Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
irish times
OVERHEARD AT THE LAST SUPPER…
Apostle #1: Anyone else think Judas is acting kinda weird?
Apostle #2: Yeah, he’s really shifty tonight.
Apostle #3: Also, he’s the only one of us without a halo. Which I think is pretty suspicious…
IRISH TIMES’ WRITERS RACY RECOMMENDATIONS…
The newspaper is collecting suggested reading lists from writers for an upcoming Christmas feature. The categories didn’t sound remarkable when they were called out to me over the phone: Read the rest of this entry »
90 SECOND NATTER WITH… THE GRIM REAPER
Fave food…
Spagetti bolognaise n garlic bread….umm delish!!
Fave TV programme…
Ne ting with gaelic hurlin r soccer!!!
Fave board game…
OMG…Y does every1 tink dat i play chess???? i don’t even know da rules lol!!!
Likes…
Chillin, cruizin wit da boyz, goin buck ape round da place n checkin out da talent Read the rest of this entry »
“THAT WASN’T A SKETCH… IT WAS A MASSIVE SPASTIC FUCK-UP!”
Running for 89 episodes between 1992 and 1998, The Larry Sanders was one of the funniest and most innovative television shows ever made. Based on the travails of neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling), his buffoonish sidekick Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor) and their shitkicking producer Artie (Rip Torn), the show was scripted by a team of crack writers that included Jon Vitti (The Simpsons) and Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Superbad), as well as Shandling himself and his writing partner Peter Tolan.
It also boasted a strong supporting cast of actors who, in many cases, would go on to greater acclaim in their own right (among them Jeremy Piven, Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garafalo). Read the rest of this entry »
HOLIDAY ROAD (1983)
My quest for the perfect DVD box set is at an end. This evening I chanced up National Lampoon’s Vacation Collection – comprising the Griswald’s original, European, Christmas and Vegas vacations – and it has already cheered me up no end. Read the rest of this entry »
WHAT PEACHES AND WHAT PENUMBRAS! WHOLE FAMILIES SHOPPING AT NIGHT!
Hit the DVD place afterwards tonight, more out of habit than with any particular plan of attack. I mooch around the box sets, aimless now that the Wire’s seemingly endless Bataan Death March is finally over. All have short, non-descriptive titles: House, Rome, Lost, The Shield. I have no idea what any of them are about or if they’re any good. Probably not. Probably not. Read the rest of this entry »
GREAT MOMENTS IN DRUGS: JUNE 12, 1970
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis throws a no-hitter – the baseball equivalent of a 147 break, as far as I can tell (see after the jump) – while tripping on acid.
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LAME JOKES BOB DYLAN HAS TOLD ONSTAGE WHILE INTRODUCING HIS BAND (1988 – 2009)
“At the back, the meanest drummer in the world. When we played in the Middle East, he killed the Dead Sea… David Kemper!”
“You might be wondering what’s written on his shoes – those are foot notes!” Read the rest of this entry »
COLE’S CORNER (2005)
Such a lovely vocal, it’s a pity he screws the lyric up right at the end with that awful line about the girl with a smile and a flower in her hair. Read the rest of this entry »
“SALTED PORRIDGE. DRIED MEAT. LEEKS. GOATS MILK…
“Anything that doesn’t require refrigeration, basically. Chuck it all in a pot and then boil it up…” It’s difficult to identify quite which element of historical military re-enactment least appeals to this squeamish civilian of the 21st century. It could be the drafty costumes or public scorn. Then, of course, there’s the very real possibility of having my eye taken out by some hyperactive fund manager with a lance. But a new contender has snook up along the outside rail: the horrific-sounding lunchtimes.
“Oh no, that’s not just your lunch,” laughs John Looney, the founder of re-enactment website LivingHistory.ie. “That has to last you two days – that’s your breakfast dinner and tea!” Read the rest of this entry »