspect of the game. PlayStation Hub Mo Staff will be keeping tabs on the top … There’s more →

A Study in Rhyme – Wife & Life in Sting’s lyrics

  By bngr | November 5, 2010 - 12:11 pm | Music, The Culch
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After many years of Sting fandom, I’ve noticed how he likes to rhyme the words ‘wife’ and ‘life’ a lot in his songs. In fact, it features in ten of his songs, across two decades, in 7 albums. But this being Sting, what would appear like words to fit a generic love song, is not always the case here. What follows is a chronological list of these lyrics; what song/album they appear in; and a summary of what the song is about. See if you can guess from the lyrics what the story will reveal (each song lyric contains a link to the full lyrics and each song title contains a link to a video of the song). Come into my door, be the light of my life Come into my door, come and be my wife Straight to my Heart, …Nothing Like The Sun Futuristic love song about science trying … There’s more →