November 9th, 2009
I haven’t done one of these for awhile, I promise to be a better Culchie from now on. Cowboy X aren’t new to the Irish music scene and their debut album Who Are These People? from late 2006 (you might remember the song Gabbi) is a personal favourite of mine, but it never really made [...]
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October 7th, 2009
There are simply too many quality gigs happening in Dublin, you can’t get to all of them, sometimes you hear about them too late, or tickets sell out too fast… in steps our hero, Conor from Hand Job Films. I first spotted him filming The Thermals gig back in June and went in search for [...]
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September 12th, 2009
Snark n. Biting, cruel humour or wit, commonly used to verbally attack someone or something. Combination of “snide” (critical in an unfair and nasty way) and “remark”. There are of course two variations. The commentators who attack without reason, and the trolls. The Internet has always been filled with trolls, people who go out of [...]
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September 10th, 2009
From September 21st to the 27th Ranelagh (Dublin 6) will host the 5th annual Ranelagh Arts Festival, also known as Ireland’s biggest “little” arts community arts festival. The lineup features music, historical tours, literary events, theatre, lectures, debates, cinema, comedy, street theatre and much more. Tickets are on sale for all of the events online [...]
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August 6th, 2009
I’ve never anticipated an upcoming album so much before in my life. Since I first heard Mowgli’s Road on the Nialler9 podcast back in March I’ve been drooling over every demo, remix and EP from Marina and The Diamonds. There’s already quite a lot of hype building around this gorgeous half Greek half Welsh singer [...]
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August 5th, 2009
Veering slightly away from the concept of cheap and cheerful TV boxsets, but if you have a multi-region DVD player or download your TV shows (either from iTunes etc.) then you might be interested in these “One Season Wonders”. There are a huge number of TV shows that have gone under the radar because they’ve [...]
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July 31st, 2009
The Rumble Strips are one of those bands that have been around for years, but have never quite made it big – though they are a little bit ska which isn’t to everyone’s taste. You might recognise one of their previous singles – “Girls and Boys in Love” and below is the music video for [...]
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July 30th, 2009
I’m often quite taken by bands that sign to 4AD (The Breeders, The National, Camera Obscura, Bon Iver…) and the Big Pink are a fantastic addition to this UK based Indie label. They’re set to release their self produced debut album in September, and when discussing how Brief History of Love was named, Milo their [...]
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July 26th, 2009
Post Clueless and Empire Records and pre American Pie and 10 Things I Hate About You, in 1998 the movie Can’t Hardly Wait made a total non-impression upon me. So much so that I had forgotten the entire plot. Yet as I “accidentally” ended up re-watching it late last night, one thing kept me completely [...]
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July 14th, 2009
There are two different ways to look at this movie – as a film fan and as Harry Potter fan. These are two separate perspectives because the film series is slightly askew from the seven books. The films are about Harry and his journey, they are energetic, primarily warm in their inflection, with pinches of [...]
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July 1st, 2009
Why So Series is a weekly feature on DVD boxsets, to guide your summer viewing… Frasier has recently been heavily syndicated on digital tv, becoming almost as pervasive as the Simpsons and Friends. I’ve caught the occasional episode with Jen, who has never watched it before and had no idea that it was a spin-off [...]
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June 25th, 2009
RSS and twitter flavour just wasn’t enough, we’ve expanded our menu to include Facebook too. Similar to the twitter account, the Culch.ie facebook fan page will be a combination of links automatically appearing once a blog post is published and some fun audience interaction too – of course, you never know who it is you’re [...]
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June 17th, 2009
Pure and simple, Transformers 2 is a CGI/SFX wet dream. I probably exclaimed “Cool!” about 10 times throughout (there’s this one scene with an aircraft carrier that is simply droolworthy!) What can I say, I just love special effects. I also grew up watching cartoons like Transformers and this in itself changes how you relate [...]
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June 5th, 2009
Why So Series is a weekly feature on DVD boxsets, to guide your summer viewing… Anyone that has recently finished watching Battlestar Galactica or has had their love for Star Trek reignited by the new movie is probably in dire need of some more science fiction. Unfortunately there is slim pickens out there, especially when [...]
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June 5th, 2009
There’s a general consensus that television during the summer months consists mostly of Big Brother and its spinoffs, while the soaps continue running all year long, many of our favorite American imports and UK shows take a long break this time of year. Even anyone that watches online or downloads their weekly fix will be [...]
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