In fairness, an absolutely stonking rendition of Stairway To Heaven performed in late December at the Kennedy Center Honors by Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson with the late John Bonham’s son Jason on drums and the Zeps in attendance.

Bonham performed with Heart and an all-star band — and the first Plant, Page and Jones knew of it was when they saw him walk on stage. He said: “It was so incredible to see their faces, sat there next to the president. The guys knew who was playing — but they didn’t know I would be on drums. Their faces lit up, and the smiles and tears… It was fantastic. What a way to close the show!”

There may be goosebumps.

awesomer/dangerousminds

Finally.

The nearly yearly Le Cool Dublin covers competition has returned. The damn online publishing hipsters are looking for entries to grace the opening Le Cool issue(s) of 2013.

Sez Ciaran le Cool:

Irrespective of your background or field of expertise, we want to uncover the fresh princes and princesses of creative work.

 

Competition details here.

Judging panel:  Chris Judge (illustrator), Ali Grehan (Dublin City Architect, Pivot Dublin ), Sean & Yvette (photographers), Bren B (The Small Print & OFFSET), Robert Boyle (Rothco) and Chompsky (Broadsheet.ie).

DEADLINE: Midnight, Monday, Jan 14

Picture (above): one of last year’s winners, ‘Rasputin’ by Diarmuid O’Cathain.

Caroline Simons of the Pro-Life campaign told the Joint Committe on Health and Children today that she was unaware of being in that pro-life video (below) broadcast on the American Christian channel EWTN.

Fine Gael TD Marcella Corcoran Kennedy said she couldn’t understand why Simons didn’t know about the EWTN video, considering she appears in it.

Caroline Simons: “In relation to EWTN. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m sorry I can’t help you with that one”.

Later, she added: “I wasn’t aware that I was on it. I don’t know any agents of the culture of death, I hope. Certainly they haven’t introduced themselves to me.”

We’ll just leave this here so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O17hbfowvhw

Previously: Come Dine With Me (Pro-Life Edition)

Hang on, what?

A piece of art designed by Irish artist Andrew Kearney has been hung from the atrium ceiling. It looks like a large white airship, but the Irish government describes it as an “interactive and innovative art piece… [that] embodies Irish warmth and character while showcasing the innovation and developed technology of contemporary Ireland”.

The piece is called Skylum (which perhaps means that someone who goes to see it is a Skylum seeker). It is fitted with a camera, artificial intelligence technology and ultrasonic directional speakers so that when people walk underneath it, the lights and sounds vary. An Irish government official said: “The piece is ever-changing and reacting so that no two experiences will be the same.”

 

Right so.

The Skylum’s The Word (EuropeanVoice.com)

Thanks Niall O’M

Harry Kernoff: “Off Baggot Street, Ballsbridge, Dublin” (1943)

Joan Jameson: “Barges unloading Turf, Grand Canal, Dublin” (1943)
Joseph Francis McGill (1926-) “Harcourt Street” (1940)
James LeJeune  “O’Connell Street” (1954)

Arthur M Campbell “Huband Bridge, from Percy Place, Dublin”

Fair play though, in fairness.

A personal selection (after an exhaustive trawl) of the best paintings and watercolours of Dublin in the 1940s and 1950s by blogger and Broadsheet.ie historian Sibling Of Daedalus who remarks:

“You have to say: we weren’t just good at the writing.”

 

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