http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord Just another irishtimes.com weblog Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:39:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As The Ticket turns green for the week, Roland "2012" Emmerich explains why he directs films which are always destroying the planet, we find out how green is your favourite rock star, there's an assessment on the trade-offs being made between the entertainment industry and the planet and why music ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/06/eco-friendly-plugs/ RTE Radio One's Morning Ireland marked a quarter-century of broadcasts with their first show in front of a studio audience this morning. For listeners/watchers in the studio audience, it was a chance to see exactly what goes into the making of the country's most listened-to radio show aside from those ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/05/25-years-of-morning-ireland/ Fresh Air is a month-long festival on your radio where you won't need any wellies to enjoy the vibes. For the month of November, Donal Dineen's Small Hours show (Today FM, weekdays, midnight-2am) will have a different guest artist on the show to play some tunes live, have a chat ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/05/fresh-air/ As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, November 3, 10pm-midnight. A rewind of past favourites to mark a year of Far Side broadcasts. Three Trapped Tigers “1” (Blood & Biscuits) Tyondai Braxton “Uffe’s Woodshop” (Warp) Not Squares “Asylum” (Richter Collective) Holy Ghost “Hold On!” (DFA) Friendly Fires/Au Revoir Simone “Paris (Aeroplane remix)” (XL) Phenomenal ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/04/the-far-side-playlist-for-november-3/ Many of you will have already read Shane Fitzgerald's opinion piece about increasing numbers of Irish folks, like himself, who are leaving Ireland for better prospects abroad. To be honest, you probably didn't need his article to know that emigration is back with a vengeance. Fitzgerald said he felt "cheated" after ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/03/the-latest-lost-generation/ Midlake play Dublin's Vicar Street on February 14. Tickets, at €23 a pop, go on sale on Friday. The band's new album "The Courage Of Others", the follow-up to the awesome "The Trials of Van Occupanther", will be released on February 1 next. The band most likely to do a ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/03/midlake-dublin-february/ The Far Side marks 52 weeks on the air tonight with a two hour birthday special. I'll be raiding the archives to rewind some of the boom tunes, new bands and favourite indiesyncratic sounds from a year of Far Side broadcasts. Tune in from 10pm on Phantom 105.2. Cork rocks: ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/03/the-far-side-turns-one-and-other-blather/ Full report here from Mary Carolan about yesterday's opening bout in the MCD Concerts case. This involves an action taken by Eamonn McCann (the MC in MCD) against Denis Desmond (the D in MCD) over a share of the profits he claims he is owed from various outdoor events promoted ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/03/mc-v-d-round-one/ It has been a fine few days for some megastars planning to visit Ireland in the coming months as their agents receive glad tidings from Dublin. Both Paul McCartney and Whitney Houston sold out their upcoming gigs with very little effort whatsoever, with Houston shifting a monster 26,000 tix in ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/02/imelda-may-and-the-o2s-halo-effect/ One for the Irish music business news diary this week as MCD Concerts co-founder Eamonn McCann takes his former partner Denis Desmond to the High Court for his share of the Irish live music giant's pie. While Desmond has been in full control of the business for quite some time, ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/11/02/the-mc-in-mcd-heads-for-court/