Boyz On Top.
Episode 1 of a new six-part mockumentary series.
Mikey writes:
My friend and I set out to make Ireland’s version of The Office. Not quite sure we achieved that but at the very least it’s a great showcase of some of the funniest people in Ireland you’ve never heard of, and Karl Spain.
It’s a six-part comedy series about an ageing boy band’s one final attempt at a reunion. Strangely relevant! New episodes every Sunday….
Last week with a cool Golden Discs voucher worth €25 on offer, I asked YOU to name your favourite song featuring snow.
You answered in your tens.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
Last of the Melting Snow by The Leisure Society
Leopold Gloom writes:
OOOh, I got this, I have to have this. Favouite (and best) song featuring snow is this simply beautiful song by The Leisure Society – Last of the Melting Snow. Shearwater’s Snow Leopard gets an honorable mention, but this one is just lovely in every way.
Runner up:
The Snows They Melt The Soonest by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Ger O Donnell
F_lawless writes:
There’s so many versions of this traditional English folk song that dates back to at least the early 1800s but this one is as good as any I’ve heard. Recorded two months ago – just two people in a living room with a guitar and a shruti box.
Winner:
Snowing On Raton by Townes Van Zandt
Specific Gravity writes:
Shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe?
Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Voucher
‘Memory Palace’ by London based artist and stage designer Ed Devlin – a huge bamboo carved landscape reflected by large scale mirrors at Pitzhanger Gallery in London.
Visitors are invited to roam around a 3D history map featuring representations of dozens of momentous events from the first cave paintings to Copernicus’ heliocentric map of the universe.
Mind your step.
Last evening. Location unspecified.
Barry Clancy tweets:
€29 & €24 for flavoured water? We’re back to the good times baby!
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
It’s starting to look very clear
That we’ll have an election next year
But still we must wait
Till they agree a date
And then we’ll see posters appear
John Moynes
That’s the last of John’s 2019 ‘ricks.
Normal service will resume in January.
MORE to follow.
Sam Gainsborough’s excellent live action/stop motion short morphs clay faces onto human bodies to tell the story of a man fearing isolation but struggling to socialise or relate to his family. Of the warping rippling mugs of his protagonist and supporting cast (made from 450kg of Plasticine) Gainsborough sez:
He feels that his parents are these emotionless rock-like characters so they’re animated to look like gargoyles. Whereas he sees everyone else in the world as being effortlessly happy so they’re animated fluidly with lots of colour. But at the end of the day the feelings he has are false, what lies underneath that is reality, real people (with painted hands for some reason!).
And here’s how he did it.
What you may need to know:
1. 20 years on from his debut feature Memento (2000), Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is sure to be one of the biggest films of 2020.
2. Shrouded in secrecy since it was first announced, this is the first full look at the time-bending espionage thriller since a short teaser debuted ahead of Joker (2019) earlier this year.
3. It stars John David Washington (2018’s BlackkKlansman), Robert Pattinson (who has done a remarkable job shaking off Twilight in recent years to become one of the most respected actors out there), and Elizabeth Debicki, along with Kenneth Branagh and Nolan’s regular muse Michael Caine.
4. It just rumbled onto the internet in the past few minutes, so just hit play and enjoy.
5. Wait, what just happened?
Doug’s verdict: ffuts tnellecxe
Release: July 17, 2020
The votes are in.
Earlier this week, with a two boxes of bespoke Catch bar selection boxes to giveaway, we asked you what would you like to ‘catch’ Santa leaving under the tree this year.
You answered in your tens,
But there could be only two winners:
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff: “There’s a pretty major water leak at the front of Casa Kretschmar-Schuldorff, near where the Christmas tree is. I’m blue in the face arguing with Irish Water and GMC/Actavo/Siteserv.I’d like to catch Santy (Redacted and Co) laying some bloomin pipes under the tree. ”
Will O Connell: “I would love to catch a break on these Broadsheet competitions. I’ve entered loads of times and have never won. Why should I win this time? Well, it’s my partner’s favourite chocolate bar and I would love to present him with a limited edition selection box on Christmas morning. I wish he still looked at me the way he looks at a Catch bar.”
Thanks all.
Tuesday: It’s Not Christmas Without A Catch
Thanks David Quinn (an entirely different fellow, relax now)
