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Obama b2b Queen (May 2011)

Posted in Miscellaneous on April 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

New t-shirt lolz from Fresh Milk Clothing. Cheers to Chomsky for bringing this to our attention.

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Don’t get caught!

Posted in Dublin History, Miscellaneous, Social History, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on March 31, 2011| 10 Comments »

We… well I, was thinking about  launching an April Fools prank on here tomorrow to see how far it would spread (if it spread at all,) but these things rarely work well, and if they do, its the elaborate ones that do and I’m far too hungry to think of one of those. It got me thinking though of pranks that have been played out in this city. Below is my top five:

Save the Park!

5) Save the Park, 2006. In 2006, more than 250k listeners to the RTE radio programme “Mooney goes Wild on One” were informed of impending government plans as per a report entitled “Amended Programme for Rail, Integrated with Luas; First Official On- line Report” to build a dual carriageway with ten metre high screening walls down Chesterfield Avenue in the middle of the park. It was announced protestors had arrived to demonstrate the abominable plans. Pity they didn’t cop the abbreviation of the report spelt out APRIL FOOL.

"Like icebergs it was. Icebergs floating down the canal."

4) Icebergs on the Grand Canal, 1968. Not an April Fool this one, but an October one. October 1968 to be precise. JayCarax has an interesting piece on this here, that I’d only be doing an injustice in trying to re-hash for this piece. Just think of your average “Fairy Liquid in the fountain” trick times twenty.

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Gotta Get Down In Dun Laoghaire.

Posted in Miscellaneous on March 31, 2011| 1 Comment »

Who says Student Union elections can’t be fun? This one comes from IADT.

context,if you’ve been living under a rock.

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I Just Started Ulysses.

Posted in Miscellaneous on March 30, 2011| 6 Comments »

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

And so it begins…..

Am I mad? I don’t know. Why I’ve not challenged myself to read it yet, again I don’t know. Many great Dublin characters are reflected in the work, and I’ve always enjoyed Bloomsday. I’ve read some of Joyce’s works already, but always shied away from Ulysses. Today, I’m 40-something pages in and greatly enjoying the work.

My version is “the 1922 text”. The explanatory notes at the back are longer than some books I have read. Everyday I pass a Ulysses plaque in the city centre, be it at the Ballast Office, the Thomas Moore statue, O’Connell Bridge or elsewhere, and I feel a tiny bit embarrassed not to have read the work so many enquire about when visiting the city.

I’ve visited the Jewish Museum in the past and learned of Dublin’s most famous (and fictional) Jewish figure. I’m fascinated by the books international appeal considering its specific geographic setting. Reading should never be a chore and I intend to visit sights from the book as I try to get to grips with it.

Bloomsday is on the sixteenth of June. Let’s see how far I can get by then, and more importantly: how much I can understand. Reports on my progress will appear on the site.

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The things you see on a day in town.

Posted in Miscellaneous on March 30, 2011| 5 Comments »

….I have no comment on this video either way. I don’t know the ins and outs of the matter at all. I was glued to the monitor (that’s the 2011 way of saying ‘glued to the telly’) watching this but. It’s some street theatre connecting the CACI company who are involved in the census to some unsavory aspects of the occupation of Iraq. The reactions of some Dubliners are priceless.

It seems the standard approach to this street theatre is:

1) If you’re under 18, jump in front of the camera or wave at your mates who might see it on YouTube/the telly/wherever the footage is going.
2) If you’re bored, stop and engage in conversations that go nowhere. “Well what are ye doin?” “Are ye about terrorism or tourism?””come here are ya catholic?”

Fluoride in the water stuff or what do you think?

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Up and down.

Posted in Miscellaneous on March 27, 2011| 2 Comments »

So, the food might be great but The Alamo’s ever changing window sign has become a bit of a joke in these corners. A €3.50 pint is more than decent in Temple Bar, a €4.50 pint hardly worth advertising surely?

Today walking by, I noticed our previous ‘victory for the punter’ might have been a bad call. The €3.50 pint has jumped back to €4.50. Weekend pint versus midweek pint? Surely those days are gone…..

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Dublin Bus want to know if you’re happy with their service.

Posted in Miscellaneous on March 22, 2011| 8 Comments »

Taken by our resident photographer, hxci.

I had to post a link to this customer satisfaction survey. God help the person reading them in the office….

Customer Survey here: Give ’em hell.

Save The Dublin Nitelinks Facebook.

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Keep It Northside? Keep It Southside?

Posted in Miscellaneous on March 22, 2011| 4 Comments »

There seems to be quite a bit of interest in the cliched ‘Keep It Northside’/’Keep It Southside’ advertising campaign discussed on FM104 radio….

Yawn.

Well, I’m going to make a contribution. Rather than poking a stick across the Liffey, here’s my contribution for the wonderful Dublin West. We’re on both sides of the Liffey, have more shopping centres than anyone could need and of course my beloved Saint Patrick’s Athletic are here:

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Northside/Southside Billboards

Posted in Miscellaneous on March 22, 2011| 9 Comments »

KINS = Keep It NorthSide(c) FM104

KISS = Keep It SouthSide(c) FM104

Apparently these posters were the hot topic of discussion on Adrian Kennedy (late night phone show) yesterday.

The ‘Keep it Northside’ billboard currently has 106 likes on the FM104 facebook. The ‘Keep it Southside’ has 78.

Both of the advertised websites on the billboards, KissD4.ie and Kins.ie, have a countdown timer which is currently shows there are 55 days left. To what? No one seems to be sure. But whatever happens on May 16, no doubt it will be an anti-climax.

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Behind the scenes of Between the Canals

Posted in Events, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , on March 19, 2011| 4 Comments »

Really looking forward to seeing this film. Due to over- exertion on Paddy’s Day I missed the special screening in the IFI on Friday, but I’ll most likely be popping along this Tuesday and will post up a review afterwards. (Film times can be found here.) CHTM! Field trip anyone?

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New interactive Dublin architecture website

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.

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A great find

Posted in Football Articles, Miscellaneous, Photography, Social History, tagged , , , , on March 14, 2011| 2 Comments »

I always love venturing into the Secret Book and Record Store on Wicklow Street as it has produced some absolute gems for me down through the years. When Mero was running the record side of things, I’d make the trip up from beyond the Pale and shuffle nervously up to the counter with whatever zine or 7″ or god forbid TAPE that I liked the look of. But as I grew, Mero’s gave way to Freebird, and punk moved across to the late Red Ink at Central Bank, and my interest in this place moved to the books.

The Secret Book and Record Store

So, when I got a text from JayCarax last week saying there was a box of League of Ireland programmes going cheap, I jumped at the chance. I eventually got in on Sunday afternoon on nipped in and the result can be seen below- €20 for 27 programmes, mainly Bohs but a few Shels as well, spanning from 1992 – 2004. Twelve short years, but a lifetime in this League. Paul Osam to Peter Eccles, Gino Lawless to Avery John all feature. Owen Heary, Pat Fenlon and Stuart Byrne seem to appear ageless, bouncing back and forth between clubs and Tony Cousins appears, looking, well, pretty much exactly like he does now. Shels were a big club, and Bohs made a profit one season. Crazy times indeed.

27 programmes for a score? A steal.

I’ll scan some of the more interesting pages up over the weekend; I’ll most likely need a repetitive and non- strenuous chore to ease my Paddy’s Day hangover away so what better to kill two birds with the one stone.

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