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Lauren fancies some white concentric circles running down her shoulder.

Cillian would have blue and green nautical stars branded on his shoulder blades.

Ed wants an anchor.

Aoife would get her name in Arabic.

Caomhan would also get Aoife’s name in Arabic.

Paul’s choice is a tribal frog to keep his tribal lizard company.

Roisin already resembles a topsy-turvy Harry Potter with a lightning bolt on her foot.

The dapper James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco would quite like an inked-on duck saying ‘I Want A Taco!

That’s it! I’ve got it. Y’know Cheryl Cole’s hand tattoo?

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The Uke Special:: Categorized as “The World’s Most Misspelled, Mispronounced and Misunderstood Instrument” on an adoring website, the ukulele is wrapping its four strings around Meeting House Square this month as part of Dublin’s First Ukulele Festival, the fantastically-named Ukulele Hooley. With a bunch of exuberant organizers, and a line-up that includes the world’s oldest uke musician (the sprightly 102-year-old Uncle Bill ‘Tappy’ Tapia, who strummed for Elvis and Louis Armstrong), all topped off with workshops, raffles and vendors you’ll be puking ukes by the time the weekend’s out.

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Narcissisus Wept:: This month we mistakenly credited someone with the invention of an ironing board-skateboard combo which they haven’t actually invented. Making up for this gross disappointment is Aissa Logerot who has designed (probably) the world’s most ingenious space-saver – an ironing board-cum-mirror. One minute you’re looking worriedly at the seemingly irremovable creases in your best white shirt, the next at the seemingly irremovable creases in your best white face. It is, of course, setting feminism back 50 years, but the Madam Est Servie is one woah-worthy homeware we hope Arnotts start stocking soon.

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judge the album by its sparkling guestlist, the centrepiece is, most importantly, SMD’s cosmically-minded productions.

With at least a handful of singles bigger than Godzilla on growth hormones, we started Mr. Ford off at the most appropriate location.

You’re just back from Japan, right?

Yeah, we got back yesterday. Japan’s always an amazing place to play. We played at the Fujirock festival and the crowd were mental. When they get into it, they really get into it. Along with Glastonbury it’s the gig we look most forward to playing.

Speaking of Glasto, somebody told me a story from the festival about five years ago where Norman Cook decided to play an impromptu set. He rolled up in a tank with decks built in, completely off his face, and just start lashing out Fatboy Slim songs. Which sounds like a line from [current single] Audacity Of Huge. If SMD become global dance megastars with this album what embarrasingly massive things can we expect you to do?

A tank’s pretty good. Weirdly, when I went to Glastonbury last time the Super Furry Animals also spent their entire marketing budget on a massive tank. You’ve really made it if you’ve got a tank.

Words // DANIEL GRAY My phonebook is paltry. The most famous names in it are one of the Redneck Manifesto and, well, James Ford from Simian Mobile Disco. James’ little black book, on the other hand, is of Golden Pages proportion. We didn’t tap his phone as we’d have liked to, but I’m pretty sure the following soundbites are accurate: “Hello Beth Ditto. Yes, of course you can come into the studio. I’ll slot you in between Gruff Rhys and the Klaxons on Saturday.”

“Andre? Andre 3000? Don’t think so, mate. We’re pretty snowed under. Try again next week.”

“Queen Elizabeth wants to be on our album?!”

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We talked to Chris Cunningham in this issue, and he was talking about taking his whole audiovisual show on the road for Electric Picnic that you’re both playing over here next month. Judging by your videos you guys spend a lot of time working on your visual accompaniment also…

Yeah, especially more recently as we learn how important it is to represent your music more visually. Me and Jas are very audio-centric people, but we’ve been working with this girl, Kate Moross [a 23-year-old London-based creative] who works with the videos and the artwork, and helps us tie it all in together. She’s working on the live visuals too, with another really great lighting guy who puts a lot of time into the show. We’ve got all these stupid harebrained ideas that he figures out how to work in a live arena.

We’ve built in lots of weird videos and blinding lasers into the show.

I saw you recently at Primavera, which was really visually astounding.

The live show is really evolving and coming into its own. At the beginning we really weren’t bothered, but it’s taken on a life of its own. We’re doing quite a lot live unlike some electronic bands, so we pretty much learn a new trick every time we play, we’re growing rapidly with each show.

So despite turning over your album so

quickly the electro trend it was born into in 2007 has pretty much died out already.

Because pop and dance trends have moved on did you make any concessions or directional changes on Temporary Pleasure?

I wouldn’t say we did consciously. We’ve been listening to lots of newer stuff for quite a while. Even the first record started to move away from that electro-y sound.

Sleep Deprivation was the last song we did, which was more techno, deep disco, cosmic than the other stuff. It’s best when we just get on with it, really. We thought this record would be more instrumental, but the vocals we got sent back were so good we couldn’t really not use them, and ended up steering it towards a more songy album.

What with Little Boots, La Roux, et al being the moneymakers at the minute, is it time for SMD to get an in-house pop girl?

We like having lots of different voices too much to ever narrow it down to one.

For this feature we’re talking to some of those collaborators about the Simian Mobile Disco experience. Give us some slander about your guests before they start gossiping about you.

Very unfortunately we don’t have a lot of slander to offer. The guests this time were mainly people we met at festivals over time, and whose music we enjoyed.

Everybody was happy to do it. The Telepathé girls and Chris from Yeasayer couldn’t come in all the way from New York, obviously. I don’t think our studio made anybody do anything absolutely ridiculous though.

Jamie Lidell said you’d beat Jas in a dance-off. Is he right?

Yes. I think he’s definitely right. Jas just does the odd DJ wiggle. Jamie’s probably got the best moves though. We’re massive fans of his really wonky Supercollider stuff. He has lots of these old, bizarre effects pedals and things. He came in and lined them up in a row and sang into this thing that looks like a toilet seat, basically, and got really carried away. We recorded him for… a few hours, he was so into it.

Were there any collabs that didn’t work out, or fell through?

Well, we spent ages chasing Nick Cave down, but it didn’t work out. And Andre 3000! He ended up being too busy with other stuff to come down though. Maybe next time.

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Jamie Lidell, star of Off The Map How did you find working with SMD on their new album?

It's like being locked in a cupboard with a couple of shamans from Mongolia.

They dress up in full clad and throw peyote at you until it's all done. I walked out onto the Hackney Road as a squaw.

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Is your song the best song on Temporary Pleasure?

It's only got one verse, which is my fault for not getting more napkins to scribble on in the cafe waiting for the lads.

Technically it's a ditty as a result. It's the best ditty on the maxi-long-playing-flexi though, no doubt.

Were you jealous of any of the other guest's songs?

I was a little. They all got mentioned in the press release... I was one of the ‘others’. I cried a little. I realised they were more worthy.

What are your overall impressions of the album?

It’s like getting on a bus only to realise that you’re in a blinking spaceship. You pay the regular price but in the end you get so much more.

Who'd win in a dance-off, James or Jas? If we're talking mop-for-mop James has the heaviest locks for sure. It's a lot of follicle on the dance floor with these two.

I mean, I think James would ultimately have it by a hair... Sorry. That was poor.

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Busy from Telepathé, stars of Pinball How did you find working with SMD on their new album?

Working with SMD on their album was actually a rather simple process. We were in New York and they were in the UK last winter when they were making their record so they emailed us an early version of the beat for Pinball for us to sing over. We sat with it for a while and slowly over a couple of weeks worked out some vocal melodies and lyrics. Soon after we went in to record the vocals in a studio and the recording was sent back to them. We had never done a collaboration over email before but we found it worked out really well.

How did the collab come about?

We met them last summer at the Field Day festival in London. It’s actually a funny story because we had no backstage area and it was pouring down rain so we wandered around until we found a large production tent to hang out in. After a few minutes of being there SMD walked in and asked if they could store their lighting rig, so it was all very coincidental. We both knew each other’s music so we got to talking and they mentioned at the time that they'd like us to sing on one of their songs and ended up contacting us a few months later.

Is SMD’s musical approach completely different to Telepathe’s?

After working with them we found that our approach to making music is actually pretty similar. We both make beats and slowly let them evolve by reworking them and adding vocals. We totally knew where they were coming from and could relate to their musical ideas.

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Words // CAOMHAN KEANE Main picture // ROMANEK There are certain events boys my age will always remember, stepping-stones that paved the yellow brick road to manhood.

You remember where you were when Ireland got knocked out of the World Cup in Italia 90 (the first time I saw a grown man, nay a group of grown men, cry). You remember where you were when your one Diana died (in bed and distressed at being woken up). And you remember where you were when you first saw the video for Come To Daddy, Chris Cunningham’s era-defining video for a, let’s be honest here, fairly bog standard dance track (at least by Richard D James’ standards).

It was late night MTV, I was 14, cruising for porn, when suddenly my corneas were taken on a visual trip that succeeded in doing what ‘c*****g daughters’, droogs, and several dodgy Wes Cravenhelmed horrors had failed: it scared the

What music videos inspired you before you got started in the business?

I’m not sure really. I didn't get into music videos because I was interested in music videos, it was more that I started getting preoccupied with exploring music and film making. It was just the best way getting started as a filmmaker.

shit out of me. From the sinister council block location (which rocked my middle class mindset to the core) to the multitude of mini D Jameses, this weird and wonderful creation not only turned me onto the world of the video director but it opened me up to a whole host of musical genres that were as alien to my Brett Anderson-worshipping ears as the cretin who roars at the granny towards the video’s close.

Like a dog cocking its leg, Cunningham’s visual flair seeps through each creation and his contribution is more important than that of the original artist when it comes to securing each track’s lineage. From the kinky robotics of Bjork’s All Is Full Of Love to the prepubescent psychopath in Squarepusher’s Come On My Selector, the hip-hop-aping Windowlicker to Samantha Morton’s exploding tentacles in The Horrors Sheena Is A Parasite, Chris Cunningham was as important to the continued success of MTV in the nineties as the recently departed Jacko was in the eighties.

Ahead of his live performance at the forthcoming Electric Picnic Chris spoke to Totally Dublin about his mini-hiatus, his recent return and everything before and after.

You seem to cringe at a lot of your earlier work. What did you learn from making the videos you consider to be - and I quote from your Pitchfork interview of 2005 - “absolutely shit”?

Well, I envy filmmakers who go to university and play around with a camera and make mistakes and discover where their strengths and weaknesses are in a less public way. I literally went from sculpting and engineering for Stanley Kubrick to directing music videos with absolutely no idea how to do it. I took on anything at first just to learn, and so I ended up learning my chops in front of everyone and, especially now with Youtube, you can't run away from them.

When I did the DVD collection with Spike [Jonze] and Michel [Gondry] I only put on there what I felt okay about.

The rest are just cringe-making 'college' experiments.

Which one, if you could, would you have permenently banished from your collection?

All. Is it true you made Brian Molko cry when you were shooting the video for 36 Degrees?

I don't actually remember anymore... If he was crying it was probably because he was in a pool of ice cold water, outside, in January... all day.

You’ve worked with some strong, aesthetically-obsessed females like Madonna, Bjork and Grace Jones. Did you find the process of working with them much different from working with, say, Aphex Twin or Squarepusher?

It's very hard to say, all of the above are very complicated and unique people, so each case was completely different. They all cared about what was being done, but expressed it in different ways. I'd say that the majority of them just let me get on with it. Working with Grace Jones it's very hard to put her past work out of your mind because it's such strong iconography, therefore it was a little bit more intimidating than some of the others.

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In that same Pitchfork interview you said you would like to direct a straight-down the-line action flick someday. Have you ever seen Strange Days? It’s the type of movie I think you would have had an incredible bent on.

I have seen it, but I was thinking more along the lines of Jack Sholder's The Hidden or the original The Hitcher.

Was your hiatus a way of making people want you more, to take time to reflect on

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cartoon video show, they want me to make a video for one of their artists or direct a commercial, so I had to start making my own music and very slowly I have been making these new video pieces which are designed to be seen in a show on a big screen. The show that I have at the moment is a transitional piece, more of a video DJ set of remixed old work and unreleased work whilst I struggle to finish all the new pieces. I can't wait to put brand new work out, but it takes time when you do virtually everything yourself. The brand new work is waiting in the wings and I'll start putting it out in the New Year. It's been slow, but I am finally getting to where I want to be.

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what you had done and really appreciate, or was it just that you were knackered and wanted to do something else?

My hiatus wasn't entirely my choice. It's quite hard to explain, but I'll give it a go... I had very specific ideas about how I wanted to move on from music videos and I tried to pursue these ideas with Aphex and Squarepusher and other musicians, but I soon realised after spending four years on a short film and not releasing it that it was impossible to get other musicians to make music that would fit my ideas exactly. They have their path and I have mine.

Up until then, my video work was being financed by the record companies and artists and as soon as I wanted to take it to the next level... who was going to pay for it? Rubber Johnny [the six minute short video made by Cunningham using Aphex Twin music] happened because me and my friends worked for free at weekends for two years, and so you can see that to do what I do is actually very hard because it doesn't fit anywhere. If I want to mess with the format, it's not a music video anymore and it's not video art or even a short film. No one wants to finance my experimental

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Could you tell me a little about your career as a music producer. You worked with The Horrors on Primary Colours who also lured you out of retirement to work on the video for Sheena Is A Parasite. What about them attracts you?

Working with the Horrors coincided with what I was working on in my studio at the time. I was getting interested in guitars and experimenting with sounds from guitars for my own music and I heard that track, and I just got overexcited because it had ideas in it that were close to what was in my mind at the time. It only takes one sound in a piece of music to open up a whole world of images for me and they were the first band in ages where I heard some sound design in the songs. When I met them it was really amazing how similar our outlook on music was. They played me Joe Meek stuff I hadn't heard and I played them music concrete stuff they hadn't. Although I didn't want to make videos for other artists anymore, I just felt too much of a connection with them.

It's funny to see people dismiss them as being not 'for real' when the truth is the opposite. They are proper music lovers and sound fetishists in the same way that Squarepusher or Aphex is.

What was it like, to be so established in one field to step back and begin totally anew in another one?

It's no different from when I started making music videos, having been an established film technician one minute and then start directing the next. My past effects work became an integral part of my film making style and so this next step is the same thing, mutating into a film maker/musician.

So what can Irish audiences expect from your Electric Picnic show?

A kind of 'stage 1 video DJ set'. It is new mixes of my past video work with unreleased work in amongst it. It's a taster of what the new stuff will be like.... providing my equipment actually works and the sound will go up to 11.

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Fusing a lifelong passion for classic myths and legends with a teenage taste for disco, Andrew Butler created one of 2008’s finest acts in Hercules and Love Affair.

A salacious mix of house, heart and hedonism they are less a “defined musical act” and more a “community spirit” with lots of voices coming together to make the magic happen. As the dust settles on their debut album and Butler himself hears the Liber Pater from dancing feet at Tripod this August, he joins Totally Dublin for a quick shooting of the shit.

There’s been talk in the press about the state of Hercules in the Love Affair’s line up. For the record Hercules and Love Affair is just you and an array of singers people have taken to their hearts but who aren’t actually part of the band?

The project is based around songs I write and then artists I invite to sing on them. The touring band is as close to the recorded version as we can get. The last time round it was inevitable that Antony wasn’t going to be available. This time round I have new singers, a new cast of characters.

Do you think there is a problem with a lot of dance music at the moment in that she’s quite a shallow beast? In the seventies we had feminist anthems, songs that explored race, gender and sexuality.

Now…?

That’s what I love about good music. I wanted to write lyrics that were spread across entire song structures. That process posed questions and found answers so as to evoke a response from the listener. I want them to find meaning, to find substance. I wanted to use my imagination and engage in a childlike play and that comes across in the use of the mythology.

What influence does Greek imagery and mythology have on your songwriting?

It’s something I had a passion for as a kid and I rekindled the passion when I started writing the record. One myth in particular interested me, where Hercules brings his lover Hylas along with him on a great journey and he is abducted by river nymphs. And Hercules is devastated.

There was something about the strongest man on Earth at the mercy on his heart

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that spoke to me. It was romantic, poetic.

It says on Wikipedia that you started your career DJing in a Denver leather bar. Is this true?

Like all good DJs I started in my bedroom but my first gig I played was in a seedy, notorious leather bar. I was underage and it was a kind of a kooky night that became more involved than I thought. The police turned up and I almost got caught and dragged home in handcuffs to my parents. I took a lot of cues from an older crowd and learned a lot of from them.

They introduced me to this scene. They knew I was fifteen, they were knowingly putting me in harm’s way but I learnt a lot about dance music through them.

Could you tell me about the line up for your new album? Who remains on the record, who new are you drafting in?

Kim-Ann Foxman is somebody who’ll be involved with my creative process for as long as she wants to be. We have a new

singer called Daniela who participated in the techno scene in Berlin and has a big, classically trained voice. While the other singer, Shawn Wright, has a spectacular gospel voice. He’s an old time house head and we have a similar aesthetic. He brings a glam chic element to what we’re doing.

At what stage are you with the new album? Will it be in a similar vein as the last album or are you hoping to verge off in a different direction?

It’s very lyrical. It does have slow, pensive moments akin to what Brian Eno was doing, using old analogue gear that was available and used regularly by him. But also it is more aggressive, real dance floor oriented. With Hercules and the Love Affair the feeling was that perhaps it was a little schizophrenic. Eclectic would be a nice way of saying it. This album might be more so.

Andrew Butler DJs at Tripod on the 21st August. Tickets are €15.

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$*7*$ -*#&35*&4 &..&5 ."35*/ 4 *//&3 $*5: 30054 words // PAUL CLEARY The Liberties strike a chord in many a Dubliner’s heart. Seen as the less prosperous hub of the city for many a year, it has now come full circle and has remained defiant to the Celtic Tiger’s transformation of Ireland into a modern city. Photographer Emmett Martin was enchanted by its refusal to let go of its cultural roots, and after publishing his book of the same name, he teamed up with the No Grants Gallery to exhibit a series of photographs capturing the magic of the Liberties. We caught up with him to ask him about his love affair with Meath Street and the rest of the Liberties.

Would you say the exhibition showcases your art using the Liberties as a subject, is it a documentation of the area, or is it a mixture of both?

In a sense it’s a bit of both. I started taking pictures of the Liberties a year ago, I moved here from Paris - although I’m originally from the States - and one day I wandered over toward Meath Street. I fell in love with the place. It was completely unique. I lived in New York in the late eighties/early nineties, and some of the old sections of New York have really kept a hold onto their personality and roots.

This same sense of stepping back in time

is what struck me when I walked on to Meath Street for the first time.

In saying that do you feel that the rest of Ireland, or Dublin at least, has lost its core due to modernization?

Yes, I would say that. Coming over from Paris, which is still very much steeped in nostalgic culture, I have to admit I didn’t find much personality in Dublin straight away. I almost felt like I was on the east coast of America. When I arrived here four years ago, the Celtic Tiger was in full bloom so there was a lot of innovation in architecture and the whole area around the quays seemed so slick. In contrast when we went over to the Liberties it felt like nothing had been tarnished by modernization.

So why hold the exhibition in Temple Bar - would it not make more sense to hold it in the Liberties?

Well I put my relationship with the No Grants Gallery down to serendipity. It all just fell into place. I had taken a bunch of pictures in the Liberties and (self) published them in my book. Not long after I was approached by No Grants and asked if I wanted to do a show there. One of my proudest moments regarding the

book is that it’s the only English language book stocked by the Irish bookstore on Harcourt. The owner of the shop’s grandfather had grown up in the Liberties and it struck a chord with her, so she made an exception.

And what do you hope people who come to the exhibition will take from it?

I hope people come away with a sense of respect for the people of the Liberties.

The community there is overwhelmingly strong and the occupants are very proud of their heritage. I also hope people can have a bit of a giggle at the tongue in cheek nature of many of the shots.

No Liberties runs from the 29th July until the 12th August in Temple Bar’s No Grants Gallery

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The DLR Festival of World Cultures returns at the end of August bringing its unique, colourful blend of Irish and international acts to the magnificent surroundings of Dun Laoghaire. With the hugely popular event now in its 9th year, Artistic Director Jody Ackland highlights its increasing relevance and importance and introduces this year’s phenomenal festival programme.

How would you describe the festival’s aims or intentions to someone who’s not familiar with it?

We’re predominantly a ‘world music festival’ but we also have a strong programme of dance, arts, dialogue, markets and craft. The main foundation is a world music programme but we incorporate an ethos of integration, cultural exchange and education. I think that comes across in the programme and is why the festival has such broad appeal. It provides more than just entertainment; it also has a strong message to deliver to people.

Is it important for you to include various disciplines other than music and to encourage participation?

Participation is a strong part of the programme ethos and an essential part of the festival. It’s mainly done through the workshops and discussions on offer. We also produce a newspaper, The Festival Times, which includes various articles addressing issues like climate

Our company is caught up in doing this type of work with non-actors, creating a lot of awareness about gender-related violence, particularly psychological and emotional abuse in the 18-33 year old age group.

Be it a boyfriend controlling a girlfriend or a friend using emotional blackmail or guilt tripping. These themes are consistent in Breathing Corpses, which is why I chose it.

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Laura Wade is a relatively young and fresh playwright, why did you decide to stage Breathing Corpse as your annual play?

I read a huge amount of scripts from London and all around the world and this play sits well in the context of Crooked House. It treats issues like mental health, suicide and gender-based violence.

The title Breathing Corpses conjures up thoughts of a George A. Romero film, is it a play about zombies?

Well Breathing Corpses is a metaphor - a person without happiness is simply a breathing corpse. Wade uses this theme to tell quite a gripping story. It opens with a grisly scene - we meet Amy, a hotel chambermaid who is most likely going to stay as a maid for the rest of her life. One morning on one of her rounds, however, she discovers a body in one of the rooms. Instead of reporting it immediately however, she strikes up a conversation with the corpse whom we find out is called Jim. We then move back in time and meet Jim before he died, and observe the lead up to his death.

So it’s a murder mystery?

No, not really. In Jim’s story he comes across a body himself, and we then go back in time to discover the origins of this person, who has also come across a body. This continues a few times throughout the course of the play and we meet some interesting characters.

This all sounds very macabre, is it humorous at all?

It has plenty of wit, but not necessarily laugh-outloud comedy. All the characters represent different aspects of social injustice, which is what Crooked House is all about. We meet characters suffering from domestic violence, depression and loneliness each with an underlining message. Instead of just telling a story Breathing Corpses gives audiences something to think about. Hopefully people will leave not just entertained but also enlightened about various social injustices.

Catch Breathing Corpses at The Project Arts Centre, 17th-29th August

change, fair trade, and human rights. A dynamic, vibrant and eclectic atmosphere is what we aim to create at the festival and that’s achieved through encouraging inclusion and creating accessibility.

Ireland has become very multi-cultural, particularly in the last decade. Is the festival a way of reflecting that change and acknowledging the city’s growing ethnic diversity?

The festival was conceived on the basis of those principles. It was founded both to mark the millennium and to reflect the changing cultural demographic of Ireland. It’s something that is very much relevant at the moment with the current economic depression. People have asked us what the value of the festival is at this time. Yes, the recession is a low point but we have to be careful that we don’t allow it to make a dent in the calendar of Irish history.

The headline acts all seem quite inspirational as well as musically talented. Oumou Sangare is a champion of women’s rights. Jane Birkin is a HIV/AIDS activist. Was that something you intended?

We always look to people who have a significant profile internationally. I’m quite proud that we have a number of very strong women. Oumou is an incredible business woman and a UN Goodwill ambassador.

These people of course inspire us but we didn’t deliberately set out to programme women of this calibre. It naturally happened this year.

Are there any highlights on the festival programme for you personally?

For our Sunday concert in the Pavilion Theatre we are bringing together two fantastic Sufi artists. Sain Zahoor is a famous mystic and musician from Pakistan known as the ‘king of the street people’. He’ll be performing with his band. We’ve invited Bachir Attar who is also a great musician and well-known in his native Morocco to join him. The two have actually never met before but they will be performing together in a very special, unique collaboration.

The Festival takes place on the 29th and 30th of August. See www.festivalofworldcultures.com for more information.

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■ Ash Grunwald Whelan’s (upstairs) 8pm, €12 Because even Australians get the blues

■ Brandi Carlisle Olympia Theatre, 7pm, €16.45 Earnest acoustic from the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack

■ RAN Mini Album Launch Twisted Pepper 7.30pm, €tba The Wicklow four-piece launch their CD, supported by My Mother’s Son, Jogging and Crowd Control

Thursday 6 August

■ Declan Sinnott and

■ The Epic Taste Twisted Pepper 7.30pm, €8 Radiohead-esque rock is the alternative to La Roux

Whelan’s 8pm, €20 The Cork musicians cover acoustic favourites

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■ Audio Whelan’s 8pm, €8/6 Fledgling Dublin three-piece

Friday 7 August ■ Crayonsmith Whelans (upstairs) 8pm, €8 Support your local Auto-harpist

Saturday 8 August

Whelans (upstairs) 8pm, €10 Ethereal accordions from an Irishman and a Swede

Sunday 16 August ■ Elder Roche Whelan’s 8pm, €10 Old-fashioned storytelling from the talented Dublin songwriter

Tuesday 18 August ■ Carolina Liar The Academy 7pm, €15 American rock via Swedish pop-gloom

Friday 14 August

■ The Rude Mood JJ Smyths 9pm, €10 An Irish Blues Club presentation

■ The Doors Alive The Academy, 11pm, €15 Authentic 60s instruments with an authentic hairy singer

Thursday 20 August ■ Legend: Bob Marley

■ The Shower Scene The Academy, 5pm, €10 Irish pop-punk band with admirable haircuts

Friday 14 August

■ Kill Krinkle Club & The

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Tripod 7.30pm, €24.50 Eternal springtime for the ‘80s Supergroup’

■ Sean Needham Whelan’s 8pm , €8 Acoustic rock from Denmark via Donegal

Tribute The Button Factory 7.30pm, €15 Two hours jamming in the great Jamaican’s legacy

■ Slave Zero Whelan’s 8pm, €9 Thrash metal album launch, with support from Mass Extinction

Friday 21 August

■ Kevin Doyle Sings The ■ AZ/AZ: AC/DC Tribute The Button Factory 8pm, €16 For those who used to be about to rock.

■ The Funeral Suits,

Percolator and Lost Chord Whelan’s 8pm, €8 The guitar-wielding threesome play their apocalyptic pop

Tuesday 11 August ■ Salvo Blues JJ Smyths 9pm, €8 An Irish Blues Club presentation

Wednesday 12 August ■ Easy Star All Stars The Academy, 7pm, €22 New York Rastafarians do their take on the Beatles and Pink Floyd

Elvis Presley songbook Olympia Theatre, 8pm, €22.50 Rock and roll covers with minimal hip-swivelling

Saturday 15 August

■ Simply Red The 02 6.30pm, from €49.20 Apparently, he still has all his hair ■ Pete Murray The Academy 7pm, €22.50 Sunshine-y summer guitars not meant for Irish climes

■ Hooray for Humans/

Heathers Whelan’s (upstairs) 8pm, €10 Celebrate being human with infectious pop and the ubiquitous twins

■ Simon Fagan Whelan’s 8pm, €11.50 Jazz-inflected pop-rock from the Dublin singer/trumpet player

■ The Jimmy Cake The Purty Kitchen, Dun Laoghaire 8pm, €10 A slice of pop with synthesizer icing ■ Springbreak

Saturday 22 August ■ The Don Baker Band The Academy 8pm, €15 Harmonica and harp-playing for the hard times

■ The Whiteliars The Purty Kitchen, Dun Laoghaire 9pm, €5 Dun Laoghaire natives with American dreams

Sunday 23 August ■ The Resistance Whelan’s (upstairs) 8pm, €10

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■ Dublin Arts Festival Meeting House Square All day, Free/€15 The inaugural DubArtsFest aums to provide the hardworking citizens of Dublin with a day of fun, culture and relaxation in the heart of the city centre, showcasing the cream of Dublin’s artists, musicians, and artisans. With an afternoon of free performances, and an open-air concert featuring Sack, DJ Cheeba, and Robotnik in the evening.

■ The Script Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €28

Tuesday 25 August ■ Mad Caddies The Academy, 7.30pm, €22.50 Seasoned ska-punk rabblerousers

■ The Script Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €28 Indie-pop played by the book.

Tuesday 25th August ■ The Business JJ Smyths 9pm, €8 An Irish Blues Club presentation

Wednesday 26 August

Thursday 27 August ■ Asher Roth The Academy, 8pm, €34 White-boy rap frustration; Eminem says he’s ‘dope’

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■ The Script Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €28

■ Dun Laoghaire Festival of

■ Wilco Vicar Street 8:30pm, €40.20 Gently edgy alt-Americana

Friday 28 August ■ The Script Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €28

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■ The Redneck Manifesto Whelan’s 7.30pm, €tbc Experimental instrumentalists since 1998

■ Chris De Burgh Gaiety Theatre, 8pm, from €54.80 Get your red dress dry-cleaned in anticipation

Whelan’s (upstairs) 8pm, €10 Classic Americana from a Leitrim point of view

■ Dun Laoghaire Festival of

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■ The Bouncing Souls The Academy 7.30pm, €23.50 Pogo-ing like punk never went out of fashion

■ Keywest Academy 2 7.30pm, €12 Overwrought pop melodies.

■ The Grunts, Junkstar,

What Jesus Would Drive & Too Tall

■ Chris De Burgh Gaiety Theatre, 8pm, from €54.80

Wednesday 2 September ■ Chris De Burgh Gaiety Theatre, 8pm, from €54.80

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Various venues With Jane Birkin, Dub Colossus, Niwel Tsumbu, and Natty Wailer all performing throughout the day, and a myriad of free world culture events.

■ Wilco Vicar Street 8:30pm, €40

Various venues With Oumou Sangare, Dulsori and plenty more music, art and cultural events spread throughout the day. Tuesday 1 September

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The Academy, Thursday 27th August 7.30pm, €54.80 Who’d a thunk it? Mike Patton has cemented his reputation as alternative music demi-god since the dissolution of his most famed act Faith No More in a series of increasingly pretentious bands with increasingly pretentious reviews. The temptations of a greatest hits package and accompanying Second Coming tour have proved too much though - the alts come to spread their Angel Dust this month?

Conway Savage Crawdaddy, Saturday 8th August 8pm, €12/15 We interviewed Bad Seed Conway Savage this month. He was drunk. He was badass. He told us to listen to more black music. All this bodes well for a fantastic gig in Crawdaddy.

Devotchka Crawdaddy, Monday 10th August 8pm, €16/20 Fitting in nicely with our subtly Burgess-referencing issue, Denver punk-folk droogs play Balkan-inflected cover versions to charm our Cursed Little Hearts during the month.

Deerhunter Whelan’s, Sunday 23rd August 8pm, €17 The shoegaze simulacra return for approximately the 6th time in the past 15 months. Nepotistically fantastic Angkor-Wat supports.

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■ Ray LaMontagne Gaiety Theatre 8pm, €40 Raspy-voiced respected folk

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FRIDAY// uplifting Funk + Soul Classical/Jazz/Avant-garde SATURDAY// sexy beats NEW TO DUBLIN SUNDAY// top bands to come ■ Eagles of Death Metal The Academy

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JJ Smyths 9pm, €12 A fearsome concentration of Irish jazz talent

Saturday 8 Aug

■ An Evening With Katherine

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Friday 7 Aug ■ The Last Of The Summer

Rose National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €12/€10 Elizabeth Pink and Deborah Kelleher perform some favourites and new discoveries.

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■ Joe O’Callaghan’s Free Play JJ Smyths 8.30pm, €10 Irish influential jazz guitarist

■ The Gondoliers by W.S

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Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan

National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 - €45 A tribute to one of the most influential singer/songwriters of our time. uplifting Saturday 22 August

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Tuesday 11 Aug ■ RTÉ Summer Lunchtime

■ Bugs Bunny On Broadway National Concert Hall 8pm, €25 - €35 Big screen symphony orchestra concert with all the Looney Tunes favourites.

Thursday 13 Aug

■ Francesco Turrisi Trio JJ Smyths 8.30pm, €10 Turin-born Balkan and Italian folk melodies

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■ Miles Davis Electric

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■ Bugs Bunny On Broadway National Concert Hall 2.30pm, €25 - €35

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National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €16/€12 Susannah de Wrixon with the Phil Ware Trio celebrate the life Of Blossom Dearie with this tribute concert.

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Series National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €10 Exciting music of flight from classic movies

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National Concert Hall 1.05pm, €10 Russian themed performance, with music rich in fantasy and folktales.

Saturday 16 Aug ■ The Gondoliers by W.S National Concert Hall 8pm, €20 - €36 Sparkling production set in the magnificance of Venice.

National Concert Hall 10.30am, €7.50 Hour long interactive music show, for all ages.

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Essex Gate, Temple Bar, D1 10pm, Free reggae late.

■Live Tony Allenmusic albumuntil launch South William 7pm, FreeCulture ■ Island With Mana52 Boubli, Mr. WhipSouthDJs William, Sth. William py, and Lex Woo St,Disorientalist D2 Free Caribbean cocktail party29th Saturday August Fionn Davenport ■■Toejam Carboot Sale Sin,George Sycamore St, Temple Bar,11-12 D2 The Bernard Shaw, 9pm, Richmond €5 South St., Portobello, No cheese eclectic mix D2.

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26 Wexford St, D2 11pm, Free Musical gameProject show The Afronova South William 8pm, €15Does Dragon ■ Dolly The of Sth. FelaGreat Kuti, Georges as part of Themusic Dragon, the St, Dun D2 Laoighre Festival of World Cultures 10pm, Free Cocktails, Candy & Classic ■Tunes Orient Express The Purty Loft 8pm, €15Marathon Monday/ ■ Soap Featuring Yurodny DJ, Lex Woo Mashed Up Monday and Hakoum TheFadi George, Sth. Great Georges St, D2 6.30pm, Free Chill out with a bowl of mash and catch up with all the soaps.

Break for the Border, 2 Johnstons Mondays Place, Lr Stephens St, Dublin 2.

8pm ■ The Mission @ Think Tank Pool competition, Think Tank, TempleKaraoke Bar, D2 & DJnight Club 10.30pm ■ Make and Do-Do with Panti Panti Bar, 7-8 & Capel Street, Dublin 1 ■ Weedway Guests 10pm Free 10pm, GayTurks arts and crafts night. St & The Head, Parliament Essex Gate, Temple Bar, D1 ■ DJreggae Ken Halford Live music until late.

Buskers, Temple Bar, D2 10pm ■ Island Culture ChartWilliam, Pop, Indie, Rock South 52 Sth. William St, D2 ■ Euro Saver Mondays Free Twentyone Club and party Lounge, Caribbean cocktail D’Olier St, D2 11pm, (with flyer) ■ Fionn€1 Davenport DJ Al Redmond Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm, €5 ■ Recess No cheese eclectic mix Ruaille Buaille, South King St, D2 11pm, €8/6 ■ Network Student night NooBar, 2 Duke Lane, D2 9pm ■ Therapy Dublin’s tio DJs and up-andClub M,talent.

Blooms Hotel, D2. coming 11pm, €5 Funky House, ■ The Hep CatR‘n’B Club 4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, D2 8pm, Free Swing, Jazz and Lounge with Tuesdays classes.

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Ri-Ra, Dame 11pm, Free before 11.30 €5 after ■ The Industry Night Classicfor and Break theAlternative Boarder, 2 Rock Johnstons Place, Lr Stephens St, Dublin 2.

■ Le Nouveau Wasteland 8pm The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, Pool D7 competition, Karaoke & DJ Free Laid back French Hop and ■ Make and Do-DoHip with Panti Groove Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel Street, Dublin 1 10pm ■ Star DJs Gay arts and crafts night.Bar, D2 Sin, Sycamore St, Temple 9pm Disco, House, R’n’B ■ DJ Ken Halford Buskers, Temple Bar, D2 10pm ■ Jelly Donut Chart Pop, Indie, Rock St, D2 The Village, 26 Wexford 10.30pm, Free Minimal Techno ■ Euro Saver Mondays Twentyone Club and Lounge, D’Olier D2a Bone ■ Give aSt,Dog 11pm, 1 7-8 (with flyer) Panti Bar, Capel St, D1 Penny’s in the bar!

DJ Al Redmond ■ ■ Recess Jezabelle Ruaille Buaille, South King D2 The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 EastSt, Essex 11pm, 8/6Bar, D2 St, Temple 7pm, Free before 11pm Student night Live Classic Rock ■ Therapy Club M,DRAG Blooms Hotel, D2.

■ The Inn 11pm, 5 The Dragon, Sth Great Georges Funky St, D2 House, R‘n’B 8pm, Free Davina Devine presents open mic night with prizes, naked Tuesdays twister, go-go boys and makeovers.

■ Tuesdays @ The Dragon The Dragon Bar, 7 Poolbeg St, D1 ■ Glitz Pre-Glitz 5 cocktails Break for party. the Border, Lwr Stephens 8pm, Street,Free D2 11pm Gay club Breaks night.

■ Beauty Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St., D2 Mo Kelly ■ Trashed American hip-hop Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews Lane, D2 10.30pm, €5 DJ Rich Bea & ■ DJ Shirena, Indie and Electro Guests The Turks Head, Parliament St &

Essex Gate, Temple ■ DJ Stephen JamesBar, D2 Latin House, Afro-Latin, Buskers, Temple Bar, D2 10pm & Reggae beats.

Brazilian Chart Pop, Indie ■ Ready Steady Go-Go! South William, ■ Funky Sourz 52 Sth William St, D2M, Temple Bar, D2 Club 11pm, €5 8pm DJ Andy Preston (FM104) Femmepop, Motown, 60s Soul ■ Tuesdays ■ Ruby Hed-Dandi Ri-Ra, Dame D2Green Dandelion, St.Court, Stephens 11pm, Free before 11.30 5 after West, D2 DJs Dave & Rock Steve O Classic andMcGuire Alternative ■ Nouveau Wasteland ■ Le Takeover The Dice Bar, Queen St, St, D2 Twentyone Club, D’Olier 11pm, €5 D7 Smithfield, Electro, Techno Free Laid back French Hip Hop and Groove

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■ Star DJs Sin, Sycamore Temple Bar, D2 ■ DJ Stephen St, Battle 9pm The Turks Head, Parliament St & Disco, House, R’n’B Essex Gate, Temple Bar D1 11pm, Free ■ Jelly Donut The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 ■ Tectric 10.30pm, The ButtonFree Factory, Curved Street, Minimal Dublin 2 Techno Electro, funk and house music ■ Give a Dog a Bone Panti Bar, 7-8Disco CapelNight St, D1 ■ A Twisted Penny’s in theCourt, bar! D1 Ri Ra, Dame Free, 11pm 80’s, Indie and Electro ■ Jezabelle The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 ■ Beatdown Disco 7pm, before 11pm SouthFree William, South William Live Classic Street, D2. Rock 8pm, Free Balearic, Soul,Inn Underground ■ The DRAG Disco n’ House.

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With residents Mr Moto, Paul Cosgrove and Michael McKenna ■ Glitz Funk, for soul, Break thehip-hop, Boarder,reggae, Lwr Latin Street, D2 Stephens 11pm Gay club night.

■ Antics POD, Old Harcourt Station, ■ Trashed

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Indie ■ DJ Stephen Dean SherryJames Buskers, Temple Bar, D2Bar, D2 Sin, Sycamore St, Temple 10pm 9pm Underground House, Techno, Chart Pop, Indie Funk ■ Funky Sourz Club M, Temple Bar, D2 ■ 1957 11pm, The Dice5Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, DJ D7 Andy Preston (FM104) Free Blues, Ska ■ Hed-Dandi Dandelion, St. Stephens Green West, ■ TheD2 Mighty Stef’s Acoustic DJs Dave McGuire & Steve O Nightmares The Village Bar, 26 Wexford St, D2 ■ Takeover Acoustic night with The Mighty Stef.

Twentyone Club, D’Olier St, D2 11pm, 5 Electro, ■ Soup Techno Bitchin’ Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 Gay student night Wednesdays ■ Wednesdays @ Spy ■ DJPowerscourt Stephen Battle Spy, Centre, Sth The Turks William St, Head, D2 Parliament St & Essex 10pmGate, Temple Bar D1 Late club 11pm, Freenight ■ Tectric The Song Room The Globe, Button11 Factory, Curved Sth Great Georges Street, St, D2 Dublin 2 Electro, 8.30pm,funk Freeand house music Live music ■ A Twisted Disco Night Ri Ra, got Dame Crt, ■ We Soul, theD1 Funk, and the Free, 11pm Kitchen Sink 80’s, Indie andCourt, Electro Ri-Ra, Dame D2 11pm, Free before 11.30, €5 after ■ Stylus presents The Barfly Soul and Funk Sessions Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St, D2 With residents@ Mr Motto, ■ Unplugged The PurtyPaul Cosgrove Michael The Purty and Kitchen, 34/35McKenna East Essex Funk, soul,Bar, hip-hop, St, Temple D2 reggae, Latin 7pm, Free before 11pm Live acoustic set with Gavin ■ Antics Edwards.

POD, Old Harcourt Station, Harcourt St, D2 11pm, ■ Space5‘N’ Veda Indie Rock ‘n’ student night The George, SthRoll Great Georges with St, D2live music slots.

9pm, Free before 10pm, after ■ Dean Sherry 10pm €8/€4 with student IDD2 Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, Performance and dance. Retro 9pm 50s, 60s, 70s.

Underground House, Techno, Funk ■ DJ Alan Healy ■ 1957 Temple Bar, D2 Buskers, The Dice Bar, Queen St, 10pm Chart Pop,D7 Current Indie and Smithfield, Rock Music Free Blues, Ska ■ Sexy Salsa ■ The Mighty Acoustic Dandelion CaféStef’s Bar Club, St. Nightmares Stephens Green West, D2 The 8pm,Village Free Bar, 26 Wexford Latin, St, D2 Salsa Acoustic night with The Mighty Stef.

■ Noize Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews ■ Soup Lane, D2Bitchin’ Panti 8pm Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 Student night Gay student night ■ Wednesdays @ Spy Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth Thursdays William St, D2 10pm ■ Jam Late night Thinkclub Tank, Temple Bar, D2 Student night ■ The SongFree Room 10.30pm, The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 ■ Jellytones 8.30pm, Solas Bar,Free 31 Wexford St, D2 Live music DJ Lex Woo vs Aidan Kelly on the decks Classic and new from ■ We got Soul, therhythms Funk, and the Brazil Sink Kitchen Ri-Ra, Dame Court, D2 11pm, before ■ The Free Bionic Rats11.30, 5 after Soul and Funk The Turks Head Free ■ Unplugged @ Ska The Purty Live Reggae & The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex Temple Bar, D2@ Solas ■ RealSt,DJs present Soul 7pm, Free31 before 11pm Solas Bar, Wexford St, D2 Live Free,acoustic 8.30pmset with Gavin Edwards.

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■ DJ Alan Healy Buskers, Temple Bar, D2 10pm Chart Pop, Current Indie and Rock Music ■ Sexy Salsa Dandelion Café Bar Club, St. Stephens Green West, D2 8pm, Free Latin, Salsa ■ Noize Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews Lane, D2 8pm Student night

Thursdays Jam Think Tank, Temple Bar, D2 Student night 10.30pm, Free ■ Jellytones Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St, D2 DJ Lex Woo vs Aidan Kelly on the decks Classic and new rhythms from Brazil ■ The Bionic Rats The Turks Head Free Live Reggae & Ska ■ Real DJs present Soul @ Solas Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St, D2 Free, 8.30pm Resident DJ Mr Razor delivers a mix of funk, jazz, hip-hop and Latin.

■ Tea-time Thursdays Howl at the Moon, 7 Lower Mount St, D2 Complimentary Captain Morgan’s and BBQ Karaoke with Cormac and Stevo from 9pm. DJs until late.

Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 7pm – 11pm Unarocks and Sarah J Fox play indie rock ‘n’ roll ■ Soundcheck Afterparty Vs Le Cirque Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 11pm, 5 Fashion, fun, concept nights, indie-rock and electro ■ Re-Session Wax @ Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 11pm Minimal, House, Techno ■ Mash South William, 52 Sth William St, D2 9pm, Free Mash-ups, Bootlegs, Covers ■ Jason Mackay Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm Dance, R’n’B, House ■ Fromage The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free Motown Soul, Rock ■ Control/Delete Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews Lane, D2 11pm, 3/4 Indie and Electro ■ Annie’s Family Fortunes The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 9pm, Free before 10pm, after 10pm 8/ 4 with student ID Game show followed by 80s and 90s music.

■ Thursday night DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 11pm, Free Indie

■ Muzik The Button Factory, Curved St, Temple Bar, D2 11pm Up Beat Indie, New Wave, Bouncy Electro

■ After Work Party The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 6pm, Free before 11pm Live Rock with Totally Wired.

■ Thursdays @ Café En Seine Café En Seine, 39 Dawson St, D2 DJs and dancing until 2.30 am.

Cocktail promotions Free, 8pm

■ Moog 69s Thomas Reads, Parliment St, D2 9.30pm, Free Live covers band + DJ. Funk, Soul, Pop.

■ The Little Big Party Ri Ra Free, 11pm Indie music night

■ Big Time!

The Bernard Shaw, 11 - 12 Sth Richmond St, Portobello, D2 You Tube nights, hat partys... make and do for grown ups!

With a DJ.

■ Mr. Jones The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, D2 11pm, 8/5 House, Electro, Bassline ■ Cooler Than You The Underground @ Kennedys, Westland Row, D2 10pm, 6/ 4 before 11pm or with flyer Indie Rock, Motown and Swing ■ Alternative Grunge Night Peader Kearney’s, 64 Dame St, D2 11pm, 5/3 Alternative grunge ■ Soundcheck

■ The Panti Show Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 10pm Gay cabaret.

Fridays ■ Fridays@ The Turks Head The Turks Head, Parliament St & Essex Gate, Temple Bar, D1 11pm, Free Live Indie music followed by DJ Eamon Clarke ■ Drop Dead Gorgeous Ri Ra, Dame Crt, D2 5 before11:30pm 10 after

■ Brothers Glendon and Carlin Solas Bar, 31 Wexford St, D2 House music

William St, D2 11pm, 5 Indie, Pop

■ Friday Tea-Time Club Break for the Border, Johnston’s Place, Lower Stephens St, Dublin 2.

Karaoke with Cormac and Stevo from 6pm Budweiser promotions. DJs until late

■ Hospital Wax @ Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 11pm, 5 before midnight, 7 after Electro, Techno, House

■ Fridays @ Café En Seine Cafe En Seine, 39 Dawson St, D2 DJs and dancing until 3am.

Cocktail promotions 8pm, Free ■ Nightflight The Button Factory, Curved Street, D2 Classic club tunes 11pm, 5 ■ DJ Rob M Club M, Anglesea St, Temple bar, D1, Chart, dance, R&B 10pm. Free before 11pm ■ Rubberbands Crawdaddy, Old Harcourt Street Station, Harcourt St, D2 HYPE Summer Soundsystem ‘mini festival’ across 5 rooms House, techno &electro

■ Al Redmond Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm R’n’B, House, Chart ■ Fridays @ V1 The Vaults, Harbourmaster Place, IFSC, D1 Progressive Tribal, Techno and Trance

■ Let’s Make Party The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 11pm DJ Mikki Dee

■ Babalonia Tropical Soundclash South William, 52 Sth William St, D2 8.30pm, Free Dub, Ska, Afrobeat

■ DJ Fluffy in the Box The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 9pm, Free before 10pm 9 after Camp, Commercial, Dance

■ Thank Noo It’s Friday Noobar, 2 Duke Lane, D2 8pm Live entertainment, DJs til late

■ Karaoke Friday Break for the Boarder, Johnstons Place, Lwr Stephens St, D2.

10pm Karaoke night.

■ NoDisko The Academy, Middle Abbey St, D2 5 after 11pm Indie Rock with regular guest DJs ■ Hells Kitchen The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free Funk and Soul classics ■ Friday Night Globe DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 11pm, Free DJ Eamonn Barrett plays an eclectic mix.

■ Ri-Ra Guest Night Ri-Ra, Dame Court, D2 11pm, 10 from 11.30pm International and home-grown DJ talent.

■ Strictly Handbag The Sugar Club, 8 Lwr. Leeson St, D2 11pm, 10 (2 for 1 before midnight) ■ Rock Steady Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth

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■ Sub Zero Transformer (below The Oak), Parliament St, D2 11pm, Free Indie, Rock, Mod. ■ Stephens Street Social Club Bia Bar, 28/30 Lwr Stephens St, D2 8pm, Free Funk, Soul, Timeless Classics

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■ Room Service Féile, Wexford St., D2 9pm, Free Latin, Funk, Disco, Uplifting Choons & Classics ■ Saturdays Happy Families Aidan Kelly

Hercules & Love Affair is the brainchild of Andy Butler, the man responsible for some of the major dance floor fillers of 2008 including ‘Blind’ and ‘You Belong’.

Butler honed his craft at New York underground parties and his music is now internationally recognized as the perfect marriage between house tempo and disco aesthetics.

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■ Go! Bodega Club, Pavilion Centre, Marine Rd, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin 11pm, 10 (ladies free before midnight) Soul, Indie, Disco, Rock ■ Scribble The Bernard Shaw, 11 - 12 Sth Richmond St, Portobello, D2 Funk, House, Dubstep, Hip Hop

Reach presents the masterful deepdubstep and experimental electronic stylings of Laurie ‘Appleblim’ Osborne, co-runner of independent dubstep label Skull Disco alongside Sam Shackelton.

The Bristol based DJ recently founded his own label Apple Pips and currently holds residency at the Dub scene HQ: FWD. With support from the Reach DJs this promises to be a cracking set not to be missed.

The Pod, Old Harcourt Station, Harcourt St., D2 Fri 21st August 11pm, €15

■ Music with Words Pravda, Lwr. Liffey St, D1 9.30pm, Free

■ Processed Beats Searsons, 42-44 Baggot St. Upper, D4 9pm, Free Indie, Rock, Electro

The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St., D1.

Fri 14th August 11pm, €10

Hercules + Love Affair

■ Panticlub Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 DJ Paddy Scahill

Indie, Ska, Soul, Electro

CLUBBING Appleblim

■ The Friday Night Project The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 10pm, Free before 11pm DJ Austin Carter

■ Mud The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St, D2 11pm, 10 (varies if guest) Bass, Dubstep, Dancehall

■ Foreplay Friday The Academy, Middle Abbey St, D2 10.30pm, 10 after 11pm R ‘n’ B, Hip Hop, Garage

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The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St., D1.

Fri 21st August 11pm, €10 The 18 year old is the latest innovator of Instrumental Grime to emerge from the UK and is making waves with his bass-heavy, melodic sound self-described as “Jehrl Curl Boogie & Wiley stuck in an elevator”. The Joker cites computer gaming as a strong influence on his music and his productions have been remixed by DJs as diverse as Appleblim, Pinch, Plastician and Rustie. Wobble DJs to support on the night.

Sander Kleinenberg Tripod, The POD Complex, Old Harcourt Street Station, Harcourt St., D2 Sunday 2nd August 11pm, €19 Kleinenberg began a career as a DJ at the age of 15 in his home town of The Hague, Holland, taking inspiration from American beats and the electro-pop of Depeche Mode. With an extensive style ranging from dark trance to uplifting house and the inventive integration of visuals into his performances Kleinenberg has established a crowd-pleasing style that has seen him play high-profile clubs the world over.

ICICLE The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St., D1.

Fri 28th August 11pm, Price TBC The pseudonym of Jeroen Snik, the Dutch drum and bass DJ and musical pioneer has become a mainstay on the UK circuit and will make a brief stop-off in Ireland on his latest extensive global tour. Support comes in the form of OneSevenFour and A$$quake DJS.

■ Saturday @ The Turks Head 11pm, Free DJ Padraig, Deco, Annie, Richard & Guests ■ Saturday Night Out Noobar, 2 Duke Lane, D2 8pm Live DJs playing the latest club hits.

■ Saturdays @ Café En Seine Djs and dancing until 2.30 am From 10pm Free Cocktail promotions ■ Party Night Saturdays @ Howl at the Moon Chart music from 8pm. Free before 11.30pm. €10 after.

■ Saturdays @ Break for the Border Current chart favourites from DJ Eric Dunne and resident club DJ Mark McGreer From 1pm, Free ■ Transmission The Button Factory, Curved Street, Dublin 2 mix of indie and dance ■ Pogo The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St, D2 11pm, €10 (varies if guest) House, Soul, Funk ■ Download + Tripod Saturdays POD, Old Harcourt Station, Harcourt St, D2 11pm, €12 Access all areas at the Pod complex with local residents and special guest dj slots over five rooms.

■ Gossip Spy, Powerscourt Centre, Sth William St, D2 Free before 11pm, €10 after 80s, Disco, Hip Hop, House ■ Sugar Club Saturdays The Sugar Club, 8 Lwr. Leeson St, D2 11pm, €15 Salsa, Swing, Ska, Latin

■ Freaks Come Out The Academy, Middle Abbey St, D2 €15 Dirty Electro and House with regular guest DJs. ■ Saturday Night Globe DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 11pm, Free DJ Dave Cleary plays an eclectic mix.

■ Space... The Vinyl Frontier Ri-Ra, Dame Court, D2 11pm, €10 after 11.30 Soul, Funk, Disco, Electro ■ Irish Reggae Dance Peader Kearney’s, 64 Dame St, D2 10pm, €5 Reggae ■ The Promised Land The Dice Bar, Queen St, Smithfield, D7 Free Soul, Funk, Disco ■ Saturdays @ V1 The Vaults, Harbourmaster Place, IFSC, D1 R ‘n’ B, Soul and Hip Hop with regular guest DJs.

■ Wes Darcy Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm R’n’B

The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 5.30 – 7.30pm Sunday evening jazz

■ Basement Traxx Transformer (below The Oak), Parliment St, D2 11pm, Free Indie, Rock

■ Hang the DJ The Globe, 11 Sth Great Georges St, D2 9pm, Free Rock, Indie, Funk, Soul

■ Downtown Searsons, 42-44 Baggot St. Upper, D4 10pm, Free Indie, Soul, Chart

■ Gay Cabaret The Purty Kitchen, 34/35 East Essex St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm, Free before 11pm Gay cabaret shows.

■ Saturdazed Bodega Club, Pavilion Centre, Marine Rd, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin 11pm, €10 Chart, Dance, R ‘n’ B

■ 12 Sundays The Bernard Shaw, 11 - 12 Sth Richmond St, Portobello, D2 12pm – 12am, Free Funk, Disco, House

■ Toejam The Bernard Shaw, 11 - 12 Sth Richmond St, Portobello, D2 Afternoon: Car boot sales, film clubs, music lectures, t-shirt making etc.

Later on: Resident DJs playing Soul, Funk, House, Electro ■ Sidesteppin’ Bia Bar, 28/30 Lwr Stephens St, D2 8pm, Free Old School Hip Hop, Funk 45s, Reggae ■ Saturday @ The Village The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 11pm DJs Pete Pamf, Morgan, Dave Redsetta & Special Guests ■ DJ Karen @ The Dragon The Dragon, Sth Great Georges St, D2 10pm House music.

■ Beauty Spot Karaoke The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 9pm, Free before 10pm, €10 after Karaoke followed by DJs playing camp commercial pop.

■ Songs of Praise The Village, 26 Wexford St, D2 10pm, Free Rock ‘n’ Roll Karaoke ■ Zrazy Jazz The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 4pm – 7pm, Free Lazy Jazz Sunday ■ Shirley’s Bingo Sundays The George, Sth Great Georges St, D2 8.30pm, Free Bingo & Cabaret with Shirley Temple Bar ■ Elbow Room South William, 52 Sth William St, D2 8pm, Free Jazz, Soul, Disc & Latin

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THEATRE

Dirty Dusting Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, D2 Best known for telling people to put their mickey away Twink will be hoping they get them out in this new comedy about a trio of 70-something hard-working cleaners who, when faced with the axe, set up a phone sex service.

8pm, €25 August 4th – August 22nd

Riverdance The Gaiety Theatre, South King St., D2 It’s back (again) for a limited run at the Gaiety. Pretty good going for a show that started fourteen years ago as an interlude in the Eurovision.

8pm, €20 - €55 June 23rd – August 30th

Faithful Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, D16 A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide. But changes her mind when confronted with a killer hired to do her in. Don Wycherly and Carrie Crowley star.

8pm, €20/€18 August 10th - 22nd

Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, D2 Tom Crean (1877 – 1938) the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley.

8pm, €25 August 31st – September 5th

Breathing Corpses Project Arts Centre East Essex St., Temple Bar, D2 Five bodies, five stories – all connected.

Darkly comic, Breathing Corpses is the story of people without happiness. A murderous jigsaw puzzle about how one death can cause another, and another, and another.

8.15pm, €18/14 August 18th – 29th July 2nd - 20th

■ Panticlub Panti Bar, 7-8 Capel St, D1 DJ Philth & Guests

Sundays ■ Solas Bar Audio update with Martin McCann Old and new soul offbeat sounds Live Soul and Funk from the Burning Effegies Free

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The Button Factory, Curved Street, Dublin 2 Jam: ‘International dance hall style’

■ Oldies but Goodies Ri Ra, 11pm, Free Golden oldies by DJ Steve

■ Worries Outernational The Button Factory, Curved St, Temple Bar, D2 11pm, Free B4 11.30 / €5 after Dancehall Styles, Roots Reggae

■ The Workers Party Sin, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, D2 9pm With DJ Ilk ■ Jazz @ The Globe

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Douglas Hyde Gallery Trinity College, D2 ■ Deep Fried Ephmera (Jim White’s collection of Southern Marginalia) Following an exhibition of Jandek album covers last year, off-beat alt-country musician White returns having gathered a bizarre and intriguing collection of oddities from America’s Deep South for our viewing pleasure.

Until 12th August

■ Matthew Day Jackson - High, Low and in Between Since his inclusion in New York’s 2006 Whitney Biennial and in ‘USA Today’ at the Royal Academy in London, Jackson has exhibited widely in America, and most recently in a solo show at MIT. This is his first one-person exhibition in a European public gallery.

Until 12th August ■ Drawings from India This collection of informal and anonymous Indian drawings comprises yantras, spiritual diagrams, sketches of mythological birds and figures, and astrological charts. They were made in the first half of the 20th century 21st August - 30th September

■ Paki Smith The Red Thread The Irish artist Paki Smith became known in the late 1980s for his small and intense visionary pictures. Although idiosyncratic, they were part of a general renewal of interest in expressive figurative painting, both in this country and abroad. Since then he has continued to exhibit, often in a looser style and with more emphasis on landscape. He has also made films, of which the most significant,‘God’s Kitchen’, renewed his interest in spirituality and was notable for its humour and off-beat imagination. These are qualities that are characteristic of much of his work.

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Draiocht Blanchardstown, D15 ■ Experience, Strength & Hope Over the last two years Brian Maguire and Michael McLoughlin have facilitated weekly workshops in Ashleigh House, Coolmine. Both artists and a core group of ten female participants collaborated through experience to create the resulting body of work.

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Four Gallery 119 Capel St, D2

■ Plant Dreaming Deep Sara Barker For her exhibition at FOUR, Sara Barker will present a precarious sculptural grouping in

the gallery, pushing material to a point of fragility and slightness of form. Sara’s recent work centres on the room as an abstract notion on which to hang an interior state, taking on the attributes of a character in their own space.

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The Green on Red Gallery 26-28 Lombard Street East, D2 ■ Dawning of an Aspect Featuring work by Niall De Buitléar, Damien Flood, Laura Lancaster, Sonia Shiel Until 15th August

Hugh Lane Gallery Charlemont House, Parnell Sq. North, D1 ■ The Quick and The Dead The Quick and The Dead brings together four of Irelands most respected contemporary painters who emerged in the 1980s. In this period of uncertainty Patrick Graham, Patrick Hall, Timothy Hawkesworth and Brian Maguire consolidated their position by a dedication to a revival of painting and the search for existential meaning through aesthetic experience.

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■ Yinka Shonibare Commissioned by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Yinka Shonibare has created a new sculptural installation, Egg Fight, based on themes developed in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. The work refers specifically to lengthy battles between the fictitious empires of Lilliput and Blefuscu over the religious question of “egg-breaking” which in Swift’s time symbolised the long series of wars between Catholic France and Protestant England.

Until 30th August

■ The Golden Bough: Brian Duggan: “Step inside now step inside” Applying The Golden Bough theme as underlining support structure for showcasing new innovative art practices, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane has invited distinguished contemporary artists to exhibit in Charlemont House.

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IMMA Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, D8 ■ Terry Winter’s Signal to Noise Signal to Noise, a survey of the past ten years of painting and drawing by the renowned American artist Terry Winters, tracks the painter’s evolving relationship with abstract imagery.

Until 27th September

■ Alan Phelan Irish artist Alan Phelan’s practice involves the production of objects, participating in events and projects, curating and writing. These are all informed by and contribute to an interest in what he sees as the innate narrative potential in art Until1st November. .

National Gallery Of Ireland Merrion Sq. West, D2

■ From Raphael to Rossetti This exhibition brings together some 40 drawings by celebrated draftsmen and lesser-Known figures. Over the Centuries, Artists drew to practice their graphic skills, to work out compositions for paintings, to record the world in the form of portraits, landscapes or still life.

Untill August 23rd

■ Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales.

In 1916 the London publisher Harrap & Co published an edition of the stories lavishly illustrated with 16 colour plates by the young Irish artist Harry Clarke (1889-1931).

Clarke’s illustrations, which include The Snow Queen, The Hardy Tin Soldier and The Wild Swans feature exquisite detail and rich colours.

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Peppercanister Gallery

interesting and fascinating life stories cover a wide range of issues, including alcoholism, sexual and physical abuse, homelessness and self-harm, but perhaps most importantly, the interviews demonstrate each individuals capacity to love and to survive hardship.

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DanceHouse Foley St. D2

■ Still, Life Created with the support of Dance Ireland and assistance from the Office of Public Works, still, life is a photographic study of 26 of Ireland’s modern dance artists, including David Bolger, Cindy Cummings, Joan Davis, Mary Nunan, Liz Roche and John Scott, celebrating these unique artists and their contribution to cultural life in Dublin.

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Grainne Brady – Lost in a Moment Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, D14

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Inspired by European musical festivals throughout Europe, O’Brady embodies the joyful and trance-like state we experience when losing ourselves to live music/ 9-5 jobs are forgotten and the rat race through concrete jungles are elapsed for a moment in time. A perfect post Oxegen/pre-Electric Picnic aesthetic indulgence.

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■ B-Side by Ella Bertilsson Ella uses printmaking as a way to create a layered narrative using different media in singular images. This media includes stop-motion animation, photography, digital print, video and model making. Ella’s work is inspired by lyrics of songs, which compel her to physically engage with the words by creating a body of sketches.

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Four Gallery, 119 Capel Street, D1 Consisting of a three-part single channel high-definition video installation, Marron investigates the emotional and physical effects of the economic situation regarding consumerism and commercial environments. Each video explores the socio-economical transformation of our time, using universal references. Dealing with spaces located in Dublin, Marron stresses her interest of these as “universal contemporary signifiers for a spirit in time.”

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Eoin Mc Hugh Kerlin Gallery, Anne’s Lane, South Anne St, D2 Focusing on the psychology of the image, this is McHugh’s first solo exhibit with Kerlin Gallery. Using mainly watercolours on old or discarded paper he explores two-dimensional works and investigates the space inbbetween the image. Standing on his idol’s shoulders (Vermeer, Ter Borch, Metsu) he borrows their methods of creating light through colour, while adding his own contemporary twist.

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3 Herbert Street, D2 ■ Summer Group Exhibition 2009 The Peppercanister Gallery presents its annual Summer Group Exhibition featuring a broad selection of contemporary paintings, prints, sculpture and photography. A large selection of small works will be included in this show, to suit everybody’s budget in these financially turbulent times.

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The Bad Art Gallery

RuaRed SummerShow 2009 From well over 150 submissions, work by 39 artists was chosen for display, including a bottomless boat, an incredible deluxe swatch installation, print, photography and painting. The Summer Show showcases the gallery itself and the quality of work being produced by artists in Ireland and abroad.

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■ The Bad Art Gallery Summer Show 2009 The largest art show of the summer comes to the Bad Art Gallery featuring new work by John Kingerlee, David Gascoigne and Lucy Doyle.

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Alliance Française de Dublin 1 Kildare St. D2 ■ Jeunes Talents DIT School of Media 2009 Exhibiting the works of five specially selected final year student of the DIT School of Media (JB Maher, Margaret Byrne, Nathan Fields, Orla Sloyan, Una Spain) Until 11th September

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Could the Liberties be the last slice of oldschool Ireland left to avoid the commercialization and modernization of foreign influences? Martin spent a year living and observing what he regards as street theatre and has recorded its beauty with his lens.

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The Prehistory of the Crisis - Susanne Bosch, Anthony Haughey, Daniel Jewesbury and Sinéad McCann Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar, D2

Four artists with knowledge of multi-cultural existence have teamed up with Project to exhibit a number of their works based on changes of fortune and power regarding the recession. With many migrant works leaving Ireland the exhibition explores the attitudes of Irish people to this shift in society. Whilst not providing solutions to these problems, the artists try to shed a new light on this recent phenomenon Until 15th August.

■ Voices Five people living in Ballymun with different lives and experiences tell their stories. These

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DUBLIN’S TATTOO PARLOURS AND THEIR INKY ARTISTS ON CREATIVITY, COVER WORK, AND CHERYL FUCKING COLE I wish I could describe Dublin’s tattoo shops as dusty backstreet parlours populated by burly ex-sailors and gangsters forming queues, with rusty needles picked up off the floor. But Dublin’s tattoo artists are a disarmingly friendly lot. Their shops are meticulously clean and, most shocking of all, family friendly. In high profile, celeb-favoured studios like Dublin Art Tattoo, through to smaller parlours like Golden Cat Tattoo on Fleet Street, where the buzz of the next person’s gun is so loud and close it might be inking your own shoulder, Dublin people are queuing up as eagerly as ever to get inked. Tattooing seems to go on oblivious to the economy; ink fades and needs reapplication with time, and there’s always a US tourist lurking at the door, looking for a holiday shamrock (oddly enough, every shop we visited had one such

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visitor, the true ‘bread-and-butter’ of a Temple Bar tattoo shop).

The all-pervading Yank shamrocks illustrate just how tattoos are used to mark experiences and allegiances we’re proud of, evoking a clan mentality which seems to run in Irish blood. Tattoos still hold currency as an act of bravado, displaying something loved so dearly by the wearer it’s been gouged into their skin. If tattoos date, then really they’re only fulfilling their purpose of marking a specific time in the life of the wearer. The Dublin tattoo map now numbers around fifty shops, but still it retains a sense of close-knit community. Here we interview three tattoo artists at the heart of this circle, taking in the finer points of plagiarism, preconceptions, and the pain of a tattoo gun on the ribs.

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(0-%&/ $"5 ("--&3: "/% 456%*0 7JDLZ How did you first get into tattooing?

When I was 17 I started with an apprenticeship, the usual way. I heard about it in school, one of the girls in my class came in and said she’d got an apprenticeship. I went into the shop, inquired about it and they asked me to draw a sketch, something spur of the moment, to see if I could work under pressure. Apprenticeships are much harder to come by now, there are so many people who want in, and only the best will end up succeeding at it. It takes three years, and a tonne of patience. You find out pretty fast if it’s not for you in that time, if you can’t keep up or you can’t take the pressure.

Usually you’ll be able to change it a little bit. Though if they pick it out of a book, then it’s generally what they expect and you can’t go deviating from it. People say ‘That’s what I like, just that’; you can’t really do your own spin on things. Often you can tell by the look in their eyes, when a customer likes a design. But then some people will come in with no idea what they want, you have to work to get out of their mind what they really want.

They’ll have some vague idea what they’ll look like with a tattoo; you have to eliminate first off what they don’t like, just in case you get the wrong idea and give them the wrong design.

What would you say is the defining characteristic of a good tattooist?

Definitely patience. Patience and creativity. The creativity should be there already; you need to be a natural artist to be a tattoo artist, and 90% of the time it’s just a natural inclination. But most of all it takes patience.

Do you see families with a tradition of tattooing?

I find a lot of mothers and daughters come in to get the same tattoo. Also a lot of fathers and sons getting matching tattoos, or kids brought in to watch their parents being tattooed. I’ve had people bringing in their elderly mothers to get their first tattoo. Once you get over that initial fear of what you don’t know, you start to see yourself covered in them. You feel a little bit braver.

Was it (or is it still) hard working in the tattoo business as a woman?

It can work to my advantage. It makes people more comfortable, say if they’re getting their tattoo somewhere more personal. People seem to think female tattooists pay a lot more attention to detail, and we tend to be more compassionate; we’ve had one or two burst into tears under the needle, and if you want to cry we’ll cry with you! Though for every one of those, there are types who come in thinking it’s far worse than it really is. They’re like, afterwards, ‘Is that it? That’s nuthin!’

How do you deal with requests for the same tattoos over and over?

Do you ask about the stories behind customers’ tattoos?

People will volunteer information. It’s not really like Miami Ink, though. It’s generally a whole lot tougher, you’d need to do a lot of video editing! Stories like ‘my brother got shot’ and that.

What would your average customer ask for?

Lately it’s names. Every year there’s something; one year it was Asian, the next it was stars. We don’t do as many tribal tat-

toos anymore. The average tattoo follows trends, the ‘Cheryl Cole‘ tattoo, for example [the X-factor judge’s notorious hand tattoo fades worse than almost any other tattoo, and has caused controversy with some artists refusing to do it outright].

We’ll do it, but we warn people before that they’ll constantly have to re-do. I suppose people can throw their money in the Liffey if they want; when someone gets it in their head that they want something, it’s very hard to change their mind.

Have you done any Michael Jackson commemorative pieces?

No, though we’re both big fans in here, we’re dying to do them! I can’t wait for the first to come in. I remember we did a lot of Bob Marleys, when he died. Tupacs, too.

Ever tattooed a person’s face?

Only once; a beauty spot. It was for a hairdresser who lives down the road from me, she really had to pressurize me to do it. I protested and protested. It’s just too extreme. It would drive you bonkers later and draw too much attention, just walking down the street with all these people pointing at you.

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Ever had any really strange requests, or ones you were offended by and refused to do?

A classic example was an English guy who came in with a drawing of a pig. It was simple enough, a child’s sketch of a pig, and under it he wanted me to write ‘Dad’, because his dad was in the police.

He thought his father would love it, but I said no.

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I had an apprenticeship, starting out in Italy. I was interested in art, I saw tattooing and thought it looked beautiful, and I just took it from there. My first tattoo was a guitar on my leg as a teenager. I still play guitar to this day.

What’s your dream customer?

I like doing the classic styles of tattoo; Japanese style koi carp and Polynesian tribal art. They’re full-on jobs, usually covering lots of skin. I’m lucky in that I get to do what I’m interested in on a daily basis, people coming in for sleeves and projects that take several visits over time.

Coming from Italy, how did you go about establishing yourself in Dublin as a tattoo artist?

It’s about working on what you’re good at and are interested in, and earning a reputation for that. There’s a kind of psychology to the job; you have to listen to the customer and try and get to know them very quickly to work out what they want. But ultimately it’s up to the artist to judge what looks right or wrong.

Do you buy into the idea of a Dublin tattoo community?

Not at all. I don’t think there is a tattoo ‘community’ as such, some small select group all hanging around together. There are the serious collectors, but it’s not about snobbery. Tattoos are for everyone.

They’re an art, but they belong to the people wearing them. There are far more tattoos on Dublin streets right now, some bad and some good, but it’s something that’s always been around.

What do you make of the man who got his tattoo removed at the cost of the Health Service?

That’s ridiculous, I don’t understand why people end up getting artwork lasered off.

Tattoos shouldn’t need to be removed; he should have made sure he got good tattoos in the first place.

Settle this: what’s the most painful place to get tattooed?

I would say the ribs, though it varies from person to person.

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When I was 13, I saw a cousin of mine with a tribute tattoo for a friend who died in the army. It was the first time I had seen real artwork on skin; before that it was all sailor tattoos, hearts and roses and that. I started researching and I got my first tattoo (points to a skull on his shoulder). I started from home, tattooing my own legs. But I used to hang out with tattoo artists, they showed me how to use a tattoo gun and how to set up a station and make sure everything was sterilised and clean. My parents didn’t find out until I was sixteen; at that stage I had been tattooed about seven times. My dad was a bit shocked and my mom wouldn’t speak to me for a year, but they came around to it eventually.

Do you see tattooing as an art form, or as something separate?

I do see it as art. The reason I got into it was to do custom work; the smaller bits are bread and butter. I’ve built up quite a good reputation around Dublin for my biomechanical and black and grey work.

Have you noticed a fixed point where tattooing in Ireland went overground?

I’ve seen it happen, I think it’s a lot to do with celebrities. David Beckham, for example... and we get a lot of people in asking for Cheryl Cole’s hand tattoo. I won’t do it, but I do think celebrities have opened tattooing up to a lot of people.

The older generation have opened up much more to it too, just from talking to younger people. Working in Stephen’s

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Green, I tattooed a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter all together. They each got a different flower done, but they wanted it from the same artist. It used to be more men than women, and now it seems to have gone the other way, probably 70% women. The ‘bread and butter’ tattoos are mostly shamrocks on tourists, stars, a lot of lettering and script.

But I get a lot of people asking for crazy shit too, people getting the word ‘terror’ on their wrist to say ‘terror-wrist’. Or a hippo on their hip.

Have you ever refused to tattoo a customer’s design?

I refuse an awful lot. I won’t do boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s names; I’ll certainly do something that symbolises their relationship, but I don’t ever do names. A tattoo is for life, but with a relationship there’s no guarantee. I won’t do political tattoos either; tattooing and politics don’t go hand in hand. I won’t do anything relating to bigotry or Nazism.

Dublin tattoo shops seem to frequently change hands. Is there much rivalry between Dublin artists?

For the longest time, back when I worked in Wildcat at Stephen’s Green, we used to all hang out with the artists from Zulu and Dublin Art Tattoo. We’d exchange ideas, talk about how we could make the industry better. In Europe, in Germany especially, the shops won’t even communicate with each other. I think Ireland is the exception in that respect. If you look at the likes of Ink Nation, a website kind of like Myspace for tattoo artists and fans, you’ll see a lot of Irish artists from around the country communicating with each other.

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There are those who would question the wisdom of paying homage to Michael Alig and his club kids, a group famous for their outrageous costumes and extensive drug use in early 90’s Yonkers. A group as fickle as they were anomalous, their behavior titillated and terrified the city that never slept with their resourceful and innovative approach to clubbing.

Before Marylin Manson they were the go-to guys for television shock jocks who wanted to prove that America was going to hell in a hand-basket. When Angel Melendez’s mutilated corpse was found floating in the Hudson river, put there by Alig’s strung-out hand, many thought it just might be.

The closest Dublin has to Michael Alig is Brian Cowen and his Parliamentary Party Monsters, so strung out on their own idiocy they fail to recognise the quickest way out of this recession is through the systematic destruction of our livers. Or to be less flippant (and more honest), by removing the draconian licensing laws that are scaring off our tourists and pissing on our nightlife, we might be able, to quote a man greater than myself, to “session through the recession.”

Partie Monster, held in RiRa’s on the second Friday of every month, offers an escape from the dreary surroundings of a social scene struggling to survive. Dublin has been coasting on the exhausted fumes of days gone by for long enough and while it is ironic that the most refreshing night we’ve got was inspired by scenesters from the last century, it is not at all unwelcome.

Aimed at homos, heteros, boys, and girls the only requirement is an open and filthy mind. Marquis D’Alton drops a scandalous mix of sleazy electro and 80s synth pop to a packed and cracked dance floor. Moments of united insanity are not at all uncommon, so don’t be startled if the entire dance floor drops to the ground and starts to gyrate before you.

It’s a come-as-you-feel night so if you feel like like strolling through the doors basted in baby oil and little else then do just that. Equally if you rock up in your everyday skinny jean glory you’ll be as accepted. I was shocked by how many people actually went for it. Gold onesies, hot pants and gimp masks were accoutered with illuminous wigs, full body paint and every kind of tiara, boa, garter and suspender invented. There are makeup artists and hair dressers on hand to spruce you up should you decide to come as four equal sides and four equal angles, and a variety of beauty pageants and photo booths to show off your reinvented bootie.

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Clubbing in Dublin has suffered in recent years from a failure on the part of the promoters to distinguish their nights from the rest with one mad-out-of-it night coming down into another. Partie Monster, with its outlandish dress, may have an unfair advantage - but it certainly doesn’t rest on its laurels. From the Pottie Monster cocktails (€5, served in actual potties) to the hand-popped popcorn and vodka-jelly shots, Mistress Mimi Rouge has spared no expense in insuring her nightis one you’ll remember once the Amyl Nitrate throbs off.

Partie Monster brings out the potties on the second Friday of each month in RiRa, Dame Court, Dublin 2. For an interview with Mistress Mimi check out www.totallydublin. ie/blog. More of Fionn Kideney’s work can be seen at www.cantleavenow.com

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A pub is a terrible thing to waste, an all too regular occurrence in this nation of drunks. Be it fabulous structures brimming with conventional bores or poorly executed stabs at originality you might not be able to swing a cat in this town without getting it pissed in the process, but finding an establishment that is a genuine pleasure and not just an affable convenience is a rare treat. The Conradh Na Gaeilge is a genuine joy, but also a genuine disappointment, a wasted opportunity that could so easily be corrected.

A brightly lit warren of nooks and crannies under the actual Conradh, an organisation whose purpose is to keep the Irish language spoken in Ireland, this whimsical establishment was once a home away from home for Gaelgoirs who sold their soul to the Jackeen pound.

Officially opened in the 1970s, after years of flouting the licensing law, the Conradh is a linguistic Lourdes, a Mecca in these internationalistic times. Where once the barmen were like the Gestapo, cracking down on those who flout our adoptive tongue, now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more liberal and many of the people who drink there are beginners who have dripped down from the Irish classes upstairs. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get away with talking in English but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit like wiping your arse on the hostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bed sheet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simply not done.

Many people I know are too afraid to go to the Conradh because they lack confidence in their abilities, but once the staff notice you making an effort they are as warm and as courteous as they

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come. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not your typical night out and the challenge of speaking in a second language opens some wonderful doors of discourse that usually lie dormant. Once you get into the swing of things the chatter flows as freely as the cheap-as-chips booze, and you find yourself getting off on how much you can recall from those bygone days of â&#x20AC;&#x153;leigh anois go curamach na ceisteanna agus treoracha a bhaineann le chuid Aâ&#x20AC;?.

If only the management capitalised on the rich tradition and culture that seeps out of the walls. With so many people desperate to connect with their inner Seoiges itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame that the place isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hopping night after night with traditional Irish songs and dance. This being the only place where you can natter in your native tongue youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d use the same stone to take out a few more traditional birds.

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Dolled up females are propped at the bar like polished trophies, slivers of gold dangle from their ears and necks and manicured nails claw the counter in anticipation of a Bellini to moisten their pouting lips, while thirty-something males sporting the kind of tan that the Irish sun does not giveth flash their AMEX embossed plastic. Upstairs on one of the many terraces, a mob of aging men relive their philandering youths as they chat up the scantily clad hostess who towers over them in a pair of black patent stripper heels. They ask her for a blanket, although the evening is mild and warm, and we cringe at the subtext which rings louder than the guttural guffaws that follow.

Il Segreto occupies the old Sherry Fitzgerald premises on Merrion Row; yet another fatality of these “R” times.

Unicorn owner Georgio Casari’s new investment might be regarded as bad timing since Il Segreto’s prices soar in the region of its older sibling, but then the rich are always in search of a new playground and Casari’s secret it seems is to provide such parlours that cater to their egos. Tonight, Merrion Row may as well be a faraway land and this terrace a palazzo in Tuscany.

The hum of the city is mute from our spot in the secluded enclave and electric heaters fool us into thinking we are in Mediterranean climes.

One very welcome sign of the times is the rise of the early bird, or ‘special menu’ as it is called at Il Segreto. From 12.307.30pm all week they offer three courses for €24.50 (although the website advertises it as costing a euro less). Otherwise you could be spending up to €22 on a starter alone. Our punctual arrival to the restaurant at 6.30pm is indeed deliberate.

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We proceed with the crisp pastry parcel which looks too pretty to touch and too dainty to plough through with the prongs of a fork, but it must be done. Inside its delicate lair is a fondue of crabmeat, leeks, parmesan and peperonata - an Italian mixture of sweet peppers, tomatoes, onion and garlic cooked in olive oil. Disturbing the precious parcel’s perfect form is not only necessary but a pleasure, once the inside reveals itself. This, and our other selection - ravioli di magro al limone, are surely the best starters on the menu.

Swathed in butter, the thin pasta squares gleam like nuggets of gold, ripe with ambrosial citrus flavour. Every last morsel must be savoured.

The light-footed manager flits from table to table, frequently swapping barely used ashtrays for fresh ones, and ensuring that his patrons are content. My second course of Barbary duck breast is hard work on the jaws. The accompanied confit leg however is not at all chewy but tender and delicious, and the orange glaze and piquant mango salsa on the side is refreshingly seasonal. No fault could be found with my companion’s wing of skate.

Lightly battered in a lemon, thyme and parmesan crust, the rhomboidal fish is enhanced by a nutty sage beurre noisette.

Some creamy mash makes this dish a stalwart and satisfying choice that I would

certainly go for next time. At the surrounding tables we note how prominently the angel hair pasta with baby ratatouille and the smoked haddock and salmon fish pie feature. Both look fantastic.

Although the service was consistent throughout the meal, when it came to dessert it appeared as if we had disappeared.

A prompt to the waitress informed her that we wouldn’t be done out of pudding. Moments later we were presented with the dessert of the day – a blueberry and raspberry sponge served with double cream, and a selection of homemade ice creams - one scoop of vanilla, and one of raspberry sorbet which we both thought winning. A spicy Pinot Grigio by the Unicorn brand had been our poison and cost €7 a glass. We skipped tea and coffee and paid the bill of €70. Our descent of the grand, curved staircase was guided by an overhanging, dazzling chandelier. The glamour mafia had been unleashed on Dublin 2, and their Friday night had well and truly begun at Il Segreto. We tripped out into the sunless sky, turning our backs on the bling and embracing reality once more, soothed by the knowledge that escape was only €24.50 away.

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The word ‘sushi’ often sends people into fits of panic. For starters, the terminology associated with this type of Japanese cookery can be quite off-putting – tempura this, maki that, nigri – wtf?

Conveniently, the detailed blurb of sushi lingo printed on the side of the Sushi King carrier bag offers some interesting and helpful facts such as: a full California Roll only contains around 140 calories, and wasabi is not only a great source of vitamin C but it also aids digestion.

That’s the science bit. People commonly mistake all sushi for raw fish, but as the very handy encyclopaedic bag informs, sushi containing raw fish is actually called

sashimi. Sushi in fact refers to a broad range of food prepared with special sushi rice and vinegar, using lots of fillings and toppings including chicken, vegetables and fish. Once you’ve digested all that, all you have to worry about is negotiating those chopsticks without coming off all Edward Scissorhands.

Where Sushi King differs from the other Japanese joints in Dublin is that it focuses on edible, not frightening food. To me, most raw fish has that same raw fishy flavour, and while I can be adventurous, I am aware of the kind of textures that efficiently test my gag reflexes. At Sushi King I was happy to stick to the stuff I could swallow.

To beat the rush, get to Sushi King on Baggot Street before one o’clock.

As the hours pass by, the supplies tend to dwindle. Daily hot meals include Chicken Katsu Curry, Chicken Teriyaki and Salmon Teriyaki, plus a special which varies depending on the day of the week.

On the Tuesday of our visit it was Massaman Beef Curry. Soused in a light curry sauce, the Katsu was very satisfying. The deep fried chicken was breaded and the dish piping hot and we both tucked in enthusiastically until the shiny surface of the foiled container was fully exposed. If only the same could be said for the unappetising special whose meat was a grey, sickly colour and contained more lumps of fat than it did strands of protein. Not

fit for a dog’s consumption, the bland and poor attempt at a Massaman wound up in the bin.

I should mention here that Sushi King is purely takeout, which may pose a problem if it’s too wet to sit on a park bench and you are loath to return to the office.

If anyone had seen my sister and I as we sat in my car, napkins on knees and waving our chopsticks about like crazed old ladies with knitting needles, they would have wondered what in the name of God we were up to. Or perhaps we’ve started a trend in guerrilla dining.

Try the chilli chicken with rocket maki rolls which in simple terms are rice and filling rolled in a thin sheet of seaweed or nori. The duck in hoi sin sauce is also scrumptious. A prime example of the accessible nature of Sushi King’s fare is the chicken in basil pesto which caters to all tastes, and the smoked salmon with cream cheese and chive and prawn tempura are both equally agreeable and unintimidating. Their California Rolls I could eat all day. Coated in sesame seeds with avocado and crabsticks burrowed in the centre, these tasty bites are superlative drizzled in soy sauce and topped with waifs of ginger.

At €31.70 for our king-sized feed, it was quite frankly fit for royalty.

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no such thing as a picnic without food, and fittingly the Electric Picnic has become a renowned culinary hub of gastronomic proportions on the Irish festival circuit. Now in its fifth year, the festival has gone from strength to strength in terms of the type of tasty treats on offer, believing that festival goers should be able to chill out with Fleet Foxes and an organic cider, or munch on some smoked cod from Halls Dorset Smokery to the beat of Basement Jaxx. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for generic burgers and chips of the greasy, stodgy variety, well you should have gone to Oxegen, because at the Stradbally festival you will only find wholesome, decent quality grub, much of which is organic, fair trade and free-range.

Acknowledging Electric Picnic for its superlative standards in the food stakes, last year Bridgestone publishers John and Sally McKenna devised a set of awards in conjunction with the Picnic organisers and surprised four unsuspecting vendors with a little recognition for their efforts on the last night of the festival. 2009 will see a number of the old regulars back at the festival and a host of new ones too. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a few you should try to check out:

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Natasha is a raw foodist which means that her all her food is free from wheat, dairy, egg, gluten and sugar. From her kitchen in the Spade Enterprise Centre in Stoneybatter she whips up a bevy of delights such as mighty seed energy bars full of sprouted seeds wrapped in almond butter and dipped in raw chocolate, and her famous orange ganache tart. At Electric Picnic, Natasha will be serving up a selection of organic salads and main dishes, savoury seed snacks, sprouted chickpea hummus seasoned with herbs and spices as well as her Mega Energy Balls and distinct cacao

treats that promise to lift your spirits after a late night involving copious volumes of alcohol and raves in the forest. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait until then, check out Natashaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Living Food range at Donnybrook Fair, Avoca and Fallon and Byrne, or catch her at the Temple Bar Market on Saturdays.

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Not just a breakfast roll, the Clonakilty Roll is more of an all day affair made for those who appreciate the finer things in life, and a bit of gourmet sausage to boot. For â&#x201A;Ź5 feast on a floury bap filled with Clonakilty black and white pudding, cured bacon and a length of girthy sausage topped with local specialist chutneys and relishes. This is Clonakiltyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first time at the festival and no doubt theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll win a few fans over the course of the weekend.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heralded their hearty meals and healthy treats on these pages before, and am more than happy to announce that The Pear will be at the Picnic once again this year. Identical twins Stephen and David Flynn do a great business from their cafĂŠ in Greystones, where locals and out-of-towners alike flock in their droves for a hot meal or a slice of freshly baked cake, or to purchase fresh, organic fruit and veg from their shop next door. At this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival they will be selling porridge and tea to the early riser, smoothies to the hungover and cakes and bikkies to the sweet-toothed. The health conscious duo are firm believers in organic methods, and assure us that this year as always there will be plenty of sugar-free, dairy-free and wheat-free goodies amongst their lot.

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Cook and Mai Mguyen, it was the two Suffolk Sheep that the girls were bringing for a walk that caused quite a stir.

Appointed Trinity scholars of medicine Jessica and Mai have received many perks including free rooms on campus and the privilege of grazing sheep on the lawns of the college. To congratulate the girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievement Pacinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Restaurant on Suffolk Street has also honoured them with free lunch for the entire duration of their scholarships.

Having launched the new Pacinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, www. pacinos.ie, the popular bar and eaterie is encouraging people to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Join the Familyâ&#x20AC;? online to take advantage of special offers including discounts, event updates and birthday gifts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; become a Pacino and reap the rewards with your very own Pacino card.

After that, the girls enjoyed their ďŹ rst lunch at Pacinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s before taking the sheep, bred by property developer Tom Bailey of Batterstown, to Trinity College for their lunch on the lawns!

Serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sunshine CafĂŠ uses the freshest of ingredients to create simple, wholesome, homemade cuisine. Somewhere to relax and have a chat with friends over some fine coffee or a tasty treat.

A meal here is sure to bring a ray of sunshine to your day!â&#x20AC;?

Opening Hours Pacinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, Restaurant & Venue 18 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2 Monday to Friday: 8.30am - 6.00pm Saturday and Sunday: 10.00am - 6.00pm

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Tel.: +353 1 6775651 E-mail: info@pacinos.ie

CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CUISINE Lunch: Mon to Fri 12.30-2.30 pm Dinner: Mon to Thurs 6.00-10.30 pm Fri and Sat 6.00-11.00 pm Sunday 6.00-9.30 pm

22 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel. / Fax: 01 6616669 email: info@lamerezou.ie www.lamerezou.ie

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FOOD

Restaurant Guide

Brasserie Sixty6 66-67 South Great Georges St, Dublin 2 Stylish, buzzy restaurant, right in the heart of Dublin’s shopping and entertainment district. Great food and drink, fantastic surroundings, exciting atmosphere, reasonable prices. Whether it's a lazy brunch at the weekend or a business lunch, or simply a romantic dinner, at brasserie sixty6 is always our pleasure. Finger-licking desserts, a full vegetarian menu, carefully selected wine list chosen with accessibility, value and good taste, delicious cocktails to start your evening… you will not be disappointed.

Odessa

Cafe Irie

Odessa is Dublin’s original dining lounge, a mesh of style and substance. Thanks to its newly-popular Fivers menu, its defining quality has become offering affordable sophistication. The restaurant offers a mouth-watering menu renowned for its tapas-style offerings and an unparalleled cocktail menu, all in a chilled-out atmosphere.

A Buddha-balanced haven from the helter-skelter lunchtime of the rest of Dublin 2. With a more-thancomprehensive range of coffees, teas, and juices, and a meaty menu comprising paninis, ciabattas, sandwiches, and some rustic pizzas, Irie’s Zen-attuned environment offers the food to match. Its car-bootsale approach to decor and smiling staff makes it impossible not to eat, drink, and be Irie.

t: 01 670 7634 www.odessa.ie

t: 01 672 5090

14 Dame Court, Dublin 2

11 Fownes Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Open: Mon-Fri at 11am, Sat-Sun 10am, Until: Sun-Wed til 10.30pm, Wed-Sat til 11pm

t: 01 400 5878 www.brasseriesixty6.com

Itsa4

Café Novo

Itsa4 is a perfect gastro-neighborhood restaurant that consistently ticks all the boxes. Renowned for its organic and artisan suppliers, delicious food and relaxed service, itsa4 is also popular with families and those following special diets as all dishes on the menu have detailed descriptions regarding gluten, dairy and suitability for vegetarians. With great music, booth seating, and perfectly sized wine-list, itsa4 is regularly featured as one of Bridgestone’s 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland as well as featuring in both the Michelin Guide and Georgina Campbell guides. A real favourite with serious foodies and off-duty chefs.

Café Novo, a chic new international bar and brasserie opened it doors in October 2008. This fun and flirty eatery will woo diners with a carefully selected menu that offers traditional favourites with a twist - making it the perfect brunch stop for peckish shoppers or evening dinner and drinks spot for city slickers. Conveniently located on Harry Street, just a few steps from Grafton Street, Café Novo offers informal-style drop-in dining, whether you want to grab a modern take on a club sandwich or to simply sip on a cocktail.

Mon-Sun 10am-10pm, bar open to 12.30am

Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday

t: 01 219 4676

t: (01) 6463353 dine@cafenovo.ie

Sinners

Café Carlo

Belly dancing and Baba Ganoush, Sinner’s is a traditional Lebanese restaurant in the heart of Dublin City, which combines good food with a vibrant atmosphere. Sinners Lebanese Restaurant is a former recipient of a “Best Ethnic Cuisine” Temple Bar award and continues to serve patrons a wide variety of tantalising Lebanese fare. Guests at Sinners will find a welcoming staff, who provide an excellent service to ensure you have an authentic, fun night out.

The relaxed and intimate setting of Café Carlo, coupled with its high-quality, reasonably priced food and friendly, attentive staff has made this restaurant a huge favourite with Dublin diners. Not only is it a popular choice with visitors to our fair city, it's also found a place in the hearts of the discerning locals, who return time and again to soak up the Cafe Carlo atmosphere and enjoy some genuinely delicious food. Free glass of wine with every main course when mentioning this ad!

Open 5pm til late

t: (01 888 0856 www.cafecarlo.net

6A Sandymount Green, Dublin 4

Harry St, Dublin 2

12 Parliament Street, Dublin 2

63 - 64 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

t: 01 675 0050

La Peniche

Hell Pizza

Punjab Balti

La Peniche offers a beautiful dinner cruise from Tuesday to Thursday. The cruise is available for private hire also by prior arrangement.

Dublin’s addition to the Hell Pizza franchise has gone down a storm since its recent opening. With an eclectic themed menu, and the choice of assembling your own masterpiece with a choice of out-there toppings such as cashews, cranberry, and chorizo Hell offers a myriad spins on the classic pizza. With prices between €14 - €16 for a double, and €6 - €8 for a snack size, and with the option of a gluten free pizza base, there’s nothing sinful about this Hellhole at all!

Old favourite Punjab Balti retains its popularity and success after 13 years by consistently serving authentic Punjabi cuisine, prepared in the same traditional manner as in the Indian subcontinent's Punjab region for centuries. Over the years this famous Ranelagh restaurant has won major recognition for it's top quality food, intimate ambience, excellent value and service. You can bring your own beer or wine and there are also takeaway and delivery services available that are perfect for a Balti night in. For current special offers check out www. punjabbalti.ie

Grand Canal, Mespil Road, Dublin 4

Lunch Tues - Fri: 12.00-14.30 Dinner Tues - Sat: 18.00-22.30 Dinner Cruises Tues-Thurs

T: 01 790 0077 www.lapeniche.ie

36 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

t: 1890 456 666 www.hell.ie

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SoHo

South William

La Mere Zou

La Paloma

Unpretentious cooking, laid back surroundings, nice sounds, reasonable prices, easy dining and a friendly welcome. Bang in the middle of Dublin city centre - right where you want to be. One all day menu, whether for a quick bite, or a shared platter, or lunch, or casual dinner with friends or colleagues. We offer simple classics and staples prepared using the best ingredients, and executed with style..What you want, how you want it. Laid back eating at SoHo.

With 8 different types of specialist pis (at just €9 each) and a varied menu of soups, salads and sandwiches, the South William bar transcends regular pub grub. Open 7 from midday, this is a bar you’ll find almost impossible to leave, and food you’ll keep coming back yo

A solidly French restauramt offering bistro classics with a moden touch, La Mere Zou opened in 1994 and specialises in Classic French cuisine. They also offer a large selection of seafood directly from the local fishmarket. At La Mere Zou you can relax in a warm, familial atmosphere while enjoying the very best in cuisine and service.

La Paloma is a casual family run bar/restaurant in the very heart of Temple Bar serving Spanish influenced dishes since 1990.The warm colourful decor with Spanish football on TV and a small bar serving beer, sangria, wines including Riojas by the glass completes a laid back feeling.The menu includes Calamares, Gambas Ajillo, Albondigas, Paellas including Vegetarian, Many Fish dishes, Pinchitos con Gambas and more including a Tapas menu. A Two course Early Bird is available with Seafood or Chicken Paella as main course from 6pm to 7pm at 13.95.

17 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2

Open: Mon-Fri 12pm, Sat & Sun 10.30am Last Orders: Sun- Wed 10.30pm, Thurs-Sat 11pm

52 South William St, Dublin 2

Food served from 12am to 10pm

t: 01 672 5946 www.southwilliam.ie

22 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2

Lunch: Monday - Friday 12 -3pm Dinner: Monday - Sat 6 - 11pm

t: 01 61 6669 www.lamerezou.ie

t: 01 707 9596 www.sohodublin.com

Asdills Row, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Tues-Sun 6pm-11.30pm

t: 01 677 7392 www.lapalomadublin.com

Diep Le Shaker

Gotham Café

Diep Noodle Bar

Prices dropped... Standard still very high. To ensure absolute authenticity in Thai cuisine Diep fly all essential ingredients in fresh from Bangkok. Diep Le Shaker make no adjustments in the chilli content of their fare. This stunningly designed restaurant is the recipient of the prestigious Thailand Brand Award awarded by the Government of Thailand and the Thai Select Award awarded by the Ministry of Commerce, Thailand for authentic cuisine.

Open since 1993 asone of the first casual restaurants in Dublin, Gotham still has a reputation for serving consistently great food at reasonable prices. Most famous for the Gourmet Pizzas, they also offer a full range of light breakfast, lunch and dinner options to suit any time of the day or night.

Thai and Vietnamese food experts, Diep, offer a great value noodle-based menu with an exciting and exotic range of dishes including soups, salads and stir-fries. Diep Noodle Bar’s Bangkok Street Food menu is a steal and includes three courses of soup, appetiser and main course for €16 available Monday to Sunday until 7pm. With it’s fresh and genuine approach to cooking alongside it’s popular cocktail bar, warm hospitality and it’s releaxed but vibrant atmosphere. Diep Noodle Bar is a firm local favourite.

55 Pembroke Lane, Dublin 2

t: 01 661 1829 www.diep.net

8 South Anne St, Dublin 2

Ranelagh Village, Dublin 6

Sun to Thurs 10.30am-11pm Fri & Sat 10.30am-12 Sunday Brunch 11.30-4pm

t: 01 679 5266 www.gothamcafe.ie

t: 01 497 6550 www.diep.net

DAX

The Pig’s Ear

Dada Restaurant

A welcoming bar area offers a post-work winddown or light evening meal, perfect for you and your colleagues to enjoy with hot and cold tapas, available Tuesday to Saturday. Ideal for business and perfect for pleasure, or to dine privately for groups of between 10 and 14 people, Dax Restaurant is only a stones throw away from you and your business so why not take the time to visit a restaurant of refreshment, rejuvenation and reinvigoration.

The Pig’s Ear restaurant specialises in traditional irish fare which is sumptuous and at afforable prices. The décor is comfy and casual but the real gem is its location on Nassau St situated on the second floor overlooking Trinity College. The food ranges from hearty shepherds pie to bacon and cabbage. Also check out the newly opened café upstairs serving all day breakfast for €6.95, open from 9-5 Mon-Sat.

Priding itself on its tapas, expansive wine menu, and Moroccan cuisine, South William Street’s newly-opened Dada restaurant offers a Noth African eating experience our city has lacked.

Thanks to head chef Moulay Joseph, a warm atmosphere and attentive staff, Dada has already established its name on the Dublin dining scene.

Tuesday to Friday from 12.30pm to 2pm Tuesday to Saturday from 6pm to 10pm

Restaurant open 6 days.

23 Pembroke Street Upper

t: 01 676 1494 olivier@dax.ie www.dax.ie

4 Nassau St, Dublin 2

44-45 South William St, Dublin 2

t: 01 617 0777 www.dadarestaurant.com

Eden

Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 The acclaimed, award-winning Eden restaurant serves contemporary food with a distinctive Irish flavour, overlooking the vibrant Meeting House Square in Temple Bar. With a set of mouthwatering dishes available for mains, from mushroom tarts to duck confit, and a stunning location, Eden is one of Dublin’s must-eat experiences.

t: 01 670 5372 www.edenrestaurant.ie

t: 01 670 3865 www.thepigsear.ie

Venu

Ukiyo Bar

The Farm

Chai Yo

Venu has enjoyed a loyal following since it opened in 2006 and it has been renowned for its well-executed, varied food menu and for its award-winning cocktail bar. If you are looking for a vibrant place that serves great cocktails and quality ‘home-made’ dishes at reasonable prices it is hard to look much further than Venu Brasserie.

Tues - Sat: Dinner 5.30 til late Saturday Brunch: 12pm til 4pm

Ukiyo Bar is Dublin’s premier late night bar, restaurant and entertainment venue. Open from 12pm till late 7 days a week, especially on Thursday, Friday and Saturday when we keep our kitchen open past midnight. At Ukiyo we strive to provide our customers with a unique dining and entertainment experience - from the best value lunches to great sushi and sake in the evening, attentive and knowledgeable service, top shelf cocktails and some of the best club nights in Dublin at the weekend. Not to mention our private karaoke booths, making Ukiyo the immediate choice for a first date, a birthday party or a corporate bash.

The Farm is about tasty homemade locally sourced free range, organic and fresh food.

Healthy vegetables and fresh herbs. All their food is freshly prepared and cooked to order.

Famed for their Teppenyaki tables creating a unique and interactive eating experience, as well as meals made from the freshest, highest quality ingredients and a great party opportunity, Chai Yo perfects the balance between fun and food. For the less party-inclined of visitors, there is a quieter downstairs section. Something for everyone!

Anne’s Lane, off South Anne St, Dublin 2

t: 01 67 06755 www.venu.ie charles@venubrasserie.com

7-9 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2

t: 01 633 4071 www.ukiyobar.com

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3 Dawson St, Dublin 2

11 am to 11 pm 7 days a week

t: 01 671 8654 hello@thefarmfood.ie

100 Lower Baggot St, Dublin 2

Mon-Fri:12.30-3pm, 6pm-11.30pm Sat: 5.30pm-midnight Sun: 3pm-10pm

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Director: Hoyt Yeatman Talent: Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Nicolas Cage Released: 31 July

Antichrist Director: Lars Von Trier Talent: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe Released: 24 July Film critics rarely seem as excitable as they were at the breakfast-turning prospect of an 11am screening of Antichrist, Lars von Trierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest censor-bating slice of Dogme screen anarchy. Already dogged by the customary Cannes Festival walk-outs and a slew of outraged reviews, von Trierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cinematic middle-finger turned out to be an exercise in breaking boundaries; gracefully, graphically, gut-wrenchingly odd. The plot tracks the five stages of grief, unfolding in the menacing world of von Trierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eden, where beautiful actresses have careworn faces and everyone is dressed in gray, and the serendipitous cruelties of life cause children to fall out three-storey windows. The toddlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cries are disconcertingly real, as are the sex scenes between central couple Charlotte Gainsbourg and the supremely creepy Willem Dafoe.

Coloured by its directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation for nihilism and misogyny, Antichrist risks being construed as a slow-moving psychological drama, a hard graft lightened only by the occasional scene of mutilation to a leg. But come to it as a horror-film, one in which the familiar Psycho about-turn takes a central role, and von Trierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opaque madness seems suddenly deliberate and masterful. The visual exercises Dafoeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s psychiatrist subjects his wife provoke viewers to consider the powers of the mind when confronted with grief, while the breakdown of the central pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship pushes human cruelty and tolerance to the limit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chaos reignsâ&#x20AC;?, words spoken from the mouth of a mythical dying beast as people are buried alive and re-exhumed in the forest, which has become Satanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church. By the final scenes, the battle-scarred protagonists lumber around like superhumans, wandering their maudlin forest world performing acts of superhuman cruelty. The visual purgatory of Antichrist more than atones for non-starters like Dogville and Manderlay; drawing on influences as diverse as medieval paganism, pornography and the biomechanical horrors of Tetsuo; The Iron Man, von Trierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paean to conjugal madness is either a hollow, bloodthirsty drama, or a disturbingly clever horror flick.

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Ben has genetically-engineered a guinea pig intelligence team and longs for his animal espionage research to be taken seriously by the FBI, who understandably question its usefulness (and Benâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sanity). When operations are shut-down for compromising a covert FBI mission the group separates, but reconvene to thwart a billionaireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans to control the world using robotic household appliances.

Visual effects master Hoyt Yeatman makes a dubious directorial debut with this 3D action/adventure romp but manages at least to entice a decent calibre cast onboard.

G-FORCE encounters numerous difficulties trying to appease the imaginations of both adults and children.

Yeatmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fascination with technology is to be expected, but his over-enthusiasm may unintentionally alienate the younger audience members. Meanwhile older viewers have the relentless onslaught of references to popular culture to contend with. Once the 3D novelty wears off what remains here is not overly-exciting or memorable but at best harmless escapism. - AR

The Proposal Director: Anne Fletcher Talent: Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock Released: 31 July

Neurotic battleaxe Margaret is editor-in-chief at a publishing firm where she is widely despised and feared.

Facing deportation to her native Canada, she blackmails her long-suffering assistant into marriage to gain citizenship. By order of a suspicious deportation official they Minimum subscription of 12 months. See application form for full terms and cond * travel to Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rural Alaskan home-town to convince his family that the relationship is genuine.

Rom-coms and realism are intrinsically antagonistic and this predictable yarn affirms the adage with a plot that pushes at the boundaries of believability, but thankfully clatters along quite speedily to its heavily-signposted destination. Forced to endure one anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company while trying to maintain the semblance of a loved-up couple, the comedy that ensues is genuinely entertaining, but quickly dispels once Andrew manages to warm Margaretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s icy exterior. The Proposal was well-received in the States and therefore shoulders the burden of high expectations, but ultimately fails to deliver by refusing to rise above its smaltzy sentiments. - AR

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

Just Another Love Story

Director: David Yates Talent: Every British actor, ever Released: 14 July

Director: Ole Bornedal Talent: Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse Released: 24 July

The Boy Who Lived never went away; he just went into hiding from Death Eaters. 2007â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Order of the Phoenix was a tepid yet phenomenally successful box-office beast, and August 2009 marks the return of Harry Potter and the Franchise that Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Die. However, this latest outing for the Potter-Pack is more polished than ever, outdoing even Alfonso Cuaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prisoner Of Azkaban for darkness and genuinely spellbinding thrills. Here magic has become a tool for spontaneity and terror, and the creatures that lurk in Hogwartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gothic halls are less benign house-goblins and more like the faceless, subterranean ghouls of The Descent. That Half-Blood Prince hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been wheeled out at Christmas this time is testament to its status as a film for grown-ups; Yates has ironed out the youthful mugging in favour of crisp, bleached-out cinematography and minimal explanation of events. If this is where the British film industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best cast and money goes, then it is deservingly so, as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince proves that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magic in this franchise yet. - RK

Between this and enfant terrible Lars von Trierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Antichrist, Denmark has more than fulfilled this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quota for films detailing human horror. Just Another Love Story begins with a bang, narrated by a dead man in the mould of Sunset Boulevard. The film sets itself up as a subdued take on traditional suspense; a noir film shot in daylight. Paunchy, wide-eyed Jonah (Anders W. Berthelsen, resembling a less starry Mickey Rourke) is a forensic photographer led astray from suburban life by â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a woman and a mysteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. But the film loses momentum by trying to be taken seriously; the jarringly graphic violence is undermined by the morbid humour running throughout. The narration of three overlapping â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;love storiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seems better suited to a TV series, where viewers might have more patience with the unresolved plot twists and character histories. Swelling to a drawn-out, ludicrously savage conclusion, the film ends up as enjoyable as a two-hour ad for road safety. - RK

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

Director: Jean-Francois Richet Talent: Vincent Cassell, Gerard Depardieu Released: 7 August

Director: Jean-Francois Richet Talent: Vincent Cassell, Gerard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche, Elena Anaya Released: 7 August

Mesrine: Killer Instinct, is part one of a two-part biopic charting the life of Jacques Mesrine. Little known on these shores but with a cult following in his homeland France, he was a gangster in the old school sense of the word. He liked hot women, fast cars, cigars, gambling and money - lots of money. After serving in the Algerian War for France, Mesrine returns to Paris and is easily attracted to a life of crime. Grim and violent to the core, Mesrine was an icon due to his charm and wit, which shines through thanks to Cassell's stellar performance.

This is a gangster movie with both style and substance, a rare gem. An abundance of lovers, bank robberies and prison breaks make up this part of the tale; yet despite all the action the splendidly tight screenplay prevents it from being overbearing, with a delightful cliffhanger ending to make you yearn for part two. - OMcS

Public Enemy No.1 reprises the epic story of notorious outlaw Jacques Mesrine, who continues to be a permanent thorn in the side of the authorities. Mesrine stages another inventive escape from prison and with the entire state mobilised in search of him still manages to evade capture.

This second offering signals a definite change in tone and style differing significantly from the explosive first instalment which concerned the acquisition of Mesrine’s titular ‘killer instinct’. Public Enemy No.1 is more complex, probing Mesrine’s warped mentality and the repercussions of his choice of lifestyle on those around him. While the film effortlessly conveys the seductive appeal of a lawless life it does not excuse Mesrine’s morally reprehensible actions, which are motivated solely by lust and greed. For a film that dares to exceed the four hour mark in its entirety Mesrine manages to evoke a realistic and compelling portrait of a killer. -AR

Orphan Director: Jaume Collet-Sera Talent: Peter Sarsgaard, Vera Farmiga Released: 24 July A horror film playing on the theme of motherhood, miscarriage and sexual undercurrents that would make a Freudian wince, Jaume Collet-Sera’s Orphan begins with the gleefully un-PC premise of A bereaved couple, the affable Vera Farmiga and Peter Saarsgaard, whose decision to adopt a Russian child takes a horror-cliché turn for the worse. The girl in question is the frighteningly precocious Esther, a luminous Little Bo Peep-a-like with the voice of a Russian gangster. One minute Esther is charming her new family with affection and artistic talents, the next she’s teaching the F-Bomb to her adopted siblings. What follows, naturally, is arson and attempted murder. Esther goes from unworldly foreign naif to midget Mrs. Danvers running riot with a sledgehammer. The film is a feverish mixture of creaky-door cliché and genuine stomachlurching horror; already distinguished by its controversial pedigree (US organisation Orphans Deserve Better has drawn up a petition against Warner Bros.), Orphan stands the chance of gaining a trashy-classic reputation as a guilty pleasure. - RK

Away We Go Director: Sam Mendes Talent: Jeff Daniels, Catherine O’Hara, Maggie Gyllenhaal Released: Sometime soon Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) are expecting their first child, and just when they need them most Burt’s parents have decided to up sticks and head for the Belgian hills. With Verona’s parents dead they are left in a quandary. Should they continue coasting by where they are or should they take advantage of being an anchorless ship and find their port of choice?

What follows is a road trip through the highs and lows that come with being a parent. The movie is full of quirky performances that remain at all times human.

From Alison Janney as the inappropriate mom who loves her kids but loves humiliating them more to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s LN, a nightmarish earth mother who makes you demand your spare rib back, Away We Go comes lacking the bells and whistles that help independent movies rise to the top. Its not big, it’s not clever, but it is warm, witty and heartfelt. - CK

Coco avant Chanel Director: Anne Fontaine Talent: Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola Released: 31 July Anne Fontaine’s decadent biopic chronicles Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel’s humble beginnings at an ominous orphanage up to her acquisition of legendary status as a fashion pioneer. We first encounter the adult Chanel performing cabaret with her sister in a saloon, where she meets aristocratic playboy Etienne. Fiercely ambitious, Chanel finds the prevailing gender restrictions as stifling as the clothes which she soon sets about revolutionizing. Etienne introduces ‘Coco’ to an extravagant world where she experiences difficulty overcoming the stigmas of her social standing, but attracts the attention of charismatic businessman Boy Capel, and the two begin a passionate affair.

Tautou’s casting in a role originally offered to Keira Knightley proved a wise choice. The expressiveness of her face, made famous in Amelie, holds the camera’s gaze exceptionally well. Interestingly the film draws a thin line between female liberation and degradation, and it’s difficult not to resent the Freudian implication that Chanel’s cold disposition towards men is a result of abandonment by her father.

Nothing depletes like excess, a notion Chanel herself reflected in her simplistic designs. Unfortunately the opulent costumes and set design, while a delight to behold, merely highlight the fact that this is not a particularly compelling story, prompting more questions about Chanel’s life than it actually answers. Chanel is currently the subject of multiple cinematic projects, but further than the reasons behind her choice of pseudonym we uncover relatively little about the woman behind the empire on this occasion. However, in the aftermath of Michael Jackson’s death, this film does powerfully demonstrate the impenetrable nature of iconicity.

Aoife O’Regan

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