A: Very. You’d almost forget all about this…. USI President Gary Redmond to the right there (literally) telling you to ‘Vote Fianna Fail for Jobs’. Their Vice President recently decided students are so important that he could walk away from his job representing them to go after a career in the Labour Party. What a [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Q:How annoying are the Union of Students in Ireland?
Posted in Politics on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
4. Classic Dublin music videos: Rod Stewart – Sailing (1975)
Posted in Music on January 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Dublin captured by BBC’s Nationwide when Rod Stewart visited in the mid 1970s. They used the footage to publicise his single Sailing and broadcast it on Top Of The Tops in September 1975. Scenes of Moore Street can be seen from about 2:33 minutes in. The actual music video for the song was filmed in [...]
Is this the best nightclub promotion poster ever?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cheers Rory, spotted on Facebook.
Graffiti Ghosts
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
If you look closely you can still find reminders of Grift’s legacy in Dublin. Grift, who was involved with the ICN (InCogNito) and RCS (RadiCalS) crews, was one arguably one of the most famous and influential graffiti artists in the city’s history. I spotted this in carving on a side of a table in The [...]
The man with no shame.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I was incredibly angry to hear B€rti€ Ah€rn proclaim to RTE that his biggest regret from his time in the Dail was not securing a proper football stadium for the capital. Is the man for real? While he may fly to Old Trafford to watch kickabouts, a lot more people are flying out of this [...]
Deep down in the depths of Toners
Posted in Dublin History on January 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Toners is an unique pub. It has was a haunt of Kavanagh and his ilk in the 1940s and 1950s, it was an important venue for punk and rockabilly in the 1970s and 1980s and now in 2010-2011 it holds irregular electronic/bass gigs. While helping to help set up sound equipment at the Munchi gig [...]
The King Blues announce Dublin date
Posted in Music on January 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Just found out that that London ska/punk band The King Blues are playing in Dublin (The Academy) on Saturday, March 26. Nice one. Have been into this band for a while now. Their first two albums Under The Fog (2006) and Save The World, Get The Girl (2008) represent some of the best pop-tastic reggae/punk [...]
One More Time….
Posted in Politics on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The DIY Enda Kenny poster generator is probably the best thing on the internet right now. You just make one, print it off, stick it on the door and scare the local canvassers off. It’s been a huge viral success in recent days. Or, you can go all out, like I did.
DO WANT.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Via the Hairy Baby clothing company.

