Stuff about Irish music on the radio here. Kinda interesting. Bottom line is if it’s not commercial then it’s not getting played outside specialist shows. And with so much competition now the stations have to be ruthless. Even those ones who haven’t yet come on air who showcased their abilities to the BCI with DJs who gave up their time for nothing and who, when the licence was issued, found themselves cast aside for personality-less safe options. It’s a cut-throat business and no mistake. Ask Phantom who have had to sell a chunk of their station. For those about to rock. C’est la musique pour toi. This was funny though: Fianna Fáil Senator Paschal Mooney said radio request shows had declined in Ireland. “They are afraid of what the public might actually... Similar posts

FROM: Eoin Butler SENT: 09 October 2003 10:37 TO: sam@mongrel.ie Hey Sam, What’s the crack man? This is an idea I had for a feature. Just to explain, I have a really boring shit job and they don’t monitor my work very closely. TOILET DATING (THE BLUEPRINT) Introduction We’ve all seen those “For a good time call…” messages in toilet cubicles. But have you ever wondered whether they’re for real or not? If you have, hold onto your knitting. I’m about to blow your mind! Requirements A SIM card and €20 worth of credit. Volunteers to get us a load of these phone numbers and also to write up our own fake messages (I’ll get to this bit in a minute) Presentation Illustration depicting toilet wall with explicit messages scrawled on it so... Similar posts

Erm: A woman has been given a suspended sentence for posting sex ads on a classifieds website on behalf of two unwitting people. Shit. This is not good. I guess the Craigslist ad I stuck up last week might get me into trouble. Erotic male/female movement into group sex. Enjoy being subservient and being pounded in the arse at every possible moment. Absolutely no morals. Will do whatever you want. Prefer to be dominated by fat, ugly blubbery men who are fond of a pint, but will accept horsey looking women and men into finance who dye their hair black. Will swallow anything. Further information contact box 45635 or visit our website. Similar posts April 19, 2010 — Water charges (58) April 13, 2010 — Boogaloo, fine. Cars, not. (64) February 24, 2010 — Petty politics (43)... Similar posts

Yesterday morning Posty arrived and provided me with some delicious bills. Just in time for August which is car tax month and car insurance month. Anyway, I left the bills unopened, as I do, on the table in the hall. Some time later that afternoon I heard the letterbox flap again but was in the middle of something so I didn’t go down immediately. When I did look it was one of those plastic bags for a clothes collection for a charity which doesn’t exist and is being run by a load of Albanian gypsies, or something. I threw it in the bin. About half an hour after that I heard the flap again. This time I pegged it down the stairs to see a flyer for the local Fianna Fail TD sticking into my house. I went out, saw two middle-aged chaps going down the road, door to door, posting... Similar posts

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Renegade TV weatherman MARTIN KING and reclusive IRA wordsmith P. O’NEILL teamed up in the Burlington Hotel this week for the launch of No To Racism In The Workplace Week 2006. Once again this year volunteers from around the country are being asked to refrain from being racist at work for one week, with all proceeds going to the National Children’s Hospital. Afterwards King said he’s relishing the challenge, although he admits it won’t be easy since all Belgian people make him want to vomit. The dashing Mr O’Neill, incidentally, was wearing a green balaclava with a white waistcoat and orange trousers. From ‘The Void’, Mongrel magazine October 2006 More on my ongoing fight against racism in all it’s forms... Similar posts

Does anyone have any idea how this went? I have to say I find the idea that we’re even discussing such a restriction ludicrous. Part of the problem in Dublin is that we built outwards, sprawling the city all over the fucking place, when we should have been building up. And when you look at some of the wonderful architecture that tall buildings bring to a city’s skyline this seems like an extremely regressive measure. Similar posts No Related...... Similar posts

Listening to the news on Today FM and they reported Gardai had discoverd a ‘cannabis grass’ factory yesterday. €600,000 worth of cannabis grass was discovered at a house in Stillorgan. That’s an awful lot of cannabis grass. I hope they have similar success in finding a cocaine charlie den, a heroin skag manfucturer and an ecstasy yoke workshop. Similar posts No Related...... Similar posts

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Image via Wikipedia Simply put, The Wire is one of the best TV shows that I have watched in a long time. At first when I started to watch the show I thought that it wasn’t for me. But I usually give shows the benefit of the doubt and watch at least three episodes, unless the show is completely diabolical! Each episode of The Wire runs to approximately 58 minutes, which is a long time for any show. Usually the final episode in each season was an hour and a half. After I watched the first three episodes I knew I was going to enjoy the show. In total there is 5 seasons, no more were made or are going to be made. Each season focuses on a different aspect of life in Baltimore. Each part, if it is political or if it is to do with drugs, they all influence each other and it makes... Similar posts

If you’re not a reader of KilkennyMusic.com you might have missed a ticket giveaway there. Heineken Green Spheres comes to Kilkenny this weekend bringing with it Delorentos, Alex Metric (both Friday), Jape (Saturday) and 2manydjs on Sunday night. While the first three gigs have tickets available first come first served, we’ve got two pairs of tickets for 2manydjs to give away for the Sunday night. All you have to do is answer a simple question on the blog and we’ll draw the winners on Wednesday at midday. Get in while you can… Note: posted via WordPress for Android.... Similar posts

Cici St Clair stared hard at the file in front her. The Zodiac Clown Freeway Killer had struck again and she knew it was escalating. That was three inside a month now. And every time she’d come up short. Short like the sassy skirt she wore out at the weekend when she’d gone on that date with the ruggedly handsome dentist that her bff Amber had set her up with. She’d been so unlucky in love since her husband, Danny, had died tragically of penis cancer just six weeks before. She was still grieving but over brunch and some fabulous champagne at Sally-Anne’s all her friends agreed it was time to get back out there. Out there. Where the victims lay. She took a swig of the bottle she kept in her desk for when things like this happened. No matter how hard you thought you... Similar posts

The Dublin Horse Show takes place in the RDS from 4th to 8th August 2010. There is plenty of kids entertainment with Nature Zone, Kids’ Zone, Inflatables, Pony Rides, Clowns, Face Painting, Billy Bubbles and Pony Clubs. Fun for all the family! For more information see - ... Similar posts

It is Ranelagh, Saturday night. Two Dublin men sit at the bar of a relatively quiet pub. They appear to be the only two Dublin men in the pub. Everyone else, barmen included, are GAA fans. Behind them is a table at which two men and a lady sit talking. The two Dublin men, comfortable with their own silences, cannot help but overhear the conversation that is taking place. “For me”, says one man, “it’s clearly the first post-modern novel. He’s trying to show us that through literature we can discern the many aspects of our own lives which we fail to see, wrapped up as we are in the trivialities of existence”. “I agree”, says the woman. “It’s the allegorical nature of the main character, his journey mirrors that of our own... Similar posts

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The phone rings, it is before 7am. Probably bad news. No. It is my Italian friend. The one who lives in Italy. He works for Juventus. I ignore it. It rings again. I answer and hang up. He’ll get the message. I’ll call him back later. He gets the message. For three minutes. The phone rings again. “What are you doing ringing me this early, you Berlusconi loving cunt?” “Good morning, Irish bastard”, he says. “It’s very early”. “You should be working anyway”. “Fuck off”. “Are you in Dublin next Thursday?” “Where the fuck else would I be? I live here. Why?” “Because I’m coming to Dublin next Thursday”. “Oh fuck. I mean ‘great!!!!’.” “Yes,... Similar posts