Daily Archives: December 16, 2011

Fecquin Hilarious

  By Lisa McInerney | December 16, 2011 - 4:00 pm | Comedy, Music, Random Whimsy, The Culch, The Internet
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If you’ve logged onto the internet at all in the last couple of months, you’ll probably have heard me bleating on, and on, and on about my recent move back home to rural South County Galway, a place with rocks where fields should be and reality where Killinaskully should be. Since I got settled back in Connacht, I’ve struggled with how best to explain this reclaimed lifestyle to my urbane urbanites back in my adopted city of Cork. Should I send them photos of cows in flagrante delicto? Elderly priests falling off their bicycles? Perhaps videos of boy racers speeding their Massey Fergusons up and down the community school car park? For a while, it was as perplexing a quandary as our disappearing lakes. And then Garry Carroll sorted it for me, just as he had sorted Fade Street and Coldplay. I should never have doubted him. Garry Carroll, also … There’s more →

Alternative Christmas Mixtape: Day 5

  By Culch.ie | December 16, 2011 - 12:00 pm | Music
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Ever wondered what FRED have on their playlist for the festive season? Justin O’Mahony is here to answer the question that keeps you awake at night on Day 5 of our mixtape… This song was the title track on an alternative Christmas Compilation Album released in 2002 that also featured artists like Bright Eyes, Ben Folds, Neil Finn and Coldplay. I’ve been a huge fan of Ron Sexsmith for years. For me this is not just a great Christmas Song, it’s just a great song that happens to mention Christmas. It stands up against any other of Ron’s songs as a wonderful piece of songwriting, plus it does also have sleigh-bells which are the staple of every Christmas classic.   Justin O’Mahony is the drummer with FRED. Cork’s finest, along with special guests, play Triskel Christchurch in Cork on Thursday December 22nd at 8pm. Tickets priced €18/€16 are available here or for more … There’s more →

Comedy Review: A tale of 3 Cities Improv

  By Amanda | December 16, 2011 - 9:29 am | Comedy
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Improv is not a form of comedy I would have been very familiar with, that is before I went along to an improv show by the Laughalot Improv group in Dublin. So when Neil Curran offered me the chance to go to an exciting new side project himself and some other members of “Choke Improv” in Limerick and “The Spontaneous Theatre People” in Galway, were involved in, I of course jumped at the chance! This is why I found myself sitting in Doyle’s pub filled with excitement at the prospect of what the show aptly named “A Tale of 3 cities” would bring! After all no two shows are ever alike! The Make-up artists are made up of Órla McGovern, Tracy Aspel, John Loftus, Neil Curran and Brian Quinn. Music on the night was provided by Niceol Blue. The show began with a song. What a way to start! Though … There’s more →