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The Toy Dolls From Fulwell to Fukuoka Ronan Fitzsimons Ardra Press Sunderland 1979, an England with class divide arising from a punk revolution and the beginning of Maggie Thatcher. Three young men decide to start a band singing about life on the these streets, whether it’s the people living there or those they see from … Continue reading Book Of The Week: The Toy Dolls From Fulwell to Fukuoka
Three big gigs this week - Australian celtic Punk band, the Runjacks are in Whelans with BlackPitts and the Dando Sessions continue with the Zips and Snubbed in Fibbers. Friday also sees Tiny Moving parts play with the excellent noisy pop Happy Accidents in the Workmans Club https://youtu.be/tDTQQWSmo8s [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1876033759 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs: Oct 8 -14
Interrobang are over in Ireland for a few gigs this week. In anticipation of their visit I asked lead agitator Dunstan Bruce to name a few songs he's listening to for our thursday tunes. We interviewed the band a while back and wrote about their great record too. they are incredible live. A real treat … Continue reading Thursday Tunes – Dunstan Bruce – Interrobang
Violent Borders Refugees and the right to move Reece Jones Verso books I am amazed at how it is so much easier to love capital and goods than people. We seem to worry that people born outside our lands somehow want to uproot and move in. Of course the opposite can happen. It’s ok for … Continue reading Book of the Week: Violent Borders by Reece Jones
Oh what interesting times. A week doesn't go by without something of interest happening in the Capital City and whilst a lot of focus will be on the rally organised by the National Housing and homeless coalition on Tuesday lunchtime outside Leinster House there's a pretty cool gig that night in Drop Dead twice with … Continue reading This weeks gigs: Oct 1 – 7
This weeks Thursday tunes come courtesy of Gordie Walker from Protex. 40 years after they releaswed their debut 7" on Good Vibrations Protex are down from Belfast on Friday night for a promising gig with the objectorz, Shrug Life and Blackpitts Wildhearted outsider interviewed the band here last year. Madam George (Van Morrison) https://youtu.be/xrOgYjp20j0 Alternative … Continue reading Thursday Tunes – Protex
Hard Working Class Heroes is taking over a couple of venues his week in an attempt to showcase as many of Dublins unsigned to an army of a+r folk. For any of the a+r generation reading this pop along to Annas Anchor album launch in the Underground or Protex in Drop Dead Twice - a … Continue reading This weeks gigs: Sept 24 – 30
Holding Graham Norton Hodder and Stoughton Detail. It’s vital. This book is full of detail. Also, descriptive writing. We are asked to picture a small village in Co Cork. The drawing is painted for us so we need no imagination. As the words travel from the page to my consciousness I can see this village. … Continue reading Book of the week: Holding by Graham Norton
Play of the day - Tv Smith Land of the overdose new album from the punk that keeps on punking. TV Smith first released a record over 40 years ago when playing in the Adverts but he has kept going all through the years and his solo shows at Rebellion are legends in themselves. Not … Continue reading Play of the day – TV Smith
Weekend Interview - Petrol Girls Petrol Girls are one of a small number of bands I have seen over the past couple of years that have made me think about music and my position as a consumer of songs. They wear their hearts firmly on the sleeves and spit out a message of distrust and … Continue reading Weekend Interview – Petrol Girls
