A quick look at NYC’s gay ballroom dance scene… “My dad said you have three strikes against you in this world. Every black man has two, that you are black and you are male. But you are black, you are male and you are gay – you are going to have a hard fucking time. He said if you are going to do this, you are going to have to … Read More
An Interview With Come Here To Me.
We started CHTM! at a perfect time when blogging, social media and the idea of User Generated Content (UGC), I think, really exploded in popularity. Blogs began to be taken more seriously, Facebook offered the chance for websites to set up their own ‘pages’ for their fans to engage with and people working in history and archives began to see the benefits of utilising social media for crowdsourcing etc. We also appeared at a time when more and more older people, whether Dubliners or ex pats, started to use the web and digitize their old photos and vinyl records. At the start of 2009, there were 400k Facebook users in Ireland. It’s close to 2.5m now.
Enter the Void: Macronite and Limerick Scene Report
Welfare visits Limerick’s Dolan’s Warehouse for Macronite and comes away impressed. Here’s his scene report on the night. When I heard last July that the always-forward-thinking Macronite crew had booked the Manchester pairing of Indigo and Biome I instantly marked the date in my diary. Indigo,(real name Liam Blackburn), has been one of my favourite producers for years, providing me a steady flow of varied and intricate bass oriented releases … Read More
rabble Reels: Larry Levan
Okay, so this starts fairly slow and wanky. But let it go and you are in for a deadly history of some of the highs and lows of disco.
Spotify.
Some elusive character called Myles Ni Gangstaleen took a look at attitudes to music downloading among rabblers for issue 5. While it appeared ye shared some vague ethics – it’s a whole other world when it comes to corporate piracy. Here’s an interesting analysis of how streaming services crowd harvest wealth from musicians who get pennies in return. Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi effectively go to … Read More
That’s Not An 808…
MR-808 – mechanic drum robot from Sonic Robots on Vimeo. This is an 808. Definitely the most impressive drum machine we’ve seen all year.
[Take 5] Cheap pints and the Liffey…
While the trickle-down effect in Ireland normally means politicians pissing down your neck and telling you it’s rain, one result of the inevitable crash has been the competition between the remaining drink purveyors to attract those who still have a pot to piss in. Without wanting to come across all Totally Dublin we thought we’d shout out for some recommendations on decent spots with decent prices. Hop House on Parnell St.
#rabbleReels: A Joyful Slog On Vodo.net
Vodo.net is a rather brilliant peer-to-peer network that has been allowing independent film makers reach out to large international audience for some time. Dublin Community TV’s A Joyful Slog documentary has released their masterful manifesto for the Dublin indie scene there. The great thing about Vodo is how it lets you throw some change the way of the film makers too. With the spin off TV series Community of Independents … Read More
Gombeen #4: Eilis O’Hanlon
You wouldn’t think that Eilis O’Hanlon was bought up in working-class 70s west Belfast, the niece of IRA chief Joe Cahill. Part of a social group that was framed within the same language that she is now using against others.