the 4 days venue marathon

-day one- 

2pm the helix

10.30pm the village

3am: sleep. 

-day two- 

9am the helix

3pm radio city (not confirmed yet :-p)

7.30pm the academy

10.30pm the gate

8am: sleep

-day three-

10.30pm andrews lane theatre

3.30am: sleep

-day four-

9am: the gate

going to any gig?

well i am anyway, and as usual i am not mentioning the gigs i'm going to work at but only the gigs i am going to as a punter:

Dirty Pretty Things 31st of May in The Academy

Radiohead 7th of June in Malahide Castle

Manu Chao 11th of June in Paris, Bercy

Iggy Pop and The Stooges the 16th of June in the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham

 

a gig per week, i like that.

 

confirmed gigs where i'll be working : 5 in four weeks. and i don't count the clubs, just the live bands. and then there's all the gigs not confirmed yet.

ha. you have to love music.

 

what's next

on Saturday nights in A.L.T

May 31st : James Lavelle (UNKLE), Arveene, Johnny Moy, Jamie Skillz  (i won't be there but at Dirty Pretty Things, Declan will be the AV man)
 
June 7th : Paul Mogg (Psychonauts/Supersoul),  Justin Carter (APT, NYC)  (i won't be there but at Radiohead, and so will Declan, i think Ian will be the AV man, or Kristian, or Fergal...)

June 14th : Hot Chip (DJ set), Johnny Moy, Jamie Skillz  (i'm back!)
 
June 21st : Arveene, Dave Salacious, Conor Feeney (still there)
 
June 28th : Midfield General (Skint), Detboi (Skint), Arveene  (and again)

http://www.myspace.com/weareclampdown

frenchies in Dublin

i just read that on State magazine

http://www.state.ie/blog/let%e2%80%99s-french-festival 

 

so that explains all these french bands coming to Dublin!

June 21st
Fête de la Musique
Les Grandes Bouches (Live)
+ Babalonia Club (DJs)
The Village
8pm till late - €10(online)/€12 (door)

June 26th
French Night
Amsterdam Beat Club
The Palace
8pm till late - Free event

June 27th
Plastiscines
+ The Urges
+ Lauren Guillery & The Claws
Andrews Lane Theatre
8pm till 11.30pm - €12(online)/€14 (door)

June 28th
Birdy Nam Nam
+ Dj Tu-ki
Andrews Lane Theatre
8pm till 11.30pm - €12(online)/€14 (door)

July 1st
Jeanne Cherhal
+ Presque Oui
National Concert Hall
8pm till 11.30pm - €15(online & door

Africa Day

report: http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0525/africaday.html

and pictures: http://www.dublinblog.ie/2008/05/26/africa-day-at-dublin-... 

a new way to dj

you like turntables?

would you like to see four of them used at the same time?

by four different talented djs?

who used them more as a music instrument than as a player for vinyl records?

 

check out Birdy Nam Nam playing in Andrews Lane Theatre on the 28th of June.

http://www.myspace.com/birdynamnam

just noise

you like crystal castles?

well i'm sure you will like times new viking.

http://www.myspace.com/timesnewviking

 

what's up with all these bands who are bad musicians -but obviously have some kind of hype and a really fashionable audience- and become new bands to follow?

seriously? when even their sound engineer told us yesterday: "just make them sound like shit and really loud but a warm sound", we thought "what the fuck?"

and of course they don't like flashing lights and wanted me to keep it simple, and fortunately- how can i try to follow a rhythm when it's just a massive huge noise?

and also seriously what's the story of bands doing gigs with only 35 minutes set? ok they don't have much material as they are a new band, well then they should play a smaller venue and make their fans pay less! even a local band will do a longer set than that! (i.e the support Giveamanakick played for 45 mn)

 so these were the negative points, now for the positive

...

no, i've got nothing.

 

just because a band is adored by young fans with fashionable accessories and items of clothing, a trendy haircut, because this band is considered as alternative because the NME haven't talked about them yet, THIS DOESN'T MAKE THEM GOOD!

Africa Day

it was huge (so many people! and a queue of an hour to get in!)

it was sunny ( well and sometimes windy with a grey sky but at least it didn't rain)

it was diverse (nigeria, algeria, congo, south africa and music, food, dance, cinema, poetry, reading)

it was a really good afternoon.

 

free flight ticket?

here you go : http://www.thebigask.com/aviation/landing.php

 

it's virtual, it costs nothing but the cause is real.

fashion on saturdays in Dublin

i'm doing the lights for a club happening every saturday in A.L.T.

(well except next saturday when i'm going to see Dirty Pretty Things then work the whole night in the Gate Theatre, and on the 7th when i'm going to see Radiohead in Malahide Castle)

this club is brilliant, busy every saturday thanks to great djs like Johnny Moy or Arveene.

and the audience is great, funky, fashionable, young but also less young with some of the guys working on saturdays coming down after as we are closing late (bar and music finishes at 3, close at 3.30)

 

here are some pictures of the crowd i found on the excellent blog fashion filosophy:

http://www.fashionfilosofy.com/2008/05/durrr-hits-dublin-...

http://www.fashionfilosofy.com/2008/05/street-smarts-durr...

http://www.fashionfilosofy.com/2008/05/fashion-and-music-...

http://www.fashionfilosofy.com/2008/05/the-kids-are-alrig...

 

 

p.s James Lavelle from Unkle is djing there on saturday the 31st of may (if you're going, enjoy the new visuals and lights from Declan, while i'll be jumping around in the Academy ;-)