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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Awesome Juno Song
Whatever your opinion of the movie, this clip of actors Ellen Page and Michael Cera ‘spontaneously’ composing a song in honour of director Jason Reitman is sheer awesomeness. Read more
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Saturday Afternoon Twee
The science fiction writer Larry Niven used to have a rule. Niven used to say (I’m paraphrasing), if you’re going to eat chocolate cake don’t waste those calories on inferior Leon confections, consume only the finest, creamiest, 80% cocoa Belgian sensation. Never waste calories. Niven called his rule his ‘Fuzzy Pink Law’ (after unsurprisingly, his… Read more
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Toxic Friday
It’s Friday, and you know what that means. Absurdly brilliant Brittany Britney Spears cover day. Today we bring you, hit Spears club tune Toxic. Here’s one from Youtube yuke genius sweetafton23. For bonus lolz, pop on over to Pop Culture Will Eat Itself for another Toxic cover, this time from Israeli solider and folk songstress… Read more
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Infomatics Video – Wake Up
Courtesty of Nialler 9, comes the new video from perhaps Ireland’s only decent hip hop act, Dublin’s smart, literate and grimy Infomatics. The boys have had a busy few months, backing up heavyweight acts like Ice-T and Nas, and their self released début album ‘Kill or Create’ is done and due sharpish. Nice one lads!… Read more
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Dead Flags Gig Tonight
A little late notice I know, but in the spirit of unfettered nepotism, I’d like to give you keen readers a heads up. My ol’ mate, the very lovely Mr. David Power is performing with his band ‘The Dead Flags‘, at Radio City in Dublin tonight. Admission is 9 squids, or a mere 7 if… Read more
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The Dø – Debut Single Video
I’ve been following the untypable Duø for quite a while now. The Dø’s debut album ‘A Mouthful’ is a dazzlingly delicious if poorly balanced meal. A treat for fans of squeaky voiced diva’s everywhere, here’s the (rather dull) video for their (excellent) debut single ‘On My Shoulders’. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fiSHCl5KQ] Read more
Gareth Stack 