From The Brown Daily Herald:The audience at Production Workshop’s “The Flies,” which is slated to run from Dec. 8 through Dec. 11, will feature an element perhaps more appropriate for the hit NBC show “Fear Factor.” As they gather to watch Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1943 adaptation of the Greek drama “The Oresteia,” audience members will be […]
In a misjudged effort to hear some “analysis” of Budget 2007, I tuned in last night to Vincent “Vincenzo” Browne’s show, broadcast at 10PM on RTE Radio One. What a shambles… The guests, especially the array of political hacks, were bad enough as they squabbled over percentages like trainspotters disputing a locomotive’s serial number. But […]
Back from a very enjoyable, and predictably pricey weekend in London. As dutiful bourgeois, Moira and I shelled out for a bit of the Great Wen’s cultural attractions, in the form of the Vel�zquez exhibition running in the National Gallery and Trevor Nun’s “musical theatre” adaptation of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. I am glad […]
My blogging output in November has been, I acknowledge, slightly erratic. Aside from fulfilling the righteous duties associated with being a modern father, I’ve been reasonably tied up with work, as the software company that gives me a monthly cheque reaches the end of its release cycle. (Contrary to all the Web 2.0 hype, most […]
There’s no longer any arguments about whether cracks have appeared, it’s now a matter of how far they will spread. The once gravity-defying Irish property market is finally showing that it is not immune to Newton’s axiom. So, the Irish Independent reports today that “The price of new houses fell last month in the most […]
What’s this? “Troubled” 80s pop icon George Michael involved in another scrape with the forces of law and order?(Oh… it’s only released killer and talented Sunday painter, Michael Stone, after throwing a “suspect device” into the main reception area of Stormont.)
I see that over the weekend the Irish Internet Association’s Net Visionary 2006 Awards singled out the awful Twenty Major as Best Blogger. One wonders what it was about that blog that won over the judges: Was it Twenty Major’s hilarious “conceit ” of building a “colloseum” to watch Travellers fight to the death (“the […]
George Lee, RTE’s chief economics correspondent, appears to see himself as the Savonarola of our times, castigating the citizenry for their wicked ways (buying outdoor Jacuzzis, for example) and generally pointing out that we’ve all lost the run of ourselves. Although Lee is probably right, it’s sometimes difficult to avoid reaching for the car radio’s […]
Taking Poland by storm right now and for the next eight — no, make that seven — days is one Krzysztof Kononowicz, who ran for president of Bia?ystok. You can watch his appearance on a teevee show if you search around but it’s a slightly unpleasant experience. The question of manipulation comes up and — […]
The nation’s favourite carrot-top pop-sociologist…well, the nation’s only carrot-top pop-sociologist, David McWilliams, has scored quite a coup with the telegenic regurgitation of his smash book, The Pope’s Children. According to newspaper reports, about 500,000 people have tuned in to watch themselves be lampooned as Decklanders, HiCos (Hibernian Cosmopolitans, natch), and Breakfast Roll Men (I eat […]
