A ‘boogie woogie’ performance of one of Beethoven’s best known compositions by the 167-member Matryomin Ensemble ‘Da’ at the Jiyugakuen Myonichikan auditorium in Tokyo back in 2011.
A Matryomin is a single antenna theremin mounted inside a Matryoska doll.
But you knew that
Here, fancy a bit of theramin action yourself?
Now that’s a Green Line extension.
Daniel Bergin writes:
I knew there were Luas extensions but this is ridiculous. Spotted in Rabat, Morocco.
Labour Senator John Whelan
Labour Senator John Whelan was a contributor on RTÉ’s Late Debate, presented by Cormac O’hEadhra, on November 5.
During the interview, there was this exchange:
John Whelan: “I believe the contract should have been awarded, the record will show, to Bord na Móna. I believe that Bord Gáis, and this is why the Government has gone in, Alan Kelly has gone in and stripped it back, the board has to be reconfigured, reconstituted and…interrupted.”
Cormac O’hEadhra: “Wait now, this is very serious John. What you’re saying this evening, surely, does that not render the validity of the Bill, the Act all null and void?”
Whelan: “No, what I’m saying is this. Bord Gáis through the process of New Era and the line minister at the time made a pitch to establish Irish Water and I believe they did so under false pretences and they haven’t delivered.”
On November 14, Anthony Sheridan, of the blog Public Inquiry, noted that Senator Whelan’s relevant remarks were removed from RTÉ’s radio playback service.
Yesterday, the Irish Times reported on RTÉ’s decision to remove the remarks, quoting an RTÉ spokeswoman saying: “The comment on The Late Debate was removed from playback following an internal editorial decision. This can happen on occasion with a live programme.”
It also reported Senator Whelan, a journalist, saying: “I said what I said in the knowledge of the full import of what I was saying and I did not need the privilege of the House to do so… There was no libel and no slander. It was fair comment on a matter in the public interest.”
However, this morning, Mr Sheridan writes:
“I see the Irish Times took up my story surrounding the dramatic revelation by Labour Senator John Wilson that Bord Gais had made their pitch to establish Irish Water under false pretences.”
“Bizarrely, however, the Irish Times took the same line as RTE and, effectively, censored the principal allegation made by Senator Whelan.”
“Here’s the exact charge made by the Senator against Bord Gáis:”
“No, what I’m saying is this. Bord Gáis through the process of New Era and the line minister at the time made a pitch to establish Irish Water and I believe they did so under false pretences and they haven’t delivered.”
“Here’s how the Irish Times reported his allegations:”
“No, what I’m saying is this: Bord Gáis through the process of New Era and the line minister at the time made a pitch to establish Irish Water . . . and they haven’t delivered.”
“Leaving out the words; ‘under false pretences’ strips the report of any relevance, it effectively kills the story.”
“So much for the ‘paper of record’.”
Hmmm.
Anyone?
Irish Times censors RTE censored programme (Anthony Sheridan, Public Inquiry)
Shots taken yesterday from an airship of the giant, home-swallowing sinkhole that appeared this week above a potash mine at the town of Solikamsk near the Ural mountains in Russia.
@Independent_ie @Indo_LIFE I like a 12-incher with cheese, or possibly just a deep pan sausage. I also like pizza. And, occasionally, news.
— Bill (@Midleton_Rare) November 20, 2014
Ah here.
Stop thanomnomnomnomnom…
To wit:
Here are the eight planets (sorry, Pluto) paired with the eight psychosocial stages of development. These two sets of things seemed to fit together, since as we mature, we explore further.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is met by more than 200 protesters in Blackpool, Cork this morning where he announced 120 new jobs at Xanadu.
And they thought it was all over.
Previously: You Had One Job
Enda Kenny jeered by water charge protesters in Cork (Irish Times)
Videos by Joe Leogue and David O’Sullivan
UPDATE:
Inside the Xanadu office, Gavin O’Reilly, of Today FM, reports Mr Kenny saying:
“We’re very happy that Ireland will measure up here because the scheme is being designed specifically for this purpose. And, as I say, Europe’s only involvement now is purely for statistical reasons… Government did listen, after Government admitted that it certainly didn’t get everything right here. And it’s dealt with the question of the PPS, and it’s dealt with the question of the bonus regimes, and it’s dealt with the question of what happens after 2019.”
Taoiseach jeered by large crowds at Cork demo (Gavin Reilly, Today FM)
UPDATE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71N_0f1_dw
A new video of the protest showing the crowds turn their backs to Mr Kenny and singing, ‘In Cork, he’d be known as a langer’.
Hehehe
Yikes.
Maíria Cahill and Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams
Melanie O’Connor writes:
Maíria Cahill has been making the headlines for the past five weeks. This week on The Saturday Night Show, Brendan O’Connor meets the woman behind the headlines who says she’s been living in fear since she went public with her story.
Meanwhile…
If, like me you support @MairiaC31, please feel free to use this as your profile picture and share it #ISupportMairia pic.twitter.com/IhGok72uOI
— Séamas de Faoite (@Seamas_deFaoite) November 19, 2014
Previously: Falls Memory Syndrome
Senator Marie Louise O’Donnell
Exhausted the poor thing.
Yet ‘on message’.
“I am, I am [going to pay]. I think we have to pay for water… I have to tell you, I am exhausted listening to the word ‘austerity’. I am really exhausted…I think it is in one way, our society is a benevolent society, we are a good society, it’s a good place to live if you live with the system, it is. It would treat you well, it will feed you well, it will educate you well and it does, it does. It tries to look after its poor and it tries to educate all its citizens.”
Senator Marie Louise O’Donnell on Tonight With Vincent Browne last night.
Previously: Pure Rage
Watch back in full here