Rap Just Got Real

Heath Ledger rap tribute. Two years later.

Some say it's his 'I'll Be Missing You'.

I Wanna Be Friends With Big Boi

Here's the video for Big Boi's new song 'Shutterbug'.

It's got everything. Bitches, puppets, technicolour Jaguars...

The song is from his upcoming debut solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty which is set to be released on June 6.

Who needs that Andre 3000 lad eh?

Doing The No Pants Dance

This guy is intense. I respect that.

Please don't lay anything on me, Chris.

I never had much of an opinion on Chris Klein before...but good God, he's never going to get a job again.

Do You Think You're Better Off Alone?

For a Sunday night, it was tough to get into the high energy that Kele Okereke's support act Mama with her ridiculously slinky dancers had going but no sooner than the first bridge of Kele's opening track, the entire crowd rediscovered the meaning of second wind.

For his third solo show ever, it is fair to make the assumption that he was the ultimate driving force behind El Bloc Party.

He had only slyly released 'Tenderoni', 'Rise' and 'Walk Tall' before his Irish tour but those tracks are nowt but a ripple in comparison to the tidal wave of awesomeness that he has in store for us with The Boxer later this month.

Kele is going for a more techno-electro slant with his solo stuff which is what suits him best. He seemed completely at ease performing previously unheard material and thrived off the reaction of his loyal followers.

This may be a bold statement, but judging by the Cheshire Cat smile he had on his face for the entire gig, it feels like it was the music that he was meant to make.

He treated us to a medley of songs by the band he "used to be in" (make of that what you will) including 'The Prayer', 'One More Chance' and the finishing number 'Flux'.

I left The Academy completely in love with Kele. Apart from the fact that the man is completely ripped (yes, that description makes me feel like a woman in her early 40s that is in love with Jason Orange), Kele has a stage presence that is entrancing and inclusive.

It's almost as a weight has been lifted off the man's shoulders and we are so very lucky that it has resulted in some damn fine music.

If The Boxer doesn't become one of your essential albums, then I will have to reconsider my opinion on the human race.

I kid you not.

Yours Sincerely, Arcade Fire

I never married but Ohio don't remember me

I'm not going to say much about this video.

Except for purrrrr - what a bleedin' ride.

The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (official video) from The National on Vimeo.

And that he looks a little like this guy from Notting Hill, James Dreyfus:

Killing gingers not for you...?

Right, the video for 'Born Free' is awesome. But the song itself seems like a tough one to break out a few class-A dance moves to.

But good aul M.I.A. has gone and released 'XXXO' which is quite the bump-and-grind-tastic song.

It was played on BBC Radio 1 yesterday and has already ticked all the boxes for commercial success unlike 'Born Free'.

No video as of yet but I know she won't disappoint.

Kele releases video for Tenderoni

Look at his space warriors go.

'Tenderoni' taken from his forthcoming album The Boxer.

The track is definitely growing on me like some sort of sexy STI.

Looking forward to seeing what else he brings to his gig in The Academy on May 16th.

Beyonce scares me

Is she taking one for the team or is she enforcing that women are lunatics?

It's hard to know. Either way, I am going to try my best not to get on her bad side.

Have a look and you'll see what I mean.

"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.

Think I'll just go back to listening to 'Dreadlock Holiday'.

Tenderoni baloney

So Kele has released his first single from his forthcoming solo album The Boxer which will be released on June 21.

It's different from Bloc Party that's for one thing.

He seems to be a little too influenced by David Guetta and Akon's 'Sexy Chick' on this track here, 'Tenderoni'.

Oh nose.



The tracklist for his solo venture is as follows:

1. 'Walk Tall'
2. 'On The Lam'
3. 'Tenderoni'
4. 'The Other Side'
5. 'Everything You Wanted'
6. 'New Rules'
7. 'Unholy Thoughts'
8. 'Rise'
9. 'All The Things I Could Never Say'
10. 'Yesterday's Gone'

No alarms and no surprises

The lovely Regina Spektor has done a cover of Radiohead's 'No Surprises' for the charity Doctors Without Borders who do some mighty fine work in poor and underdeveloped countries.

The song is available to buy on iTunes and all the proceeds will go to the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.

Yup. This will make the very last hair on your neck stand.

Launching Violets

The National's album High Violet is due for release on May 11 and the lads in the New York Times are kind enough to stream the album for free on their website.

This album continues with the bands finesse of creating painstakingly beautiful lyrics on top of music that makes you stop in your tracks.

So far, there have been many live performances released including the album's opening track 'Terrible Love', which I think needs the intensity of a live show to really make your skin shiver.

That being said, you are in safe hands if you want some decent skin shivering because The National do a top notch job with mixing the macabre (see track 9, 'Conversation 16') with agonising romance (see track 2, 'Sorrow' and track 6 'Bloodbuzz Ohio').

Since seeing them live in The Olympia last year, my heart has actually reserved a little place for the Brooklyn-based group and so far, High Violet has just heightened my need to see them again.

Be still my bacon-laced heart.

Panda Watch

This video brings one hell of a smile to my face. Kudos LCD Soundsystem.

You Don't Have To Say You're Sorry

Broken Social Scene have released a sneaky stream listen of their new album Forgiveness Rock Record before its official release on 4 May.

They already gave us the teaser of 'World Sick', which didn't disappoint and so far, the album is already nestling itself comfortably in my brain.




In a press release from the band, Charles Spearin says the following about Forgiveness Rock Record:

I know that some bands write their songs, rehearse them and then record them. Not Broken Social Scene. In recording Forgiveness Rock Record we did it our usual way: swimming in chaos and making it up as we go along. We started by loosely sketching out 30 songs in my garage, driving to Chicago, recording 20 of those, and then writing 20 more. The point was to never stop working. Whenever we got exhausted or overwhelmed we would take a breath, pick up our instruments and jam purely ‘for spirit purposes’. It was musical-therapy of sorts. Part of what kept the ideas flowing was Soma’s smaller, second studio where we could test out new ideas and experiment with overdubs. While John worked in the main room, this B-Room quickly became our musical kitchen where we cooked up soups of sound without the pressures time and money.

One evening, as a kind of exercise in spontaneity, Kevin, Brendan and I each took turns writing and recording minute-long “songs” with minimal overdubs just to see what would happen. We kept saying to John “we’re making you an EP!” It was a sort of first-thought-best-thought approach to music making. Within a few hours we had six lovely little soundscapes, one of which ended up being the closing song on Forgiveness Rock Record, ‘Me & My Hand’, and the rest became the beginnings of Lo-Fi For The Dividing Nights.

As we continued to work on Forgiveness the B-room became more and more important as both a musical and social outlet - there are a lot of us in Broken Social Scene and it’s hard for us to sit on our hands – so naturally Ohad, Sam and Sebastian each recorded a song in the same spontaneous way. ‘Song For Dee’, the only traditional “song” on Lo-Fi For The Dividing Nights, Brendan, Kevin and I recorded when we found out that our good friend Wayne’s dog died and we wanted to cheer him up.

All of the songs on Lo-Fi For The Dividing Nights were recorded in Soma’s B-Room while Forgiveness Rock Record was being made. What these songs have in common is that they were all written in a spirit of playfulness and fearlessness where we could throw our discrimination to the wind and let the judges and critics take the night off. This tiny B-Room sanctuary fomented a very positive frame of mind, ultimately leading to one of the most enjoyable album-making experiences we’ve ever had. We hope you enjoy listening to these songs as much as we enjoyed recording them.

It's not about quantity...

Blur have just released their single 'Fool's Day', their first single to be released in seven years.

It's a shot little ditty (at 2 minutes, 26 seconds) that ends abruptly but, as ever, the lads don't disappoint (it's hard to hide what a huge Blur fan I am at times).

They are even giving the single away as a free download on their website so that their loyal fans do not commit any illegal acts.



'Fool's Day' will definitely be circulating on my summertime playlists next to The Kinks' 'Sunny Afternoon', Hall and Oates' 'I Can't Go For That' and anything by the almighty Rev. Al Green.

Have a listen and feel that weight lift off your shoulders when you realise that maybe they're back to stay.

The XX-rated

I was passed on a few links to The XX and Notorious BIG mash ups from my mates Saffie and John.

This lad, Charlie Kubal, is responsible for the remix album, The Notorious XX, which was available for a free download up until "The Man" got involved. Damn you, Man.

I am very fond of The XX and have an extremely hard spot for anything Biggie-related so, of course, this mash up ticks many boxes for me.

With such tender music mixed with the pure filth of the BIG lad, what's not to love?


Here's the vidjoe for 'Juicy vs VCR':

juicy-r [the notorious b.i.g.'s juicy vs. the xx's vcr] - wait what (mashup) from wait what on Vimeo.

Some songs that have invaded my head this week.

Some solid tunes of the week that follow absolutely no pattern to my life whatsoever:

Tom Jones - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'





George Baker - 'Little Green Bag'



Jason Derulo - 'In My Head'





And all of The Cast of Cheers' album Chariot






YOU.ARE.WELCOME.

Shroud of Mystery

Researchers for The History Channel have undergone 6 months of intense digital study to compile the first credible image of Jesus Christ. The below image has been constructed using the highly controversial Turin Shroud as a blueprint. The shroud is said to have been what Christ's body was wrapped in at the time after he was crucified.




Ray Dowling, who was one of the chief artists on the study has said that:

"It (the shroud) is the only object that can purport to be the actual image of Jesus with any kind of credibility."

The thing is, 6 months, probably millions of dollars of research and we get the above image - it's crap. I'm fairly sure that they just gave Jim Caviezel a quick buzz and asked him to take along a a few props from The Passion of the Christ along, and Bob's your uncle. Whilst I have no real issue with anybody investigating the credibility of Jesus Christ, at least do a decent job of it. This is exactly what any person in the Western World would think Jesus looked like at the time of his death. In fact, I'm fairly sure that I drew a picture like this when I was in 4th class.

Granted, due largely in part to my cynicism, I won't be satisfied with any image of Jesus until Bartholomew gets the finger out and uploads his pics from the Last Supper to Facebook. Then, and only then will any degree of faith that I ever had be reinstated.

Anyway, as Duane "Dog" Chapman would say, "Go with Christ brah". And we all know he's the picture of common sense.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

The Cast of Cheers are the latest band from Dublin that seem to be tickling the fancy of all the right people.

They are sort of hitting the nail on the head with their Foals-esque rhythms and unbelievable catchiness.

They played Whelans last month and I feared that I had missed my chance to see them while the oven was still hot (that is a saying, right?).

But lo and behold, they are playing The Academy this Friday the 9th with Phantom's First Friday. Happy days.

Not only that, but the lads are giving their album away for free anseo.

Give them an aul listen and get ready to be pleasantly surprised by their awesomeness.

And for a fiver, you can see them, Readers Wives, The Riptide Movement and Yes Cadets.

Not too shabby at all.

Sheeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!

The death occured last night of American television writer David Mills. Mills worked closely with David Simon, whose most famous contribution to the world is the critically acclaimed The Wire and was a writer with Simon on The Corner, Homicide: Life on the Street, HBOs soon to be born baby, Treme along with a number of episodes of both NYPD Blue and E.R aswell. Quite the impressive C.V if you ask me.

I must admit to not being familiar with most of his other work, outside of The Wire, but that alone to me is enough to elevate the man to the superhuman. His contribution to the show came late in the day, being a primary writer on the shows fifth and final season. Previous to that he wrote only one episode in season 4 Soft Eyes, which revolves around a cluster of teenage boys in a Baltimore high school.



The shows climax, season 5 is considered by some to be its proverbial "jumping of the shark" but its place in the crescendo of what I consider the best TV show ever (take that Tony Soprano) is undeniable. The plot of this season is a little less real and hard-hitting as those which proceded it, but it does contain one of the shows best characters, politician Clay Davis' mighty comeuppance (or maybe not!) through the Baltimore judicial system. For Mills' contribution to that story alone, I hold him in high regard.

For those of you out there who haven't watched The Wire, take tomorrows pub closure as a sign for you to kickstart your addicition. Sure didn't The Lord himself pause on the way to Golgotha for a Heineken and a shot of Jameson?! I could wax lyrical about The Wire for hours, but I'll not waste your time. So, feast your eyes upon one of the best scenes of what I would argue is television's finest hour.

Quit playin' games with my heart

The new Youtube layout has to be an April Fools joke, right?

It looks so cheap and unprofessional. So cluttered and amateur.

Why must they do this to me?

I always liked them.

Now I just don't know.

Where is the fighting man...?

...am I he?!

Primordial are Ireland's premier metal band - they're one of a select number of Irish underground acts who have made an impact on any sort of international level.

The release of their most recent album, To The Nameless Dead in November 2007 along with many high profile festival appearances have definitley pushed them into the upper echalons of the international metal scene.

Last month they released their a live recording of their massive January 2009 show filmed in Dublin's Button Factory along with some bonus documentary material. The live show is awesome, with the setlist ignoring none of the bands six studio albums and drawing heavily from TTND.

My only minor gripe is that the DVD is actually from this particular show - their previous gig in the same venue, almost one year to the day before, is one of the best shows I've seen from any band, ever.


Singer A.A. Nementheanga

The below video is actualy from that particular gig in January 2008. Make no mistake though, with all that said, this performace is immaculate and the set is more than comprehensive!

Highlights include, the show opener 'Empire Falls', 'Cast to the Pyre' from 'Storm Before Calm' (one I really wasn't expecting) and particularly 'As Rome Burns'.

Epic is a word that is bandied about almost as much as 'random' is these days, but if there's any song, especially live, that is worthy of this mantle, it's As Rome Burns. It's mid-section is the kind of thing that most bands could only aspire to write.

The documentary is the real gem of this package for, with interviews from the band describing their early origins in the tape trading scene of the late 80s and early 90s around Dublin (and indeed the world), right up to the present day.

For those of us growing up in a more digitalised age, it's a real eye opener to the way that music operated in a pre-MySpace world, with hard graft, word of mouth, a sense of naiveity and above all passion being the driving force of a bands musical arsenal as opposed to how many friends you have on a social networking site.

Anyway, for anyone with half an interest in metal, I advise picking this up, you won't be disappointed!

And by way of introduction if you've not acquainted yourself with Primordial's music:

g'Wan The Town

It seems that I dwell alot on the fact that I'm Dundalk given that this makes 2/3 of my posts being somewhat related to the Wee County's premier town but I came across this and think its accuracy is too good to ignore!

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Dundalk

Jim Corr was unavailable for comment as he was preaching on Park Street, ranting to anyone who'd listen about how JFK is not dead, that the sky is really purple and that he was actually responsible for the invention of velcro.

It's no party without people

Bloc Party's Kele Okereke has announced four fairly intimate solo dates across Ireland this May.

He is working on a solo album which is set to be released later this summer.

Kele (he's operating simply under the name Kele, I am not being over familiar with the man) shall be hitting up these locations:

Friday 14th May - Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick

Saturday 15th May - Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Sunday 16th May - The Academy, Dublin

Monday 17th May - Spring & Airbrake, Belfast

The tickets are available now and are only €20 so get movin' if you need to fulfill your Bloc Party quota somehow while they're on hiatus.

Bloodbuzz Ohio - a feast for your ears

As I posted earlier on in the month, The National have been teasing us with some new material from their upcoming album High Violet which is set to be released in May.

Well, as I was cruising around in the snow today, Phantom FM "exclusively" played their latest wooing track, 'Bloodbuzz Ohio'.



It doesn't vary too much from their usual structure of glorious drone on top of crescendoing beauty but, still, it doesn't disappoint.

They're set to play Oxegen this summer alongside Jay-Z, The Cribs, Kasabian, Florence and the Machine, Julian Casablancas, The Black Keys, Laura Marling, Dizzee Rascal and Muse.

Have a listen to 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' and let me know what you think.

"That's what happens when worlds collide." - Horatio Caine

Once you click on this link, you will be walking around just waiting for the opportunity to use a one-liner and put your glasses on.

That or sit alone in your room listening to The Who wearing said sunglasses.

What the hell is caller ID?

I got the early morning text from my mate Sinead to inform me that Blink 182 have announced that they are to play The O2, Dublin on August 31st.

Hurrah!

They haven't played here since 2005 (oh the sweet teenage memories) so there shall be many people gagging to go and relive their youths very well spent.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on April 1.

Let's take a moment to appreciate some Billy Ocean

'Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)'

Look out for the miming saxophonist who, sadly, does not appear in the 'Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car' video.



Lyrics:

She dashed by me in painted on jeans
And all heads turned 'cause she was the dream
In the blink of an eye I knew her number and her name yeah
Ah she said I was the tiger she wanted to tame

CHORUS:
Caribbean queen
Now we're sharing the same dream
And our hearts they beat as one
No more love on the run

I lose my cool when she steps in the room
And I get so excited just from her perfume
Electric eyes that you can't ignore
And passion burns you like never before

I was in search of a good time
Just running my game
Love was the furthest
Furthest from my mind

He told you that he wouldn't be taking calls cos he's kind of busy (eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh)

Gaga shouldn't have wasted all that money on the video for 'Telephone' as this video says more than any video with crafty product placement could.

Here's a pretty little ditty

...with a pretty little video

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

A Stroke of Comic Genius

Do you remember Spice Girls' video for 'Wannabe'?

Five crazy girls crash an ambassador's party. At first the fancy guests are shocked by the antics of the ladies but soon enough, the zig-ah-zig-ah gets to them and they cut it loose.

Well the first verse in The Lonely Island's new song and video 'Boombox' is literally that. Except they have more boiled goose.

Julian Casablancas helps out Saturday Night Live lads Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone which proves that this fellow has quite the sense of humour.

'Boombox' is from The Lonely Island's album Incredibad which is out now.

Getting ready for some new material from The National

Here's 'A Terrible Love', the opening track from The National's forthcoming album High Violet which won't be out until May.

It's been three years since they released Boxer and two since their EP The Virginia.

They only have a selection of gigs happening this side of the Atlantic in London, Paris and Berlin.

Hopefully they will see sense and will add a few Irish dates while they're at it.

They performed this on Jimmy Fallon Live last night.

You Don't Move Me Anymore

Here's the new vidjoe for Yeasayer's song O.N.E., the second single from Odd Blood.

It was directed by Radical Friend who also directed their first single, 'Ambling Alp', from their second album.

It's a cross between Crystal Maze, some coke party from the 80s and what I imagine the vomit of American Apparel to look like.

I like it.

I especially love the girl that looks like Molly Ringwald crying into her cocktail around 02:10.

Yeasayer "ONE" By: Radical Friend from ODDBLOOD on Vimeo.

Whatever happened to Corey...wait, whatever happened The Thrills?

Corey Haim died today aged 38.



December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010




I wonder if they'll get an increase in royalties?

Can I have prawn crackers with that?

My friend Muireann introduced me to the glorious blog that is La Blogotheque.

Just in case the name didn't give it away, La Blogotheque is a French blog that has managed to come up with the wonderful concept that is the Take-Away shows.

The idea of the Take-Away shows is to get bands, normally with some indie flair, to perform an intimate show in people's gafs, warehouses, street corners, impromptu parties and so on.

Since 2008, they've had the likes of The Spinto Band, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, The Divine Comedy, Dirty Projectors and Menomena on board.

One of the bands that they roped in was Margot and The Nuclear So and So's. Hailing from Indiana, they are one of those bands that you can play to woo somebody into your lair of feather ticklers or to play to remind yourself how good music can be.

They released two albums in 2008, Animal!, a selection of their favourite songs, and Not Animal, a selection of their record label's favourite songs.

Here's their performance of 'German Motor Car', taken from Animal! at a Take-Away gathering in San Francisco.

Higher and higher baby

Fyfe Dangerfield was one of the founding members of the Guillemots and has now gone on to release some solo stuff.

His material isn't too bad (according to Wikipedia, he has 'absolute pitch' and is right-handed. Facts are fun.) but his single 'She Needs Me', which is doing the rounds on Phantom a lot lately really, reminds me of ELO's 'Livin' Thing'.

Whenever I hear Fyfe's song, I want to go back and listen to ELO instead.

Good for ELO. Bad for Fyfe.

Still, can't resist a good string section.


Fyfe



ELO

Don't stop delivering, Portland.

Glass Candy are my latest find.

Hailing from Portland, Oregon like The Shins, they offer us something so pure it's filthy.

Sort of a mash of Blondie and Hercules and the Love Affair.

Shameless dirty disco.

And he said yes I think it can be easily done

Skimming through new artists and songs has never been easier.

thesixtyone is a scrolling website that lets you check songs from fresh-faced bands out for size.

It's a bit similar to last.fm but the artists get a direct sale to their fans from this site and aren't ripped off by the cats at the record label.

You get the song streamed, a bit of a wiki-bio and a classic indie shot of the group.

On my first visit, I heard some Said The Whale, a decent Au Revoir Simone Remix and Glass Candy (who I shall definitely be checking out some more of).

Just keep clicking to the right if you don't like what you get.

Otherwise, just absorb this wonderful find that finds you something wonderful in return .

The day the Earth stood still...

Lil' Wayne has gone to prison.

All the wee fella did was keep a loaded gun on his tour bus. But if ever there was a man that I would trust to possess a loaded gun, it would have to be Lil' Wayne.

He's a sensible sort.

Here is a homage to him and his ways.

Godspeed Lil' Wayne.

Don't drop your cup in the shower.

I shall refrain from posting about the man himself for every day that he is in prison.

It will be difficult but by God, we've got to get through this together.

At the Great Northern Brewery, we know a thing or two about working up a thirst.....

Being a man from Dundalk, I was raised on cans of Harp in various alleys around the town. It has only recently come to my attention however, that this year actually marks the 50th Anniversary of its original brewing.

Whilst, 50 years isn’t a patch on Guinness 250 year reign as Irelands biggest tourist attraction since the dawn of time, you can be guaranteed that this momentous occasion will pass without any great fanfare or acknowledgement. I don’t believe this is right, and I want to say big cheers to Harp, a good friend who has been with me every step of the way.

A friend once described the four best noises in the world as being the sound of a golf-ball going into a hole, the swoosh of a basketball net, that noise before every HBO show that means brilliance is set to follow, and the crack of an ice cold can of Harp being opened. This is what I like to consider a correct opinion. I can see the soon to be closed Great Northern Brewery out my bedroom window, and I’ll be raising a can in salute every day for the next 9 months or so.

So go on, Have A Real Pint (that spells Harp you see – try doing something that smart with fucking Smithwicks).

I want an iPhone

Firstly, I can’t believe that I’m posting on a blog – this is something I didn’t ever think I’d do. But here we are!

In my work this week, I entered a competition to win a brand spanking new iPhone via an email that was probably sent to thousands of other people. Much like every other competition I’ve entered with loads of entrants and winners selected pretty much all at random (see raffles, Christmas draws, bingo and the lottery) I’m 97.43% sure that I am definitely going to win.

Now, I must admit I’m actually not a fan of Apple products at all – I don’t like Macs and iPods, iTunes and iAmLegend really piss me off.

I actually don’t really like mp3players that much either (unless I’m travelling long distances etc.) – I like making the well thought out decision of what CD to slap in my disk-man to listen to for the whole day. It makes the listening process much more deadly I think. Anyway, that’s beside the point.

The iPhone is pure class. I don’t use touch-screen phones – they disagree with my chubby fingers, but the interface on the iPhone is sexy as fuck. My fingers are like Torvill and/or Dean gliding across its face. Also, I’ve decided that my life would be better with an iPhone, even though my battered Sony Ericson serves my every need at present – texting, calls and games for whilst on the john etc., but I have decided that I need a product that can make fart noises with the download of an app. This is what my life has been missing up to now.

I’ve never felt so drawn to a product like this before. I can’t wait to win it. Below is actually a picture sent back from the future of me holding my new phone.

Some kind of plastic I can wrap around you

Serious amount of collaborations going on on this album.

Bitta Snoop, bitta Mos Def, bitta De La Soul. I'm telling ya, they're getting the rock/rap combination spot on here.

Exactly what Limp Bizkit tried and failed to do.

Damon can do no wrong really.

The album was released on March 3 in some countries but is going global just about now.

I think that that this is love

I appreciate many things in life. Good food, pleasant company, a fine wine and a man in a giant chicken suit playing Haddaway's 'What Is Love'.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Nagan

The price of a pint x20 these days is just a bit too hefty for my liking.

As a result, I bring out my own alcomahol with me in the form of a nagan.

However, the adrenaline I get from my bag being searched by a burly bouncer has started to wear off. I have yet to be caught but my, will I have a red face when I do.

This site here teaches us how to sneak in a nagan but in a slightly classier way than sticking it in your bra.

Some things just write themselves

Whatever they're keeping in their styrofoam cup, I want some.

I truly believe that his great, great grandfather was Irish too.

Don't want to see my little buddy there with a frown

So, tickets went on sale for Flight of the Conchords in the Olympia today.

By half ten, the two dates May 5th and 6th - sold out.

God damn.

Anybody fancy giving me their spare ticket? The Milky Bars will be on me...