‘CONNECTED’ at Project Arts Centre

‘CONNECTED’ opened last night in Dublin’s Project Arts Centre. I had heard it was funny and that it had been nominated for Bewley’s Little Gem Award at Absolut Fringe last year…but beyond that I knew very little. Karl Quinn and Will Irvine play two best friends, Daz and Simon, who have grown up together and now work alongside each other. Having spent far too much time together, they delve into an online world where they don’t have to really connect but can talk about things like fishing and sex discos to pass the working day. The audience join them in Desert Blast, Extreme Fishing (yes, really!) and most importantly Second Life where they get to be who they want to be…Daz strangely choosing to be a busty lady called Lala. My favourite line of the night - “at least my head doesn’t look like a ping pong ball with a … There’s more

The Strokes - New song available for FREE!

The Strokes are set to release the first single from their highly anticipated fourth album today - and they are giving it away for FREE! But only for the next 48hrs as a download from their website, so you better act fast. The new single entitled Under Cover Of Darkness has been heralded as a “return to form” by Rolling Stone Magazine and is sure to have music journos wetting their lips in anticipation for the forthcoming album. But enough of me prattling on, go and check it out for yourself by clicking here.