Archives for January 2006
Take Me to Your Paraskevidekatriaphobics
If you’re reading this from home (as opposed to sneaking a quick look at work) then you may share some of the ‘paraskevidekatriaphobic’ tendencies that (allegedly) impact significantly on the US economy: The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in… continue reading »
Unfringed
A quick plug for unFRINGEd 2006, Limerick’s International Fringe Festival. It runs from the 19th of January to the 4th of February in various venues around the city, including the Impact Space, the Belltable Arts Centre, and the Daghdha Church… continue reading »
The Theatre of the Scaffold
‘Guest Post’ by Copernicus Like the French placard which, Roger Chartier has observed, has been ‘long neglected by a history interested only in more noble objects’, the broadside is the Cinderella publication of early modern Ireland.1 Broadside, n, a sheet… continue reading »
More Tea, Mr. Doomlord?
Until I discovered the very…em…groovy Groovy Age of Horror blog the other day, I’d never heard of the term ‘fumetti’ (despite being a lifelong comics fan). Here’s the handy Wikipedia definition: Fumetti or photo novels are a form of comics… continue reading »
Me and My Meme
It appears that infactah.com has ‘tagged’ me (as I believe the term is) with the “5 Weird Habits” meme. In the spirit of ‘bloggery’ solidarity, I’ll give the exercise a go. Here are the rules: The first player of this… continue reading »
PC World?
Amusing article in yesterday’s (English) Independent about a new booklet (written by Anthony Browne for the social policy think tank Civitas) criticising the, allegedly, ubiquitous (and damaging) culture of ‘political correctness’ in Britain. Now though there are, obviously enough, some… continue reading »
Disappointingly Dead…
Happy New Year. The recent zombie movie renaissance, driven by the success of such (admirable) fan-boy efforts as Shaun of the Dead, has given way to a most unlikely revival: that of George A. Romero to the position of (reasonably)… continue reading »
