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Further to our request hour post.

‘sheet head ‘fmong’ wins the €25 voucher to spend at any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide for dedicating Thank You by Busta Rhymes + Q Tip (above) to Busta, “cause it’s his birthday..”

Bubblin’ under:

Deluded: “Today of all days I would like to dedicate Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” to Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis who were given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets on this day in 1873.”

Cool Hand Lucan: “Today of all days I would like to dedicate Country Girl by Primal Scream for my fiancé who stumbled in the door at 1am last night and fondled me awake…you’re awesome.”


Catherine McEntee: “Today of all days I would like to dedicate ‘Something Inside So Strong‘ for Cynthia Owen. An amazingly inspirational woman.”

Patrick Caroline: “Today of all days I would like to dedicate Simply Red’s Fairground to every student starting/finishing/in the midst of exams. That song unlocks untapped joy in everyone.”

Peter Dempsey: “Today of all days, I would like to dedicate Spin The Black Circle by Pearl Jam as a two fingers to Golden Discs staff of the early 1990s who unceremoniously stopped selling vinyl records.”

Psydeshow: “Today of all days I would like to dedicate I’m On A Boat by lonely island crew to Mermaids everywhere for I will be soon be boarding the ferry over to Holyhead”

Scottser: “I want to dedicate Birthday’ by the Beatles to my daughter Lilly on the occasion of her 2nd birthday. God.knows there will be enough Peppa Pig, at least it’ll keep me sane.”

Tadhgob: “My head is my only house until it rains” by Captain Beefheart to my darling J.

Harry Molloy: “Today of all days, I would like to dedicate Come Together by the Beatles for my girlfriend in anticipation of a wonderful weekend.”

Berite Blenkinsop: “Today of all days I would like to dedicate ‘Disappointed’ by Morrissey to Harry Molloy’s girlfriend.”

Thanks all.

Golden Discs

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Ross O’Mullanes’  weekly map of easy on the pocket weekend things to do, sponsored by Energia.

Ross writes:

We are all ears if your loyal readers have any suggestions for this, or next weekend that we can include…

G’wan the puppy party.

Cheap & Free stuff to do this weekend 20th – 22nd May (Energia)

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Saint Sister – release Madrid video, touring throughout summer

What you may need to know…

01. Gemma Doherty and Morgan McIntyre are Saint Sister, and specialise in a brand of folk that takes in vocal harmonies, floaty synths, and electric harp.

02. Formed in November 2014, the duo have been quick to make their presence felt, releasing debut EP Madrid, touring with O Emperor and Wyvern Lingo, and appearing on Other Voices.

03. Streaming above is the video to the title track of their EP, Madrid. Directed and produced by Bob Gallagher, it’s a tense affair to say the least.

04. The full summer touring and festival grind is underway. May 27 sees them hit the Unitarian Church in Dublin, and appearances are scheduled for Vantastival, Body & Soul, Longitude, and more. Full listings here.

Verdict: Gorgeous music, that runs the gamut from folk to ambient, with plenty to savour for alternative and post-rock heads, too.

Saint Sister

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“Our involvement with the pair of whistleblowers [Maurice McCabe and John Wilson] in this case actually started as a result of the protests here [against] Corrib. It was the cases of the rape tape allegations and that being brought to the public eye with the protestors with Corrib.

There was a Vincent Browne programme [TV3, April 2011]  that dealt with that issue. I was on the panel and I made some points . . . particularly about the fact that things hadn’t changed much since Donegal and the Morris [tribunal] . . . that there was a systemic problem of accountability with An Garda Síochána…

…The first whistleblower [Maurice McCabe] guard happened to be watching the TV that night said, that’s somebody who I think I could get on with, and he contacted me after that and arranged to come up to Dublin . . .

…He said he would stay in contact with us, and he did that . . . and in the summer of 2012, when we were in the news a bit and a lot of the media being incredibly negative about us, the second whistleblowing guard [John Wilson]  said, ‘God, these people seem to have a bit of backbone, I think we’ll get in touch with them again’. And this time they were ready to go public.”

Clare Daly at Who Polices the Police? conference, Inver (near Rossport) in north Mayo on November 23, 2013. The women who came forward with the tape were accused by then Minister for Justice of exploiting the words said by the guards and tampering with the editing of the  tape.

Gardaí, GSOC, ‘whistleblower reprisal’, Corrib Gas and the ‘rape tape’ (Irish Oil And Gas, February, 2014)

Previously: Corrib Garda: “Give Me Your Name And Address Or I’ll Rape You”

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Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare, the only county not to register a same-sex marriage

I see that the county of Clare
Is an old fashioned area where
The people who smile
As they walk up the aisle
Can never be said to be quare.

John Moynes

Pic: OneFabDay

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Every week we GIVE AWAY a voucher worth €25 to spend at any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

Twenty five gangsters to splash out on vinyl, CD, cassette or any format you desire.

All we ask of YOU is to select a tune that we can play at MIDDAY today.

To enter, just complete this sentence:

‘Today of all days I would like to dedicate___________________to _________________________’

Lines MUST close at 11.30am

Golden Discs

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What you may need to know:

1. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) races against the clock to foil a deadly plot of mass annihilation.

2. It’s the third dose of “Where’s Wally?” claptrap for Hanks and director Ron Howard.

3. What, no mullet?

4. Ben Foster is better than this. Everyone is better than this.

5. Broadsheet prognosis: Infernope.

Release Date: October 14.

(Mark writes about film and TV at WhyBother.ie)

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