http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - The Ticket en-ie Copyright 2009, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2009-11-06T00:00:00 http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258165262.html COVER STORY:No one has destroyed the world quite as often as Roland Emmerich. The German director's over-egged depictions of global disaster may be short on science, but his depictions of an annihilated planet still have the power to make viewers go green with environmental angst. With the imminent release of the über-destructive 2012, DONALD CLARKEasks Emmerich why he feels the need to keep destroying a perfectly good planet Text The Ticket TopStories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258165262 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258162622.html REVOLVER:The music industry is an environmental toxicant. Every single step of the way – from the CD you buy, the studio it was recorded in, the merchandise T-shirt you wear – there is an adverse affect on any notion of sustainability. And that’s all before you get to the ever-popular music festival. You may think it’s all hippy and nice to loll around a field for a few days, but from how you got there, to the water you drink, the damage to the environment just keeps on building up. Text The Ticket Music Features 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258162622 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258165247.html Do we have to pay a high environmental price to feed our love of music and movies? DAVIN O'DWYERreports on the tricky trade-offs being made between the entertainment industry and the planet Text The Ticket Music Features 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258165247 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258155656.html JIM CARROLLlooks at how 10 eco-friendly rock and pop stalwarts have gone eco-friendly. Text The Ticket Music Features 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258155656 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166637.html NEW MUSIC:Here's the perfect soundtrack for a spot of moody leaf-kicking as autumn turns to winter. On Continent,a subtle, beautiful debut album from Michael Silver, aka CFCF, a rake of electronic styles get the once-over from this talented Montreal producer. Text The Ticket New Music 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166637 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166624.html You could describe Ernest Greene's tunes as peachy. After all, his dreamy, blurry synth-pop did begin life in the middle of a peach farm in rural Georgia. Greene started to put his sound together in his bedroom in his folks' house, with peach trees as far as the eye could see beyond his window. Text The Ticket New Music 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166624 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258177963.html Three more to watch out for Text The Ticket New Music 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258177963 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154818.html Jane Campion’s period drama is a beautiful, simplistic story of doomed love, writes DONALD CLARKE Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154818 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154737.html This extravagant CGI-retooling of the holiday warhorse drains the life out of Scrooge co, writes DONALD CLARKE Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154737 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154722.html OH DEAR, oh dear. The worst thing about the near-complete failure of screenwriter Diablo Cody’s follow- up to the sublime Junois that it gives her detractors – small in number, but vociferous – ammunition for a counter- insurgency. See? All she does is knock together smart-Alec aphorisms into a rude, disorganised stream. We told you she was a fraud. Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154722 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154772.html YOU DO have to (reluctantly) hand it to the French. There are few other Europeans capable of regularly delivering this class of well-crafted, well-acted melodrama. Not exactly an art film, but not tied solely to the mainstream either, this touching melodrama proves that there is no shame in being workmanlike. Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154772 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154765.html HOW FAR can you get with little else but charm and goodwill in your backpack? On the evidence of this enjoyably barmy adaptation of a nonfiction book by Jon Ronson, halfway round the world and back again. Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154765 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154702.html This week's DVD releases Text The Ticket Film Opinion 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154702 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166700.html Indiecater Records is moving with the times. The Dublin-based label will host its first gig next month. Most of Indiecater’s revenue is generated through digital sales, and to date the label has released just one physical CD: the debut album of Colorado band Candy Claws, which was made available in Ireland this summer. Founder Kevin Dunphy (who also runs the MP3 Hugger blog) plans to expand their repertoire by moving into the live forum, and is hosting a gig at Whelan’s, Dublin on December 12th. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166700 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166719.html Highly regarded post-rock instrumentalists And So I Watch You From Afar (right) have been chosen by RTÉ 2FM as the station’s primary act for the Eurosonic, the European industry festival. Held every January in Gronigen, The Netherlands, Eurosonic showcases for up-and- coming bands and acts as a feeder to a number of other European festivals. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166719 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258168708.html A recent poll conducted by Classic FM revealed that the theme from the Harry Potterfilms is the most popular piece of classical music with children. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258168708 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258176497.html Marcus Mumford of London folk rockers Mumford & Sons has come up with a novel way of interacting with fans: he’s formed an online book club. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258176497 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166733.html Internationally celebrated musician and eight-time Grammy winner José Feliciano, played Dublin’s NCH on Tuesday night.
Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166733 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166688.html Ho Ho Ho:Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is planning a Christmas single. His cover of I Wish It Was Christmas Todayis out on download and limited 7-inch on December 18th. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166688 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166763.html Are the French being difficult again? No, they’re not setting fire to lambs or blockading ports. They’re closing down their cinemas in protest at a change in government policy that will decrease the window that separates a film’s theatrical release from its unveiling on DVD. Until recently, there was a statutory six-month gap, but a law brought in last May – aimed at reducing the dangers of piracy – now lessens that period to four months. Text The Ticket Film News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166763 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258166749.html Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet has extracted an apology and £25,000 from the Daily Mailfor making false allegations about her exercise regime. Text The Ticket Film News 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258166749 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258155371.html CD CHOICE:Several years ago, 8 Ball was compared with early 1990s rave duo Altern-8 because of their penchant for wearing chemical warfare suits on stage. It was a shame: whatever spark the Dubliners had was muffled by their distracting apparel. Three years later, a shake-up has come just in time for 8 Ball’s second album, with nary a gimmicky costume in sight. Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258155371 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154999.html The rock and pop music of the week reviewed... Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154999 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258186090.html World music out now Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258186090 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154932.html Out this week in Soul Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154932 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154960.html This week's jazz reviews Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154960 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154918.html Cuban music out now ... Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154918 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154858.html Gerry “Banjo” O’Connor’s follow up to his landmark No Place Like Home (2004) is an adventurous collection that dips into the Irish, English Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258154858 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258165377.html This week's classical CDs reviewed Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258165377 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258165239.html This week's roots reviews Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258165239 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258154974.html EOIN BUTLER'Sguide to singles, downloads and free audiostreams


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Text The Ticket Film Features 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258156318 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258155857.html LA ROUX,The Academy, Dublin Thurs 9pm €17.50 01-8779999 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258155857 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258156141.html MUD,Twisted Pepper, Dublin Fri 11pm €12/€8 01-8734800 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258156141 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258156196.html Frederica Von Stade (mezzo Soprano), Laurana Mitchelmore (piano),National Concert Hall, Dublin Thurs 8pm €30-€70 01-4170000 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258156196 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258156276.html KNIVES IN HENS,Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin Previews Fri-Sat, Nov 9-28 8pm €23-€28 01-8819613/14 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258156276 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258156043.html Philippe Parreno: November,Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin Tues-Sat 10am-5.30pm (Wed 10.30am- 5.30pm), Sun noon-5.30pm Until Jan 24 01-6129900 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258156043 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1106/1224258156228.html Russell Brand,The O2, Dublin, Tue 10, The Odyssey, Belfast, Wed 11 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258156228