Daily Archives: February 29, 2012

Event: Dublintellectual Presents Zombies: Are They Dead Yet?

  By Lisa McInerney | February 29, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Events, The Culch
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I don’t know if it’s a good idea for intellectuals to go around invoking zombies. Surely they’ve got the most to lose? Less concerned citizens than me may be interested in heading along to Dublintellectual‘s celebration of all things undead and slavering. The director of zombie flick Dead Meat, Conor McMahon, will be joined this Friday, 2nd of March, by Sarah Cleary* talking about the sex lives of zombies, Sorcha Ni Fhlainn on zombie soldiers, and Emma Radley on zombies in Irish cinema. The event takes place in The Back Loft, Augustine Street off Thomas St at 7pm. Entry’s €5 - but free for zombies - and it’s BYOB. I think that means Bring Your Own Brains. Oh Jesus! Be careful! * I misread this as “Sarah Carey”. My way’s better.

Culch Lent: We Can’t Give Up… Our iPods.

  By Lisa McInerney | February 29, 2012 - 12:07 pm | Random Whimsy, The Culch
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My iTunes is acting up again. It’s misreading file pathways and writing over metadata. It’s refusing to talk to Last.fm’s little audioscrobbler plug-in. It’s driving me up the wall, to such an extent that I woke up this morning worrying about it and wondering why I was only four inches from the ceiling. Such is the role that iTunes plays in my life. Such is my addiction to my iPod. I couldn’t give up my iPod, not for Holy God, not for any deity. It goes everywhere with me. It sits in its cradle by my desk while I’m working. It’s stuffed into my pocket whenever I leave the house. It’s jacked up to the car stereo as soon as I sit into the car, to ward off local country n’ western radio stations, or worse, Newstalk. I will go to hysterical lengths to get it just the right kind … There’s more →

Festival News: Looks Like We’re Off To Westport In June, Lads.

  By Lisa McInerney | February 29, 2012 - 9:00 am | Festivals, Music
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Why is it that every part of the West awakens except the part around me? Burren begrudgery aside, this is rather fantastic news. The first Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts has been announced for Saturday June 23rd and Sunday June 24th, with the admirable mission statement of providing a grown-up festival for music fans who treasure their record collections. I only have an MP3-and-free-Mixmag-cds collection, but I do treasure it, and I’m glad somebody noticed. The secured line-up so far is pretty darn pleasing, featuring the likes of Seasick Steve, Ray Davies, Duke Special, The Waterboys, Alison Moyet, The Minutes, Jerry Fish, The Riptide Movement, and Bipolar Empire. Westport town is as much part of the festivities as the guitar-slingers - no closed site this - so attendees are basically getting the chance to explore one of the most beautiful parts of Ireland alongside hearing some seriously daycent choons. And … There’s more →