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  • Culture Café #7 //Scott De Buitléir // Founder of Eile.ie

    Culture Café #7 //Scott De Buitléir // Founder of Eile.ie

    Firstly, I have to apologise. I should have had this podcast online last week. Work was a bit mental and I was wrecked so apologies to this week’s guest Scott De Buitléir.

    So, who is Scott De Buitléir? Scott is the presenter of The Cosmo, a LGBT radio show on RTE Pulse and he also writes for The Huffington Post. More recently, Scott has founded Eile.ie, an Irish based online magazine for the LGBT community.

    Eile was founded in 2013 and during our conversation, we chat about why Scott wanted to set up the magazine and why he wanted to contribute a magazine to the LGBT community. We spoke about what stories are covered in the magazine and also about the podcast which is also attached to Eile.

    Scott was very honest and open about how the magazine runs, how it will always be free for readers and opening up to advertisers. I also thought it was pretty cool how he described Eile as a magazine you could let your Granny pick up and read.

    The website, Eile.ie, is updated every day and each month an online magazine edition is published.

    It’s great to have people with ‘get up and go’, that just aren’t all talk but are also actions. It’s also brilliant to know that everyone involved with Eile is a volunteer and having contributors across the globe gives a genuine world views of LGBT issues.

    Have a read of the August edition of Eile.ie in the widget below.

  • Tune of the Week // George The Poet x Bodhi // My City

    Tune of the Week // George The Poet x Bodhi // My City

    For this week’s Tune of the Week, there was only one choice. George The Poet has teamed up with Bodhi to bring his poetry to a different level.

    My City is about London, all the good bits, the bad bits and the unseen bits. It sums it up perfectly, everyone has a different view of London.

    My City is a perfect Tune of the Week.

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 46 // Aug 20 2014

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 46 // Aug 20 2014

    On this week’s show I had the pleasure of chatting to Charlie from Gorgeous George and to Jen and Rick from The Tenfivesixty..

    Gorgeous George
    Gorgeous George

    Here’s what happened:
    1. The London Ear Intro
    2. Chase City: Let’s Go Back
    3. Reptile Youth: Structures
    4. Chat with Charlie from Gorgeous George
    5. Gorgeous George: Girls Night Out
    6. Luke Sital-Singh: Bottled Up Tight
    7. Chat with The Tenfivesixty
    8. The Tenfivesixty: Control
    9. Black Light White Light: Operators
    10. Buffalo Sun: By Your Side
    11. Soldiers Can’t Dance: It’s Only Love
    12. Frances: Fire May Save You (Cesare Remix)

    The TenFiveSixty
    The TenFiveSixty

    Thanks for listening. You can listen live every Wednesday at 1400 and the repeat on Sunday nights at 2100. You can listen to the show again on the RTE player.

    You can also listen to the show in its entirety on Mixcloud or in the widget below.

     

     

     

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 46 // Aug 20 2014 by Nessy on Mixcloud

    Gorgeous George photo from here

    The Tenfivesixty photo from here

  • The London Ear // Show 45 // Aug 13 2014

    The London Ear // Show 45 // Aug 13 2014

    I had the pleasure of chatting to Ayala on this show, about her new single, her Irish roots and much more,

    Here’s what happened:

    1. The London Ear Intro
    2. Rubblebucket: Carousel Ride
    3. THE TENFIVESIXTY: Control Ayala
    4. Livingston: The Hunter
    5. Gaslight Anthem: Stray Paper
    6. Liam Finn: The Nihilist
    7. Victoria + Jean: Divine Love
    8. The Civil Wars: You Are My Sunshine
    9. Chat with Ayala
    10. Ayala: 5157 Miles
    11. Ian O’Doherty: Heartbeats Shifting
    12. Ben Howard: End of the Affair
    13. The 1975: An Encounter

    Thanks for listening. You can listen live every Wednesday at 1400 and the repeat on Sunday nights at 2100. You can listen to the show again on the RTE player.

    You can also listen to the show in its entirety on Mixcloud or in the widget below.

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 45 // Aug 13 2014 by Nessy on Mixcloud

    Photo of Ayala from Facebook