Pat Hickey (in wheelchair) was discharged from Samaritano Barra hospital and taken to a Rio de Janeiro police station to be questioned about the Olympics ticket scalping investigation.
Above, from left: Jamie Heaslip; Sean O’Brien, Dave Kearney and Rob Kearney
Lemon & Duke
Formerly The Grafton Lounge and, during the boom, Cocoon, petrolhead playboy Eddie “The Swerve’ Irvine’s personal fleshpot.
Lemon Street and Duke Lane Upper, Dublin 2
Sasko writes:
Lemon & Duke. Dublin’s newest bar opens today. Good food, tank beer, a unique draught range and a stylish but welcoming vibe, the all new Lemon & Duke is the latest venture by former rugby pros Rob and Dave Kearney, Sean O’Brien and Jamie Heaslip with business partner Noel Anderson, follows their recently extended Ballsbridge [Dublin 4] bar The Bridge 1859.
Counting nine driven and creative members from a multitude of musical backgrounds, Dublin’s The Little Beauties straddle a variety of genres from ska, pop, indie, rock and reggae, all the while stylishly clothed in an instantly recognisable unique sound all of their own.
The warm, beautiful voice of lead singer Amanda Claxton sits blissfully atop an emphatic union of bass and drums carefully crafted into a rhythmic juggernaut, whilst punchy guitars and a stunning brass section inject multi-layered melodies that will have you dancing in the aisles and humming for days.
This gig is a warm up for the band’s Electric Picnic slot and is also doubling up as a birthday party for their lead singer so it’s bound to be a fun affair.”
An elegantly shot short from NY filmmakers Dress Code featuring charming 75-year-old lift operator Ruben Pardo who’s been going up and down for the last 40 years inside the Art Deco tower of 5514 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles.
Generic People – Cork audiovisual collective now curating a stage at Electric Picnic
What you may need to know…
01. Ant, Ronin and collaborators are the ever-evolving, media-agnostic group known as Generic People.
02. Beginning life as a collaborative electronic project, the group has expanded from production, DJing and playlisting, to live open improv performances, to large-scale visuals and multimedia installations, including the recent large-scale projections of Maser’s Repeal the 8th logo in Cork City.
04. The collective presents Afterdark in the Hazel Wood, their first-ever curated stage, at Electric Picnic, a massive coup to say the least. Confirmed so far are Cathy Davey, We Lived In Cities, Jack O’Rourke, MKAI, Carried By Waves, Exit: Pursued by a Bear, Emmet Homebeat and Cork record-slinging legend Jim X Comet’s David Bowie Experience.
VERDICT: Platform and medium are no restriction for the ever-evolving Generic People, and given the opportunity to flourish on the biggest stage Irish music has to offer, you can guarantee something special.
