Posted in Music on March 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
(c) JayCarax
November 1979.
Dr. Feelgood, The Specials AND The Blades. I suppose it must have been common for the local support acts to be left off the ticket stub and maybe even the poster too.
I don’t think you could get a stronger lineup. Three of my best bands of all time! 🙂
My ma found this ticket sub while clearing out the box room.
Anyone have any photos or memories of this gig?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I’ve this little review of Between The Canals in this weeks Le Cool, the film is worth checking out if you find yourself in the mood for a cinema trip.
I hope you’re all feeling better today than I am. Below is Johnny McGory, one of my favourite Dubliners tracks and featured in Between The Canals.
Posted in Miscellaneous on March 18, 2011| 1 Comment »
'Architecture Dublin', Click to enter website
Cool new website which allows tourists and locals a chance to view different buildings in Dublin from various angles and read up about their architectural history. They describe themselves as a “an interactive resource that presents award-winning architecture using Google maps API, interactive flash movies, voiceovers, immersive audio, photography, satellite images and Google street view panoramas”.
It’s a work in progress. Six award-winning building are currently featured and are two more coming shortly.
They are also asking people to add their comments, opinions, photos, or videos to their Facebook page.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2011| 10 Comments »
ADW does it again. Andrews Lane.
Have a nice day tomorrow and treat the city with some respect.
It’s my day off. I’ll leave it to Flann O’Brien:
And here’s a good wan. The brother met an oul fella below in Wiekla town and yer man said straight out of that there was no Saint Patrick and that the whole yarn was invented be Strongbow or somebody. The brother asked him, if that was true, how come there was no snakes in Ireland? Know what th’oul fella done? Laughed in the brother’s face. Me dear man, says he when I was a young man settin out to make me fortune, I first emigrated to Australia. There was work to be had there but it was too hard and the grub was something fierce. With the result was I continued me travels to New Zealand. Ever heard tell of New Zealand? Right. I’ll tell ya wan thing about New Zealand. There isn’t a single snake in the whole place.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2011| 2 Comments »
We saw this coming. Highlights include axed routes and a few buses that now go halfway around the world. The changes come into effect from Friday 25th March 2011.
Come Here To Me ‘Save The Dublin Nitelinks’ Facebook Page.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2011| 13 Comments »
The Guardians of the Peace and courts of law have told a northside publican to remove his banner banning the Queen of the United Kingdom from the premises. Due to a fear of losing the venues late licence, the owner of The Players Lounge agreed to remove the banner.
Inspector Liam Dillon told the court that his objection, based on public safety concerns, would be withdrawn if the banner was removed by 1700 GMT.
BBC News NI have a good report over here.
City centre graffiti.
Posted in Events, Music on March 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
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Capel Street won’t know what hit it.
Local bass kings !Kaboogie, internet warriors SoundTracksForThem and raggamuffin ruffians Punky Reggae Party are teaming up Paddy’s Weekend shtyle to shake the very foundations of O’Byrnes boozer.
Get down early. Music kicks off at 8pm. None of this leaving your gaff at midnight rubbish. €5 in. Lots of nice drink deals.
1. No yeah no
It all started at the Asylum in Woolwich (South London), a small forgotten acid house party held in 88 with the likes of Darren Jay and Mickey Finn on the decks.
London DJ, Noyeahno, started her career during the massive rave expolsion in the early nineties. Over the years she has been involved with different musical genres, always searching out the beats that make her move. She currently co -runs Rag & Bone Records and has a regular show on Sub FM as well as playing regularly in UK & Europe.
I am playing a hybrid of breaks, 2-step, electro and techno, just bass driven music really, and at any time dropping one of the many styles that passed through my record bag over the last 16 years.
2. Redmonk
Redmonk is a Dublin-based DJ and self-taught visual artist. As well as being a member of Dublin’s Secret Wars team, he also exhibits his work regularly with the Spoom Collective and A4 Sounds. He currently works as a community artist in Finglas. Musicwise, he helps run the !Kaboogie crew (who have been throwing the heaviest parties in and around Dublin for over four years now) helps run !Kaboogie Records and has a weekly show on Raidió na Life.
Mixes available over at http://www.mixcloud.com/redmonk/
3. A-Force
Helping put on !Kaboogie parties and newer bass tantrum label Ghetto Quietly, A-Force transverses both the producer and DJ axis. With releases out on Takeover, Ghetto Quietly, !Kaboogie and more in the pipeline, on the night expect some dubby grimey mash-up bizness.
Mixes and more available over at http://aisteardub.blogspot.com/
4. Bluefood
Bluefood is a Solo Producer, Producing odds and endisms since 2002 with !Kaboogie and Ghettoquielty.
Mixes and tunes available at http://soundcloud.com/bluefood
5. Punky Reggae Party
DJ’s from the Punky Reggae party will be throwing it down with some true northern soul, ska and reggae vibrations in the front bar of O’Briens all night.
Lurk them at http://www.facebook.com/punkyreggaepartydublin
Posted in Events, Politics on March 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The case of Gerald McDonnell, the 63 year old Dublin Port worker up in court over the ‘floating picket’ that formed part of that 8 month dispute in 2009, has been adjourned until April 1st.
Supporters are appealing for people to show up at Parkgate Street at 10am on the day.
There was a great crowd there this morning and it was heartwarming to see the support for Gerald.
In 2009, a group of workers in Dublin Port fought an 8-month long strike against forced redundancies and pay cuts. The workers and their local community showed bravery and determination in what was a difficult struggle. Their employer, Marine Terminals Ltd. (MTL), was eventually forced to come to an agreement with the strikers.
On 27th August 2009, a number of the strikers participated in a peaceful ‘floating picket’ aimed at h…ighlighting their dispute. The image which appeared in several national newspapers and in many online publications of the picketers’ tiny boat dwarfed by the Stena Line Ferry showed clearly the bravery of the action, and was very effective in highlighting the dispute.
Now over 18 months later, one of the dockers involved in the dispute has been arrested and charged in relation to this ‘floating picket’. 63-year-old Gerald McDonnell is facing 3 charges under the Maritime Safety Act. If convicted he could face a fine of up to €250,000.
Posted in Events on March 15, 2011| 3 Comments »
Apparently, Don Conroy is doing a night in The Bernard Shaw soon, which is bloody bizarre. I met Don when I was a youngster and he was a really nice bloke, I’ve all the books somewhere but my artistic ability was always poor at best.
When Don arrives he will be drawing with us and telling us stories about his time on the Den with the gang.
Expect OWLS.Afterwards you can meet the man himself, get your Draw with Don books signed if you’ve managed to hang onto them, and maybe if you’re lucky he’ll have some time for some photos.
I have no opinion on all this, I just think it’s mad. It’s akin to someone from The X-Factor playing in your local. Nostalgic to say the least, fair play to him.
It’s not Don’s first run-in with hipsterism. Here is a video about his ‘perfect day’ set to music from The Postal Service.
Posted in Music on March 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Dancehall faithful (c) Chris Daboygoldy
Last Sunday marked the very last Dancehall Styles club night in The Button Factory. Starting out in 2004, Worries Outernational, Ireland’s leading reggae sound system and crew, have been packing out the venue each and every Sunday to play the very best of reggae, ska, ragga, dancehall and bashment.
All is not lost! Dancehall Styles will be relocating to the Ormond Wine Bar as of this Sunday.
The Button Factory nights, which lasted for seven years, will be fondly remembered by a whole mix of people. Visiting tourists who were given a tip to head there for a guaranteed good Sunday night, by recovering junglists still out from the night before and by characters of all nationalities and creeds who united to make Dancehall Styles their weekly Sunday service.
(c) Chris Daboygoldy
Big shout out to Andy, Fadda, Mikey and the rest for the Worries brethren. Nuff respect. Keep on keepin’ on.
Worries crew. (c) Chris Daboygoldy
Posted in Dublin History, Photography on March 15, 2011| 12 Comments »
date unknown.'Coffee Booth', O'Connell St. Credit to Valerie Kennedy for uploading onto Facebook
This is an unusual snap of a long demolished structure on O’Connell Street.
The photo was described, when uploaded onto Facebook, as showing a taxi shelter but I’m not so sure. If you look carefully, you can see the words ‘Coffee Booth’ on the window. Judging that it dates from the early half of the 20th century, I’m surprised that both coffee and coffee kiosks were in operation that far back.
Update: I think we were both right. The structure is a “coffee booth” used by the taximen whose rank was beside it. In his Dublin Diary, Stanisluas Joyce, James’ brother, describes on page 61 that he ‘like(s) the City at night, wide O’Connell Street (I have O’Connell blood in me and an O’Connell face. … nimbling quietly along, the horse walking, without noise but for an occasional shout of laughter from the cabman’s coffee booth”
If there was any doubt that this wasn’t Dublin, those bollards on the left can be seen as certain proof.
(c) GrahamH
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized on March 14, 2011| 3 Comments »
Unlike some in this photo, Gary Redmond still has an elected job.
Some interesting news today, that the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) have re-elected Gary Redmond for a second term as President. Redmond of course was the USI President who moved quickly on November third last to condemn students engaging in “anti-social behaviour” before it was clear just what had happened at the Department of Finance on Merrion Row.
His union went on blame “left-wing’’ groups for the “destructive and anti-social violence”, and continued to hold this view even after the state broadcaster RTE broadcast incredible footage of the events at Merrion Row. It was surely unprecedented for the state broadcaster to raise such questions. A protest the following night was attended by well over 500 students, and not alone did Redmond not show: he issued another statement of condemnation.
The USI went on to call for the scrapping of the Croke Park Agreement, in a bizarre move out of touch with their historic links to education workers. Of course it was all unsurprising from the man who The Phoenix wrote “…can hardly be described as the Irish answer to Daniel Cohn-Bendit.” Of course Daniel Cohen-Bendit, for all his sins, was never a member of Fianna Fáil.
So, it’s another year in a Crumlin office for Redmond, and a bizarre chapter in the history of the Irish student movement continues. What are they like?
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