Posted in Uncategorized on November 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »
…but it is a love song because, I love my people”
Maser/Damien Dempsey on the ball once more. The They Are Us screenprint upstairs reminding me that Greed Is The Knife rings truer each day. These words come from Dublin Town, perhaps the first Dempsey tune I heard.
Are we going to be good forever?
Posted in Politics, tagged Fianna Fail on November 20, 2010| 1 Comment »
You leave Ireland for three days, and when you come back the IMF are here and the place has gone to the dogs. Over a coffee, I’ve been digging through newspaper archives and here are a few gems.
For the workers!
For a government that works!
Posted in Miscellaneous on November 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Kudos to the artist ADW and Broadsheet.ie for bringing my attention to it.
How apt. Listen up FF and co.
Think (think) think (think) think (think) think (think)
You think (think) think (think) think about it
You better think (think) think about what you’re trying to do to me
Yeah, think (think, think), let your mind go, let yourself be free
Let’s go back, let’s go back, let’s go way on back when
I didn’t even know you, you couldn’t have been too much more than ten
I ain’t no psychiatrist, I ain’t no doctor with a degree
It don’t take too much high IQ’s to see what you’re doing to me
You better think (think) think about what you’re trying to do to me
Yeah, think (think, think), let your mind go, let yourself be freeOh freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom), freedom, yeah freedom
Freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom), freedom, oh freedom
Posted in Miscellaneous, Music on November 20, 2010| 1 Comment »
Facebook has been buzzing with this fantastic new song about the IMF. It was apparently written, recorded and uploaded online in one evening. Within 24 hours, it has been played nearly 500 times. Major props to SoundMigration.
Céad míle fáilte To the IMF
We hope we meet you on the streets –To fight you to the death.
And we know how you got here -Back room deal and open arms
As you try to suck the life from us – With your structural reformsThey just lit a fuse -Its time for us to choose 2
You must think were fucking stupid —-Feed our fears with blocks of cheese
It’ll take more than dairy products -To keep us on our knees
Don’t talk to us about violence – You hypocritical scum
Just look at all our hospital – An the homeless on the run
Destitution politics – Death by credit card
By you cant kill the love we have – for justice in our heart
Check out the rest of the lyrics here.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, tagged Comedy, dublin, Rubber Bandits, Temple Bar on November 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I don’t think I have to say anything here other than… The Rubber Bandits. In Temple Bar. Brilliant.
Posted in Miscellaneous on November 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
How the bailout works?
Shay Healy has written a poem on the state of Ireland’s financial crisis. Enjoy.
1. If Finn Mac Cool came back again
I wonder what he’d say
When he sees the state of chassis
That old Ireland’s in today
Nearly half a million on the dole
Who’s next to join the queue
It’s possible the bird shit
Is about to land on you
We were sold out by the builders
Buying land up left and right
They were borrowing in millions
To the bankers great delight
Cos the bonuses were flying round
Like snuff would at a wake
Oh one half of them was giving
With the other half on the take
2. Twas on September 28th
A meeting was convened
Both BOI and AIB
We’re up the creek it seemed
The meeting never happened
Brian Cowen, the Taoiseach swore
But he’s just another liar, and he should be shown the door.
And along with Mary Harney and her fucked up H.S.E.
The should put those assholes on a raft and push,
them out to see
Cos there’s old folk lying on trollies
And there’s helpless children dying
But no one’s prepared to take the blame
And no one will resign.
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Homeless In Dublin on November 16, 2010| 3 Comments »
This is fascinating. I found it on YouTube this morning by pure chance, as I was looking at this excellent short documentary on the homeless of the city, which focuses on the man you can often find opposite Grafton Street with a chalked message. This was hiding in the related videos.
The project below comes from YouTuber shotak2929 and almost as fascinating as the lifesize model is the way in which Dubliners react to it, often gawking and in some cases interfering with what at first appears to be a real individual. At one point, we see a young lad steal from it. Well done to all involved, the project is certainly thought-provoking.
“This is my end of year project for 1st year in National College of Art and Design, Ireland. The concept of this piece is to let people react to it in their own ways to create the space or the atmosphere between viewer and sculpture.
Posted in Music on November 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This Thursday sees myself DJ Carax (Punky Reggae Party), old friend DJ Welfare (Kaboogie! / Dubculture) and main man Andy Culture (Worries Outernational) take on the might of Anthrophe and his Soundtracksforthe.com rabble of unwashed bloodclots. Hope to see you there.
From 8:30pm, we’ll be showing two documentaries: Rave Against The Machine (20mins) and then Summer of Rave 1989 (60mins). The music kicks off at 10:30pm.
DJ Rodfather vs. Andy Culture
(12.00 – 12.45) (12.45 – 1.30)
Psymonok vs. DJ Welfare
(1.30 – 2.15) (2.15 – 3.00)
This will be free in before 10.30pm and a fiver after that BUT you have to put your name down here to avail of this. If you are coming in late then, mention this guestlist to the door staff.
Posted in Miscellaneous on November 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
Lookleft Magazine issue 4 is out now. It is available from Eason’s, and also around the city from a number of independent bookshops and news vendors. We’ve got some bits and pieces in it. Jaycarax from this parish provides some nice bits, and the lead article from Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh in the form of ‘The Legacy Of Connolly’ makes for excellent reading. The cover, if I may say so, is a cracker.
Over at History Ireland, I’ve got a spread on the recent History Ireland Hedge School series, including the recent ‘Punks Or Posters’ event outside the Phibsborough Library. The issue includes a brilliant piece from Louis Cullen on the historical precedents for our current recession, and an article from Fergus Whelan entitled ‘Oliver Cromwell: Father of Irish Republicanism?’. We’ll keep you up to date on the Hedge School series here at Come Here To Me.
Lookleft Magazine is online here.
History Ireland is online here.
Posted in Miscellaneous on November 15, 2010| 1 Comment »
A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve, originating in the 19th century as an allusion to the dreams experienced by smokers of opium pipes.
Just got linked to the Metro North Facebook page. Check this stuff out.
Posted in Events, Football Articles, Miscellaneous, Social History, tagged Bohemians, Bohs, football, League of Ireland on November 15, 2010| 7 Comments »
The gem of a picture that accompanies this piece was spotted in Friday’s Metro by a good mate of mine. Now, I know the domestic season is over, the cup final done and dusted (with a deserved victory for Sligo Rovers, and their ex- Bohs talisman Joe Ndo) but this takes the biscuit, really pushing us as a nation of barstoolers to the limit. We often wax lyrical on here about the League of Ireland, no it doesn’t draw the masses, and no, its not always sexy. But its ours, and thats what counts. So seeing ads like this is a real slap in the face for the League- Football is not much better when watched from a pub, its much better watched from the steps of the Jodi Stand in Dalymount Park, or the shed in Richmond Park, even the bloody lego stand in Tolka Park is better than a pub.
Football is certainly not much better when watched from a pub. Photo credit, Ciarán Mangan
With the season over, I’ll miss the football. And considering our current predicament, this time next year I could be saying I’m missing Bohs. The thoughts of it are depressing. We are in danger but fans are rallying behind the club. Donations are coming in fast, and some very generous ones at that. Even a bunch of Sligo Rovers fans passed on some money on Sunday to go towards the €300, 000 needed for us to retain our license for next season. More of a reason to have cheered for the Bit o’ Red yesterday. I’ll do another piece on the subject later in the week but as well as the donations, there’s a fundraising night and a monster raffle being held in The Phoenix Bar, Dalymount Park this Saturday night, details here. I’d urge, not only Bohs fans but all LOI fans to drop in. I know we joke about “the league needs a strong Rovers,” but where would we really be without Dalymount Park? The original home of Irish Football, and a place that truly deserves National Monument status.
So that’s why when I was sent that picture above, a number of feelings stirred in me. Pity, for those who remain oblivious to their own national League. Contempt for the same people. Anger, at the short-sightedness of the advertisement. And sadness, that only if some of those the article targets made the effort to come to LOI games, clubs like Bohs, and Shams, Derry and Cork before them wouldn’t be in the situations they are/were in. You can stick your barstools where the sun doesn’t shine. Football is much better when watched from the steps of Block G.
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