Inky Inky Finger

Thinking about what I am going to get up to this weekend, I decided I’d try and cross at least one movie on my t0-see-list off. That’s when I realised that there are currently 5 movies showing that I want to see, and that’s not counting Slumdog Millionaire which I saw last week. On the list are (in no particular order):

• Milk
• Frost / Nixon
• The Wrestler
• Rachael Getting Married
• Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist

So at most I reckon I’ll get to see two of these in the cinema, and only one of those this weekend. Has anyone seen and wants to recommend any of them?

On a side note, most of these are out at the same time because of the Oscars / Awards Season. I reckon a lot of people find themselves in the same situation I do and will miss out on seeing a lot of these films because of a lack of time. At other times of the year I find there is literally nothing I want to see in the cinema. If any of you have the power to change this, please do.

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Dashboard @ 4 Dame Lane

A little bit last minute on this one, but if you’re looking for something good to do after the Cheap As Chips exhibition later today, then I can also recommend this gig (bands and DJs) playing in the (much underused) upstairs room of 4 Dame Lane.

On the line up are the highly recommended (to me, not by me for once) Funeral Suits, along with DJ sets from Hystereo and Jevan. Runs from 8pm until 2.30am and costs just €5 before 10pm, or €10 after.

More info from the Facebook event page here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115113705486

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Cheap As Chips @ Circus Store, Dublin, January 2009

The lovely people at Circus Store have put together a great exhibition called Cheap As Chips which features pieces from artists from all over the world for €99 or less. I was talking to Damien and Fiona on Tuesday and it turns out that most of the pieces are way under that price, with loads of interesting bits and bobs for as little as €10 or €20. This includes work from Henry Vibskov, Gavin Murphy, Chris Judge, David Kitt and I’m sure I even heard mention of David Shrigley’s name…

The exhibition opens today at 5pm and runs for around a month I think. It’s a great way to introduce yourself to local and international artists’ works for a minimal outlay, and also manages to tie in with my favourite current concept of supporting remarkable people and businesses.

Find out more at the Circus Store Blog or the Facebook event page for Cheap As Chips.

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Now more than ever it’s time to support the businesses and people you think are remarkable. Vote with your feet and and your wallets where you can or some of them won’t be here in a week, let alone a month. I think a lot of music folk here in Dublin have been shocked into action by the upcoming closure of Road Records, and while a record shop closing is not that strange an occurance these days, Road was always more than that, a centre point for like minded community of independent music fans. It will be sorely missed by many, and my personal best wishes go out to Road’s owners Dave and Julie. Two nicer people you will never meeet.

Here are some people and places I support when I can. I hope you will too.

Circus, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, Dublin 2, Ireland
http://www.circusstore.net/

Abaka, 6 rue de France, 06000 Nice, France
http://www.abakashop.com/shop/

Conor, Mano, Ronan, and Graham – The guys from Carbon Dublin have moved onto bigger and better things
http://www.theunderground.ie/
http://www.manoletough.com/
http://www.ronanfitzgerald.net/houseisafeeling/
http://www.myspace.com/sianproductions

Pantibar, Capel Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
http://www.pantibar.com/

Many more to follow…

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I’ve been steering clear of taking on any residencies of late, preferring to guest around the place for different promoters, but I’ve been offered a couple of things recently that I’m going to put my name to.

First up, it’s Pantibar on Capel Street. I’ll be doing Saturdays in their new basement club on Saturdays. The good things from my point of view are that I get to play all night, 10pm until 2.30am, which is something I haven’t gotten to do in a long time and I have complete control over what I play. It gives me a chance to play more than just the Backlash / Boys Noize / Vitalic sound that people associate me with, and play some slower grooves alongside some pop and leftfield tunes. Best of all I got my name on a poster designed by Niall Sweeney’s Pony. As is the norm when my name is on poster, it’s very small. But maybe one day I’ll earn the headline spot…

My name in the smallest font on the page...

For those of you who don’t know, Panti is “the most influential of all Irish drag queens”. It says so on Wikipedia, so it must be true! You should also take a look at Panti’s blog, which carries some great stories, nice photos, and contributions from Penny the dog.

The second residency isn’t quite ready to be announced yet, but is another one that I am very excited about. More to follow…

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The PodPress plug-in doesn’t work with this theme so I’ve had to link the music files directly on posts that had one attached. I’ll find another solution this week so you can stream things again before downloading. Watch out for new tracks being posted about shortly too. If you see anything else that is broken, drop me a line.

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I feel a bit like Matthew Fox right now. I’m happy that Lost is back but I’ll be glad when it’s over! At least we’re getting some answers and we can see where it’s heading.

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I’m finally back on the Internet in my own time so I can spend a bit of time writing, posting pictures, videos and music again.

There is much to write about at the moment, but proper journalists are doing a pretty good job of covering the Big Issues of our day so I’m going to leave most of them alone for now. I am pretty interested in how leaderless our country is at the moment though, and how this listless government is steering us straight into bankruptcy and perpetual debt. But that’s a thought for another day.

Tonight one of my favourite people in the city is having her beautiful birthday party not far from where I live, but because of the gloom monster hanging over the city I’m going to be playing it safe and lining my nest with philthy lucre indulging my musicality.

I’ve always been one for not letting jobs get in the way of having a real life but even I’m conscious of not falling foul of credit crunches and other undefined economic menaces. Still, at least the party starts early so I’ll get to go for a while before disappearing off into the night.

Things to do tonight (the 24th) for the rest of you:
Check out Calvin and Sol playing in Wax (Club Of The Week!)
Speedy J is in the Twisted Pepper
Pick one of the hundred or so Oscar movies that just came out
Come say hi to me in Pantibar

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