I remember reading an excellent and detailed print article on this fella and Punkfest a few years back, and I want to get hold of it again. The...
Waterford, Ireland is doing well. The scene is growing!! Goes to show that if you throw a little proactive effort out there, things will take on a...
"Good" is how I feel when I finish the housework. I'm BUZZING LIKE A MAD FUCKER over this!! Here's the next gig, it's going to be amazing:...
Another update! Things are going fucking amazingly well!! Dole City Punx has become something of a Waterford institution (in a good way). It's...
Listen in at midnight GMT tonight to hear me try to hawk punk rock to the general public: http://tcrfm.ie/
One more thing: today I was asked to talk about punk rock on a local radio station!!!
OK, update: overall, the gig went well! Not as big a turnout as I had hoped but it's early days yet. I've been told that someone there was...
This is tonight!! Sweaty palms, fingernails chewed down to the quick, shaking, LET'S GO!!
God, hmm, yeah. Anyway, you seem like someone with a few stories to tell. What do you put in your zines? I might be interested. And I can kind of...
Immature? Sounds to me like you've got a hell of a lot more sense than everyone else in that shithole you're stuck in. Glad to know you have the...
I love when punk can overlap with other like-minded subcultures, such as rave and hip hop. There's so much networking we could be doing! :)
Wow, you've been playing that long? Amazing!
What happened to DIY? Get drawing! :)
Interesting. I've just started writing an article about punk rock and suicide prevention so I'll have a look through your sites when I have some time.
It's a big gamble I know, but by fuck I'm going for it! I just moved to Waterford on the south coast of Ireland. No punks except me (and one other...
Here ya go. Have fun!! http://www.reverbnation.com/runninriot http://fagenablerz.bandcamp.com/ http://violinsisnottheanswer.bandcamp.com/...
So refreshing to see that no shitheads have been coming in with "it's not proven" and "why didn't she bring this up 10 years ago?" like in some...
Punk from Ireland you mean? We're doing quite well for ourselves, thankyouverymuch! I can't see what it is you've posted there cos I'm on a shitty...
Business as usual for the police (Gardaí when you're in Ireland) - assault someone then put the blame on them. Joseph Loughnane was pepper-sprayed...
There are no clear boundaries of course, but here are a few examples. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccSeA89l7wY...
You're missing out! Cristy Road (croadcore.org) is a radical queer artist who's big into punk rock and has work all over the place, and Jeremy...
Nations and states are not one and the same, they just tend to overlap. There are different kinds of national identity, ranging from tribal...
As we know, the punk subculture offers much more scope for creativity than just music. And since I like looking at things that look good, let's...
The vast majority are from Dublin. But I've remembered another prolific snapper who wanders around the country a lot:...
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Warzone Fest 2003 - what got me into punk rock. The nicest people I'd ever met, my first experience of a social centre, brilliant fun, a tangible...
Fling up some good shots from gigs and the subculture here! Couple of Irish links to start off: http://www.lyndseyputt.com/Music...
A joke, exactly. And a lame one at that. It's a few (probably even just one) keyboard warriors trying to cover as many bases as possible. Kind of...
"Human nature" is a constructed idea, for the most part. Look at people in disaster situations, for example - they mostly have an overwhelming...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a_ATxfEuLU
There's no legal protection for squatters in the USA, so why are you expecting people to tell you about squats on a public website?
I'd be very wary about eating wild plants in cities. Filthy places. Outside them though, as long as you're away from heavy traffic and industry,...
We're lucky in Ireland in that far-right activity is almost non-existent. I've seen some mouthy seig-heilers here and there but they're rare...
I smell a cop.
Musical taste is something that's constantly evolving, so it's no surprise that people lose interest in some bands or genres in favour of others....
Jasper is holding things steady DIY-punk-wise down here as always. If I had the resources, I'd be organising gigs myself too. Ah, some day...
What's the craic? Any chance of filling the vacuum left by Rebellious Jukebox up there? :)
Yeah it is. :) I've never once spiked it up!
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I do the odd bit of trawling YouTube for stuff I've never heard of before. I remember listening to one band who sounded OK, catchy and that, but...
I'm still not 100% on it. But I do know that Blood Or Whiskey got all rockstar-ish and took stage time away from Kidd Blunt (excellent melodic...
Militant straight edgers are the enemy!
One of the biggest stories to come out of the Irish punk scene in recent years is the fight between Blood Or Whiskey and Kidd Blunt at the...
That's a relief. :)
Just thought of this: www.whitewhine.com *hides*
I know someone who painted an amazing Gasmask Terror patch for herself once, but not everyone's good at that stuff. :)
You're probably thinking "middle class lifestylist elitism" right now, but I think sXe has potential for appeal far beyond the hardcore/punk...
http://diyirishhardcorepunkarchive.blogspot.ie/ Check this out. Ed's a legend.
Yay ducks!
If you can find the image, you could get a place that prints t-shirts to do it on a patch for you, I'd say.
