Daily Archives: March 2, 2012

Festival Preview: Belfast’s Belsonic @ Custom House Square

  By Culch.ie | March 2, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Festivals, Gigs, Music
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Festival line-up season is in full swing. Belfast correspondent, White Rabbit, previews August’s Belsonic Festival to whet your southern appetite and coax you aboard the Enterprise for a swift trip up north. With possibly their most random line up to date, Belfast’s Belsonic Festival returns to Custom House Square in August for your entertainment and your money. Slowly growing in size each year, the festival aims to cater to all musical tastes and this year seems to be no exception. Although he has both the hair and face of an arse, people much cooler than thou claim that Skrillex is worth listening to. Having carved out a hole for himself in the UK music scene, California born Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) was named 2011 MTV Electronic Dance Music Artist of the year and was nominated in BBC Sound of 2012 if that means anything to you. He kicks off the … There’s more →

Culch Lent: We can’t give up… The Gilmore Girls

  By Hermia | March 2, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Movies & TV, Random Whimsy, The Culch
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In the last of our anti-Lenten frolics, Hermia talks TV’s greatest… The Gilmore Girls Last weekend was a weekend that required a box of tissues, a couch and a constant supply of tea and movies. I snuggled into the pillows and decided to start out with the old reliable romantic movies - you know, to give me hope that I wouldn’t die alone. I tried Dirty Dancing first - it was a timeless love story - but wound up shouting at Baby, telling her that Johnny was probably riddled with STDs and that after the final epic dance scene she’d realise she had the clap. That was obviously not working. I needed a Plan B. Moulin Rouge was put on next. Usually it turns me into a sobbing mess, wailing about the beauty of true love (and Ewan McGregor) every time I watch - this would do the trick. Instead … There’s more →