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  • MTV For Dublin Promo Filming

    About a month ago I interviewed David O’Keefe who founded the MTV for Dublin campaign.

    The following week we had to come up with an idea for Projects for Multimedia in college. Everyone would vote for the ‘best idea’ and the top 11/12 would be made.

    I came up with the idea to make a promo for The MTV campaign to promote Dublin, show that its an upbeat, cool, fun place to be. I had discussed my idea with David and he told me we could put the video on the MTV for Dublin site and Facebook page.

    As these pages would be the kind of thing the MTV people would look at, you never knew you would look at it. Plus at last glance the facebook page had over 10000 members, so a lot of people could potentially see it.

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  • Culture Cafe:18/3/2010

    Culture Cafe LogoEpisode 21: Its the turn of the Irish Classics!

    Here’s what went down!

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads (Culture Cafe Theme)
    2. Turn: Beretta
    3. The Fat Lady Sings: Arclight
    4. The 4 of Us: Drag My Bad Name Down
    5. Mundy: Too You I Bestow
    6. The Frank & Walters: After All
    7. The Revs: Wired to the Moon
    8. Lir: There Are More Things
    9. Something Happens: Parachute
    10. A House: Endless Art
    11. Picturehouse: Sunburst
    12. The Frames: Revelate
    13. The Stunning: Everything that Rises
    14. The Frames: Revelate
    15. Sultans of Ping FC: Where’s Me Jumper
    16. The Boomtown Rats: Rat Trap
    17. Paddy Casey: Whatever Makes You True
    18. An Emotional Fish: Celebrate

    Wow! so much good stuff in one hour! Phew!

    Normal Culture Cafe resumes next Tuesday at 1900 UTC on dcufm.com

  • St Patrick’s Day on All Irish Radio

    allirishradioI’m doing a radio show on All Irish Radio for St Patrick’s Day. The Show is going to be broadcast a couple of times so all timezones can hear my dulcet tones 😛

    The First show was on between 0900-1100 GMT you can hear the repeats at
    1600-1800 GMT
    2200-0000 GMT

    Here’s what I played:

    Sinead O’Connor: Mandinka
    Saccade: See How They Fly
    Mundy: To U I bestow
    The Stunning: Brewing Up A Storm
    Simon Fagan: Damn Honey
    Elaine K: Love Moves On
    Paddy Casey: Whatever Makes You True
    An Emotional Fish: Celebrate
    The Thrills: One Horse Town
    David Turpin: The Bone Dance
    The Frames: Revelate
    Fiach: Every Single Day
    Rory Gallagher: Follow Me
    John Shelley & The Creatures: Long May You Reign
    Eugene Donegan: The Gods Are With Us
    Ash: Shining Light
    Fat Lady Sings: Arclight
    Something Happens: Parachute
    Aslan: This
    U2: Bad (live)
    Fatima Mansions: Only Losers Take the bus
    Mic Christopher: HeyDay
    Hitman Lord: I Drank As i
    Feargal Sharkey: A Good Heart
    Horslips: Dearg Doom
    Bell X1: The Great Defector
    Frank & Walters: After All
    A House: Here Come the Good Times
    Sultans of Ping FC Where’s Me Jumper ?
    Turn: Summer Song
    Hothouse Flowers: Don’t Go

    Whereever you are I hope you’re having a great St Patrick’s Day!

  • Culture Cafe:16/3/2010

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    Seeing as it’s reading week and St Paddys Eve, it was decided to do a couple of Music only shows.. where I talk not a lot…

    So tonight was the turn of the newbies on the Irish scene.. The Classics will be rolled out on Thursday

    1. DJ Flip and Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
    2. Von Bizmark: Address The Silence
    3. John Shelley & The Creatures: Long May You Reign
    4. Simon Fagan: Damn Honey
    5. Toy Soldier: Wild One
    6. Miracle Bell: For For Love
    7. David Turpin: Dorothy Gale
    8. The Infomatics: Kill or Create
    9. Fiach: Every Single Day
    10. Saccade: See How They Fly
    11. The Aftermath: Northern Lingerie
    12. Storyfold: Delphine Wakes
    13. Mike Got Spiked: Fool For The Ladies
    14. Two Door Cinema Club: I Can Talk
    15. The Shower Scene: Smile For the Camera
    16. Crystal Swing: He Drinks Tequila

    .. yes I played it again.. it was requested!

    til Thursday.. or tomorrow Morning on AllIrishRadio.com..

    …nessy out!
    Edit: 20:45 Just heard Scott Mills played Crystal Swing on BBC1, if its good enough for Scott its good enough for me!