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Una Mullally

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image Oliver Reed: separating the man from the myth

When Rob Crouch and Mike Davis began developing a play about Oliver Reed, they had no idea who would end up pitching in to help the show: Reed’s son Mark.

Savages Best of SXSW

A week in Austin takes a few days to digest. The intensity of binge gigging day and night, the sore feet from plodding up and down the city’s streets, the tiredness from venue hopping, and the amount of music you …

tumblr_ls23cvxQFP1r0ztfzo1_500 SXSW: 15 great things in two days

Things are getting crazy over here in Austin. Gigs are relentless, feet are falling off, the desire for a cloning machine to hit more venues is intense, talks are inspiring, and there have been some brilliant moments. Right now, Dave …

Toby_Kaar_small_626_417 Behind the scenes on Ceol ar an Imeall with Toby Kaar

Ceol wraps, but there are still loads of behind the scenes vids to check out.

sxsw2013 SXSW 2013

I’m off to SXSW this week and then on to CMW, so the blog posts here will have that flavour for the next couple of weeks.

The Pope’s finest moment

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

How words change

It’s always interesting to see how words and phrases progress as they get morphed by various uses. Amazon used to be a river, now it’s more likely people will think you’re referring to the website, for example. In the changing …

PopLife Review of the Year #2.1: 13 Things That Need To Stop Now

1. ‘Ah here, leave it out’. I must be the only person who thought that the catchphrase of the year wasn’t remotely amusing considering it involved people getting the absolute crap beaten out of them in Dublin 1. LOL STREET …