Just the two of us, Klaus Pichler, 2013 Just the two of us, Klaus Pichler, 2013 Just the two of us, Klaus Pichler, 2013 Just the two of us, Klaus Pichler, 2013 Just the two of us, Klaus Pichler, 2013 Just the two of us, Klaus Pichler, 2013 Just the two of us, Klaus Pichler, 2013From a series entitled ‘Just The Two Of Us’ by Austrian photographer Klaus Pitchler, who was invited into the homes of various cosplay enthusiasts to create portraits of each one against the backdrop of their everyday life. Sez he:

Who hasn’t had the desire just to be someone else for awhile? Dressing up is a way of creating an alter ego and a second skin which one’s behaviour can be adjusted to. Regardless of the motivating factors which cause somebody to acquire a costume, the main principle remains the same: the civilian steps behind the mask and turns into somebody else.

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Fred

Cork band Fred have called it a day, after 15 years.

In a statement on their website Fred sez:

“We have enjoyed our time making music together immensely but simply it’s now time for us to move on. We would like to thank all our fans, friends, families who have supported us over the years. We also offer a big thank you to all of the artists who we have had the pleasure of sharing stages with and the all of the venues who continue to promote live music.”

Their farewell tour includes gigs in Whelan’s, Dublin on Thursday, December 5; De Barra’s in Clonakilty, Co. Cork on Friday, December 13; and Róisín Dubh in Galway on Sunday, December 15. Their final gig will be in The Pavilion in Cork, on December 28, when they’ll attempt to have all present and previous band members on stage together.

Fred say goodbye

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Just two of a collection of photographs by J.J. Clarke, collected and placed online by the National Library of Ireland, what sez:

“JJ Clarke, from Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan, took the photographs between 1897 and 1904, when he was a medical student in Dublin. Dr Clarke’s photojournalistic approach to his subjects allowed him to capture vivid scenes from the daily lives of Dublin’s men, women and children.”

“Compelling in themselves, the images also show us how the city looked to writer James Joyce. His best-known works – the short story collection Dubliners, and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses – are all set around this time, when Joyce too was a young student fascinated by the world around him.”

Previously: Edwardian Fashion Police Dublin

1897 – 1904 – Dubliners: The Photographs of JJ Clarke (National Library of Ireland)

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Ed Temperley writes:

“Halloween week was a big week for Mullaghmore Head [in Sligo] in Ireland, two epic sessions went down for the visiting New York crew alongside lreland’s local contingent. A week of good times, hell wipeouts and a Halloween to remember for Kurt Rist, Will Skudin, Dylan Stott, Neil Britton, Peter Conroy, Shambles, Paul O’kane, Peter Craig and Barry Mottershead.”

Shot by Fionn Rogers

Additional shots by Conor Conlin and Luke Pilbeam

Edited by Dylan Stott

All Hallow Mullaghmore (Magic Seaweed)

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