Daft Luas
9
Meanwhile, At The Central Bank
The Action on X protest this afternoon at Central Bank Plaza, Dame Street, Dublin.
Previously: Free at 4pm?
Pics: (Laura Hutton/PhotocallIreland); Paul Murphy, Kitty Catastrophe, Andrew, ARC.
Busted
This afternoon. Ahead of the Action on X rally.
He’s the poster boy of the pro-life movement.
Barry Corvo writes:
Just thought I’d share this with you. On Parnell St [Dublin], just after 3pm, a Hector look-a-like was tearing down Action on X posters at a fierce rate.
He was even wearing one of those nice red Life Institute/Youth Defence jackets. Seemed like he was on his way back to Castle Grayskull (60A Capel Street).
Have You Seen A Tortoise The Size Of A Tea Saucer?
You can’t miss him.
Unless you drive very carefully
Cormac McCann writes:
I know you don’t usually this but my much loved tortoise has escaped from my garden in Millmount Grove, Windy Arbour/Dundrum.
if anyone lives in the area and finds him or hears about a rogue tortoise can they please contact me through Broadsheet. He’s only the size of a tea saucer and looks like a tortoise pretty much.
Springer Break
Ah here.
The first offering from the return of Big Mental Disease to the Irish Internets.
No one is safe.
Lightning Yikes
In Waterford yesterday.
Kastro Freeman writes:
“Caught this on the security camera yesterday.”
Thanks Séamus
Meanwhile, In The Tivoli Car Park
The sixth All-City Graffiti Jam, sponsored by All-City records in the car park next to the Tivoli Theatre, Francis Street, Dublin, this afternoon.
John Gallen writes:
It’s early days on the graffiti. As for the kids? Not a helmet in sight! A free for all is where you’d get it…
Pics: John Gallen
La Cadge Aux Folles
Jo Macken (top), creator of CrackBird, formerly a pop-up now a fixture on Dame Street and the eerily-similar Birdcage (above), Stranmills Road, Belfast.
Only their mothers can tell them apart.
Graeme L writes:
There’s a bit of a rukus between CrackBird and copycat restaurant BirdCage after their [BirdCage's] win for Best New Restaurant at the Northern Ireland Hospitality Awards. I Think this should get some air time. Name ‘n’ shame!
Previously: Crackbird Re-opening On Dame Street
You May Like This
Villagers – Grateful Song (live)
Luke Byrne writes:
A little video myself and Myles O’Reilly [with sound by Ber Quinn] made of Villagers’ two nights at the Olympia [Dublin] in April.
*bangs head repeatedly*
For those who tend to rock
Brian Boyd, of techno music-kicking and ‘lethal dance cocktail’ infamy, gives YOU the extended middle finger.
First of all, you can’t put Megadeth up against Miles Davis (that’s like comparing and contrasting Jedward and Tom Waits). And if metal isn’t taken seriously, it’s because half the time it comes across as more choreographed than an all-in wrestling match and makes your average panto look like Ibsen.
There’s more hair and make-up on show at an average metal gig than then at a Girls Aloud performance.
Apart from writing essays and giving presentations about the history of heavy metal (for the love of God!), students who go on to the second year will be shoved out to play some gigs as part of their course requirement. Whereas some students are sent into obscure, draughty rooms and given dead animals or dead bodies to practice on, heavy metal degree students will be giving it the “Hello Cleveland!” in order to earn course credits – an appalling vista.
It’s only rock ‘n’ troll.
But he does seem to like it.
We don’t need no high-cost, high-brow, heavy metal education (Brian Boyd, Irish Times)
Previously: Irish Times House Mafia
Pic: NME
