Yesterday.
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Last night.
On RTÉ’s Dancing With The Stars.
Contestant Hughie Maughan , left of host Nicky Byrne (above), went blackface.
He spoke to Ryan Tubridy on RTE Radio One this morning.
From their discussion:
Hughie Maughan: “I didn’t think it was going to be like, so many, one of the top trending things on Twitter and be in all the newspapers and…this morning I got a, I’d seen a clip, there’s a channel in America, and there’s a chat show and they spoke about my tan on the chat show.”
Ryan Tubridy: “And how do you feel about that?”
Maughan: “I think, that’s just weird because that was a genuine mistake. If I’d planned something probably nobody would speak about that. Cause I’d never be clever enough to speak about..it was a genuine mistake, it was like trying to make a bad situation better and then it just got worse.”
Tubridy: “The producer of the programme said ‘Hughie is like a hyperactive child. He can’t sit still or concentrate on one thing for any length of time. Everything he does is over the top, including his tan. I don’t know what he’ll be like next week. Maybe he’s going for a sponsorship deal with Ronseal‘.”
Maughan: Laughs.
Tubridy: “That’s from Larry Bass, of Shinawil, according to Melanie Finn, in the Herald this morning.”
Maughan: “Yeah, I know who he is. He’s just em… he’s really nice. But yeah, like…There’s people forgetting that I came from the Big Brother house. I’m not one of these, I’m not a professional athlete or something. I came from a trashy reality TV show. And I’ll probably go to another trashy reality TV show after Dancing with the Stars…”
Later
Tubridy: “Well, you’re adding to the entertainment factor of the programme, no doubt about it. You’re a good sport to get up for us this morning and take our call. I appreciate it…”
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Listen to The Ryan Tubridy Show back here
Pic: Bibi Paloma
But only on the telly.
Carlos The Clipper writes:
Good news, Poolbeg will be saved and still tower over us in our post-apocalyptic future! [Martial arts drama] Into The Badlands‘ second season was shot here last year and will be screened in March,. Ireland looks pretty epic! Cast includes Orla Brady, Sarah Bolger and The Nick Frost!
Watch trailer here.
One Nation
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Irish ‘sister marches’ in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington on the 21st January 2017.Just three of 370 (and counting) around the world.
Judith Goldberger writes:
Come on Cork! But I need to know where I can buy a pussyhat in time.
MORE to folly.
Dublin Digital Radio, as mentioned in our radio overview a few months back, has been hard at work forging a genuine alternative for the nation’s airwaves, from its HQ at the Jigsaw arts centre in Dublin.
As they prepare for their twelfth week on the airwaves, they’ve given us a few choice cuts from the last week to share, embedded above.
Writes DDR’s Sean Finnan of the shows, embedded above:
Here at Dublin Digital Radio we’re celebrating our twelfth week on the digital waves. Since our initial broadcast we have expanded to over 50 residents and we aim to keep expanding, to become the go to platform for alternative music in Ireland while all the while being a community run station.
Some of our highlights for the past week include Little Gem’s Indie Hour featuring the best of the Irish underground, Breen McNamara’s Beneath The Bricks, a fortnightly exploration of anything from forgotten African sounds to ambient soundscapes and Emma Cawley’s feature on the Dark Entries Record Label.
Gig venues are going bang left, right and centre these days, so this one will be no surprise to some, but hugely sad – the Pine Lodge, overlooking the beach in Myrtleville, Co. Cork, is under new management, with the venue’s old gig business to be wound down.
Sez the venue’s incredibly well-maintained fansite:
Sad news folks, the Pine Lodge is now under new ownership. The venue is currently closed for repair and renovations and it is not expected that the new owners will have the same interest in live music.
Thank you to Paddy & crew for flying the flag for so long and to the many top acts who performed in Myrtleville, you will not be forgotten.
Sad times, especially for a great amount of the present Cork city scene, many of whom cut their teeth in various capacities, in this place among others.
Armus
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Boo.
Rise by French photographer Julian Palast. To wit:
Uncertain times allow the rise of monstrous entities.
Make of that what you will.