Posted in Music on February 28, 2011| 2 Comments »
DFallon had previously pointed out the great poster for ALT’s new Monday club night Corrupt which offered €5 entry and all drinks at €1.50 (!).
A bold move trying to launch student night on a Monday. Most said they couldn’t pull it off. It looks like they haven’t been able to.
01 March 2011
Posted in Music on February 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
After months of planning and publicising, the Punky Reggae Party Vol. 9 is finally upon us! We hope to see as many of you as possible tonight down in Murray’s on O’Connell Street. Support your local DIY club scene, get down early!
It was great to get a little mention in Le Cool yesterday and in today’s Ticket section of the The Irish Times. Thanks to M.H. and J.C.
The cheaplist closes at 6pm this evening so sign up now!
Doors open at 9:30pm and the set times are as follows:
10.00-10.40: DFallon
10.40-11.20: NinjaBill
11.20-12.00: Carax
12.00-1.00: Stealin’ Gately
1.00-2.30 : The Dirty Dubsters
So, who’s going to be there? Well as Mr. Marley said…
Posted in Music, Politics on February 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Captain Moonlight, you’ve done it again. Mick’s Manifesto is song of the day.
Posted in Dublin History, Music, Social History, tagged An Phoblacht, Sinn Féin, The Smiths on February 23, 2011| 1 Comment »
I love follow ups.
My sincere thanks to Stephie who commented on this recent piece regarding the launch of a new work on The Smiths at the Workman’s Club recently. In that book, the excellently titled ‘Why Pamper Life’s Complexities?’, Sean Campbell wrote of a feature on the band that appeared in An Phoblacht in 1984. Stephie dug it out of the AP/RN archive and sent it along.
Our emails are on the About Us page, it’s always great to find something ‘attached’ to a mail in your inbox. If it should be up here, send it on in.
Sean Campbell left a comment on the recent piece noting that:
The full account of this fascinating episode, involving The Smiths’ tour of Ireland in 1984, is included in my book, ‘Irish Blood, English Heart’, which will be published this month by Cork University Press.
I look forward to it.
Posted in Events, Music, Uncategorized, tagged Dublin Events, dublin punk, gig on February 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Next Saturday, Murray's Bar, O'Connell Street
Coinciding with the implosion of Fianna Fáil and the inevitable trundling in of our new Fianna Gael overlords is a great weekend of music in Murray’s Bar on O’Connell Street. It looks set to be a busy weekend for us here at CHTM! too, with our involvement in both gigs. JayCarax and DFallon are spinning the decks on Friday night at the ever excellent Punky Reggae Party while I’ll be hitting the stage at some point on the Saturday night at the above gig; a thumping line-up containing Dublin crust legends Easpa Measa, Droppin’ Bombs and newbies Dirge. Following the bands will be Punky Reggae DJs until 2.30 AM. The gig is a joint fundraiser for the IPSC, AFA and the St. Pauli Supporters Club Dublin.
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Doors @ 9pm, first band @ 10pm.
Entrance – €8 waged / €5 unwaged.
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Posted in Music on February 22, 2011| 3 Comments »
More bad news.
Trout Records, the great little record stall in the middle of George’s Street Arcade, is set to close at the end of the month.
I’ve bought and sold many CDs and DVDs down through the years. Best wishes to Mac. and co in any future endeavors.
(c) Andrew Lieske
(c) Andrew Lieske
Posted in Events, Music on February 21, 2011| 5 Comments »
I’m sayin’
the Wailers will be there
the Damned, the Jam, the Clash
Maytals will be there
Dr. Feelgood too
Excitement builds as we approach the ninth installment of the Punky Reggae Party.
Our goal has always been to unite various musical styles and scenes under one roof for one night a month. We want the old skool reggae fans and skinheads to come down to listen to quality Trojan and Studio One records and THEN stick around to hear dancehall, ragga and jungle. We also want the Adidas-wearing junglist whipper-snappers to come down early and listen to the original ska and rocksteady so as to hear where their favourite tunes owe their origins.
This month’s gig sums the whole thing up.
Warming up the night will be myself and DFallon. I’ll be looking after the Motown & Stax side of things along with first wave Irish and British punk. Fallon on the other hand will be introducing some Trojan skinhead and mod reggae for your aural delights.
Next up will be Stealin Gately (aka Oshroom) who will be heating things up with some ragga, bashment and Jungle anthems. The word about town is that killed his set at Gamepak in Murrays on Feb 11 so we’re expecting the good stuff.
Bringing the night to a close will be the unstoppable Dirty Dubsters who have recently clocked up an amazing 100,000 listens on Soundcloud and over 80,000 views on Youtube in little over a year. The duo DJ Obese and JaySharp seem to be living in the studio as they’re bringing out tune after tune after tune. Fresh from a mini-tour in the Czech Republic and just before they ram Twisted Pepper for their Irish Moss Records launch party in March, check them out while you still can in the intimate basement of Murray’s.
So, stall down. Bring your friends. Dance the night away. Support the local scene.
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Posted in Music on February 16, 2011| 1 Comment »
After the much anticipated Very Specials gig in The Workman’s Club on Saturday night, myself and DFallon (Punky Reggae Party generals) will be DJing a tasty mix of ska, reggae, punk and soul upstairs.
Stall down for a pint, a chat and a skank.
Line up:
Downstairs
The Present Arms – 8.15pm
The Very Specials – 9pm
Upstairs
Punky Reggae Party DJs- 10pm
DJ Matt (ex. The Dead 60s) – 12pm till close
Posted in Music on February 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
If you fancy some decent tunes over the Valentine’s weekend, roll down to the basement of Sweeney Mongrels on Saturday for Reggae Fever or to the Button Factory on Sunday for Dancehall Styles.
Reggae Fever @ Sweeney's. Feb 12.
Worries Outernational @ Button Factory. Feb 13.
Posted in Music on February 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Simple idea from the lads over at Sweeney Mongrels which will no doubt reel in a good bit of publicity.
Sweeneys are looking for DJs to gig on the ground floor on Monday evenings
The deal is:
• Send us a written dream set list names of songs and artists
• To sweeneysmongrel@gmail.com please put set list as the subject
• We’re looking for hip cool tunes not popular charts
• All genres, all decades
• The three most popular set lists amongst our panel of judges shall be short listed
• The short list will be published on our FaceBook profile and put to the public test
• Sweeneys friends and fans will decide who wins
• Bobs your uncle you’ve a gig at Sweeneys
• You will be rewarded by a feed of pints for you and your closest pals
Posted in Music on February 10, 2011| 8 Comments »
(c) The Irish Times
Mannix Flynn, the Irish playwright, author, actor and current Independent Dublin City Councillor, is as you know running in the 2011 General Election in the Dublin South East constituency.
As posted before, Mannix rapped on the classic single Dublin Rap which was recorded by The Corporation and released in 1982, the same year as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s The Message.
The Corporation were a “once off recording project” comprising of Imgmar Kiang and Johnny Byrne (1956-97) who were both in the early Dublin punk group the New Versions and later went on to form the band Max.
The single Dublin Rap had several guest artists including journalist and Horslips drummer Eamon Carr and backing singers Marian Woods and Billi Webster. Apologies for the minor jumps in the song, the 45 single was quite scratched.
Now 29 years later, Mannix drops the rhymes again. Amazing. It kicks off at 19 seconds in. The lyrics seem as relevant now as ever.
Posted in Music on February 6, 2011| 2 Comments »
Ultimate cringe. Film is out on April 1. More musing and thoughts to follow.
 | Aidan Convery on From McDaid’s to Grogan… |
 | Cormac Figgis on A divided Rathmines |
 | cian reardon on Dublin’s connection to t… |
 | Steven O'Shaughnessy on The Assassination of Kevin O… |
 | Sam on Crampton Buildings and the Dub… |
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