A nice nod to both the capital and The Clash from de’brudder, the ever-talented Luke Fallon. If only he’d update his own blog. I couldn’t design a birthday invitation myself, never mind anything else…..
Anyone know anything about this banger? The List, from Northwall,is a piece of Dublin inspired-techno I landed on by accident over on YouTube earlier. I’d welcome information on this, and wonder if our own in-house musical connoisseur jaycarax might know a bit more. Not every day a tune mentioning the Progressive Democrats, Youth Defence and Lillies Bordello pops up.
YouTuber fpittion, who booted this onto Youtube, noted: ‘Was given this back in 98-don’t know anything about it Funny lyrics in it-Anyone know who did this? I presume it is from Dublin’
'Romantic Ireland is dead and gone...'
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Recently we picked up a copy of the Lord Mayors Guidebook for the year 1942. It’s a piece likely to appear here time and time again, a treasure trove of classic Dublin advertisements, history, war-time precaution and more besides.
One of the real gems comes from an article entitled The City’s Housing Records. The piece notes that ‘since the Housing Acts of 1931 and 1932 became law not less than 17,000 new dwellings have been built within the city boundaries by the Corporation,by Public Utility Societies and by private enterprise’.
The below piece on Mary Aikenhead House is fascinating. It notes that the buildings were the first in the city to be provided with specially planned Air Raid Precaution basement shelters. Did any other flat complexes follow? Are the A.R.P shelters there to this day? Notice too that the front balconies are said to be “large enough to take single beds for sleeping in open air”, a reference to the T.B problems of the day?
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Spotted this doing the rounds on Facebook, Anto Social with a new one. Tongue very much in cheek here. Neilstown, Ballyfermot and more besides get a look in too, as well as the glorious Palmerstown I call home.
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Making our way from a house party in Rialto to Ruta Live for daytime tunes on Sunday afternoon, the ever enlightening Paul V. and Davey brought me down to Ormond Square to see a plaque to Johnny Giles that I did not know existed.
The plaque itself is concealed in a low wall, opposite the house he was born in, and you would certainly miss it if you were not looking. The web tells me it was unveiled in July 2006.
All the time we were in Ormond Square, a bunch of young kids were playing football on the same green which was great to see.
Giles plaque, Ormond Square. (c) Jay Carax
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I’m looking forward to checking out the launch of the ‘This Space’ Open Exhibition tonight at the The Little Green Street Gallery, just off Capel Street.
As the Facebook event says:
Little green street gallery will be opening its doors this Friday september the 9th at 7pm for everyone to have a little taste of what the irish art scene has to offer. We have received so many inspiring submissions from various established and emerging artists across ireland and were proud to offer our walls to these people.
If you can’t make it down today, the exhibition itself will be running till September 14th with the gallery being open from 10-6 Monday – Friday and 12-3 on Saturday. I’ll let you know what’s it like anyway. 😉
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Two lovely new prints from Maser for the Dublin Contemporary exhibition at Earlsfort Terrace. I popped along to have a look on Monday and must say it was three hours very well spent, get along and enjoy. Maser’s Daniel O’Connell piece on the ground floor is excellent and worthy of a look.
The below will make sense after you visit the exhibition.
This piece pays homage to The Liberator, Daniel O’Connell.
I left my apartment off O’Connell street, heading towards Drury Street when I noticed a sign I’ve seen for years
“Why go bald”.
It’s my favourite neon sign in Dublin.
It’s message inspired me.
It made perfect sense.To the mother stuck in an abusive relationship.
To the self consious teen I once was.
To the employee who hates their job.
To the addict who thinks there’s no hope.Condition your mind. “Emancipate Yourself”
-Maser
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Who saw that coming? Not us.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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/
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