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  February 20, 2009 @ 9:48 am | by Jim Carroll

  In this week’s Ticket, your only man when it comes to music and movies, the New Music slots are occupied by The Gaslight Anthem and The Happiness Project (the three to check out are The Lowly Knights, Ranger 3 and Lotus Plaza), the CD of the Week is the blockbuster “Dark Was the Night” indie compilation, there are reviews of albums from Empire of the Sun, Bell Orchestre, Sholi, M Ward, Dan Auerbach, India.Arie and Ruthie Foster and Lauren Murphy’s Music News features Delorentos saying goodbye and Pirate Bay in the dock.

  On the movies side of the house, there’s an interview with Meryl Streep, Michael Dwyer’s Oscar tips, Donald Clarke on why Oscar night is film’s version of New Year’s Eve and DC’s review of the Dublin International Film Festival so far. Reviews too of this week’s new releases, namely Gran Torino, Che Part 2, Cadillac Records, Push and Confessions of a Shopaholic.

  Over to youse - get plugging.
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1.
February 20, 2009
10:35 am
Was anyone at the screening of ‘Anvil: The Story Of Anvil’ last night? It was AWESOME!!! Really funny, sad, warm-hearted and uplifting. The band attended the screening and at the end ran through a few numbers, to a standing ovation.
It’s out on general release real soon - don’t miss it.
And while I’m at it, tune into Noise Annoys on 103.2 Dublin City FM on Thursdays at 10pm where I play better music than Jim Caroll!! (plug plug!)
Comment by Noise Annoys
2.
February 20, 2009
11:17 am
My band “Stone Throwing Youths” (an exciting guitar, vocals, bass, laptop combo) play in Eamonn Doran’s Monday the second of March.
It would be nice to have people there!
Comment by Brian
3.
February 20, 2009
11:29 am
Yes! Anvil was so good. Such an honest and entertaining music documentary… the Spinal Tap comparisons are inevitable but don’t do it proper justice
Seeing the band play a gig in the cinema was pretty freakin’ surreal
Comment by flynnduism
4.
February 20, 2009
11:32 am
That Anvil thing reminds me that the best band I ever saw in the Ambassador were Talking Heads when they used to screen Stop Making Sense there many, many years ago. The band didn’t play (or even turn up) unfortunately, but it was a great flick
Hey, maybe we should put together a rock’n'roll film festival! There’s TONS of flicks and music docs I’d love to see on a big screen.
Comment by Jim Carroll
5.
February 20, 2009
11:34 am
Speaking of Dublin City FM, so long as we’re on your dial, stick an ear out for Retrospective Perspective on Saturdays at noon when we take a hammer to the news of the week and play worse music than Noise Annoys!
Go on - disprove my theory that nobody’s listening!
Comment by Juanner
6.
February 20, 2009
11:38 am
Reemo are playing the sugar club tomorrow (21st) for their single launch for their new single “sometimes” from the album “colours” out in may..come along and have some rock n roll fun.
ps: i love spoon
Comment by caroline
7.
February 20, 2009
11:44 am
@1 - Noise, I was there too! Brilliant night and one and I will remember for a long, long time. The documentary is fantastic and one of the best I’ve ever seen. As you said, it’s so funny but so heart-breaking at the same time. Ultimately, it’s hugely uplifting. Loved the way they launched into the music unannounced after the credits were over…it was like they just jumped out of the screen. Amazing experience.
The music is great. As mentioned in the film they were playing hard, fast metal before the ‘big 4′ of Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer appeared in the mid-80s and you can definitely hear their influnce.
Were you talking to frontman ‘Lips’ after? Such a funny, warm, interesting guy - one of a kind really and really inspiring listening to him. Rob the drummer is so quiet and reserved..amazing to think they are so close when they are so different to each other. If you only see one movie this year (I think it’s on general release March 7th) - GO SEE THIS ONE!!
Comment by Quint
8.
February 20, 2009
11:51 am
I love the idea of a music movie festival - On The Record On The Big Screen?
Comment by Joe
9.
February 20, 2009
11:58 am
“Hey, maybe we should put together a rock’n’roll film festival! There’s TONS of flicks and music docs I’d love to see on a big screen.”
THAT is a dangerously good idea…
Everything from “In Search of Mozart” to “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” to “DiG”…
Si-Si, I love this conception.
Comment by Pedro
10.
February 20, 2009
12:01 pm
Plug pluggity plug plug:
I have a School of Seven Bells interview on my blog, they’re playing Whelan’s on Monday 23 Feb.
http://sweetoblivionlovesmusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/school-of-seven-bells-interview.html
Comment by sweetoblivion
11.
February 20, 2009
12:03 pm
Just so we’re not stepping on any big toes, has there ever been a music-on-the-big-screen fest here?
Comment by Jim Carroll
12.
February 20, 2009
12:15 pm
I was at the Anvil! screening too, absolutely brilliant, great film, great subjects and a crazy performance afterward. The film deserves to be a massive success, hopefully it will be. Seriously, go and see it.
Comment by RH
13.
February 20, 2009
12:18 pm
Excellent idea, be great to hear the music through a cinema sound system. Pirate Bay made the front page of today’s Mirror with the news that U2’s new album can be downloaded through one of their links.
Comment by nerraw
14.
February 20, 2009
12:20 pm
Pirate Bay made the front page of today’s Mirror with the news that U2’s new album can be downloaded through one of their links.
U2 have a new album?
Comment by Jim Carroll
15.
February 20, 2009
12:20 pm
@7 Quint - Unfortunately I couldn’t stay for much of the Q&A because I had to leggit to do my radio show. A mate got a pic with him and said he was dead sound. You could feel the warmth from the audience to the band so much. It was fantastic.
Jim - it’s such an obviously great idea that I’d be surprised if the IFI/IFC never did it. There’s so many possible titles, in so many genres - Rock N Roll High School, Gimme Shelter, The Filth And The Fury, Blackboard Jungle…
Comment by Noise Annoys
16.
February 20, 2009
12:20 pm
and while we’re at it tune ito Viewfinder on 103.2 Dublin City fm on thursdays at 7.30 for film reviews from people who are not looking to interview clint eastwood.gran torino is a 3 star film max.
Comment by demon
17.
February 20, 2009
12:26 pm
‘Just so we’re not stepping on any big toes, has there ever been a music-on-the-big-screen fest here?’
Can’t think of one. Definitely a good idea…some of the bvest documentaries in recent years have been about music…’Ramones:End of ther Century’, ‘The Mayor Of Sunset Strip’, ‘The Devil and Daniel Johnston’…you got ‘Screaming Masterpiece’ about how Iceland produces so much incredible music from a tiny population…for metal fans ‘Some Kind of Monster’ about Metallica and you could get Anvil back to play live again after a showing of ‘Anvil! The Story of Anvil!’.,,,classics like ‘Buena Vista Social Club’, ‘Don’t look back’, ‘The Last Waltz’, ‘Stop Making Sense’… there are loads of them, come to think of it. Spoilt for choice.
Comment by Quint
18.
February 20, 2009
12:27 pm
Noise - I’m beginning to see a project coming together. I mean, theres no end of flicks - from the classics like Stop Making Sense to the Brian “B+” Cross Brasilintime and Keepintime stuff to a bunch of Irish docs.
And whats with this 103.2 Dublin City FM takeover all of a sudden? That never used to happen when it was plain ol’ Anna Livia FM
Comment by Jim Carroll
19.
February 20, 2009
12:28 pm
that Sholi record is tremendous. Slightly Agree re: the over fussy drums (but I think they don’t detract too much), but Strongly Disagree re: the lo-fi production. That ain’t lo-fi in the least, that’s some immaculately recorded music, I’d say some gorgeous and pricey gear was used. Drums in particular are gorgeously recorded!
Comment by dudley
20.
February 20, 2009
12:38 pm
See what a re-brand can do for a radio station!! ha ha.
@16 demon - I used to be producer/presenter on Viewfinder a few years back. I started it with a few others. Great to see it still going strong!
(ok, enough of the plugging now…)
Comment by Noise Annoys
21.
February 20, 2009
12:43 pm
Actually - I want to plug the fact that Foals have three new dates in the UK where they’ll be previewing new material…
Tickets are cheap as hell and they’re awesome live…
Worth checking out to hear the new songs I reckon’…
Comment by Pedro
22.
February 20, 2009
12:48 pm
Agree with Dudley re Sholi. A real find for me in the last month or so. Lovely record
Comment by Ciarán
23.
February 20, 2009
12:51 pm
I opened up my copy of the ticket and was surprised to find a review of the new Bell Orchestre album in there considering that it in fact only leaked yesterday. A&C seem to have done a good job keeping it under wraps.
Very much looking forward to listening to it if I can make time for it this afternoon. Loved the last album and really enjoyed seeing them open for Arcade Fire in Central Park in 2005. Fingers crossed for an Irish gig this year, though I wonder if people would show up expecting an AF style extravaganza, I’ve always felt that Richard Reed Parry is the most interesting musician in that band.
Comment by Ian
24.
February 20, 2009
12:55 pm
“that Sholi record is tremendous.”
Loving that people are feeling the Sholi album.
That was my tip towards the end of last year.
Great record.
Comment by Pedro
25.
February 20, 2009
12:57 pm
Ian - the album is awesome. I got my release dates mixed up and it’s not released until early March.
Comment by Jim Carroll
26.
February 20, 2009
1:07 pm
loved the dail report in the todays paper.
“I remind the Opposition that in the past it has used the little inner circle quite well. While I hesitate to use the name of Dr Garret FitzGerald, a man I hold in the highest esteem, and I cast no aspersions on his integrity, he had a major loan paid off by AIB.’’
Leas Cheann Comhairle Brendan Howlin intervened to say it was not the practice to mention individuals who were not members of the House in any way that might cause an adverse reaction to them.
Mr Kennedy said he would refrain from doing so “and I will state that a former member of this House, who was a leader of a political party, had a loan paid back by AIB’’.
Labour finance spokeswoman Joan Burton remarked: “Was it Mr Haughey? We are a bit confused
WONDERFUL well done joan
Comment by petee
27.
February 20, 2009
1:19 pm
Re: Music Documentary fest
Its a good idea, Im always on the lookout for music docs in the IFI and Lighthouse. You could also possibly screen some famous concerts like Hendrix at Woodstock, Otis Redding Live in London or the Last Waltz? It would be great to see them on the big screen and with a souped up sound system.
A few other that are worth a mention:
Wild Combination - Arthur Russel
Tom Dowd and the Language of Music
That Daniel Lanois doc (I didn’t make it or the one off screening but heard its good)
The Kids are Alright
Arthur Lee & Love
Monterey Pop Festival
Mellodrama - the Mellotron Story
the Miles Davis one
Lots of potential…
Comment by Peter81
28.
February 20, 2009
1:21 pm
the album is awesome.
The members of a forum that I spend much of my idle online time seem to agree. Looking forward to hearing it.
Comment by Ian
29.
February 20, 2009
1:42 pm
F**k..all Doves standing tickets sold out already! That was quick. Any chance of a second gig?
Comment by Quint
30.
February 20, 2009
1:48 pm
I have a feeling that the IFI did do a music documentary festival, or at the very least have covered many of those mentioned in their regular documentary festival. Specifically remember Daniel Johnston and DiG, but that could have been their regular releases.
Even still, they really only scratched the surface. Also, the cinema tent at the Picnic has attempted this, to an extent, with screenings of many of those mentioned inbetween shite like Napoleon Dynamite or whatever, but let’s face it, only stoners want to spend any serious length of time in the cinema tent at a festival.
I think you’re right Jim, that it would be great to include Irish stuff in a strong programme of international stuff. I never got to see that “Stars Are Underground”(?) or the other one that were part of that whole Underground thing with Road Records last summer. I’m sure many a gem could be dug up. Now, I’ve got a cheap projector, so who’s gaff are we doing this in?
Comment by kDamo
31.
February 20, 2009
2:33 pm
Re music on screen - I’ve hoped for years and years that the film fest people (or even those just-as-nice folks up the IFI or Lighthouse) would do a fest-within-a-fest for music on film. My fave film of all time is probably “32 Short Films About Glenn Gould” with “The Red Violin” coming somewhere in the top ten. Getting to see “Stop Making Sense” and “Sign O’ The Times” late on a Friday night in the Ambassador was one of those teen things I did (yes, I was too young to be there - they were meant to be 18s shows - but hell, we had little entertainment in those days). And who wouldn’t love to hop around in the aisles at the start of “Blackboard Jungle” to “Rock Around the Clock” - or how about “The Commitments” or “The Blues Brothers”?
I’d also always hoped that they’d do a fest-within-a-fest with classic comedies too. I’ve seen “Dr Strangelove” on the big screen but would love to see “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and “History of the World Part 1″ on the big screen.
Comment by Colette
32.
February 20, 2009
4:04 pm
We set up space in our concrete shed to bring more DIY ethic to an already rich dublin music listings. “The Box Social” will run afternoon weekend all age shows
heres the first one
LIVE AT THE BOX SOCIAL!!
Saturday 21 Feb 09
5pm till 8pm -ish
CIAN NUGENT
http://www.myspace.com/ciannugent
“Spare simple playing that is rich with emotion and truly beautiful” Other Music
PATRICK KELLEHER
www.myspace.com/patrickkelleher
“A strikingly assured exercise in evocative experimental pop that deserves notice” Analogue magazine
HUNTER-GATHERER
http://www.myspace.com/huntergathererforever
“Narcoleptic electronica [and] haunting synths” Analogue Magazine
Saturday 21 Feb 09
5pm till 8pm
4 euro suggested entry
Bring your own dang booze!
Address: The Shed behind No. 236 South Circular Road, Dublin 8.
Directions: 19 or 122 bus (leaves from O’Connell St heading south), get off at the Mosque (ask driver) and continue in same direction as bus up to the crossroads, take a right down donore avenue and take the first right down a small lane. The Box Social is the third door on the right! See google map link below.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=105142312399150914307.0004613c6f64dd355821a&ll=53.331821,-6.283021&spn=0.002832,0.009656&z=17
more info
http://pascalscountrysounds.blogspot.com/2009/02/cian-nugent-patrick-kelleher-hunter.html
Comment by cletus_buckley
33.
February 20, 2009
4:05 pm
I’d like to add “Dig” and “Wild Combination” to the list of decent films about music!
Comment by clom
34.
February 20, 2009
4:28 pm
the album is awesome.
Yes, yes it is.
Comment by Ian
35.
February 20, 2009
4:29 pm
I’m beginning to think this music film fest may have legs…..
Comment by Jim Carroll
36.
February 20, 2009
4:37 pm
jazzsteppa tomorrow night!!!
also get pluggin just sounds so durty
Comment by carnie
37.
February 20, 2009
5:02 pm
well Jim now that its dublin city fm we dont have to spend a half an hour explaining to people why a radio station is called anna livia
Comment by demon
38.
February 20, 2009
5:50 pm
Photos of Anvil from last night (taken from Dub film festival website)…what a night!
http://www.jdiff.com/photos.php?photo=257
Comment by Quint
39.
February 20, 2009
10:05 pm
In place of plugging can I plug out? Gaslight Anthem is an awful band.
Comment by markg
40.
February 21, 2009
3:11 am
re. film fest
I emailed the IFI years ago.(no reply),and had many drunken conversations with friends about this idea.I’ve seen loads of great music docs in the film centre over the years.
My suggestion would be…start a database…pick a pub with a big screen…see who’s got a selection flicks at home and then show them on dvd.it could be a very nice sunday afternoon type day out. I’ll volunteer the (unreleased)MC5 doc from a few years ago.
Comment by al
41.
February 22, 2009
1:56 am
Yeah the music film fest idea is great idea. Works well elsewhere as well, was in barcelona at the same time as this a few years ago and remember some of the shows been sold out.
http://www.in-edit.beefeater.es/festival/cms/front_content.php?idart=205&changelang=3
Comment by shane
42.
February 22, 2009
2:32 pm
kDamo @ 30.
That ‘Stars are Underground’ documentary is up on Youtube.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1AMW1TQYk
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrEsKkRMn6g
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Q8hIb6eEo
Comment by Mully
43.
February 23, 2009
1:53 am
‘In place of plugging can I plug out? Gaslight Anthem is an awful band.’
Damn right! Terrible.
Comment by Quint
44.
February 23, 2009
5:31 pm
Would the film fest work as part of an existing music festival - perhaps showing movies throughout the day and night when people fancy a sit down in a dark place?
Comment by Waxy
45.
February 23, 2009
5:37 pm
Waxy, you little bollox, I call you last Friday week and you never called me back!
Comment by Jim Carroll

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