Dublin's Hope Collective
First Fortnight is an Irish charity that challenges mental health prejudice through arts and cultural action. As each New Year dawns it hosts an annual festival over those first two weeks. This year it has expanded into other territories but that may just be a transient thing Some of their aims are to Make the … Continue reading First Fortnight
This weekends gigs in Dublin Jan 4 - 7 Vibe for Phillo - Whelans, jan 4 Kaleidoscope - Bello Bar, Jan 4 Post vibe for Philo - Whelans, Jan 5 Reggae for Housing in aid of Fr Peter McVerry Trust - Grand Social, Jan 5 Womens Christmas with KATIE KIM / MARIA KELLY / DOWRY … Continue reading This weekends gigs: Jan 4 – 7
First punk rock gig of the year is on Saturday in the Thomas House where Control play with Hooligan. This gig is rescheduled from December 1 - Johnny Cash - Hurt https://youtu.be/vt1Pwfnh5pc 2 - The Clash - Complete Control https://youtu.be/JeTw_p_WglY 3 - Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullaby https://youtu.be/89NjEeHku8o 4 - Dead Kennedys - California Uber … Continue reading Thursday Tunes: Control
Play of the day is the perfect memorial for punk guitar legend Dickie Hammond with the memory of the excellent Medictation Record
Extreme cities Ashley Dawson Verso books 50% of the worlds population lives 25 miles or less from sea water. That is expected to increase to 75% in a small number of years. I’m telling you we’re doomed. Well Dawson isn’t quite saying that but you know. Climate change? Devastation. Maybe if you start running now?? … Continue reading Book of the Week – Extreme Cities
Books 2018 Wow, I can't believe I've done it. I set myself a challenge a couple of years ago of trying to get through 1 book a week and after passing the 1 dozen mark the first year I was beginning to think it was all a bit too much of an ask. Life is … Continue reading 2018 A year of books
Todays play of the day is Dublin experimental post rock noise niks Vatican II. They make some noise for a three piece but have pedigree in former bands such as Hands Up Who Wants to Die, Shifting, Molossus and Crowhammer They are playing Whelans tonight if you want to blow some of that Christmas excess … Continue reading Play of the Day – Vatican II
Play of the Day - The Murderburgers These are only problems Asian Man Records While we wait for the new album which is on the horizon for 2019 this record will have to do. Pop punk rock'n'roll for you to dance the last few days of 2018 to. Kind of like NOFX without the snotty … Continue reading Play of the day: The Murderburgers
A refreshing post Christmas listen. ou may have eaten too much and not slept enough but Cyanide Pills will get your feet moving in that Dead boys, snotty pop punk way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJVuQ8SU1hA#action=share
The Boy On The Shed Paul Ferris Hidden and stoughton What a fascinating journey life takes many of us on. We all have the story, we all have interesting tales along the way. We all have a book in us. Ferris’s remarkable journey is told by him in this book. A mam who survived a … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Boy on the shed
