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The Greenpeace ad Nestlé’s trying to kill

Have a break? from Greenpeace UK on Vimeo .
Nestlé had this ad pulled from Youtube claiming copyright violation. Greenpeace put it up on Vimeo instead. Remember, Nestlé are as dirty, as dodgy as they come.
Further reading: Greenwashing .
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I Put A Spell On you

Shortly after news broke about the earthquake in Haiti , the news broke about charity singles. The British / Simon Cowell one came out first followed by the US / Quincy Jones one.
Well now it the turn of the Irish. Personally I think Victoria Clarke had a lot to do with it too.  She and [...]

Our Music World – The Brits, The Machines, The Hendrix

Rage Against The Machine have announced they will play The 02 this June. The alternative rock band have confirmed a June 8th gig in Dublin, 2 days after their “X Factor victory gig” in London’s Finsbury Park on June 6th. It’s the band’s first Irish gig since their set at Oxegen 08. Sure to be [...]

Our Music World – Tuesday 16th February 2010

Debt-ridden EMI owners are allegedly listing the legendary Abbey Road Studios for sale. The near 79-year-old iconic recording studios in London were home to illustrious bands The Beatles and Pink Floyd when they were recording their most esteemed work. TheMirror.co.uk have an interesting “10 Things” list about the studios.
The Strokes are filming a series [...]

Our Music World – Sunday 14th Febuary 2010

Hey it’s that guy again. Which guy? That guy DermotBuckley who always gets invites to super cool press screenings and doesn’t do a wink of work to deserve it. Oh yeah. That guy. What an ass.
Anywhoodles. Here! I have brought upon ye faithful culchies some news! News from thy beautiful world o muzik.
Wolfmother have unveiled [...]

RIP Phil Harris

Phil Harris, captain of the Cornelia Marie and star of Discovery’s Deadliest Catch has died from a recent stroke . Phil was one of the cantankerously brilliant characters from the show, which follows the trials of Opilio crab fishermen in Alaska.
 

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Killer breakdown of the new Doctor Who trailer!

Sci-fi blog io9 has a scene by scene analysis of the new Doctor Who trailer . It’s well worth checking out if only to sample how much fervour this show continues to instill. I’m disappointed to see the Weeping Angels return as I thought Blink was a perfect little story and reusing elements [...]

Brittany Murphy 1977 – 2009

Actress Brittany Murphy (32) died this morning from a reported cardiac arrest.
Reports stated that the Clueless actress was discovered unconscious in the shower by her mother. When paramedics arrived, they determined that the actress was in full cardiac arrest and they began to administer CPR. They continued their CPR attempts during the ambulance trip to [...]

Could You Buy Them A Pint?

I found myself in Ballinasloe last night and couldn’t get over the state of the town since the floods of this week. Football pitches are now rivers, roads are closed, people have been washed out of their homes. I was so grateful for my warm, dry home to come back to.

The floods in the west, [...]

Four milestones

This week sees the anniversary of four major cultural milestones. The fall of a wall, finding all kinds of people in your neighbourhood, the morning agenda and a trip to the moon.
First off, the wall. The falling of the Iron Curtain, and the Berlin Wall. The wall’s coming down on 1989 led to a major [...]

Get Gone John

Wasting taxpayer’s money is a popular culture in the Irish body politic, and that’s all the tenuous links I need to direct you to the Facebook group calling for John O’Donoghue’s resignation, GET GONE JOHN . Do join.
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Blaney’s Blarney Order

Everyone from the local fruit & veg shop to the Barrack Obama uses Twitter these days and now the Court Systems appear to be jumping on the band-wagon.
London High Court have made an unprecedented ruling by allowing a defendant in a case to be served with an injunction via micro-blogging site Twitter.

The order is [...]

JC Decaux take “no such thing as bad publicity” adage too far

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JC Decaux launched its Dublin Bikes last week to much positive fanfare. This week it has two flat tyres having ordered Fusio to remove its Dublin Bikes iPhone app . I asked both parties for a statement. Fusio was the only one to get back to me:
Before starting [...]

Sweary’s Jaw

Surreptitiously going through Eminem’s summonses, so you don’t have to.
I have learned that there’s no point in being high-minded about a gossip column.
Originally, I had planned to focus on the goings-on of our more worthy high-profile heroes, rather than on preposterous knobs like Jordan or Kerry Katona. But the problem with such a well-meaning mission [...]

Tommy Tiernan – the gombeen in the striped pyjamas

So, Tommy Tiernan is in hot water again over one of his outbursts/jokes/random mental thoughts. This time it’s the Jews.
Irishcentral says he is facing a worldwide storm of protest over these comments :
“But these Jews, these f**king Jews come up to me. F**king Christ killing bastards. F**king six million? I would have got 10 [...]

Patrick Swayze Tribute – Top 5 Movie Roles

Like Darren earlier I was saddened this morning to learn of the the passing of screen icon Patrick Swayze at age 57. Swayze was diagnosed in 2007 with aggressive pancreatic cancer which he defiantly fought for the past year and a half whilst continuing to film his TV show The Beast. Most people will [...]

My Date With Disney…

Firstly, before I get into any of what happened last Thursday at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square in London I have to thank Disney for having Culch along in the first place. It was exceptional that a lot of the people in the room were Disney employees from all across Europe or corporate partners [...]

Chris de Burgh responds to Peter Crawley’s negative Irish Times review

Sometimes you’ve just got to admire a man who stands up for himself. Chris De Burgh certainly did in his response to a fairly negative review in the Irish Times recently.

Here’s the original review from his gig in the Gaiety on September 3.
Hot Press wrote the story including Peter Crawley’s reaction to the [...]

Cinema – The End?

Been thinking about how my film viewing has changed over the last year or so. A recent article in the London Independent pretty much summed it up for me very well. Although I’m not in the “youth market” category mentioned in the article, I’m more likely to watch a film now while I’m commuting [...]

Guest post: Is It Really Better Late Than Never?

This is a guest post for Culch.ie from Ken of BurnAllZombies.com . Ken is looking at how illegal downloading effects the entertainment industry. Check it out and leave your comments below.
- Darren
With the internet more rife with pirates than a Johnny Depp movie, we all know illegal downloading exists, and Irish ISPs and their reactions [...]