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Paula — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:52:06 +0000

It’s time to go. As of today, I’ll be blogging over at Make and Deux with my pal Patrick instead.

All of our old posts are over there too. Go have a look. It’s lovely.

photo from here

Your resentment is delicious.

Paula — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:37:59 +0000

Three songs from this week’s episode of Glee have surfaced. There’s no ensemble songs though, which is sad, but maybe they’re hiding those ones from us.

Continued over at Make and Deux

Momentous

Paula — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:19:18 +0000

Saw this amazing video in class today. Almost worth the €60 fee I had to pay to switch into the module. Especially love the condom/drill analogy. But it is all just beautiful.

A minute of my life is all that I’ll provide

Paula — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:34:01 +0000

Irish duo Heathers will be playing The Project Arts Centre in Templebar on October 28th. I have a horribly bad luck when it comes to their gigs, so I’m praying I’ll make it this time. Heathers always casually throw up gig dates on their myspace page a few days beforehand, with no fanfare at all. If you don’t happen upon the listing… tough. I usually find out a few hours before and am inevitably somewhere far far away. In fact, when they played in (the late?) Eamonn Dorans last March, I heard about the gig about fifteen minutes after it ended. Not happy.

The girls will also form part of the 100-strong line up for the Hard Working Class Heroes festival, which is taking place across Dub-a-lin this weekend. They’ll be playing tonight at Think Tank in Temple Bar. A single day ticket is just €21, which covers you for all of the day’s events- of which there are many.

Not much has surfaced from Heathers since they released their first album, Here Not There, last May. This is one of their newer recordings though, and I slightly adore it:

Heathers – Waiter from If You Make It on Vimeo.

[pic from here]

Bowling for Soup: Still the Guys All the Bad Girls Want

Paula — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:58:18 +0000

When told I’d be interviewing Bowling for Soup, I’ll admit I had to do a bit of research. And I’m glad I did. Had I not, my first question would definitely have been something like “are you excited for your comeback tour? Haven’t seen you guys in a while…” Bowling for Soup have slipped off the radar a bit since their 2002 hit, Girl All The Bad Guys Want. I had pegged their current tour, which stops at

Continued over at Make and Deux

Treasures from a second-hand iPod

Paula — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:03:42 +0000

A few months ago, I had to replace my iPod, but was too poor to splash out on a brand new one. I’m not sure who my “hand-me-down” Pod used to belong to, but whoever it is, they had excellent taste. I left most of the old owner’s songs on it, and every so often, the Shuffle setting throws up a few gems. Like these two…

A page from his diary

Paula — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:11:15 +0000

Ferdinand Von Prondzynski, President of Dublin City University, was featured in The Irish Times yesterday, which is nothing new considering the huge amount of Irish media coverage that DCU gets. But surprisingly, the article only focused briefly on Ferdie’s views on the re-introduction of university fees. Instead, it showcased his talents as a blogger, which are considerable.

I definitely have a soft spot for Ferdie, mainly because of the huge effort he makes to engage with DCU students. As well as having Facebook, Bebo and Myspace pages, Ferdie has been blogging at Diary of a University President since June of last year. Anyone from DCU- check his stuff out. Anyone not from DCU but with an interest in the Eurovision, the Premier League, or the running of a university- check his stuff out.

Not you too, Diana

Paula — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:40:29 +0000

I’ve been waiting for word of Diana Vickers’ debut album ever since she was knocked out of The X Factor. She was my pick to win and I really think she has the potential to go far.

But apparently she’s not going too far this summer, judging by the tv ads that are all over RTE this week. Diana, along with a heap of other former X Factor contestants, will be performing at Trabolgan holiday camp this August.

For anyone who doesn’t know Trabolgan, it’s East Cork’s very own Mosney/Butlins-style holiday camp, complete with water park and pitch-and-putt facilites. Not exactly the key to pop world domination.

You make my heart sing

Paula — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:04:49 +0000

I’ve been extremely excited about the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are ever since hearing about it from Joey in March. I loved this book as a child, and still do. Whenever I come across a copy of it I always read it again from start to finish (no big feat, it’s about 20 pages). Apparently the film, directed by Spike Jonze, has been altered a bit in the past year or so because it was deemed too scary for

Continued over at Make and Deux

All killer, no filler

Paula — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:15:46 +0000

Just got back from the Gala Awards Ceremony for this year’s Absolut Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. The cast of Killed by Curriculum camped out in a corner of The Button Factory with our entourage (four people) and our free booze.

A lovely, lovely night. Not only did we get to perform a few scenes from Killed for a far bigger audience than the Teacher’s Club could ever have held, the play also scooped up two nominations. One for the Intercultural Dialogue Award and one for Best New Writing. Seanie Dunne really does have the Midas touch. Pictures of him strutting his stuff on stage to follow.