Daily Archives: January 25, 2012

Free Gig: RoySeven, The Original Rude Boys and Red Empire

  By Peter | January 25, 2012 - 2:59 pm | Gigs, Radio
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XMusic and Dublin City fm PROUDLY PRESENT- RoySeven, The Original Rude Boys and Red Empire. 103.2 Dublin CIty FM will broadcast live from the X Music Superstore, Red Cow Retail Centre this coming Saturday 28th January from 2-5pm and you are invited to come along to this FREE [and fair play lads etc] music gig. Royseven, The Original Rude Boys and Red Empire live and also The legendary Mik the Who and his ’Classic Rock’ programme will also broadcast live from the store. If you can’t make it to The X Music Superstore - the place to visit with it’s huge range of musical instruments and accessories [that tagline goes in coz fair play to them for not being cheezy and Royseven rule]. directions to X music Superstore 103.2 Dublin city FM or live online More info via X Music on Twitter or on the Facebook Memo.

Sweary’s Jaw: Lana Del Meh

  By Lisa McInerney | January 25, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Celebs, Music, Sweary's Jaw, The Culch
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A couple of months back, we were all very excited about Lana Del Rey. Oh, buzzin’ at the chops, we were. A doe-eyed meta-ingénue with big hair and cartoon lips, calling herself a “gangster Nancy Sinatra” and droning like an orgasmic swarm, she was hipster-fodder of the most wonderful composition. And then there was Video Games, her gorgeously retro launch song, which was accompanied by a video that looked home-made and augmented her ethereal growls so beautifully, the entire effect was nigh-on creepy. Lana Del Rey was perfect. But, like everything that the cool kids enjoy, she had to be torn down and picked apart by the cooler kids. What they discovered was that Lana Del Rey’s real name… wasn’t Lana Del Rey. That, far from being a bedroom dreamer who spliced together her own music videos from footage she kept on projector rotation, she was… a professional artist. With … There’s more →

Movie review: A Monster in Paris

  By Jenny Foxe | January 25, 2012 - 9:21 am | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Had I gone to see this alone, this review would have been very different. Although I quite enjoyed the movie, I thought the characters a little too bland, that there was too much talking and way too much mushy stuff for it to appeal to kids. How little I know them. I took along four boys aged between 4 and 7 and they all loved it. The lead character Emile (Jay Harrington) is a timid lovelorn cinema projectionist who gets dragged astray by his friend, delivery man and wacky inventor Raoul (Adam Golberg) when they meddle in a Professor’s laboratory to the horror of the resident monkey Charles. They manage to accidently create Franc (Sean Lennon) a monstrous gigantic flea. (Not of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers variety - unfortunately). The nasty Commissioner Maynott (Danny Huston) thinks his chances of becoming mayor will be improved if he can rid paris … There’s more →