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{Urban} The Stiletto In The Ghetto.

In Blog, Cultureby Conor TobinLeave a Comment

A dreary Dublin day on O’Connell Street is never an extraordinary thing: the grey colour of slightly run down buildings, bustling people, a walkway peppered with Jim Larkin, the Virgin Mary, O’Connell, and the odd bit of greenery. Conor Tobin tries to find some meaning in the gigantic metal spike that defiantly rises above them all. No, it is not an antenna, not some steel pylon that you imagined to be … Read More

{Film Review} Drive.

In Blog, Culture, Filmby Ciara Kennedy4 Comments

Ryan Gosling revisits the character of monosyllabic, simpleton Lars, now transported from the American Midwest to Los Angeles where he has a job as stunt driver/get away driver and a mechanic. He no longer needs to purchase female companionship from the internet, now he just needs to stare at ladies in elevators and ingeniously bribe their offspring with toothpicks to have them forgetting their wedding vows. Drive is a film … Read More

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{Film Review} Page One: Inside The New York Times.

In Blog, Culture, Film, Politicsby James Redmond1 Comment

Here’s a fly-on-the-wall documentary about a major American newspaper trying to find its feet in the digital age. Over the course of a year, Andrew Rossi filmed in the offices of the New York Times; gaining unprecedented access to its daily workings and capturing it at a unique juncture where dailies played a grim race to see who went under first. Season 5 of The Wire constantly springs to mind: it’s a lot of quick talking guys chewing the cud on the ethics of journalism and avoiding redundancy offers.

{Transcripts} Our Full Interview With NAMAlab

In Blog, Interviews, Politicsby James RedmondLeave a Comment

Our first issue contained an interview with one of the heads behind NAMAlab: here’s the whole transcript. Firstly, I was going to ask you how NamaLAB was set up and how a whole year of DIT students were dragged into tracking how NAMA is affecting the city? Well it was initiated by our year heads in the Dublin school of Architecture. This year we entered our final year and there … Read More

{Food} I Killed A Chicken Yesterday

In Blog, Humourby Joey McClatchie1 Comment

Well, not directly, but I ordered its death. Actually, my interpreter did. I’m like the Pol Pot in this equation; not murdering anyone myself but sending the orders down the ranks to do it. Joey McClatchie comes to terms with her meat habit.   I am the distanced dictator, the mafia bigwig, the subcontracting corporation. I went to the local market (no Tesco here! Am in smalltown India) where there is a … Read More

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{Festivals} A Working Class Hero Is Something To Be

In Blog, Cultureby Barry Healy1 Comment

Now in its ninth year, the ‘Hard Working Class Heroes’ festival (HWCH) hit venues across Dublin in early October. HWCH has become an integral part of the Irish music calendar as it continues to showcase much of Ireland’s best and brightest emerging musical talents. Year on year the standard of artists, musicians and bands seems to improve ever greater, and the 2011 vintage was no different. Barry Healy was rabble’s eyes and ears at this year’s festival, here a few acts to keep your eyes peeled for.

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rabble asks: What Does The Public Think of Occupy Dame St?

In Blog, Highlights, Interviews, Politicsby rabbleLeave a Comment

A few weeks ago, rabble hooked up one of our contributors with a dodgy recorder. He spent twenty minutes lurking around the edges of #occupydamestreet, catching vox pops with those passing by. In total our very own Paddy Gorman interviewed around 17 people. They ranged from the homeless, to students, day-shopper culchies, old school Dubs, local business people and even an Egyptian that was in Tahir square. Have a listen … Read More

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Reggae Hits The Town

In Blog, Culture, History, Interviews, Politicsby James Redmond2 Comments

Dublin reggae fans and all sound system heads, are in for a real treat over the next few weeks: the Reggae Movement exhibition is due in town. Curated by Ronan Lynch of Irie Up magazine, the show promises an illustrated journey into the history of sound system culture, not to mention the chance to get your wind on to some dancehall. James Redmond hears why the only good system is a sound system.

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{Comics} Now Now Stolen Cow: The Cattle Raid of Cooley Comic.

In Blog, Culture, History, Interviewsby Kev Squires26 Comments

Belfast comic creator Patrick Brown has just released the fifth print issue of his epic webcomic The Cattle Raid of Cooley. Patrick has been publishing roughly a page per week since August 2008, and his interpretation of one of Ireland’s most famous folk legends, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, now boasts 140 pages. To mark the release, Kevin Squires interviewed Patrick for rabble.ie:

{Comics} Irish Comics on the Web: Five of the Best

In Blog, Culture, Illustrationby Kev Squires3 Comments

1. The Cattle Raid of Cooley by Patrick Brown Currently standing at 140 pages online, this is an ambitious project that has been published every Wednesday for over three years. Self scripted and hand drawn in a rough and ready – but highly effective – manner, this is an outstanding body of work. If you like it, you should support the artist and buy the print editions.       2. Between Worlds by … Read More