Yep, you bang about your native Canada for a few years, gradually making a name for youself via a number of promising independent releases. Your hard work pays off when you capture the attention of the Sub Pop label. Before you know it, some well-toned, ridiculously good-looking Paddy several thousand miles away gets to hear [...]
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A Government-prepared report seen by The Irish Times recommends paying GPs a new annual capitation fee of €290 (instead of €640) for treating people over 70 years old who have a non-means tested medical card. According to the report, such a fee will save some €16 million in 2009.
Elsewhere, it seems that the Government will save [...]
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Kristin Scott Thomas is incredible in this fine French psychological drama as Juliette Fontaine, a woman just released from prison, having served a 15-year sentence. Her baggy eyes, remote stare, and apathetic outlook brillantly bring out the despondancy that she needs to portray as this character. Her gradual acclimitisation back into society is as convincing, [...]
Filed under: Cinema, Films, Movies | Tagged: Elsa Zylberstein, Frédéric Pierrot, Gustavo Santaolalla, I've Loved You So Long, Il y a longtemps que je t'aime, Jean-Claude Arnaud, Kristin Scott Thomas, Laurent Grévill, Lise Ségur, Philippe Claudel, Serge Hazanavicius | 2 Comments »
Well, I never seem to get around to writing decent quality album reviews. Therefore, as a way of bringing some good and (mostly) new alternative music to y’all, I have started availing of this apparently legal and free service from 8tracks to bring you a regular mixtape to listen to. Naturally, if you like what [...]
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Director Ian Fitzgibbon first came to popular attention in Ireland for his satirical drama Paths to Freedom, which purported to be a fly-on-the-wall documentary following two recently released convicts – one a luckless unemployed musician and the other a well-to-do gynaecologist – around as they try to rebuild their lives. The related film Spin [...]
Filed under: Cinema, Films, Movies | Tagged: A Film With Me In It, Amy Huberman, David O’Doherty, Dykan Moran, Ian Fitzgibbon, Keith Allen, Mark Doherty | Leave a Comment »
This dreamy gig was brought to a half-full Vicar Street courtesy of Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez (aka M83) and his touring band of an additional keyboardist/vocalist, a bass guitarist, and a drummer ensconced behind sheets of Perspex-glass. Similar to when Battles played the same stage earlier on in the year, the floor was a colourful spaghetti [...]
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As soon as I said it, I knew that I would have cause to regret doing so! Yet all I had done was to remark that I was really looking forward to seeing White Hinterland (Casey Dienel) playing and that I hoped it would be a good show. An innocuous enough thing to say, I [...]
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This is the video for the first single from Of Montreal’s latest album Skeletal Lamping. A funky little pop number, the song is called Id Engager.
I remember playing the game shown in the video as a nipper. I have no idea what it was called though!
Have a yodelling good weekend!
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It was autumn and the Indian tribe asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Because the old ways of predicting the weather had been lost over generations, the Chief did not know the answer to this. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter [...]
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The opening scene of this film depicts three young schoolboys playing as they run home from school. The weather is sunny, the neighbourhood looks pleasant and well-to-do, and everyone is getting on with their business. Once home, one of the schoolboys, Bruno (Asa Butterfield), is told by his parents that Daddy (David Thewlis) has a [...]
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On film, Oliver Hardy would typically berate the gormless Stan Laurel for being the cause of their latest mishap. He would come across as being a large bully who easily dominated his diminutive sidekick. Away from the cameras, though, Hardy was an amiable pussycat, happiest on the golf course, and, it was Laurel, in fact, who [...]
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At one stage in this latest madcap black comedy from the Coen brothers, a senior CIA agent instructs his subordinate to “report back when it makes sense”. In truth, he may have to wait a while for that report. Burn After Reading is a spoof of a spook movie served up with a healthy dollop [...]
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Some venues suit a particular type of singer the most. Carly Sings, with her sultry voice and personal songs about love and relationships, can easily be imagined as a nightclub chanteuse. Therefore, the thought of her performing in The Sugar Club certainly had that hand-in-glove feel to it when the show was first announced. Dressed [...]
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In one of the early scenes of this film, two teenagers re-enact scenes from Scarface – the tale of a brutish Cuban gangster who muscled his way to the top of the illicit cocaine trade in Florida. Beyond the violence and immorality of the story, Scarface portrays a lifestyle for those who make it to [...]
Filed under: Cinema, Films, Movies | Tagged: Camorra, Ciro Petrone, Gianfelice Imparato, Gomorra, Gomorrah, Marco Macor, Matteo Garrone, Naples, Roberto Saviano, Salvatore Abruzzese, Salvatore Cantalupo, Scarface, Toni Servillo | 7 Comments »
Louis XVI: C’est une révolte?
Duc de La Rochefoucauld: Non, Sire, c’est une révolution!
So we Irish have vented a lot of fury over these past few weeks. The question now is will it lead to lasting change or just the standard bloody nose for Fianna Fail at the local and European elections before they are elected [...]
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