Monday, November 28, 2005

Arctic Monkeys, by me

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Una

listening to: The National - 'Slipping Husband'

Dirty Dozen: Vol 14

1. Gang of Four - 'Contract'

2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Black Tongue'

3. Prodigy V Enja - 'Smack Up The Orinoco'

4. Wilco - 'Handshake Drugs'

5. Bloc Party - 'Helicopters' (Diplo remix)

half a dozen. (by the way, this is my favourite song at the moment) Jose Gonzalez - 'Hand On My Heart' (Kylie Minogue cover)

7. Flaming Lips - 'Bohemian Rhapsody;

8. Architecture in Helsinki - 'The Owls Go' (live)

9. Jurassic 5 live, massive file

10. Naked Funk feat. Valerie Etienne - 'Midnight Calling'

11. Radiohead - 'Gagging Order'

12. Devendra Banhart - 'At The Hop'

Una

The Hacker @ Temple Bar Music Centre on Saturday night - stolen from Anthony's remedy blog Posted by Picasa

sweat & party Posted by Picasa

the music centre gets jammed Posted by Picasa

Gigs This Week

Monday 28th Nov
Mark Geary, Republic of Loose @ Whelans

Tuesday 29th Nov
Mimit @ Crawdaddy
Blind Boys of Alabama @ Vicar St

Wednesday 30th Nov
Saul Williams @ Crawdaddy
Mark Kozelek @ Whelans

Thursday 1st Dec
David Gray, Rodrigo y Gabriella @ The Point

Friday 2nd Dec
Republic of Loose @ The Ambassador
Gatsby @ Crawdaddy
Emmett Tinley @ Whelans

Saturday 3rd Dec
Jem @ Ambassador
CocoRosie @ Whelans

Sunday 4th Dec
Battle of Ireland (breakdancing) @ SFX

L'Weekend

listening to: 'I Was On The Moon' - Apollo Sunshine

Finally saw Harry Potter on Friday with Laney. IT ROCKS! Definately the best movie interpretation so far. And how hot is Viktor Krum! Also, how bad is Hermione's 'acting'? Katie Holmes circa 'First Daughter' comes to mind.

So I was feeling a bit sick after work on Saturday, and freaked out that I was getting my regular Winter illness. So I ignored it. I calling into Sarah for sickness advice she said "whiskey." More Irish than the Irish themselves at this stage, Fox. First stop was the Ha'penny Bridge Inn (which is soon to be the scene of my stand-up debut. How do I get myself into these things?) with Tadhg and his friends. Tiger assigned me "a mission", which in his language is to determine what C-list celebrity is in our company. The clue (there's always a clue) was 'prominant Irish movie and Charlize Theron'). The answer - which, I may add, I got surprisingly swiftly - was a star of 'About Adam'. Una 1 - 0 Tadhg.

listening to: 'Echoes' - The Rapture

Then it was on to the Morrison for some frozen strawberry margaritas (later to be seen in reverse). Then to Dragon where I bumped into the lovely Quentin from el Tribuna.

Patient Corina waited for me on Dame street as we headed to The Hacker in the Temple Bar Music Centre. AWESIMO. Everyone was on top form, the place was packed and the choons were bangin. The rest of the night turned into a taxi hunt and party via other very random events that this blog is censoring. Courtesy of the TOO RANDOM censor bill 2005. I'm still tired. But the sickness is gone! Not from whiskey, but Long Island Ice Teas in Dragon. Totally fixed it - note to Advil.

Una

listening to: Modest Mouse - 'The Ocean Breathes Salty'

CHEESE FEST! Burco and moi (stolen from Lili's blog) Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Una Overhears Vol 1

Tesco on Baggot St

Shop Assistant 1: Why the fook do ya need anti freeze for yer hair?

Shop Assistant 2: Dunno. It's cold today though.

(both continue to stock Anti-Frizz hairspray on shelves)

OH. MY. GOD. Like, Brad and Angie are totally official


What better way to 'annouce' your romance to the world than wave glowsticks at the The Muhammad Ali Center's Grand Opening Gala.

Watch the video OMG


Una

listening to: U2 - 'Staring At The Sun'

KITTENS!

my daddy got me 2 kittens today !!!!!

They are called Biccie and Jam and they rock. Photees soon!

Una

listening to: The Coral

Gigs (kinda) soon

listening to: Iron & Wine - 'Woman King'

OK, OK, I know it's not even Christmas yet, but there are some cool gigs coming up pretty darn soon that deserve all of our attention:

January 7th @ Temple Bar Music Centre
Mogwai

January 21st @ The Ambassador
Fall Out Boy

January 24th @ The Ambassador
Maximo Park, Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists, Mystery Jets

February 4th @ Crawdaddy
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

February 5th & 6th @ The Ambassador
Belle & Sebastian

February 27th @ The Olympia
Goldfrapp


Just a little heads up

Una

listening to: Sufjan Stevens - 'Out Of Egypt...'

Check out Tadhg

I told him he looks botoxed, he says he was having 'a fat day'. Nevertheless, Tadhg rocks.

Tiger

Una

listening to: Death Cab For Cutie - 'Transatlantacism'

Kate goes boozing

check out Kate Moss making funny faces while drinking with her mates in Barcelona. Boyfriend Pete Doherty has just entered the same rehab centre she's outta.
"this is an impression of me on drugs, guys"



That's better, Kate

Album Cover Quiz Ansers

1. joy division - unknown pleasures
2. bloc party - silent alarm
3. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
4. Pink Floyd - the wall
5. Hole - Live Through This
6. Nirvana - Incesticide
7. modest mouse - good news for people who love bad news
8. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
9. Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs
10. Strokes - is this it
11. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
12. Sleater Kinney - the woods
13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
14. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
15. Zutons - Who Killed the Zutons
16. beatles - abbey road
17. chemical brothers - exit planet dust
18. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
19. Rolling Stones - exile on main st.
20. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
21. stone roses - stone roses
22. blur - blur
23. prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
24. kaiser chiefs - employment
25. new order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call
26. prince - purple rain
27. futureheads - futureheads
28. capt beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
29. radiohead - amnesiac
30. bravery - bravery
31. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - the message
32. sheryl crow - c'mon c'mon
33. michael jackson - bad
34. brendan benson - The Alternative to Love
35. madonna - american life
36. daft punk - discovery
37. JJ72 - JJ72
38. oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
39. leftfield - leftism
40. Abba - The Collection
41. kraftwerk - computer world
42. Green Day - Warning
43. Jay Z - The Dynasty
44. Editors - The Back Room
45. Velvet underground - Velvet underground & nico
46. White stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
47. Thin lizzy - live & dangerous
48. pulp - different class
49. death cab for cutie - plans
50. jeff buckley - sketches

Monday, November 21, 2005

recent quotes from Miss Lili

"I have a question. What's a walnut?"

"I don't know Harry Potter, whatever. Is he a magician or something?"

Una

a dark and blurry party pic of meadzer, Elaine and Izzy Posted by Picasa

just found this old photo of Burco... Posted by Picasa

Lili, me and Burco Posted by Picasa

the light, too bright Posted by Picasa

sleeeepies! Posted by Picasa

Dirty Dozen: Vol 13 - fucking cool new (and newish) music

1. Voxtrot - 'The Start Of Something'

2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 'Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood'

3. Of Montreal - 'Disconnect The Dots'

4. Lost - 'This Conversation Never Happened'

5. Bloc Party - 'She's Hearing Voices' (live @ SXSW)

half a dozen. Laura Veirs - 'Bedroom Eyes'

7. Yeti - 'The Last Time You Go'

8. Guillemonts - 'Through The Windowpane' (XFM session)

9. Editors - 'Munich' and 'Fall' (BBC 6 Music Session)

10. Rollers/Sparkers - 'Eye Wiper'

11. The Futureheads - 'Piece Of Crap'

dozen. Swearing At Motorists - 'I'll Only Sleep'

Una

Meteor Launch and band news

listening to: Dolly Parton - 'After The Goldrush'

Me and Corina went to a press lunch today for the Meteor Music Awards. Yummy steak and red wine and yummier cheese cake. Nothing much happened, it was just fun to chill and chat with my homie Yoko . The Immediate (one of my favourite Irish bands) are nominated for best new Irish band or something, you can check out their stuff on www.theimmediate.tv . Other nominations in the category were 8Ball who are cool and signed to Lakota and Leya, who are friends with The Bleedin Bleedins so obviously, they rock. The rest of the nominations are here:


It's really blurry here, so just click on it and you can see it clearer


listening to: Talking Heads - 'Once In A Lifetime'

Oh, I missed The National gig @ Whelan's on Saturday night, but there are reports of it here . I did meet to very lovely people on the NiteLink (Jovan and Emma) who informed me it was fantastic - 'Abel' being a highlight and with the band chuffed at the reaction from the usually very annoying Whelan's crowd.

In other news, the NME Brats Tour is coming to Belfast and Dublin in January. Bands confirmed so far are Maximo Park and Arctic Monkeys. If anyone knows who else is playing, TELL ME!

LOST play in Crawdaddy tonight. You love them.

listening to: Laura Veirs - 'Icebound Stream'

Kylie Minogue is releasing a download only single on Christmas Day, the optimistic 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'.

Zat is all.

Una

Bye Bye Burco


listening to: The Streets - 'Could Well Be In'

Burco has gone back to Barcelona :(

see you soon Burco xxxx

Una

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Gigs This Week

Sunday 20th
Johanna Zuel, Dave Johnson, Maika @ Bia Bar (the sunday roast)
Cut, Poppy, Rebel, Scully @ Eamonn Dorans (garage gigs)
The Mongrels @ The Foggy Dew
Queen Kong @ The International (lazybird)
Belle Monde @ Solas (remedy)
European IFT DJ Championships @ The Village

Monday 21st
McBane, Headfirst, Screaming Skies @ Voodoo

Tuesday 22nd
fuck all

Wednesday 23rd
Porn Trauma, Priam @ Eamonn Dorans
The Immediate @ Radio City

Thursday 24th
Luke Unabomber @ Bia Bar (soul food, remedy)

Friday 25th
The Bravery (with The Paddingtons) @ The Ambassador
Antony @ The Johnsons @ Vicar St
Bray Vista @ Whelans

Saturday 26th
The Hacker @ Temple Bar Music Centre
Bob Dylan @ The Point
Liars @ Whelans

Sunday 27th
Bob Dylan @ The Point
Sons & Daughters @ The Village
Wolf Parade @ Whelans

Una

Friday, November 18, 2005

Kinkajou

listening to: Antony & The Johnsons - 'River of Sorrow'

Yes, I know Paris Hilton got attacked by her kinkajou Baby Luv while shopping for bras, but I still want one. Coochy coochy coo.



listening to: The Clash - 'The Right Profile'

Una

Dirty Dozen: Vol 11

1. U2 - 'Electrical Storm' (William Orbit remix)

2. Depeche Mode - 'Policy Of Truth'

3. Beastie Boys - 'No Sleep Til Brooklyn'

4. Korn & Kittie - 'This Town'

5. New Order - 'Crystal'

half a dozen. Pet Shop Boys - 'Being Boring'

7. Muse - 'Cave'

8. Goldie Lookin Chain - 'Half Man, Half Machine'

9. Soulwax - 'Any Minute Now'

10. Johnny Cash - 'I Walk The Line'

11. The Beat - 'Hands Off She's Mine'

dozen. Gwen Stefani - Luxurious promo CDs

Una

Launches by the bucket and Burco comes to town

listening to The Doors - 'The End'

This week has been a bit busy. Wednesday was the launch of Stephen Collins' book on the PDs called 'Breaking The Mould'

Isabel and eye ate a lot of biscuits at that one.

And then last night was Gabriel Rosenstock's launch of a collection of his stuff. If you like haiku, then you should really read some Rosenstock.

Last night, ahh, still recovering a wee bit. BURCO is home for the weekend!!!! So me and Lili met her in the Stags Head, and then on to Bankers where Eabha joined us, and then on to The George where Iano joined us, and later Corina and Daniella (might be spelling that name wrong). So, lots and lots of dancing followed by yummy kebabs from Zaytoons. AND AND AND Burco got me a bra made out of little candies! Awesome is, awesome does.

listening to: Grand Drive - 'I Won't Let You Down'

Lili took some photees back in her place last night, so hopefully I can steal them soon and share.

Rock.

Una

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Conversations with computers

bored? Have a conversation with 'Simple Kid's' computer brain
get talking

Una

Dirty Dozen - Vol 10: Sub Pop

Here's a selection of cracking mp3s courtesy of Sub Pop records. Since the label is cool enough to allow people to listen to their music, please support these artists by buying more of their records, and going to see their shows!

1. The Postal Service - 'Such Great Heights' (John Tejada remix)

2. Fruit Bats - 'Silent Life'

3. Wolf Parade - 'Shine A Light'

4. Sleater-Kinney - 'Jumpers'

5. Low - 'California'

half a dozen. Iron And Wine - 'Woman King'

7. Saint Etienne - 'Lose That Girl'

8. The Shins - 'Kissing The Lipless'

9. Hot Hot Heat - 'Bandages'

10. Mudhoney - 'Sonic Infusion'

11. The Constantines - 'Love In Fear'

dozen. Holopaw - 'Cinders'

Una

BALLS!

below are some photees from the Grad Ball

awwww, me and Ro get comfortable @ our graduation ball Posted by Picasa

Nicci, Meadzer (raunchy), Tadhg (squished), Izzy (throwing caution/purse to the wind), John (not that short in real life), me, (bairly visible), Ro (hee hee), Kev (blocked by), Dualta (80s karate kid goes to rehab phase) Posted by Picasa

invisible rope pulls us all down Titanic style (Meadzer, me, Nicci, Ro, JP) Posted by Picasa

journo pyramid game (?!) Posted by Picasa

me and Shinners all happy Posted by Picasa

my arm looks like it's going to take over the WORLD Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Fuck Work...

...play Space Invaders!



Una

Lili's South Park Confusion (via MSN)

LIL says:
i hate hippies

Una says:
haha

LIL says:
they smell

Una says:
you are like Cartman from South Park

LIL says:
but they do smell

Una says:
except he hates Jewish people, so not really

LIL says:
i thought he is jewish

Una says:
no

Una says:
kyle is jewish

LIL says:
oh yeah

graduating  Posted by Picasa

Monday, November 14, 2005

The Album Game

I like quizzes and there was one of these a while back, but I've decided to try my own. Name the band and the album on the comment part of this post, I DARE YOU!

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.


7. 8. 9. 10. 11.


12. 13. 14. 15. 16.


17. 18. 19. 20. 21.


22. 23. 24. 25.


26. 27. 28. 29. 30.


31. 32. 33. 34. 35.


36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41.



42. 43. 44. 45. 46.



47. 48. 49. 50.


Una

PS: every artist appears only once.