Derelict Dublin 1913 (Dublin City Council)
Derelict Dublin 2011. (Flickr Group)
Derelict Dublin 1913 (Dublin City Council)
Derelict Dublin 2011. (Flickr Group)
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Tip of the hat to my friend ‘Bob Bono’, Photoshop wizard. Come Here To Me welcomes all Photoshop submissions about Bono.
The beauty is in the detail, enlarge the image.
On the subject of Bono, Bob Byrne’s take on the man had me in stitches.
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This video comes from Wild Irish Swan, a great site showing the wildlife photography of Paul Hughes.
Charlie the seal has been impressing people over on the northside recently by waving for food. This video was taken at Howth Harbour.
Sadly, it seems the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food have put a sign in place warning people of a €5,000 fine for feeding Charlie or his mates. But could you resist this little waving lad?
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Pay what you can on the door. Seomra is a great spot, it’s had everything from historical and political meetings to cinema nights, traditional music to much heavier stuff, workshops to language lessons.
The space is located at 10 Belvedere Court, off Gardiner Street in Dublin 1, just north of Mountjoy Square.
The bills don’t pay themselves sadly and spots like this need your support. Seomra Spraoi has always stayed true to its roots as an anti-capitalist venture and as such the Arts Council and the sort are far from the door. Engagement with the space is crucial if it is to survive. Get down.
Beyond the acoustic guitars, DJ Yeahbuzz brings things to a loud conclusion:
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Thanks to Garry for flagging and as always to Rashers uploading.
Documentary on the social life of Dublin’s Sherrif Street in the 1960s broken up into seven parts all just under five minutes each.
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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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It finished two nil to the Hoops in the southside derby last night, and the PA took the opportunity to play The Drugs Don’t Work by The Verve at the end of the match. Cheeky fecker.
If anyone has photos or video of the SRFC Ultras display forward it on and I’ll stick it up in the post. I’ve looked around and found the SRFC TV stream, which is over here and shows the game, the two goals and the SRFC Ultras display.
The SEI have a video of their display and the Saint Patrick’s Athletic singing section up already, here it is. The chanting at the end was about fifteen minutes after the final whistle. The policing operation was larger than anything I can recall at one of our Dublin derbies in the recent past, and we were kept back a little longer than usual I think.
A good night off the pitch for us, but on the pitch it was three points in the bag for Rovers who continue a perfect run.
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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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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.
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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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