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Loves You

Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Things are a little bit hectic this weekend. A trip to lovely Derry awaits Friday and Saturday, and Sunday sees my local David take on the northside’s Goliath. In plain English, that’s Glenville Football Club of this very suburb going head to head with League of Ireland Champions Bohemian F.C.

Still, were it not for that, I’d be at the event advertised above. A great cause, and great art to boot. I’m hoping Maser does the same with the ‘They Are Us’ project down the line.

Today, I’m speaking at the ‘Blogging The Humanities’ event being hosted by Pue’s Occurrences, so expect a post on that in the coming days. Us bloggers, we have to stick together.

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To women in their eighties, it just don’t make no sense.

Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged on June 2, 2010| 5 Comments »

I’ll tell you what you did wrong love, you got involved with this ‘project’.

Nearly every day, I pop over to Graham Linehan for a looksie. Then, it’d be standard to pop www.dublinopinion.com into the address bar up the top of the browser. So, spotting this on both I knew it’d be good. There are no words really, I just felt the need to post it in case anyone else has missed the boat today.

What?

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Dublin Rap – The Corporation (1982)

Posted in Music, tagged , , , , , , on June 2, 2010| 4 Comments »

According to the (fantastic resource) Irish Punk & New Wave Discography, The Corporation were a “once off recording project” comprising of Imgmar Kiang and Johnny Byrne (1956-97) who were both in the early Dublin punk group the New Versions and later went on to form the band Max.

Their single “Dublin Rap” has several guest artists including writer, playwright, actor and politician Mannix Flynn, journalist and Horslips drummer Eamon Carr  and backing singers Marian Woods and Billi Webster.

Billi Webster remembers that the music video was produced by Dave Heffernan and was “partly filmed in the house that (she) was living in at the time in Monkstown.” She played a ban garda.

Released in the same year as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s classic ‘The Message’, this is the first time the Dublin Rap single has been available online. Thanks to John Fisher for letting me borrow the record. Enjoy. (Apologies for the minor jumps in the song, the 45 single was quite scratched)

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The Abbey talks on The Plough and the Stars

Posted in Dublin History, Events, Social History, tagged , , , on June 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

F. J McCormick in The Plough and the Stars as Captain Brennan.

The above image is taken from page 184 of the Capuchin Annual 1948.

The Plough and the Stars returns to The Abbey this summer, hopefully for a far less dramatic run than that of 1926, when the play inspired people to riot. “The Ireland that remembers with tear-dimmed eyes all that Easter Week stands for, will not, and cannot, be silent in face of such a challenge”, said Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, the feminist and social activist.

Sean O’ Casey remarked in the preface to his work on the Irish Citizen Army, The Story Of The Irish Citizen Army, that “It appears certain that Nationalism has gained a great deal and lost a little by its union with Labour in the Insurrection of Easter Week, and that Labour has lost much and achieved something by its avowal of the National aspirations of the Irish Nation.” This feeling is evident in this play, and the work is as tragic as it is funny.

The play is one that can spark debate in a way few others can. It’s run at the Abbey this summer is something I’ve been excited about for some time now. To coincide with the run, The Abbey are hosting a number of Talks and Workshops on the play.

Thursday 29 July, 6pm
Shivaun O’ Casey

Distinguished theatre director Shivaun O’ Casey discusses her father’s work.
Tickets: €3

Tuesday 7 September, 6pm
Keepers Of The Flame

Join us as we trace the political and performance history of The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey Theatre.
Tickets: €3

Saturday 4 September 10am
Talking Text

Voice Director Andrea Ainsworth leads a voice workshop using text from The Plough and the Stars
Tickets: €40 (Includes a light lunch and a ticket to the matinee showing)

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