fucksticks

Okay, it would appear that that Maguire piece was neither saved nor published. Boy is my face red? I'll endeavour to have it tomorrow anyway.

Toodles,
Alan

groping towards a mission statement...

In my days at The Dubliner magazine it was my lot to do up a rough, first draft of what would later become the listings pages for that week's edition. As part of this role I encountered the work of painter Brian Maguire and was sufficiently intrigued by what I saw to make a resolution to visit his exhibition at the Kerlin gallery at some point in the future. So, rather belatedly, I got around to doing this yesterday. Happily, I can report that it's well worth a visit but, less happily, the window of opportunity for doing so will slam shut on Saturday when the exhibition ends.

hardest working blogger in showbiz

Eh, not quite. No, I've done a bit of work today but nothing to be too proud of. A new page has gone up about that Mindfield Politics and Media thing I attended recently. As usual, I think it's excellent and I hope you do too. All the best, Alan

there's a doins a transpiring!

Just posted that Re:public 2011 thing up on a separate page so I hope you enjoy. I'm going to do an account of two of the mindfield events soon but I'm a little bit hungover today so I may give it a miss for a day or two. Hope you're all well!

comings and goings

I attended the Re:public thing there on Wednesday night in the button factory; Vincent Browne, David McWilliams, Peter Matthews and Mick Wallace speaking amongst others. It was really interesting but my pen wouldn't write half the stuff I wanted it to (gonna use a pencil in future I think) so I wasn't able to give as full an account as I'd like to have done due to my imperfect notes. Also, I did a review of the Star Wars: Emerald Garrison exhibition thing earlier in the week . Naturally, I regard both pieces as being highly insightful contributions on their respective subjects but you may beg to differ. Hope you enjoy both anyway!

at least we'll always have Paris

Things have been a bit quiet on here recently so to remedy that situation I posted a guide to the Irish pubs of Paris on a seperate page here last night. Yes, that's right, your humble correspondent has once again braved a shadowy demi-monde of faded hopes and dreams to bring you another steaming hot scoop. Enjoy!

a birrah jim corr to get you going

Just posted my review/thoughts on Jim Corr's speech at the Ashling Hotel on another page. Owing to my new work committments (I have a job!!) I've been unable to get to another left wing discussion dealing with the recession. Anyway, here's some more Jim for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ing8xH3Qj-k&feature=player_embedded#! . Kindly supplied by En Avant En Hausse.

Cheers!