Una Mullally

What’s Ellen Page up to?

• film
• February 28, 2013, 14:01

Last month, I wondered what James Franco was up to, but this month, Ellen Page crossed my mind because we haven’t seen much of her since Inception. Her biggest audience this year will be with Quantic Dream’s follow up to …

The lowdown on Longitude

• festivals music
• February 28, 2013, 11:12

As MCD launched their new festival yesterday evening, other music festivals will start to feel the pressure.

• PopLives
• February 28, 2013, 08:35

Over the next few weeks on PopLives, the Q&A that concerns itself with the media consumption of interesting people, the nominees of this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize will be answering the questions. The Choice takes place in the Olympia on March …

Kanye West is talking crazy again

• celebrity magazines music video
• February 27, 2013, 16:52

The rapper has taking random ranting to a whole new level this week.

David Bowie – ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’

• music
• February 26, 2013, 12:43

If the understated and fragile track ‘Where Are We Now?’ accompanied by a lo-fi video, allowed Bowie to slink back into the spotlight ten years after Reality was released, then this latest track from The Next Day is him stomping his foot …

Behind the Scenes on Ceol ar an Imeall: Lisa O’Neill

• music TV
• February 26, 2013, 10:58

Tonight (Tues) on TG4 at 11pm, Ceol ar an Imeall features live studio performances from Soldiers Can’t Dance and Lisa O’Neill and an interview with Purity Ring. Check out how Lisa got on in this vid: I’m a massive fan …

Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut new track ‘Sacrilege’

• music
• February 26, 2013, 10:40

And they’re back. Yeah Yeah Yeahs unleash ‘Sacrilege’, a new track from their upcoming album, Mosquito.

Jennifer Lawrence meets Jack Nicholson

• awards celebrity film
• February 25, 2013, 17:17

Probably the best OMG moment of the Oscars.

It’s Tom Murphy’s night at the Irish Times Theatre Awards

• awards theatre
• February 25, 2013, 15:15

Tom Murphy and Druid Theatre Company reign supreme at the Irish Times Theatre Awards on Sunday night.

• awards feminism film
• February 25, 2013, 14:37

Jokes about breasts and domestic violence were an embarrassment at last night’s Academy Awards.

Get in! Adele bags her Oscar.

• awards music
• February 25, 2013, 11:39

As Adele wins an Oscar, the real question is: are there any awards left for her to nab?

• food
• February 21, 2013, 12:50

Nick Munier is raging. So raging, he’s threatened legal action over a bad customer review on TripAdvisor. I’m sure he hasn’t done this lightly. It’s probably the twice-baked straw that broke the sautéed camel’s back with a pomegranate jus. Online …

• PopLives
• February 21, 2013, 08:43

Over the next few weeks on PopLives, the Q&A that concerns itself with the media consumption of interesting people, the nominees of this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize will be answering the questions. The Choice takes place in Vicar Street on March …

• music video
• February 20, 2013, 11:49

New video from the awesome Haim.

• Daily Digest
• February 20, 2013, 11:29

Miriam Lord on Enda Kenny’s apology to women incarcerated in Magdalene laundries. As part of the Irish Times series ‘The Single Files’ on single life in Ireland, I wrote this piece about the experiences of single gay men and women. …

• art photography
• February 19, 2013, 17:50

Patti Smith’s polariod exhibition is showing in Toronto.

• journalism LGBT
• February 19, 2013, 14:51

I’m currently working on an oral history of the movement for marriage equality in Ireland, from the early international conversations, legal and political battles, to Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan’s case taken to have their Canadian marriage recognised in …

• music
• February 19, 2013, 13:54

Back in 2011, then a trio, Belfast band Girls Names released the album ‘Dead To Me’, winning plaudits internationally. It was rough around the edges, but like most surfy shoegaze, that was part of its charm. Now, they’re back with …

• music TV
• February 18, 2013, 16:20

Tomorrow (Tuesday) on TG4 at 11pm, you can check out some great performances by This Club and Miriam Donohue on Ceol ar an Imeall, the alternative music show I present for TG4. There’s also an interview with the deadly THEESatisfaction. …

• fashion
• February 18, 2013, 15:43

Morphing iconic labels for one’s own ironic amusement is back in fashion. It’s a long way from Mark Owen’s Johnson & Johnson t-shirt.

• Daily Digest
• February 18, 2013, 13:02

Trailer for a new Irish film about boy racers, ‘Black Ice’ Country star Mindy McCreedy found dead. Eight lessons from Beyonce’s HBO documentary ‘Life Is But A Dream’. Great article by Malachy Clerkin in the weekend’s paper about the Irish …

• Dublin music
• February 18, 2013, 12:24

Trinity’s all male a cappella group, the Trinitones give ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ the Pitch Perfect treatment. In other college-is-more-fun-these-days news, the Trinity Ball line-up has been announced ad includes Ellie Goulding, The Vaccines, Tiga (yay), Bastille, The Orginal Rudeboys, Above & …

• music video
• February 18, 2013, 12:14

{Awayland} continues to casts a surreal sonic spell on me every time I listen to it. One of the joys of Villagers is the complexities sown in their tunes that germinate in unusual ways upon every replay. Different sounds are …

• film music
• February 15, 2013, 15:45

I can’t remember the year, but I first saw The Frames play in Simon’s Place cafe in George’s Street Arcade. It was probably around the time I had become immersed in their debut album, and maybe it was also around …

• journalism tech video
• February 15, 2013, 12:28

If you have a little time today or over the weekend, check out this video of Phil Campbell speaking at the Science Gallery a while ago. Campbell is a fascinating dude. Having worked as an architect for 15 years, he …

• Daily Digest
• February 15, 2013, 12:15

The web series Video Game High School is rocking Kickstarter. Great Johnny Marr interview by Lauren Murphy in today’s Ticket. Crazy, crazy meteor. This is the panel I’m most looking forward to at SXSW next month. The Anatomy of Amanda …

• music
• February 14, 2013, 17:04

ASIWYFA have unleashed a new tune from their upcoming album All Hail Bright Futures called ‘Big Thinks Do Remarkable’. You can stream it here. This third record sounds like it’s going to be quite a significant departure for the four …

• music
• February 14, 2013, 13:57

Deadly new tune from David Kitt’s war chest of greatness: New Jackson. Via @Nialler9

• journalism
• February 14, 2013, 13:28

Great piece by Robyn Wilder. I don’t have time to read dense prose anymore, so I just read quick snippets of things on the train (generally Reddit). Instead of the oppressive films where French couples shrug at each other until …

• PopLives
• February 14, 2013, 08:29

Over the next few weeks on PopLives, the Q&A that concerns itself with the media consumption of interesting people, the nominees of this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize will be answering the questions. The Choice takes place in Vicar Street on March …

• Dublin film
• February 13, 2013, 14:57

By Jenny Keogh

• film
• February 13, 2013, 09:05

Here’s a new short documentary from David Lynch about a Parisian lithography company he has used in the past to put out limited edition artwork. Lynch’s fascination with the machinery used the company, and an appreciation for laborious techniques is …

• celebrity
• February 12, 2013, 15:50

Oopsies. Did Alicia Keys tweet from an iPhone?

• Daily Digest
• February 12, 2013, 12:30

Fascinating article in Esquire about the guy who shot Osama bin Laden. A university in Canada has set up a Puppy Room to destress students during exams. Iggy Pop’s 2012 rider. Debt deal is normalising the Irish freak show, by …

• art tech
• February 11, 2013, 18:38

The news the Bjork has cancelled a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the Biophilia app for Windows 8 and Android operating systems is a surprising one if you take it at face value. This is frickin Bjork! She has a huge number …

• music TV
• February 11, 2013, 13:27

Tomorrow (Tuesday) on Ceol ar an Imeall, It Was All A Bit Black And White, Leanne Harte and Come On Live Long perform live, and I have a chat with the lovely Patrick Wolf. TG4, 11pm. Here’s a little video …

• journalism tech
• February 11, 2013, 12:53

I wrote this article in the weekend newspaper about the lives of young Europeans who are emigrating to Dublin to work in the city’s thriving tech sector, and also about those who recruit them. Facebook employees Ziad Traboulsi, from Lebanon, …

• Uncategorized
• February 11, 2013, 12:45

Before he resigns, let’s reflect on the most inappropriate (or perhaps, very appropriate when you think about it) Vatican entertainment ever. (via @PantiBliss)

• documentary LGBT music
• February 8, 2013, 11:42

If you’re a fan of disco, you’ve probably read ‘My Life and the Paradise Garage: Keep on Dancin”, the autobiography of Mel Cheren. I hadn’t seen the documentary that followed the book until recently, but now you can watch the …

• Daily Digest
• February 8, 2013, 11:25

Good interview with Mano Le Tough in Totally Dublin this month. TimeSpace is an initiative from the New York Times that invites start-ups work from their office. The photoshopped memes of a bygone era: tall tale postcards. Miriam Lord on Enda …

• going out
• February 8, 2013, 09:56

Fun, and actually quite thorough and informative article in Vice about where the new Dalston is, given that the east London neighbourhood (probably much to the relief of the residents) is so like totally over.

• spoken word
• February 7, 2013, 17:04

Come Rhyme With Me, the spoken word night I run with Vickey ‘Ragin’ Curtis is back in Outhouse on Capel Street in Dublin on March 6th. It’s Spring, Chicken. Rhyming on the night will be myself, Ragin, Oisin McKenna [PETTY …

• film music
• February 7, 2013, 10:13

I’ve been listening to a lot of Damien Dempsey recently, in particular his 2012 album ‘Almighty Love’. I think Damo is a dark horse for the Choice this year, although Delorentos should bag it, and I think Heathers are in …

• PopLives
• February 7, 2013, 08:15

Tegan Quin is an award-winning musician, songwriter and one half of the band Tegan and Sara along with her twin sister, Sara Quin. Tegan and Sara have released seven acclaimed studio albums, the latest being ‘Heartthrob’. What are you reading? …

• film
• February 6, 2013, 09:27

Quite an amusing piece on Gawker today about why Boston gangster movies need to stop. Now. Sweet Jesus for the love of all that his holy, I beg you, Boston film people, on behalf of the rest of America, PLEASE …

• theatre
• February 5, 2013, 13:00

Talking Shop Ensemble’s ‘Death Of The Tradesmen’ is coming to the Lir Theatre next week. The play won the Lir Revival Award in 2012. His name is Willy. He is a 54 year old tradesman. He has a bad back …

• gigs
• February 5, 2013, 12:54

Fight Like Apes have just announced a Dublin show at the Workman’s Club on February 15th, and I reckon this is their first Dublin gig since the Rubyworks birthday series of gigs where they performed at Whelans last year, right? …

• Dublin fashion
• February 5, 2013, 09:19

A new clothing line from Dublin street artist Maser and stylist Leah Burke will be released on February 14th. Details of Homebird, primarily a collection of t-shirts, have been revealed on Facebook and Maser’s Instagram account. Like much of his …

• music TV
• February 4, 2013, 17:23

Tuesday night on Ceol ar an Imeall (TG4, 11pm) features studio sets from HAL and Nanu Nanu and an interview with Jens Lekman. Check out a behind the scenes vid from HAL ahead of their appearance.

• music
• February 4, 2013, 11:07

Beyonce’s halftime Super Bowl show. Fierce, live (actually), but perhaps more of a Beyonce-centric spectacle than the actual halftime SHOW that Madonna brought last year. Still great though. Also, WELCOME BACK MICHELLE. The quality of the footage varies across YouTube, …

• festivals film LGBT
• February 1, 2013, 14:52

GAZE, the Dublin International LGBT Film Festival has begun its call for submissions for the 2013 festival, due to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Films from Ireland and abroad should be sent to the festival programmer, David …

• Daily Digest
• February 1, 2013, 10:09

The Meteor Choice Music Prize Song Of The Year nominees are out. Great to see Le Galaxie feat. Elaine Mai’s ‘Love System’ in there. What a tune! A pen that vibrates when you make a mistake. Everything comes first circle …