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25 August 09 gaymarriage Comments (0)

LGBT Noise March for Marriage Equality photos

10 August 09 dublin
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My First Kiss

Here’s the little film that I directed. Please click through and rate it if you like it, it’s part of the Dublin Pride Film Shorts Awards, and on Sunday the highest rated gets a gold star or something. All nine films are here.

For more info on how we made the film, please take a look [...]

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22 June 09 documentary
gay Comments (2)

An Phéacóg

In any other country,
peacock men get off
on being admired
swaggering, jiving, preening, enjoying
the attention, showing off
their gear, their shades, “they’re in”;
Wicked threads, man, like your style
Strutting down the street, all bling and shimmying
Lookin’ good, man!
Lookin’ gooooood.
Street corners: theatres, boulevards of chic,
hanging around, impressing the chicks, slagging each
other, slagging the chicks,
impressing each other
but why is it [...]

20 March 09 masculinity
poem Comments (4)

The Children’s Budget

In a remarkable turnaround today, Brian Lenihan delivered what he termed the “Children’s Budget” and made a startling apology for the disastrous mess his party had made of the country’s economy.
“The only honourable thing for us to do” he said, “is to acknowledge that it is our fault. We are sorry. It is our [...]

14 March 09 community
green
politics Comments (3)

Twittering birds on a tree

The Arts Council New Media Conference was a very enjoyable day, not least because there was a lot of optimism around, people were very friendly, and there was a real interest in the topic. Perhaps those interested in the arts know, more than most, who invention’s mother is, and, as we are bracing ourselves for [...]

27 November 08 arts
blogging
dublincastle
seminar Comments (5)

The Arts Council New Media Conference

Am spending the day in Dublin Castle at the Arts Council New Media Conference. It seems to be a lively  and interesting crowd, with enough differing viewpoints to make it a very worthwhile day.  I had a fab dinner with some of the other speakers last night, cooked by Niall Harbison of ifoods.tv.
I suppose I [...]

25 November 08 arts
blogging
dublincastle
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Two Book Reviews

Time to celebrate two peerless books that have been published recently, instant classics both. They mark a coming of age of Irish gay identity in two very important, but different respects.
Homosexuality in Irish History: Terrible Queer Creatures by Brian Lacey is that rare beast: an instantly indispensable tome. A simply written, thorough and thoughtful book, [...]

18 November 08 bookreview
bootboy
history
kalcase Comments (0)

Bootboy: Irish Men Today

The recent Irish Times/Behaviour Attitudes Men Today poll* makes for interesting reading. 30% of us are single, it appears, about half a million of us. 12% of us who are married or in long-term relationships have admitted to having had extra-curricular affairs, (nearly one in five of those under 25) and I imagine that the [...]

1 November 08 bootboy
irishtimes
masculinity Comments (1)

Fringe Festival: Bastien & Bastienne – Opera Theatre Company – St Patrick’s Park Dublin

When Mozart was 12 he wrote an operetta called  Bastien & Bastienne. Opera Theatre Company offered a free performance as part of the Fringe Festival in the shadow of St Patrick’s Cathedral, and despite the rain and a dodgy radio mike, an enjoyable time was had by all.

12 September 08 dublin
fringefestival
opera
photos Comments (2)