Rachel Masterson talks to ‘All-Ireland Talent Show’ semi-finalists, Lilac Blues – the band described by Dustin the Turkey as “The Roscommon Abba”… ‘Fate,’ that’s how Kathleen Mahon described it when I brought up the topic of a previous attempt at stardom, when ‘Your a Star’ hit Longford a few years ago. That day, unfortunately,...
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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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Empire magazine published a list of Mike Tyson quotes this month. Toast scribe Zack Cahill was highly amused and felt moved to share his thoughts on them. On gorillas: “ I offered the zoo attendant 10 grand to open up the cage and let me smash that silverback’s snotbox” I love how unprovoked this...
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Anvil! The Story of Anvil… Robert Hogan finds out what Rock Biopics should be like. Most reviewers will call Anvil! The story of Anvil something along the lines of ‘real life Spinal Tap’ or something obvious, because this excellent documentary bears a few similarities; the band in question are an OTT metal band way...
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Roy Keane speaks exclusively to Toast about his time at Sunderland, his reasons for leaving and what the future may hold. ‘That’ handshake… It’s midday on a Saturday and, after pausing for the Angelus, Roy Keane takes a sip from his vanilla machiatto. His former team, Sunderland are playing an away game against Arsenal...
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In 1995, before entering politics, Barack Obama published his first book, “Dreams from my Father”. Described by critics as “the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician”, it became a best seller after he rose to political prominence. It also spawned an audio-book version. The future president’s best friend at high-school, ‘Ray’ (real...
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The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen has announced that the government is to hold a sale of work to aid the country’s ailing finances. The government is aiming to raise at least €1,000 at the event, due to be held at the Mansion House on March 9th at 2pm. People are being asked to donate non-perishable,...
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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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Every now and then, something comes along and makes me really, really angry. It might just be something entirely trivial, like somebody using the word ‘party’ as a verb, along with a superfluous ‘a’ between the ‘t’ and ‘y’. Or it could be something genuinely bowel-shatteringly infuriating, like actually being under obligation to attend...
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