Three journeys – each separated by 30 years from the last – recorded by the BBC and synced into a rather excellent side-by-side-by-side sequence, appropriately set to Star Guitar by the Chemical Brothers.
Full screen or not at all.
Story, Rudd?
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd explains to a Christian member of the audience why he supports marriage equality.
Scroll to the 2:20 mark for the winning argument.
Kevin Rudd’s same-sex response straight from The West Wing (Tony Wright, The Age)
Hat tip: Mark Geary
Allotment.
More to do.
A community garden where Fatima Mansions in Rialto, Dublin used to be.
Where Fatima Mansions Used to Stand: Food Sovereignty in Dublin (It’s A Political World)
Trinity Bum
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Ah here.
The ‘Pav’, Trinity College, Dublin this afternoon.
Mustard!?
Thanks Kevin Brannigan
Meanwhile…
Indian Summer, Sandymount, Dublin this morning.
Thanks Carole
Finally
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AIB chief says the bank will consider debt write down if circumstances warrant of its 27 customers in Priory Hall
— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) September 3, 2013
AIB’s CEO David Duffy is currently before the finance committee in Leinster House.
See?
That didn’t hurt.
Watch here
Previously: Dear Enda
Meanwhile:
AIB CEO "If everyone in arrears handed in their keys there would be no AIB"
— Chris Donoghue (@chrisrdonoghue) September 3, 2013
Bingo.
FIGHT!
A fixie-themed male-female snapshot of the Irish advertising industry.
Part of a controversial adland census infographic from IAPI (the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland) here.
(H/T: John Gallen)
Drum Machine
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yUMLJ3TD7k
The Olle Hemmingsson Trio (feat. tractor) perform Sweet Georgia Brown.
It’s been done before, but not nearly as charmingly.
The scenes after Electric Picnic-ers left the Oscar Wilde campsite, top.
And the ‘Leave No Trace Ireland’ section of the same campsite, above.
Leave No Trace Ireland is a non-profit organisation which encourages “responsible outdoor recreation”. Last weekend was LNTI’s first time having a site at the Picnic, with the initiative selling out.
Meanwhile, ever wonder how the campsites are eventually cleaned every year?
Gnarly.
We are delighted to announce that we have counted the votes and the baby gorilla will now be called Baako, which means ‘first born child’!
— Belfast Zoo (@BelfastZoo) September 3, 2013
He’s Baako, baby!
He looked nothing like a Geoffrey, in fairness.
Previously: Does He Look Like A Geoffrey?
Pic: UTV screengrab
When?
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HMV, Grafton Street, Henry Street, Dublin this afternoon.
Niall C writes:
“So now ya know.”
Previously: Woof Trade