Friday May 1st Messiah J and The Expert, The Academy I used to work with The Expert from this pair, he’s a very nice guy but I was never really convinced about his band, which involves him dropping beats while Messiah J spits rhymes. Their continuing success over the last few years has proven...
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With this recession business all up in your grill all day everyday, it’s easy to get down in the dumps. People are losing their jobs, D4 wankers are losing their cars and annoying us on public transport and two weeks in Kerry is more likely this summer than a few months island hopping around...
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On Saturday, 4th April 2009, the whole of Britain and much of the western world mourned as Brave Jade Goody embarked upon her final journey. The arrival of this new Post-Jadean Era could well be described as the most historically significant event of the 21st Century. One would have reasonably expected the BBC to...
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Sunday March 1st If you like the sound of paying sixty quid to listen to the same song over and over again, then get yourself down to the 02 as Gary Lightbody and his nameless, faceless Snow Patrol chums will be churning out their brand of angsty-emo-rock. A bit more fun can be had...
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Less than two years ago, our disgraced former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern kindly requested that anyone who suggested that Fianna Fail was leading us into a recession, should just go and slash their wrists and die a lonely, painful death. Sadly, too many people ignored that great man’s plea, and we now find ourselves talked...
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With the rise in controversy surrounding the thriving ‘head shops’, providing a legal alternative to drugs, this journalism student took time out of her busy schedule, with the ever increasing amount of assignments, to discover just what all the hype is about. Head shops originated in the 1960s in cities with high populations of...
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A small pub with a big personality, and a Toast writer who obviously never wants to pay for another drink there again. If you are a fun loving, shot drinking, up for the craic, in any way slightly unhinged person and suddenly find yourself in the town of Longford some weekend, then there is...
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While it might not have been noted at the time, looking back, the early to mid-nineties was a boom period in cinema and music. The over-indulgence and bombastic nature of eighties pop culture died down and was replaced by more intelligent and thoughtful artists and auteurs. Whereas in the eighties, bands such as Aerosmith...
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Bridge Tavern, Wicklow Town Despite a modest venue, the All-Ireland Air Guitar Championships managed to beat the usual Friday night out. Air guitar, as the name suggests is an imaginary instrument, which at championships is played by anyone willing to get up on stage and publicly humiliate themselves. The event has roots reaching back...
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“Man, I’ve been in this business for 14 years, I know what I’m talking about”, says the greasy-haired, scruffy looking man while drinking his pint of cheap lager in the corner of your local pub. The 40-year-old rock star can be spotted in your local music venue every night (and day) sharing his considerable...
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