On the N7 “around Rathcoole” heading towards Newlands Cross
Stpehen Nutley asks:
“What’s the story with Irish Water using UK-registered vans?
Anyone?
‘sup?
Christy Moore urging people to register and vote yes in next year’s marriage referendum.
Buzz writes:
Moore the merrier !!! Just THREE working days to lodge your registration…or 5 days to go online and do it HERE
A rather beautiful multilayered sequence by New York VFX studio Artjail and video artist Marco Brambilla, currently installed at the flagship Vera Wang store in Beverly Hills (do pop in if you’re passing) where it plays as an offset reel on eight wall-mounted panels.
Of the elaborate production process, Artjail sez:
The film was originally shot on Red Camera then effected in Autodesk Flame. We created transitions stitching multiple takes into one seamless clip and digitally hand painted degradation techniques to the footage. Out of the Flame the footage was scanned to 35mm motion picture film, where it was further degraded in multiple passes using bleach and other photo chemical processes. Those results were then loaded back into the flame where we used elements of the multiple degraded film prints to create more specific degradation. The silhouettes and other visual cues were also something handled in Flame.
A promotional video for cyberpsychologist and comedian James Moran’s new hour-long show Atom Tick at the Pallas Projects/Studios in The Coombe, Dublin 8, on November 27 and 28.
James writes:
“Atom Tick is a show told in three parts. It follows a presentation given by two entrepreneurs as they try to gain support (both fnancial and emotional) from audience. Throughout the 20-minute talk the duo discuss their plans for creating television shows, future technology and urban rejuvenation. The presentation is then repeated two more times, taking place at various points in the future. Jokes and concepts layer onto each other in interesting ways, each performance brings new ideas and puts interesting twists on previous ones. It’s a show about pop-culture, repetition, the internet and the future.”
Crikey.
Tickets for Atom Tick at €7. Doors open at 6.30pm with the show starting at 7pm sharp.
Video by Stephane Bena Hanly, a sculptor and comedian.
Previously: For Your Consideration: James Moran
A ‘boogie woogie’ performance of one of Beethoven’s best known compositions by the 167-member Matryomin Ensemble ‘Da’ at the Jiyugakuen Myonichikan auditorium in Tokyo back in 2011.
A Matryomin is a single antenna theremin mounted inside a Matryoska doll.
But you knew that
Here, fancy a bit of theramin action yourself?
Luas Works
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Now that’s a Green Line extension.
Daniel Bergin writes:
I knew there were Luas extensions but this is ridiculous. Spotted in Rabat, Morocco.
Labour Senator John Whelan
Labour Senator John Whelan was a contributor on RTÉ’s Late Debate, presented by Cormac O’hEadhra, on November 5.
During the interview, there was this exchange:
John Whelan: “I believe the contract should have been awarded, the record will show, to Bord na Móna. I believe that Bord Gáis, and this is why the Government has gone in, Alan Kelly has gone in and stripped it back, the board has to be reconfigured, reconstituted and…interrupted.”
Cormac O’hEadhra: “Wait now, this is very serious John. What you’re saying this evening, surely, does that not render the validity of the Bill, the Act all null and void?”
Whelan: “No, what I’m saying is this. Bord Gáis through the process of New Era and the line minister at the time made a pitch to establish Irish Water and I believe they did so under false pretences and they haven’t delivered.”
On November 14, Anthony Sheridan, of the blog Public Inquiry, noted that Senator Whelan’s relevant remarks were removed from RTÉ’s radio playback service.
Yesterday, the Irish Times reported on RTÉ’s decision to remove the remarks, quoting an RTÉ spokeswoman saying: “The comment on The Late Debate was removed from playback following an internal editorial decision. This can happen on occasion with a live programme.”
It also reported Senator Whelan, a journalist, saying: “I said what I said in the knowledge of the full import of what I was saying and I did not need the privilege of the House to do so… There was no libel and no slander. It was fair comment on a matter in the public interest.”
However, this morning, Mr Sheridan writes:
“I see the Irish Times took up my story surrounding the dramatic revelation by Labour Senator John Wilson that Bord Gais had made their pitch to establish Irish Water under false pretences.”
“Bizarrely, however, the Irish Times took the same line as RTE and, effectively, censored the principal allegation made by Senator Whelan.”
“Here’s the exact charge made by the Senator against Bord Gáis:”
“No, what I’m saying is this. Bord Gáis through the process of New Era and the line minister at the time made a pitch to establish Irish Water and I believe they did so under false pretences and they haven’t delivered.”
“Here’s how the Irish Times reported his allegations:”
“No, what I’m saying is this: Bord Gáis through the process of New Era and the line minister at the time made a pitch to establish Irish Water . . . and they haven’t delivered.”
“Leaving out the words; ‘under false pretences’ strips the report of any relevance, it effectively kills the story.”
“So much for the ‘paper of record’.”
Hmmm.
Anyone?
Irish Times censors RTE censored programme (Anthony Sheridan, Public Inquiry)
Undermined
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Shots taken yesterday from an airship of the giant, home-swallowing sinkhole that appeared this week above a potash mine at the town of Solikamsk near the Ural mountains in Russia.
Delivery Man
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@Independent_ie @Indo_LIFE I like a 12-incher with cheese, or possibly just a deep pan sausage. I also like pizza. And, occasionally, news.
— Bill (@Midleton_Rare) November 20, 2014
Ah here.
Stop thanomnomnomnomnom…
