Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
July 2006
Q. What are your ambitions? A. To grow fins and swim away.
Extremely confused, and confusing, interview with Devandra Banhart from the summer of 2006. It was very late at night, I had no respect for the guy or his music and I kind of wanted to punch him for most of the duration of our conversation. That aside, we got along famously. The conflict referred to was the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War. He later dated Natalie Portman. Read the rest of this interview here.
He was first to use the phrase “Its all fun and games until someone loses an eye” in the modern, ironic sense…
It met with heavy criticism at the time, of course. But that usage has since become standard. Read the rest of this article here.
Q: WHAT ARE YOUR AMBITIONS? A. TO GROW FINS AND SWIM AWAY.
Extremely confused, and confusing, interview with Devandra Banhart from the summer of 2006. It was very late at night, I had no respect for the guy or his music and I kind of wanted to punch him for most of the duration of our conversation. That aside, we got along famously. The conflict referred to was the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War. He later dated Natalie Portman. Read the rest of this interview here.
“The Charles Haughey I Knew”
My best memory of Charles J. Haughey? Probably of him hanging from the monkey bars in Donneycarney primary school, singing the theme from the Lone Ranger. It was 1982, and Haughey was facing a motion of no confidence from the parliamentary party. It’s hard to imagine another Irish leader preparing for a major political battle in such a fashion.
But then Charlie was never ordinary. Even on our first day at school he stood out from the other boys, decked out (as he was) in the dazzling capote de paseo of a Basque Country matador. Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Mongrel Magazine, July 2006Q: WHAT ARE YOUR AMBITIONS? A. TO GROW FINS AND SWIM AWAY.
Extremely confused, and confusing, interview with Devandra Banhart from the summer of 2006. It was very late at night, I had no respect for the guy or his music and I kind of wanted to punch him for most of the duration of our conversation. That aside, we got along famously. The conflict referred to was the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War. He later dated Natalie Portman.
Read the rest of this entry »