Despite a rough early start, Limerick’s City Of Culture continues to ratchet up rakes of class events. This early October weekender could be just the medicine to stave off early winter blues with a weekend long mad one. Friday opens up with Manchester club Hoya: Hoya leading a take over of Dolans Warehouse with hapes of their residents in tow. Stray is known for operating deep in the folds of … Read More
Is It Worth It?
Life, death, community and hope – listen up or speak your mind tonight (8pm Thurs, 11 Sept) at Bohemian Football Club bar in Phibsboro. A free-entry Spoken Word event featuring the talents of Lewis Kenny, Cormac Fitz, Temper-Mental MissElayneous, Colm Keegan & Paul Curran (see Lewis perform ‘Cabra’ in the video above). For more info check the Facebook event here.
Win More Tickets To The Fringe.
We have more Fringey freebies to give away today. Three pairs of tickets are up for grabs for three events. All are taking place on Thursday October 11th. So make sure you can go before entering. The Rest Is Action sets out to remake The Oresteia. For those of you who went mitching during classics, that’s a Greek tragedy looking at the end of the curse on the House of … Read More
#rabbleComp: Win Tickets To The Fringe.
There’s plenty of Fringe festival frolics taking place about about the town this week and next. rabble managed to get its mucky paws on a few pairs to throw out to our readers. Lurky! Lurky! is a play that promises “mortal terror” and “inhuman ecstasy” and features the scratchadelic stylings of one Djackulate (great name…) His Danny De -vito Chap In Bubble Wrap mix tape gets a solid Tuesday listening thumbs up … Read More
#rabbleChoons: Something For The Weekend.
Myles Ni Gangstaleen is back with another roundup of musical goings-on of late… CL MOONS Liverpool based Irish lad SERT ONE has returned to his CL MOONS moniker for a new release on French label Cosmonostro. The ‘1992 EP’ follows on from ‘Sweekers Volume 1 & 2’ which went down a storm and got praise and plays from the likes of Om Unit, Machinedrum and Slick … Read More
The Roots Of Rasta Rebellion.
What do the red, gold and green colours mean to you? If you answered the Carlow GAA team, then this probably isn’t for you. It’s a new BBC radio documentary about the emergence of Rastafarianism. Presented by British MC Akala, it charts the early influence of pan-Africanism and how rasta spread far beyond religion. Here’s how the descriptor for the first episode puts it: “In this first part of the series, … Read More
14 Tracks For Carnival.
14 Tracks is a rather neat side project from the people behind Boomkat. It’s a very simple process of curation where tracks revolving around a theme are neatly fitted together for download. As Notting Hill Carnival is on the horizon, they’ve just released this grab bag of modern carnival hype tunes. It carries sufferers dancehall from Popcaan, catchy kwaito form Tshepang, future Rnb via Bok Bok and the epic come up … Read More
#spareChange: Panti On Film.
We’re serious fans of Panti’s trouble making here at rabble. Blinder Films (The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology, Citadel etc…) are putting together a documentary about the person behind the public figure and they need you to fund it. A press release that landed in our inbox this morning gave an outline of what’s planned: “The film builds an in-depth picture of a complex and compelling character through behind-the-scenes footage, archive, music and interviews … Read More
#rabbleChoons: Bitta Monday Music For Yiz
Myles Ni Gangstaleen is back with another roundup of musical movement on these shores… JEE4CE. This lad knows how to have the craic. Bigtime. His ‘My Friend Jack EP’ from last Summer featured the uplifting anthemic tune ‘Be Alright’. One which sets up camp in your head, and doesn’t leave til the Summer’s over. This most recent EP raises the bar even more so. Produced by … Read More
Canada’s Prince of Pot Is Out.
Cannabis seed distributor Marc Emery was greeted by friends and fans in Toronto yesterday after four years locked up in the States. Emery is an articulate proponent of cannabis reform and counter-cultural entrepreneur extraordinaire. Emery was a well known thorn in the side of the London Ontario political establishment, he ran a bookshop called City Lights named after the quintessential San Fransico beat store. He railed against Sunday closing, censorship and found himself in battles … Read More