Redditor Andrew Johnson – diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 4 years ago at the age of 35 – demonstrates the profound effects of deactivating and then reactivating the neurostimulator surgically implanted in his brain to counter the effects of his condition.
Damn, science.
C&H
Colourful sweeties, filled with a variety of deaths.
From AMMO – a photo series of 900 pieces of dissected ammunition ‘shot’ by photographer Sabine Pearlman in a WW2 bunker in Switzerland. Sez she:
I was originally intrigued by the ambiguous nature of the subject matter. The cross-sections reveal a hidden complexity and beauty of form, which stands in vast contrast to the destructive purpose of the object. It is a representation of the evil and the beautiful, a reflection of the human condition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xWpSHB4yvU
Irish puppet noir
Kevin McGuinness writes:
On the topic of Irish bands. Here is a video that I made for an Irish ‘Melodramatic Popular Song’ band, The Dying Seconds. It is from their most recent album ‘Glimerers’. They have also just released an E.P.
Depressed with those tapes? Check out the #anglotapes lads LinkedIn profiles for the laugh!
— WILL HANAFIN (@willhanafin) June 24, 2013
Earlier: To Cut A Long Story Short
At the Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin,
An exhibition of the work of Shane Gavin of our popular and much-missed Pixel Head a Day series.
(From left: Anglo’s David Drumm and Peter Fitzgerald in 2007)
Further to the Anglo tapes controversy.
The ‘lads’ respond:
Mr [John] Bowe [Anglo senior manager] has told RTÉ he categorically denied the allegation that he was, directly or indirectly, a participant in misleading the Central Bank of Ireland in September 2008.
He said the talks with the Central Bank focused on obtaining funding for Anglo to allow it continue on an interim basis pending a more stable market, when the bank would be able to re-establish other funding sources and repay the emergency finance.
…Mr Bowe also pointed out that the phone call was three days after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, and therefore took place during a “period of severe and unprecedented market dislocation”.
In a statement to RTÉ, Mr [Peter] FitzGerald [Anglo senior manager] said he was not a member of the bank’s executive management board in 2008 and was not involved in discussions regarding Anglo’s funding position with the Central Bank.He also stated he was never aware of any strategy to mislead the authorities in relation the Anglo’s funding position.
Earlier: To Cut A Long Story Short
The lads who were running the bank,
Were prepared to be utterly frank,
On the company phone,
Because they hadn’t known,
That we’d find out just how much they stank.
John Moynes
Independent.ie
A trailer for Colin Murphy’s play Guaranteed for Fishamble’s The New Play Company
About the night of the bank guarantee.
Opening tonight at the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare and coming to a theatre near you.
We may need another act.
Full tour details here
Drama aims to make sense of boom and bust (Carol Hunt, Sunday Independent)
