Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
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WHY DO CATS SMILE WHEN DRAGONS BREATHE FIRE?
THIS IS FUNNY
You’ve probably seen it before but, what the hell, it’s worth watching again. Read the rest of this entry »
HUMAN TRAFFICK
Remember Latif Yahia? Iraqi army captain, worked as Uday Hussein’s body double, escaped into exile, took a policeman hostage, punched a judge, torched a refugee camp, married an Irish woman, got into a beef with Michael McDowell and posted some fucking scary messages on this blog… Yeah, that Latif Yahia.
A $20m biopic based on his book I Was Saddam’s Son is about to go into production, starring Dominic Cooper (Mama Mia, An Education.) And the film’s director has a pretty colourful back story all of his own… Read the rest of this entry »
NIHILISTIC BEDDING
THIS IS NOT A JOKE SHOP. THIS IS AN ADULT FETISH SHOP. SERIOUS SHOPPERS ONLY.
“One particular film has three words in its title: none of which can be repeated in a family newspaper. Sufficed to say it boasts an all-male cast. And given the pride these gentlemen take in one particular aspect of their anatomy, the film could be described as, quite literally, an orgy of self-congratulation…” Read the rest of this article here.
THIS IS FUNNY
DJ #1: Hey, do you want to go the cinema tonight? Read the rest of this entry »
PICTURES OF YOU (1989)
“HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED BULIMIA? I HEAR IT WORKS WONDERS…”
“Do you think I’m getting fat?” he asks, eventually. I look him up and down. “You are fat,” I reply. “I think you’re getting fatter…” Read the rest of this article here.
LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES (1949)
“Gonna find me a river, one that’s cold as ice / Gonna find me a river, one that’s cold as ice / I’m goin’ down in it three times / But Lord, I’m only comin’ up twice…”
“Would you say that uncertified practitioners are dragging the entire soul-coaching profession into disrepute..?”
PAULA HUGHES: Ireland’s first certified Soul Coach.Read the rest of this interview here.