O Mary, we crown thee with blossoms today.Queen of the angels and Queen of the May.
Fergus O’Neill writes:
RTE play this lovely song several times today on different broadcasts. I thought there was a strange resonance with it today… 20 years after the X case Ireland agrees legislation for the ‘limited protection’ of women’s human rights. Happy May Day
(Pic: GrandmasGraphics)
Apart from Sheeba’s Horscopes, obviously.
An utterly brilliant performance of Meiecundimees üks Korsakov läks eile Lätti by Estonian metal band Winny Puhh in the qualifiers for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest last month.
They placed third.
Robbed, they were.
(Hat Tip: Trevor C)
A glorious cover of Paul Desmond’s Take Five (made famous by the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1959) performed by the Sachal Studios Orchestra of Pakistan in 2011.
Before he died last year, Brubeck reportedly said it was the most interesting cover-version of the song he’d ever heard.
More from the orchestra here.
(Brubeck pic: Metronome/Getty Images)
http://vimeo.com/64743269
Aisling Kelly talks to Dubliners about their musical preferences in the second half of the last century in this short video entitled titled ‘Subcultures in Dublin 1950-2000’.
Needs more mods.
H/T: Thumped
Shot over ‘a couple of hours’ in March 2013 by videographer and editor Simon Crowe.
Music: Sister Winter by Sufjan Stevens.
(Hat tip: Lisa O’Brien)
A rather good Rube Goldberg/domino topple video for the rather squeally Tuna Melt by A-Trak and Tommy Trash.
Directed by Ryan Staake and filmed at the historic Ohage House in St Paul, Minnesota.
Chistina Amphlett, lead singer of the Divinyls has died.
You know the song.
You really don’t want to hear Rolf Harris’s version.
Chrissy Amphlett, Divinyls’ lead singer dies age 53 (Telegraph)
Dublin now twitter.com/MrChuckD/statu…
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) April 21, 2013
He is among us. On the Millennium Bridge yesterday evening.
‘Cos Dublin 1’s a joke.
