Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
Published: October 1 2009
THE BAGGOT INN
Aidan is buzzing. He’s like a kid in a toyshop. I’m just about managing to keep my excitement under wraps. We’re sitting in Dublin’s first and, to my knowledge, only pull-your-own-pint venue. Aidan thinks it’s amazing. Pulling our own pints. God above. What next? I’m not quite as enthusiastic. They’re making me do something that’s normally done for me by someone else?
Yippee, when we’re finished here, can I clean the toilets? Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Irish Times, April 19 2008“I’m not necessarily making the comparison, but don’t Page 3 models usually say the same thing…?”
BIJOU HUNTER
Burlesque artist discusses stripping, sleaze and stonemasonry
What’s the difference between a burlesque artist and a stripper?
A stripper mainly performs for a male audience and nothing is left to the imagination. It’s just about taking off your clothes. With burlesque, it’s as much about what you don’t show, as what you do.
Okay then, what don’t you show?
Well, there are many facets to burlesque, ranging from comedy, parody, farce and farce to striptease and titillation. It started in Europe, with things like Moulin Rouge, and then spread to America in the 1920s and 30s. It was only in America that the striptease element began to feature more heavily, but burlesque doesn’t necessarily involve striptease. Read the rest of this entry »
NO JACKET REQUIRED
[This is from a very early issue of Mongrel. I ambushed this guy backstage at the Temple Bar Music Centre after a gig. There is no word in the English language for drunk I was. An hour or so afterward, my friend Scally tracked me down at the counter in Zaytoon (kebab house) on Parliament Street trying to order a round of drinks… Not my finest hour, I’ll be the first to admit.] Read the rest of this entry »
“OFF THE RECORD, O’HANLON CAME ABOUT AS CLOSE AS HE COULD TO LETTING ME KNOW THAT HE FELT THE SAME WAY…”
THERE’S NO GETTING around it. Not when you speak to him on the phone. Certainly not when you sit down with him in person. Eleven years have passed since he hung up the old dog collar, and the actor’s hair is now showing flecks of grey. But to fans of Father Ted , the much-beloved sitcom on which he made his name, the two are indivisible: Ardal O’Hanlon and Dougal Maguire. Dougal Maguire and Ardal O’Hanlon. Read the rest of this entry »
JOHN DOYLE’S
It’s Thursday night in Doyles and the hits just keep on coming: Westlife. Kylie. 2 Unlimited. Peter Andre’s Mysterious Girl segueing directly into the Saw Doctors N17. This is Phibsboro Uncovered. Yip, it doesn’t get much wilder than this. Read the rest of this entry »