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NOT A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE

Bumped into a fellow freelancer on the street today. She mentioned reading my Marco Pierre White interview. Talked about a couple of tough assignments she’d taken on herself. Assumed White was the toughest interviewee I’d ever come up against. Not by a long shot darling, not by a long shot. The most torturous interview situation I’ve ever faced was this one. It was an ordeal for all concerned. Read the rest of this entry »

AT THE THIRD FALL OF SNOW

Word of more heavy snowfall in Mayo this afternoon. At this point I believe the ice outside our house could technically be classified as glacier. But to be honest, if I were a kid, I reckon I’d have mixed feelings about all of this. On the one hand, sure, sliding down hillsides in empty fertilizer bags is one of life’s richest pleasures. And, I suppose, there was some minor sentimental value attached to that whole White Christmas thing. Read the rest of this entry »

WILLIE JOE GOES OFF MESSAGE…

Sacrilege! Regular commenter Massey sent this my way yesterday. I originally intended to post it with a witty photoshopped reply of my own. But I’m afraid “Up the Rossies” is just such a profoundly tragic slogan, there was really nowhere funny I could take it. Read the rest of this entry »

THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY

January is undoubtedly the most depressing month of the year. To celebrate, I’m republishing the most depressing article I’ve ever written. If you make it to the end without killing yourself, there’s a prize.

MISCELLANEOUS AMUSING ITEMS I’VE COME ACROSS #21

High glee alright. There’s part of me would like to know what the hell a glee club is. But I suspect its more fun not knowing.

WARREN BEATTY HAD SEX WITH 12,775 WOMEN*

*Well, that’s according to this utterly bizarre article I’ve just read in the Guardian. Biographer Peter Biskind came up with the figure by calculating the number of days that passed from the day Beatty (pictured above between shags) lost his virginity at 19 to the date in 1991 when he met Annette Bening and presumably became monogamous. Biskind “then applied the admittedly questionable logic that during that entire period Beatty slept with an average of one woman a day.” Read the rest of this entry »

No f***ing way!!

I’m speechless. I’m not worthy. By any standards, I’m fucking embarrassed… Read the rest of this entry »

WE CALL HIM POTHOLE…

He’s the son of a well known Dublin businessman and he fancies himself something of a man about town. Pothole’s nickname derives from that fact that his personality is so grating, his manner so repugnant, people will go to almost any length to avoid bumping into him. Read the rest of this piece here.

I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949)

MY TOP TIPS FOR 2010

Cogent Housekeeper
In 2009, Cogent Housekeeper dropped an atomic fucking bomb on dancefloors from Paris to Phnom Penh. This year, expect to see the tween-psychobilly duo blaze a trail through the arpeggiated nuclear winter that follows in its wake. Love them or hate them, there’ll be no ignoring Neville Cornflake and his trusty sidekick Derek “The Tractor Lawnmower” Gonzales. Read the rest of this entry »