Your humanity and your faithful loyalty Your compassion and your plea for change Gives me faith in humankind All the good ones you can find And all the monsters and the blind…… Damien Dempsey- How Strange. We’ve been following this one for yonks. Our first post on the maser/Damien Dempsey collaboration was back in March [...]
Archive for September, 2010
They Are Us Exhibition Launch.
Posted in Events, tagged Damien Dempsey, Dublin Graffiti, Launch, Maser, smithfield, They Are Us exhibition on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You’d have to laugh.
Posted in Miscellaneous, Politics on September 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
While Dublin comes to terms with truckgate today, I got a laugh out of this excellent image doing the rounds from the ICTU protest yesterday at the Dail. Nice one lads, nice one.
You learn something every day.
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
These are everywhere in town. I had to explain to two American tourists at the traffic lights by Poolbeg Street that not alone was the tap water fine, but I’d filled up the bottle I was carrying at home that morning. This one comes from the bathroom of one of my local pubs. Sticking to [...]
Enemy at the gates.
Posted in Miscellaneous, Politics on September 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This is excellent, TDs discuss truckgate at the Dail this morning. If you’re not from this parish and confused about the subject at hand, I suggest you read this typically over the top Evening Herald report. Only in the Evenin’ Hedild can a truck parked outside the Dail become a doomsday device rammed through the [...]
This Machine Kills Fascists.
Posted in Events, Music, Politics on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple; By the relief office, I’d seen my people. As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking, Is this land made for you and me? Woody Guthrie, one of the greatest folk singers of all time, died a horrible death at the hands [...]
A Random Drop Inn: The Chancery Inn.
Posted in Pubs, tagged A Random Drop Inn, Early House, The Chancery on September 27, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The market workers of Dublin and others like them knew a very different city from the average worker in the capital today. Before the first bus even rolls through the suburbs now, these workers were often at the end of their workday. Early house pubs opened their doors from about 7am, and it wasn’t unusual [...]
History of Dublin Club Culture
Posted in Dublin History, Music, tagged clubbing, disco, dublin rave, sides dc on September 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
(Note: This is our 400th post. Wow! Our birthday is coming up in November. Watch this space) It may take a while before someone writes the definitive history of the rave/dance/club scene in Dublin. Until then, here’s some links to keep you busy: Articles: – History of Dublin Clubbing, John Braineon, September 2000. Excellent overview [...]

