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Dina Carroll (born Geraldine Carroll, 21 August 1968, Newmarket, Suffolk) is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

To be fair, I hadn’t heard of her either but someone mentioned that her 1993 single The Perfect Year from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” has some scenes of Dublin in it. Indeed it does.

The 40 steps can be seen around 6 seconds in, followed by a pub at around 21 seconds in (could it be Grogans?).

At 2:53 you have Regents barber shop in Temple Bar, Rorys Fishing Tackle Shop also in Temple Bar at 3:22 and a brief look at Moore Street at 3:27.

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Previously:

+ Classic Dublin music videos:

1. Phil Lynott – Old Town (1982)

2. The Blades – The Bride Wore White (1982)

3. Bagatelle – Summer in Dublin (1980)

4. Rod Stewart – Sailing (1975)

5. The Spice Girls – Stop (1998)

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Continuing in our series of classic music videos filmed in Dublin, we have the The Spice Girls and their 1998 hit single Stop which was filmed in Stoneybatter in the heart of Dublin 7.

Wikipedia tells us that ‘the opening segment, reminiscent of a traditional British 1950’s working class street of terraced houses … was filmed at Carnew Street in Dublin, and features scenes of each member of the group knocking on different doors.’

Each householder was given £100 each in return for stealing off the street according to The Mirror.

The video was shot on January 27 1998 and was directed by James Brown.

+ Classic Dublin music videos:

1. Phil Lynott – Old Town (1982)

2. The Blades – The Bride Wore White (1982)

3. Bagatelle – Summer in Dublin (1980)

4. Rod Stewart – Sailing (1975)

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(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?

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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

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Ricardo Villalobos, minimal techno legend, played in The Academy last Friday. Tickets were priced at €29.50 (before service charge). This apparent ‘extortionate fee’ has sparked a fascinating 7 page thread on the Clubbing forum of Boards.ie about the price of bringing DJs over to Dublin, suggestions that some Dublin promoters are ripping off punters and a more broad debate on the Commercial Clubbing vs. Independent Rave scene.

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While postering with Reddy yesterday for next week’s Punky Reggae Party and Kaboogie! gig, I found myself going to the usual haunts (Simon’s Cafe, Cornucopia, All City etc..) but also to a few new locations. One of which was the Litton Lane Hostel on the quays, just down from O’Connell Bridge.

Two things stood out in their lovely common room.

The first was this painted mural above their fireplace, showcasing a ‘who’s who’ of 1980s and 1990s popular Irish rock music.

l-r: Christy Moore, Sinead O’Connor, Bob Geldof, Phil Lynott (RIP), Van Morrison, The Edge and Bono.

(c) Jay Carax

On another wall was a fascinating poster for the December 1991 gig listings for The Rock Garden (the former name for Eamon Doran’s, now called The Old Storehouse). Down in the left hand corner of the poster it says that the gigs will all be recorded by 2FM for future broadcasting.

(c) Jay Carax

Some of the names are recognisable – The Frames, The Cranberries, Ocean Colour Scene and The Golden Horde. Others not so much – The Blue Aeroplanes, Big Geraniums and The Ring. All in all it’s interesting to see which bands were popular and were getting gigs during that time.

There were a few other gig posters around the room too including one for James Brown in The Point in 1992. More music memrobillia than your average Dublin hostel it has to be said.

Why?

Well, it turns out that the Litton Lane Hostel Dublin was originally a recording studio (called aptly enough Litton Lane Rehearsal & Recording Studios) and played host to a number of Irish and international artists including Aslan, The Cranberries, David Bowie, Van Morrison, and U2. The hostel’s website has brief entries for Bowie and U2 about their visit to the studio.

Keeping with their roots, the hostels website also has links and information on upcoming gigs in The Twisted Pepper and The Workman’s Club while they themselves host regular gigs in their common room.

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U2’s baby The Kitchen is set to re-open after a nine year hiatus.

Launched in 1994, essentially marking the end of the DIY acid rave scene and the beginning of club culture as we know it today, The Kitchen is perhaps best known for its influential Thursday night club Influx, the brainchild of Johnny Moy.

Is Dublin crying out for The Kitchen? Time will tell.

Hot Press has laid out the club details of The Kitchen 2.0.

Thursday
Take Back Thursdays with Two Many Cooks man Lorcan Mak and guests including David De Valera, Colin Perkins, Niall Dunne & Two Charming Men.

Friday
DubWar, a drum ‘n bass ‘n dubstep session featuring the likes of Hostage, Slum Dogz, Jazzstepa, Funk Case, Serial Killaz, Chasing Shadows, Document One and Flux Pavilion.

Saturday
Parliament, the funkier flavours of disco and electronica ranging from Chic to LCD Soundsystem.

Sunday
The Kitchen’s Sauce, deep and sexy funk and disco house with returning Kitchen resident Richie Rock.

(c) Kelly Steenlandt

Blast from the past. Flyer for The Kitchen's Influx. (c) Johnny Moy

Blast from the past. Flyer for The Kitchen's Influx. (c) Johnny Moy

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If your heading to one gig this weekend, I’d recommend GhostPoet in The Grand Social tonight. Doors 9pm, €10 entry.

Recently migrated from the capital city of the West Midlands – Coventry – to the southerly climes of London, Ghostpoet looks set to make his mark on 2011. The softly spoken 24 year-old has already won over BBC Radio 1’s foremost tastemaker Gilles Peterson with a handful of off-kilter, loopy electronic ditties blessed with his delightfully rambling musings on modern life.

Afterwards? Get your reggae/dub fix at Roots Pon De Corner down at The Dark House Inn.

In its first few months in existance, the Roots Corner Sessions have quickly become one of the premier nights in Dublin for quality roots music. For March, two of the countries leading roots sounds will be passing thru the Dark Horse venue, starting with Galways finest, The Rootical Soundsystem.

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Mad stuff.

Have you seen the video of Usher hanging out in Dublin yet? It was taken after his show on Feb 27.

1:02 – Usher in Bruxelles off Grafton Street
1:22 – Usher strolls into Charlies on George’s Street
2:15 – Taxi pulled over by Gardai. Apparently all they wanted was an autograph!

According to RTE, the singer visited Bruxelles on Harry Street at 12.45am along with his bodyguard, crew, chauffeur and tour photographer.

“I asked him what he’d like to drink and he said, ‘Guinness, of course’ so I asked him would he like to pour his own. He jumped at the chance.” says barman Dermott Hayes.

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