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*jitter*

Results of the most recent stress tests on the banks are released on Sunday.

In the meantime…

What Goes Up writes:

You posted a graph (about Ireland’s mortgage arrears reality) from me last June. I’ve updated it (top ) for the first half of 2014 – and the story continues not to be pretty: I’ve also charted the “Number of mortgages in arrears” figures from the Central Bank – as people assume that the amount of arrears of 180-days+ would simply grow without necessarily more people going into default – the second graph (above) shows that not to be the case..

I think it’s safe to say if any of the Irish banks pass the stress tests on Sunday – then either they have performed amazingly over the summer… or else the stress tests were less than rigorous!

Central Bank’s figures here: 

BPFI figures here

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What you may need to know:

1. Mark Wahlberg is a college professor with a gambling problem. He borrows heavily from the mob  in an effort to win big.

2. The trailer is NSFW and full of fupps.

3. It’s a remake of the 1974 film of the same name starring James Caan. The original is pretty badass.

4. Talking of badass, it’s a bald John Goodman. He’s come a long way from King Ralph (1991).

5. Wahlberg lost 27 kg to play the role. He also attended university lectures and read bukes  so he could understand all the literary references his character makes in the film.

6. This will always be Mark Wahlberg’s best work however. (Wahlberg does not like this clip at all)

7. The screenplay is by William Monahan who wrote the brilliant The Departed (2006).

8. It’s going on limited release before the Oscars deadline and then worldwide in the New Year. They reckon there’s a chance!

Broadsheet Prognosis: Double down on Goodman

Release date: Our money’s on May 1, 2015

(Delboy is doing “you know, stuff”. Dylan is  Tom Dillon, Broadsheet social manager/pumpkin farmer)

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It’s here.

Part three of the controversial weekly web series about an irish blogger’s attempts to save the internet in Ireland.

See?

Now you’re addicted.

Starring Giles Brody, Charlene Craig and Tara Flynn. Director of Photography James McDonnell; Assistant Director: Eoin Duggan; Production Design: Donnacha O’Brien; Written and directed by Diarmuid O’Brien.

Previously: Episode 1
Episode 2

Paddy Angryman (Facebook)

Thanks Simon Mulholland

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Of this feature length ‘Underline: The Practice Tapes’ session shot in the cavernous Guerrilla Studios, under a railway line in Dublin’s North Strand, Sean Treacy writes:

The Underline project seemed like a natural progression, to get three bands in with a small audience and capture them doing their thing. We’re hoping to produce engaging videos which will hopefully provide greater exposure to the variety of acts, both foreign and domestic, that are perhaps on the fringes of the more established music press and/or blog-o-sphere, and that we feel are deserving of a wider audience. The majority of these types of gigs etc. are circulated via word of mouth or by fairly insulated groups on the web so we’re really just trying to circumnavigate that and make it available to more people in the belief that there plenty of really interesting acts out there right now.

Bands featured: Ten Past Seven, Turning Down Sex and Crowhammer (track listings here)

 

Jeremy?

 

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