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  • Boy George: Video Games Cover (video)

    Boy George: Video Games Cover (video)

    BoyGeorgeOh wow! When I was in school if you liked music there was George Michael or Boy George, you couldn’t like both cos of some press stories and general bitchiness that was associated with thirty thirteen year old girls. I was always in the Greek’s corner but there was always something about Boy George O’Dowd that made me have a little soft spot for him.

    I really like this track, released yesterday on YouTube, it maintains the airiness associated with the original but there’s a bit of a folky edge to this and it features slide guitar! I’m also delighted to see that Boy George’s award winning musical about the London music scene in the early eighties, Taboo, will be coming back to the stage from September to December at the Brixton Clubhouse.

    Open question to Boy George. Could you rerecord To Be Reborn? I love how your vocals are now and would love to hear it, thanks Nessy x

  • Dublin’s Bollywood Film: Video released

    Dublin’s Bollywood Film: Video released

    So remember that Bollywood film, Ek Tha Tiger, that was shot in Dublin last year? Yeah, they’ve just released a song from the movie on YouTube and I’m dying now to see the full thing. It’s a cross between Riverdance and Bollywood so it’s probably a new genre of film Riverwood or Bollydance.. Just remember where you heard it first.

    Trinity College, Kilkenny hurlers, fellas on bikes and leprechaun hats pretty much a normal day in Dublin apart from the fact that that everyone dances on the street.

    The song is called Banjaara and the leads are Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif.

  • Culture Cafe on RTÉ 2fm Playlist : 22/07/2012

    Culture Cafe on RTÉ 2fm Playlist : 22/07/2012

    Thanks to everyone for listening tonight, I really appreciate it.

    Here’s what went down:

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
    2. Le Galaxie feat. Elaine Mai: Love System
    3. Chat with Gary Dunne and Noel Finnegan of Le Cheile
    4. Neon Wolf: All of It’s Yours
    5. George Michael: White Light (Kinky Rowland remix)
    6. Saint Motel: Benny Goodman
    7. A look at some events for 15-19 year olds in Dublin with Andy Daly of Scene Not Herd (Part 1)
    8. George Baker: Little Green Bag
    9. Hooded Fang: Jubb
    10. Niall Kelly: Your Worst Nightmare
    11. Chat with Andy Daly (Part 2)
    12. Kodaline: Lose Your Mind
    13. Chat with Stephanie Francis of Crafthouse

    Edit: You can now listen back to the full show on the RTÉ player

    Then it was over… thanks to my guests and thanks to you for listening, here’s a pic of me and Andy Daly when we were recording in the Culture box in Temple Bar.

    Nessy and Andy Daly

  • Tune of The Week 20/07/2012: Kodaline

    Tune of The Week 20/07/2012: Kodaline

    KodalineEvery week I chose one song to be my Tune of the week , this week it comes from Irish band, Kodaline, who are about to release their debut EP. It will be out in September and one track from the E.P., Pray, is available to download for absolutely free from praydownload.kodaline.com. My tune of the week though is another track from the E.P., ‘Lose Your Mind’, it has a great video and I love the psychedelic-ness of the track.. rock on!

    {Edit: I just might play the track on 2fm on Sunday night – listen to find out}