December 2008
When a stupid man is doing something that he is ashamed of, he always declares...
– George Bernard Shaw (Caesar and Cleopatra 1901)
My top 38 albums of 2008
1. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals- Cardinology
2. Neon Neon-Stainless Style
3. Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever ago
4. Samaidon- All is well
5. Various Artists- Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6
6. Damien Dempsey- The Rocky Road
7. Tinawaren- Aman Iman
8. Lindsey Buckingham- Gift of Screws
9. Portishead-Third
10. Martin Hayes...
I love you
I am the milkman of human kindness
I will leave an extra...
– Billy Bragg-the milkman of human kindness
Parking getting trickier in Dublin →
conorh:
Last night on Wexford Street.
best images of 2008 →
these are awesome
I am 54.4% addicted →
Street Names in Dublin →
What ever you think about this it is worthwhile considering the name of all those sttreets that we take for granted.
On 8 September 2008, the same Jean-Marc Bosman... →
My first googlewhack →
adiaphoria roscommon
not sure if it counts though
The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise.
– James Larkin -Statue on O’Connell Street, Dublin
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Radiohead - Idioteque (live on SNL)
As amazing as this performance is, it’s even better when you remember why it was significant. They played in October of 2000, Kid A had just came out to critical acclaim/bewilderment and the rest America still knew Radiohead as either the makers of “Creep” or “Karma Police.” The number one hit in America was...
graffiti soccer? →
In 1712 the Earl of Thomond sold Robert Hickman the lease of Clare Castle, the...
– Wikipedia on Clarecastle
wonder what that would set Hickman back now?
Glasvegas
I’m putting it out there. Glasvegas are more Teenage Fanclub than Oasis.
Apparently, all Kevin Bacon movies have been pulled off the shelves in...
– Leon
last shot →
the fact that he is capable of walking away at any time makes him such a...
– Tom Humphries on Keane in the Irish Times today
when in Vegas check out this... →