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Wow. Almost 5 million views of this and rightly so. Well, I guess this is old news then, but for those who have not seen it, this is a real treat. This has to be one of the greatest news reports ever. Check out the detail on the eye witness’ sketch!
And then there was the rap. Continue reading ‘Leprechaun on the loose in Alabama!’
Wow, what can I say. “Blown away” would be a could place to start in attempting to describe the experience of a Dan Deacon gig.
I had heard some of his music a few months back and couldn’t get enough of it. I missed the show he piut on last time he was in town but was sure to get myself on down to Whelans on Wexford St to witness one of these spectacular shows. Your Only Massive did a great warm up for Dan and got the crowd to shake their cool away in reference to people who are “too cool” to dance. Luckily I had located mysself on the balcony so was kinda excused! It’s not that I don’t dance, it just well, you know… I’ve gotta be really into it or someone on the dancefloor! Anyway I wished I was down there in the thick of it for this gig. It was fantastic. It was great to see a level of crowd interaction with and artist like this, it is certainly something new and unique. Dan inspires you to get on down, have a laugh and be part of a crowd. He sets up on the floor as opposed to the stage and gets people to get in close. He controls all the lighting for his set-up and the lighting is about as basic as it gets. A glow in the dark skull and a spotlight that are synced with the music provide all the light needed and also create the atmosphere to keep the crowd engaged.
So here I present to you a little video clip of the night. It is ten minute quick cut of Dan Deacon’s amazing show in Dublin on December 2nd 2007. The audio quality is awful from the digital camera i was using so please don’t take that as an indication of the sound quality. The camera just doesn’t like the bass! The sound was fantastic (spot on Gerry!)… the atmosphere was electric. Dan is the Man.
There was lots more good footage but it’s best to keep it short here as the sound quality does not do it justice. A good idea maybe would be to turn down the video sound and listen to a better audio recording by Dan over it. I also took a small number of photos, the best of which is above, check out the rest on my flickr.
So here’s the video…
and the music video for Crystal Cat…
Nialler9 has posted about both shows, so head on over there and check out his reviews and some courtesy mp3s.
There is a great interview / podcast over at The Sound Of Young America that you should check out too
I have put up a rough promo for the documentary currently in production about the debate surrounding the Tara valley and the M3 motorway. For more information see the campaign site Save Tara.
Watch it in full quality with DivX here.
{EDIT : I have taken down the Flash version from Dailymotion while production is in process. You can still use the link above which will take you to where all the Tara project information and media will live}
The Sliabh an Iarainn Music & Arts Festival, or Leechrum as it’s other wise known, took place last weekend in the beautiful location of Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim overlooking Lough Allen and it certainly took place. It took its place as one of the best festivals I have ever been to in this country and probably the best independently run festival here so far.
see these photos on flickr here (hint: use slideshow)
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Continue reading ‘SAI / Leechrum 2007′
Mashthenet is a new night running in Dublin brought to you by The Streamlounge & IT:IS:ON, whereby the internet is remixed live for your eyes on the big screen (and some small screens). The first one was held last Thursday night (26/07/07) in the Hop-House on Parnell St. The event was put on by Eoghan Kidney and myself as a reaction to the YouTube Saloon, which Eoghan had organised as part of this years Darklight Symposium. So we got together to make this a regular fixture, put it in a bar environment and ask people to come along and present their favourite videos, mash them up, remix them and generally have some fun with them. Audience interaction is encouraged and welcomed and requests are based on the flow of the themes from the videos. You get the idea.
Well the night was a great laugh and went down very well. We had guest sets from Sophie Merry and Simon Doyle who both showed us some fantastic videos. We didn’t have as many screen going as we would have liked, but it all worked quite well. As it was the first night it was good to give it a test run to see how we can set it up better for the next time.
Unfortunatley I didn’t get any video footage at this one, but if you want to get and idea of what it was like, have a look at the YouTube Saloon at Darklight from the Bubble podcast.
Big thanks to Lee, Joe, Kim and all the staff at the Hop House and to Sophie, Simon and everyone who came down for the night. The next one should be sometime at the end of August. Stay tuned.
