Posted in Miscellaneous on September 7, 2011| 3 Comments »
Cheers to my friend Chris Bond for snapping this one and sending it in earlier, a great snap from one of the tourist information outlets just off Grafton Street. Retailing for a little bit more than it should be, this Ireland ‘jersey’ leaves a lot to be desired. A clear knock-off of the FAI official kit, if the crest isn’t bad enough check out the poor attempt at copying an Eircom logo.
Just like Eircom, I wouldn’t be buying shares in the crowd behind producing this one.
Posted in Events on September 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Phizzfest, one of my favourite community festivals, is just around the corner. Last year we were on hand to assist with the History Ireland Hedge School on Dublin’s punk and new wave scenes, and this year I’ve intentions of popping along to some events too.
Here are some highlights from the 2010 events:
Some events of note for 2011 are below.
In the mid-90s, half the interesting bands in Dublin seemed to live in Phibsborough. In the summer of 1997 they descended on The Hut every Saturday night, in various states of repair, to sing songs.
Posted in Music on September 6, 2011| 7 Comments »
The Blades (original line up) from 'Black & White' fanzine, 1979. Scanned up by Brand New Retro blog.
(Please note, we ask you to support local artists and record companies. Buy the fantastic Blades boxset from Reekus records here)
In the short, five years spanning 1980 to 1985, The Blades released six of the finest singles ever made by an Irish band or any New Wave act from the period.
Finally, for the first time these singles (both A side and B sides) are available to listen to on Youtube.
Enjoy.
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1980; Hot For You (A Side)
The Reunion (B Side)
1981; Ghost Of A Chance (A Side)
Real Emotion (B Side)
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I’ve always loved the street-art one finds in Dublin, and there’s no denying we have a wide-range of talent in the field here in the capital. As part of Dublin Contemporary 2011, A New Space Dublin have come together with the project to see 22 new and exciting pieces of street art added to the capitals walls and hoardings.
…..Dublin Contemporary 2011 has collaborated with ANEWSPACE (Dublin) to commission a host of Irish and international artists to cover 22 urban sites in what amounts to a restlessly creative walking tour of the city. From the Iveagh Gardens to Camden Street, Aungier
Street to St. Stephens Green Centre, Temple Bar to O’Connell Street, Dublin is literally awash with the radically accessible, communicative potential of the street
The participating artists are:
Conor Harrington Cork (IRL)/London (GBR)
D*Face London (GBR)
DMC Belfast (IRL)
Escif Valencia (ESP)
FOES CREW : KUBE ROIK OMIN Dundalk (IRL)
James Early /input out Dublin (IRL)
Jor Dublin (IRL)
Mark Jenkins Washin gton DC (USA)
Maser Dublin (IRL)
Morgan Dublin (IRL)
Prefab (collective ) NYC (USA)
Will St Leger Dublin (IRL)
RASK (TDA) DROGHEDA (IRL)
Photos from the project and more information on it are available from the A New Space Tumblr at http://anewspacelivestreets.tumblr.com/
Posted in Photography on September 4, 2011| 5 Comments »
(Edit – I originally thought this image was from Ireland but, alas, at closer inspection the uniforms aren’t of the Garda Síochána. Pity! Thanks for the people who commented)
I’m not sure if this is scene is from Dublin, either way, it’s an epic picture.
from Boards.ie user Blair
Posted in Events on September 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
People always seem to be complain there’s not a lot of things you can do in Dublin on the cheap.
Well, the good people at The Central Library are organising four free Thursday lunchtime talks over the next month on the topic of Crime and Drugs in Dublin City.
For more, check out their website here.
Posted in Photography, Street Art, Uncategorized, tagged dublin, Dublin Grafitti, Dublin Photography, Photography on September 1, 2011| 7 Comments »
Stone upon stone upon fallen stone
1. The artist may construct the piece.
2. The piece may be fabricated.
3. The piece need not be built.Each being equal and consistent with the intent of the artist the decision as to condition rests with the receiver upon the occasion of receivership.
Some of his work was part of an exhibition in the IMMA circa 2008, but either this piece has ages very quickly or it has been around a lot longer than that. Judging from his other work, its his first venture outside the English language too! Either way, its a bit of a curiosity.
Cloch ós cionn cloiche ós cionn cloiche leatha
A list of his work can be found here, though I’m of the opinion the above is his best:
http://radicalart.info/concept/weiner/
Posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2011| 4 Comments »
In recent weeks, an art installation in Temple Bar at Exchange Street made a re-appearance. Where once pages of the Ryan Report were pasted onto the hoardings, it was pages from the Cloyne Report which were pasted up recently, with the haunting words ‘CHILD RAPE’ pasted above the report.
Unsurprisingly, someone took a disliking to the piece, and it appears many of the pages have been scraped from the hoardings. On more than one occasion I have seen individuals scraping pages from the piece. It’s been interesting to watch visitors stop to read from the report, or to see native Dubliners breakdown to tears reading it as I have passing by. It’s powerful stuff.
….the Cloyne Report excavates the dysfunction, disconnection, elitism….the narcissism that dominate the culture of the Vatican to this day.
The rape and torture of children were downplayed or ‘managed’ to uphold instead, the primacy of the institution, its power, standing and ‘reputation’
– Enda Kenny.
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