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Lowry says he intends running in the next general election. He says that despite all the “public humiliation” he has had to endure, he has managed to build up a local political organisation, the “Lowry Team”, with eight councillors, including his son Micheál.
“If I’m knocked over by a bus, it won’t be the end of the Lowry Team. The Lowry Team will go on in Tipperary.”
Welcome to Lowryland (Irish Times)
(Photocall Ireland)
Adamstown, county Dublin. More metaphor than suburb.
Other than a postman, a pair of council workers mending a pavement and a solitary jogger, the place seems empty.
The silence is only broken by announcements from the station tannoy, blown across town on the breeze, telling non-existent passengers to step back from the platform edge as a fast train is approaching.
The place has the feel of an American suburb, rather than a bustling Irish town.
The first people who chose to live here were assured that their pioneering spirit would be rewarded.
There would be nearly 50 shops, nine restaurants and two public houses. To date a single convenience store, a hairdresser and a pizzeria are the only community facilities.
Coldplay’s tribute to MCA at the Hollywood Bowl yesterday.
Predictably, reaction is mixed. What’s yours?
Video: To Honor MCA, Coldplay Covers “Fight For Your Right” (LAist)
ALSO: Jay-Z, Green Day, Eminem, Weezer, Tom Morello, Slash pay tribute to Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch (NME)
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From the cover of the Living section of yesterday’s Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
(Hat tip: James Keating)
LEGO Wigs
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Mindplay: Bricks On Me – a project by Dutch design firm Elroy Klee.
Honestly, what you’ll save on styling gel.
Actually, it’s been around for a while. For between $60 and $80, Liquipel will subject your mobile to a ‘gas deposition procedure’ that coats every single part of the device potentially exposed to air – inside and out – with an invisible layer of material making it completely waterproof, even submersible.
You send them the phone, they treat it, and send it back. 11 products eligible for the treatment include the iPhone 4/4S, the HTC EVO 4G and Samsung Galaxy II S.