Daily Archives: March 16, 2012

First listen: Eden Rap

  By Aaron McAllorum | March 16, 2012 - 2:00 pm | The Culch
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It’s a long way from the mean streets of South Boston to Sycamore Street Dublin … well it isn’t really, probably only about 3000 miles, aboard a 6 hour flight and by the time you get through check-in & immigration.. Grand Master Mark Matanes is rhyming and griming a box fresh rap as sqeeky clean as a new pair of of high top white tip Chuck Taylors. Mark is a sleep-deprived, loudmouth voiceover guy. He is a reformed smartass that was prone to backsliding. Mark also happens to be restaurant manager at Eden in Temple Bar. We at Culch Towers love a rap as much as the next pop culture website (it has cowbell too!), so with that, we are throwing down the gauntlet at NRC Taxi Taxi Taxi to come back at this. There’s going to be some serious 8 Mile shizzle all up in yo’ faces … we … There’s more →

St. Patrick’s Day: What Irish films to watch and what you should avoid… like the plague.

  By Sue Murphy | March 16, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Well, tis that time of year again, bigorah and bigosh, when the leprechauns come out to play and we all go off looking for pots of gold under the rainbow over yonder… Well it’s that time of year for Michael Flatley. However, the rest of the known world will be donning green and drinking Guinness (a drink most people will pretend to drink while slugging vodka in the corner) and telling anyone who will fucking listen that they are Irish. If, like me, you only celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in other countries (it is way more fun that way, you get free booze) you might consider this the most opportune time to take shelter from your fellow Irish brethren, who never really get the chance to go out and so deserve a couple of alcoholic beverages, and watch some classic Irish films. As a nation, we are way too hard … There’s more →

Event: Paddy’s Weekend At The Workman’s Club

  By Lisa McInerney | March 16, 2012 - 9:00 am | Events, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Hey there, paradoxically Dublin-based Culchies. Plans for this Paddy’s Weekend? The Workman’s Club have a right patriotic line-up for you for this Saint Patrick’s Day, right up to the bank hangover holiday dancing delightfully in its wake. Shenanigans abound from 4pm on St. Patrick’s Day, with the Somewhere indie crew churning it up in the First Floor Bar, free admission for a 9 hour marathon of daycent tunes. From 8pm The Venue will play host to trad seisiún masters The Bonny Men. Tickets are €10 on the door. Don’t wear heels, because the feet’ll be worn off yeh from the stomping. Festivities crank up again at 5pm on Sunday (that’s plenty of time for a lie-in, in fairness), with a battle between the Workman’s indie residents and Mass resident DJ Sister Lisa Marie. Music-based, mind. This ain’t no cock fight. The Folie a Deux DJs are on hand afterwards, promising … There’s more →