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Culture Cafe on RTÉ 2XM Playlist and Podcast Show 31: 22/02/2012

Feb 222012

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Show 31! Thanks to everyone for listening. Make sure you tune to 2fm this Sunday night as 2XM takes over. I’ll be on with Culture Cafe. Woohoo!

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Kind Charles: Loveblood
3. Chat with Rob from Orphancode
4. Orphancode: My Meaning Your Feeling
5. The Walls: Stop The Lights
6. Chat with Andy Knightley, about the sound engineering course being run in STC
7. Charli XCX : I’ll Never Know
8. Niki and The Dove: DJ Ease My Mind
9. Feist: How Come You Never Go There (Beck Remix)
10. Chat with Valentine Black
11. Valentine Black: The State We’re In
12. The Drums: Days
13. Spector: Chevy Thunder

Tune of the Week 17/0/2012: Jack White

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Feb 172012

The return of Jack White, beautiful blues, if there can be such a thing. Quite funny on the social media streams this week as many people were confusing Jack White with Jack Black. How ? 1. Jack White = awesome musician 2. Jack Black = round comic actor, nothing to confuse. Anyway, this is Jack White’s new song, ‘Love Interuption’ and it features features Ruby Amanfu on vocals and also Emily Bowland on bass clarinet and Brooke Wagonner on piano.

The album ‘Blunderbuss’ is due out in April. Enjoy!

Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Playlist & Podcast Show 30: 15/02/2012

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Feb 162012

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If I may say so myself, I think this week’s show is ace. I don’t I’ve laughed as much as when I chatted to Eddi Reader. Brilliant fun! Thanks to all my guests, here’s what happened:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick
2. Wonder Villians: Ferrari
3. Chat with Sean Hillen about his current exhibition ReViewed
4. Michael Kiwanuka: I Need Your Company
5. Chat with Benjamin Murray, co-Director of Unfinished Spaces showing at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
6. Django Django: Default
7. Chat with Mark Foster, CEO Deezer UK & Ireland, a new music streaming service
8. The Cast of Cheers: Family (Jape Remix)
9. Chat with Eddi Reader (Part 1)
10. Fairground Attraction: Perfect
11. Chat with Eddi Reader (Part 2)
12 Eddi Reader: Patience of Angels

Is Netflix Worth The Subscription?

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Feb 102012

netflix It’s just over a month since Netflix launched here in Ireland giving everyone one month’s free access before starting to charge. I’ve got two days left in my free month and I’m not sure if I will subscribe. Netflix is a subscription based film and television streaming service, you can watch on demand and there are no limits to how much you watch.

My dilemma is this. There are not enough current or contemporary films included in their content. Since my free month began, I’ve watched a good few movies trying out the service. There have been a couple I hadn’t seen before. A lot of things that I would be interested in, I would have had on DVD anyway so these would be ruled out to watch, for me, online.

A lot of the content seems, please correct me if I’m wrong, to come from the 80s, 90s and 00s. An awful lot coming up in my recommended stream seem to be from 2000-2002. French movies, I like them, there’s eight on Netflix and some of those in my DVD collection. Continue reading »

Tune of The Week 10/02/2012: General Fiasco

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Feb 102012

Northern Irish band General Fiasco are going from strength to strength and this track is due for release on March 5th on Dirty Hit which is also home to Benjamin Francis Leftwich and Little Comets, both of whom are no strangers to these pages.

The band are doing five dates in the UK in February. The band have also announced their first gig in Moscow. Don’t You Ever is taken from their forthcoming second album which is due for release this Summer.

The Woman In Black: Movie Review

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Feb 092012

thewomaninblack The Harry Potter tag is going to hang around Daniel Radcliffe’s head for a well but here in The Woman In Black, he does a good job of moving away from the boy wizard.

The Woman In Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), a young widower and solicitor on the brink of losing his job as he tries to look after his four year old son. A last chance for Kipps to redeem himself at work means he must leave his son with a nanny while he travels out of London to a remote coastal village to sort a local woman’s last will and testament. On the train to his destination, he meets Daily, a wealthy village resident who becomes his ally in an otherwise superstition riddled place.

The Woman In Black is a remake of a TV movie based on a book, here the screenplay by Jonathan Ross’ missus, Jane Goldman, brings a good old fashioned ghost story to life. If you’re expecting an all out horrorthon you won’t get that. Director, James Watkins, has gone for an old fashioned distinct lack of CGI or flashy effects in the story rather using camera angles and sounds to build tension and anticipation. Continue reading »

Today FM's Shave or Dye: Sponsor Me Please

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Feb 092012

shaveordye Next Thursday and Friday, Today FM will run their Shave or Dye campaign for 2012. Last year when Shave or Dye was on, I spent the day in the chemo ward of the Mater Hospital with my sister, who I think was getting her second chemo session. Thank God, my little sis is ok.

I had thought about getting involved last year but decided to definitely get involved this year. So either next Thursday or Friday, I’ve been chosen to take part in this year’s Dyeing for Ireland. I’ll be getting my hair dyed either green, white or orange.

I would be delighted if you would sponsor me. I’m not asking for much, even 50 cent or one euro when put with other donations of one euro will all add up to a great amount. I have set up a mycharity.ie page, I will truly be forever grateful if you could donate.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Nessy