… because that’s where I live. I know you’d like that. I see the way you’re looking at me.
The lovely bhoys and gurls at The Pavilion in Cork have organised, for your aural pleasure, a Dirty Weekender. Now, I’m fond of complaining that there’s nothing to do in Cork, but that’s because I live there and as a typical Irish whingebag, it’s my duty to diss it whenever I can. The truth is that there’s always something going on in Cork, something odd or beetling or tricksy or bold that’s worth digging into. I would like to dig into the Weekender.
I’ll leave it to the Paviolies to explain the game.
Rather than give you the usual press release, intraweb media muck, we decided to let y’all know how we roll southside. Cork style. Dirty Weekender wasn’t born in some genius inspired moment of clarity nor seedy strip joint up the northside full of ol’ dolls from out foreign. It came about by chance. Jamie from Bastardo Electrico met us old school like, face to face and told us he had Ben Klock booked on the friday. Mighty! Some techno dude from Berghain in Berlin. The potato gods then sent us good karma and the Mr Scruff booking that we were chasing for a while came to fruition on the Sunday. Deadly buzz. Still the penny hadn’t dropped that little by little organically, embryonically a bit of a weekender was coming together. The people behind the people behind international panda expert David o Doherty had been talking to us… Be the hokie. Another keyboard toting gun slinger joins this motley crew. A few days later harmonic from the capital asked did we have a slot on the saturday for hyperdub’s Darkstar. We did. Now we felt proper Dirty..So as the acts came together it was looking like a bit of a weekender. And so it came to be. All we needed was a name.
And lo, there came about/will come about the Dirty Weekender at the Pavilion, Carey’s Lane, in Cork, on Feb 10/11/12/13.
Check out The Pavilion’s Facebook page to win a very sweet 3 nights’ accomodation for two lucky people, with weekender tickets and your din-dins - a dirty weekend sorted nicely. But what’s the line-up like? you holler. Could this dirty weekend feature nothing more erotic than a JLS tribute band and a signing session with ample sofa salesperson Amanda Brunker? Well, no. Cork-style dirt is all about subversive stories, filthy beats, and crude laughter. Take a peek …
Thursday 10 February
AN EVENING WITH MR. NICE aka HOWARD MARKS!
8.30pm / Tickets €14 from www.tickets.ie OR part of the 3 gigs for €25.
During the mid 1980s, Howard Marks had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines, and twenty five companies trading throughout the world. Bars, recording studios, offshore banks - all money-laundering vehicles serving the core activity … dope dealing.
Friday 11 February
BEN KLOCK(BERGHAIN) + MARK DRUMMOND(BASTARDO ELECTRICO)!
11pm/ Admission €12 on door OR part of the 3 gigs for €25.
Berlin born DJ, producer and label owner Ben Klock is without a doubt one of the most significant characters in techno’s recent history. A resident at Berghain since its opening in 2004, he has been able to leave his mark on the club’s unique sound, in turn the special space influenced Klock’s approach as a DJ and producer as well.
Saturday 12 February
DAVID O’DOHERTY!
8pm / Tickets €18.50 from www.tickets.ie…NEARLY SOLD OUT
David O’Doherty is the stage name of David O’Doherty: comedian, writer, and 1990 East Leinster under-14s triple jump bronze medallist. In receiving The if.com Award (formerly The Perrier Award) at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, he joined the esteemed ranks of previous winners like Dylan Moran, Steve Coogan and The League of Gentlemen. He is the author of several books, including co-writing the recent bestselling 100 Facts About Pandas and the forthcoming 100 Facts About Sharks.
Saturday 12 February
DARKSTAR(HYPERDUB)!
11pm/Admission €10 on door OR part of the 3 gigs for €25.
Darkstar in 2010 are an upgraded model of the Darkstar which released the much lauded single Aidy’s Girl is A Computer at the end of 2009. That song and previous single Need you / Squeeze my lime were extremely well received and set the band apart from the dubstep scene they grew out of hinting at a nascent song writing talent and a mastery of oozing synth drones.
Sunday 13 February
MR. SCRUFF!
7pm (4 HOUR SET!!)/Advance tickets €12.50 from www.tickets.ie OR part of the 3 gigs for €25.
Mr. Scruff is the recording name of Andy Carthy, a British DJ and artist. He is known for DJing in marathon sets (often exceeding six hours), his eclectic musical taste, his love of a “nice cup of tea” and the quirky home-produced visuals and animations associated with his music.
Individual tickets are available from Plugd in Cork and Tickets.ie. For the 3 for €25 dealie (MrNice/BenKlock/Darkstar/Scruff): email the gang at [email protected]
And kids? If you can’t be good, be careful.
