Yearly Archives: 2014

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Finally.

A playlist of the best decent Irish Rap on video to date.

Hip hop producer Alan Newman writes:

“Over the past three to four years, Irish Hip Hop has enjoyed regular radio play time, national Television coverage, thousands of YouTube views across the world and support slots with major artists visiting Ireland with huge audiences.
“Below is a List of the top 20 videos I would recommend to anyone not clued in on Irish Hip Hop as of yet. I’m happy to say there are mountains of good videos and artists that didn’t make the cut this time. I’m hoping this will be a good starting point for people to go and check more of the work from each artist listed. Alternative suggestions welcome…”

1. RíRá – ’25 O’Clock In The Mornin’ –

2. Costello feat G.I. – The Representatives –

3. Collie – Stuck For Words –

4. Sammy Dozens – Ready For War –

5. Rob Kelly – Jack The Ripper –

6. Lethal Dialect x JackKnife-J – 13 ‘Til Infinity –

7. BOSS LEVEL – Part One –

8. Nu-Centz – Do You Really Love Me ft. Funzo –

9. The Apartment Six Club – Five Years –

10. Siyo Ft. Funzo – Drunk –

11. Nugget – Irish Tune ft. Siyo & Class A’z –

12. Jambo – The Human Condition feat. Willa Lee –

13. The Infomatics – Wake Up –

14. This Side Up – Power –

15. Sons Phonetic – Casino –

16. Messiah J & The Expert – Bloodrush –

17. Dizzy Daz – Originality Correct

18. Bitter Rocc – Lord Forgive Me ft Chris Haze –

19. Funzo – ft. Leiko – Take Some Time –

20. Class A’z – I’m Back

Compiled by Alan Newman

 

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Minny and the IllyWhackers at The Alternative Sunday Social Club at the Stag’s Head Raw [upstars in the Stags Head, Dame Court, Dublin] at 4pm (€8).

Barry writes:

Minnie and the Illywhackers are a ukulele swing band centred around the exquisite vocal talents of Angie McLaughlin of The Sick and Indigent Song Club. The band are influenced by early jazz, country & blues and create a speakeasy, supper club feel.”

Stags Head Raw (Facebook)

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Images from Singaporean photographer Ernest Goh’s new publication Cocks: The Chicken Book documenting the recondite charms of chicken pageants – focussing largely on the striking Ayam Serama breed of ornamental fowl.

Blue Steel!

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Via Oireachtas.ie:

Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked [Minister for Education and Skills Information] Ruairí Quinn if he has “explored the possibility of reducing the weight of schoolbags”…

 Ruairí Quinn: “My Department issued circulars to all primary and post-primary schools in 2005 to highlight the potential health hazard of overweight schoolbags and to outline a range of local measures that could be put in place to help alleviate the problem.
The circulars referred to the recommendations of the previously published report of the Working Group on the Weight of School Bags. This report acknowledged that many of the solutions to this issue belong at local school level and made various recommendations in this regard, such as optimum use of storage facilities, developing pupil organisation skills and timetabling. It is a matter for each individual school to determine which particular measures are most suited to its individual circumstances and to how the school concerned organises teaching and learning.”

The Weight Of Schoolbags – Oireachtas Debates, March 25 (Oireachtas.ie)

Thanks Cormac O’Culain

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Splutter.

The Unemployed Graduate on sex, sexually transmitted whatsits and YOU.

Katie Varvos writes:

“Young people in Ireland are having more sex than ever before but ….only 50 percent are using protection and more than 2/3 have never been tested for STIs.”