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Archive for October, 2008

The Spiral Tree

October 13, 2008
The Spiral Tree

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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The Rocker

October 13, 2008
The Rocker

Apart from Spinal Tap, how many really good non-biopics has there been about a band? Josie and the Pussycats anybody? Rock Star? You can now throw The Rocker in with those two. The Rocker opens promisingly, with a scene in which drummer Robert ‘Fish’ Fishman (Rainn Wilson) gets the boot from his hair-metal band...
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Just where was Barack Obama on 9/11?

October 12, 2008
Just where was Barack Obama on 9/11?

On September 11th 2001, all of our lives changed forever, as America was tragically hit by the worst tragedy the world has ever seen. For the first time in history, a filthy Terrorcaust was beamed live into our living rooms, mid-afternoon. Ask anyone: “Where were you when the twin towers collapsed?” and they’ll give...
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You can’t wear that – that’s what I’m wearing!

October 7, 2008
You can’t wear that – that’s what I’m wearing!

At first glance, this appears to be some sort of split screen/mirror effect type photo, right? Wrong. It’s actually a ‘mission’ carried out by Improv Everywhere, a New York based group who ’cause scenes of chaos and joy in public places’. For this experiment, called ‘Human Mirrors’, they gathered 16 sets of twins over...
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