Monthly Archives: August 2010

We are now beyond irony.

We are on a plane of such weird Ireland’s Own-ness that it is difficult to breathe.

In Montrose today, Daithi O’ Se, hewn from a block of white Irish cheddar, met the 32 Roses competing for the greatest Lovely Girl competition of them all.

We’ve no money, we’re being drained of brains, Grainne’s going. This is what we have left. When people ask how much we hate ourselves, tell them: this much.

(Photocall Ireland)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMcZehSP6LA&feature=player_embedded#!

It’s a Shadow Cloud, designed by Czech propellor-heads Drzach & Suchy: a fretwork cube of such fiendish cleverness that even watching a video of the thing in action can stimulate the geek gland, raising levels of nerdutonin in the bloodstream.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4–AvSeBors

Starring Tony Hawks. From the almost-million-selling book by Tony Hawks. It’s scheduled for an Autumn release. The new Waking Ned?

Look out for Sean Hughes and Ed Byrne and an actress playing 2FM’s Brenda O’Donoghue who doesn’t really look like 2FM’s Brenda O’Donoghue.