Few introductions needed for Tonie Walsh, he held it down at legandary clubs like Flikkers, as well as the Horny Organ Tribe and Elevator nights in the Ormond Multimedia Centre back in the day. Here he dusts off a selection of tracks to enliven our upcoming parish hop for Auntie Patty. 1. Mutabaruka: Dis Poem ’99, Guidance. Boyd Jarvis and Joe Claussell create a nagging, flute-inflected little polemic. 2. Black Box: … Read More
Disco Liberation: Flikkers and The Hirschfield Centre
Rashers Tierney takes a trip down memory lane and hears how a little known community centre and disco not only laid the groundwork for an opening up of Irish sexual attitudes but also dragged our clubbing sensibilities out of the dancehalls.