Between the Vivian Maier documentary in the IFI this month, the launch of Wally Cassady’s latest book and this lad here: it seems we really can’t get enough of people taking sneaky snaps. Well, as long as it’s not us in the frame. The people putting this new exhibition of Irish street photographers together uploaded a sweet little video of all the nail hammering, wobbly frame fixing and dusting that’s needed … Read More
#rabbleChoons: Is It Beats Yer Wantin?
Myles Ni Gangstaleen is back with another roundup of some Irish electronic activity of late….. BANTUM. BANTUM is treating us to not one but two quality ‘name your price’ singles on his Bandcamp page. His debut album ‘Legion’ blew our collective socks off, so some new activity from this lad is always warmly received. Check out the unreal vocal talents of Eimear O’Donovan and Owensie on … Read More
Generator MX.
The current episode of Generator, the eclectic arts magazine show from Dublin City Television (DCTV) features the artist Kathrina Rupit, also known as Kin MX. Also in this episode of Generator they talk to Rose Murphy about her photographic project The Breast Fed Babies Of Ireland and visit the multi-disciplinary artists’ initiative Satellite Studios where they meet artists Ceara and Roisin. Sharon Jackson interviewed Kathrina in our print issue 6 – read … Read More
Boomtown’s Back With A Bang.
In little under a week, half the rabble team will be mitching off work early and catching the snail and rail across the Irish sea to enter the parallel universe of Winchester’s Boomtown Fair. Rashers Tierney and Darragh Lynch threw together this round up of Irish acts making the voyage over. We missed out last summer, opting instead for hometown madness – but after slaving away slopping out pints … Read More
Who’s Your Man On The Box?
Just as we’d gotten up off our arse and finally uploaded Paddy Lynch’s We Speak In Code from #rabble8 , then up he pops again on Dublin Community TV’s The Generator. We’re blessed with some talented illustrators donating their time to us in rabble. We chatted to Paddy about his Jim Larkin project last year too if you missed it. rabble’s old muckers in A4 Sounds pop up in this episode and … Read More
The Baffler Goes Online.
Cranky mid-90’s alternative lefty rag The Baffler’s just put all its back issues online for the first time with a bang new website. Considered razor sharp in its day, there’s a treasure trove for print nerds to work through. The magazine published some game changing pieces. Thomas Frank’s What’s The Matter With Kansas? grabbed the issue of elctorates voting against their own interests by the scruff of the neck. And plenty of … Read More
#flashFiction: The Dancer.
After only two months, Helen was making three or four times the money that she’d earned at the aquarium, easily. And it made sense in a way, exotic dancing wasn’t something she’d ever thought about before but she still had the body for it, and most importantly part of her glowed under the spotlight. And the thick brown envelope she was handed at the end of the week was hers … Read More
Won’t Someone Please Think Of The Turkey?
What would everyone’s favorite stuffed Dubliner think of this Garth Brook’s nonsense that sweeps the nation? Too young to remember? As Garth Brook’s popularity reached a pinnacle in the mid 1990’s, so too did the craze of line dancing among bog trodders and concrete chompers alike. The threat posed was so great that kiddie’s TV favorite Dustin the Turkey led the forces of good against the boxes of stetsons and buckle … Read More