Six Styles of Russian Folk Painting (Gorodets, Gzhel, North-Dvina, Zhostovo, Mezen and Khokhloma) rendered in a Dia de Muertos style by Sasha Vinogradova.
(Paul McGuinness, centre, with from left Adam Clayton, Edge, Bono, undientified and Larry Mullen Jnr in 1978)
“It could be seen as slightly poor etiquette for a manager to consider retiring before his artist has split, quit or died, but U2 have never subscribed to the rock and roll code of conduct. As I approach the musically relevant age of 64 I have resolved to take a less hands-on role as the band embark on the next cycle of their extraordinary career.
“I am delighted that Live Nation, who with Arthur Fogel have been our long term touring partners, have joined us in creating this powerful new force in artist management. I have long regarded Guy Oseary as the best manager of his generation and there is no one else I would have considered to take over the day-to-day running of our business.”
Paul McGuinness in a statement to the Irish Times.
All change at U2 Inc as Paul McGuinness plans to step down (Jim Carroll, irish Times)
Live Nation Nears A Deal For Managers of Superacts (Ben Sisaro, New York Times)
Pic by Matt McGee via AtU2.com
Turn Off The Silence – Mundy & Róisín O
Darragh Genockey writes:
Róisín O & Mundy have released an original charity single called ‘Turn Off The Silence’ in aid of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; the song is written by Mundy and Danny O’Reilly [of The Coronas].
From iTunes here
“‘Sounds Damn Fine’ is our big end of year hand-pulled, screenprinted poster show bringing together a mixture of 30 established and emerging illustrators, designers and street artists. Our debut show ‘Damn Fine Dublin’ [last year] was such a mega event that over 1,000 people passed through the door on the night and we picked up some fantastic press coverage in all the creative magazines and blogs.
“This year we are back with ‘Sounds Damn Fine’ showcasing 30 exhibiting artists, each with 30 signed and editioned screenprints hand pulled at the Damn Fine Print Studio, selling for a bargain €30. Our aim is to once again raise some much needed funds for our new screen print studio so that we can offer the city a top-of-the-range open access screen printing facility.
After 12 long hard months we are nearly there and on Dec 5th the ‘Sounds Damn Fine’ event will also see the launch party for the new studio.”
“At the heart of Damn Fine Print is the belief that we should provide a platform for artists to show-case their talents and expose a wider demographic to affordable original artwork. We had a great event last year with some fantastic artwork submitted, so there’s year we’re hoping for an encore that’s bigger, better and louder.”
Dayum.
And well might she be baffled.
Jack Jones writes:
“Fair City Last night about 2 minutes from the end there is a scene in the office of The Station Bar. You can clearly see a keyboard a mouse but no screen. It is like they took it away to see the actress and forgot or did not bother putting it back or the props dept could not find it.”
Anyone?
Update: Some, though by no means all, say they can see a monitor – possible a Dell – at an impractical angle in the darkness to the left (see comments).
Let’s have a closer look:
Hmm.
Perhaps we’ll never know.
Watch here
UPDATE: Nope. Still no sign of it…
(Thanks Morlock)
Gymkhana Six
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Rally driver Ken Block horses his Ford Fiesta ST RX43 around a bonkers drifting playground for your rorty delectation.
Swans on the Grand Canal in Dublin last night.
Thanks Niall Bouzan.
How Many?
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It’s emerged that up to 25,000 over 70’s are to lose their medical card – and not get a replacement GP only card.
— Páraic Gallagher (@paraicgallagher) November 13, 2013
Update:
Correction – I Got my figures mixed up – EVERY over 70 who loses medical card will get GP only card
— Páraic Gallagher (@paraicgallagher) November 13, 2013
(Johanna Westeson, top, from the Center for Reproductive Rights and Cora Sherlock of the Pro-Life campaign, above)
Today, the campaign group Terminations for Medical Reasons will take their petitions alleging human rights violations to the UN Human Rights Committee in relation to pregnant women diagnosed with fatal foetal abnormalities who have to travel outside of Ireland for terminations.
Last night James Burke, from the TFMR, and Clíona Johnson, from One More Day, appeared on RTÉ’s Prime Time. last night
They both told of their respective decisions when James’ wife Amanda and Clíona found out they were expecting a child with a fatal foetal abnormality. James and Amanda’s daughter had Edward’s Syndrome while Clíona’s son had anencephaly.
Amanda travelled to Liverpool for a termination. Clíona went full term here in Ireland and gave birth to her son before he died.
RTÉ presenter David McCullagh then invited Johanna Westeson, from the Center for Reproductive Rights, which has its headquarters in New York and is helping the TFMR with theirs petition, to speak. Ms Westeson was followed by Cora Sherlock, from the Pro-Life Campaign.
Ms Westeson, top, said Clíona had very important things to say. She also said nobody from the Center for Reproductive Rights or TFMR would tell a pregnant woman with a fatal foetal abnormality to have a termination. But she said any woman in Ireland must be given the option to have such a termination in this country, instead of having to “run off to another country like a fugitive”.
Ms Sherlock said:
“I think that every family has the right to meet their baby and I think what we’re seeing in this debate is the ongoing failure of this government to put those kind of facilities in place. As James said, we need to have separate facilities so that women who find out that their babies are terminally ill can go an meet other women in that position and get the kind of support. We need to look around the world, and see what’s happening in other countries, like in the US for example. I would encourage your viewers to go on to YouTube after this programme and look at a programme called 99 Balloons. It talks about Eliott Mooney who only lived for 99 days but it shows a kind of connection, as Clíona was talking about between mother and baby, that can, you know, create over that time. And also the fact that he went on to inspire his parents. When Eliott finally died, his parents were inspired to do a lot of work with disabled babies, in the aftermath.”
She then continued:
“Can I just make one other point, David. I’m quite concerned to see the Center for Reproductive Rights getting involved in this debate because what the viewers at home may not know is that they are very involved in campaigning for abortion rights throughout the world. So, you know, this is something that we are dealing with, in this country. We need to have a proper debate about how we’re going to address the situation and how we’re going to give support for families. And I just think it’s not really appropriate for an internationally-funded group to come in and get involved in that event.“
Hmm.
You may recall how last December, the Sunday Business Post reported:
“The American Pro-Life Action League has said Irish pro-life groups are set for a significant financial boost as a result of fundraising campaigns across the US. The national director of the American Pro-Life Action League has said that Irish pro-life groups are set for a significant financial boost as a result of fundraising campaigns across the United States. Joseph Scheidler told The Sunday Business Post that members of the league, which has been active since the 1980s, would also be travelling to Ireland to take part in anti-abortion protests here. He said the donations involved could amount to several hundred thousands of dollars, and that a significant amount of the money raised would go to Youth Defence.”
Prime Time debate here from 35.40.
Hat tip: Fluffybiscuits