Comments on: Down where the red worms circle like sharks http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64318 fústar Wed, 16 May 2007 19:33:44 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64318 Dave, I've seen those Citylink buses around but assumed, due to the Galway-Dublin blurbs on the side of the vehicles, that they were simply very lost! Thanks for the tip. Oh and "other commitments" always suck. Dave, I’ve seen those Citylink buses around but assumed, due to the Galway-Dublin blurbs on the side of the vehicles, that they were simply very lost! Thanks for the tip.

Oh and “other commitments” always suck.

]]> By: Dave http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64212 Dave Mon, 14 May 2007 16:25:30 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64212 I love The Handsome Family but missed the gig due to other commitments, bummer.... I did see them play the Roisin when they released Singing Bones and I hear they are going to be back soon... I don't like the new Roisin, it's now one of the many super pubs in Galway.... Tip for ya. Citylink are running a service to Galway from Limerick, it's not as regular as Bus Eireann but not many people are using it so a free seat beside you is guaranteed, for now, oh and it's about 20 minutes quicker I love The Handsome Family but missed the gig due to other commitments, bummer…. I did see them play the Roisin when they released Singing Bones and I hear they are going to be back soon…

I don’t like the new Roisin, it’s now one of the many super pubs in Galway….

Tip for ya. Citylink are running a service to Galway from Limerick, it’s not as regular as Bus Eireann but not many people are using it so a free seat beside you is guaranteed, for now, oh and it’s about 20 minutes quicker

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64070 fústar Fri, 11 May 2007 22:06:54 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64070 <blockquote>Verdict on spiderman 3? The best, and most accurate, review I've read: Spiderman 3 - Entertainment value 0 It. Is. Gack. </blockquote> That's terribly disappointing. I'm a big fan of the first two as they represent far more honest, joyous, authentic depictions of the whole DC/Marvel universe (if such a thing can exist) than pretentious, boring shit like <em>Batman Begins</em> or <em>Superman Returns</em>. Ah well, All good things...

Verdict on spiderman 3?
The best, and most accurate, review I’ve read:
Spiderman 3 - Entertainment value 0

It. Is. Gack.

That’s terribly disappointing. I’m a big fan of the first two as they represent far more honest, joyous, authentic depictions of the whole DC/Marvel universe (if such a thing can exist) than pretentious, boring shit like Batman Begins or Superman Returns.

Ah well, All good things…

]]> By: foolhardy http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64034 foolhardy Fri, 11 May 2007 08:28:34 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64034 Copernicus, i believe I do and I believe t'was your good self wot done set it up for me. I go by the name of fullardinho or some such. My computer had the audacity to up and die on me lately though so, despite the new hard disc, I'm not fully up and running as I've lost some passwords and the will to live. Fústar, I'll bide my time methinks. I suspect it would be wise to postpone moving home for a few years, just to make sure it's completely safe (28 weeks later has reminded me of the hazards of haste). Unless Enda Kenny is running the show that is. Then I'll be home on the first plane. Verdict on spiderman 3? The best, and most accurate, review I've read: Spiderman 3 - Entertainment value 0 It. Is. Gack. Copernicus,
i believe I do and I believe t’was your good self wot done set it up for me. I go by the name of fullardinho or some such.
My computer had the audacity to up and die on me lately though so, despite the new hard disc, I’m not fully up and running as I’ve lost some passwords and the will to live.

Fústar,
I’ll bide my time methinks. I suspect it would be wise to postpone moving home for a few years, just to make sure it’s completely safe (28 weeks later has reminded me of the hazards of haste).
Unless Enda Kenny is running the show that is. Then I’ll be home on the first plane.

Verdict on spiderman 3?
The best, and most accurate, review I’ve read:
Spiderman 3 - Entertainment value 0

It. Is. Gack.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64002 fústar Thu, 10 May 2007 20:02:20 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-64002 foolhardy, That may (admittedly) be an <em>extreme</em> example of the Celtic feline raping the old ways, but it's still telling. There's a casino across the road too. Honestly. Perhaps we should all just smile and go with the platitude, "Sure, you can't stop progress!" foolhardy, That may (admittedly) be an extreme example of the Celtic feline raping the old ways, but it’s still telling. There’s a casino across the road too. Honestly.

Perhaps we should all just smile and go with the platitude, “Sure, you can’t stop progress!”

]]> By: copernicus http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63984 copernicus Thu, 10 May 2007 14:13:16 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63984 Foolhardy, do you have a flickr account? Foolhardy, do you have a flickr account?

]]> By: foolhardy http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63975 foolhardy Thu, 10 May 2007 09:45:05 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63975 Taylor's is now a lap-dancing club? Is there any point at all in even considering a move back to Ireland? Seriously. Taylor’s is now a lap-dancing club?

Is there any point at all in even considering a move back to Ireland? Seriously.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63911 fústar Wed, 09 May 2007 13:40:12 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63911 <blockquote>...didn't know they had done it up. </blockquote> Yes. Opinion is divided on whether it adds to the place or detracts hugely. One of the friends I went to the gig with <em>hates</em> what they've done to it. I found the changes less damaging. Not like Taylor's next door which is now a lap-dancing club...

…didn’t know they had done it up.

Yes. Opinion is divided on whether it adds to the place or detracts hugely. One of the friends I went to the gig with hates what they’ve done to it. I found the changes less damaging.

Not like Taylor’s next door which is now a lap-dancing club…

]]> By: Conortje http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63801 Conortje Tue, 08 May 2007 07:01:33 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63801 Ah Roisin's is my old haunt - saw some wonderful gigs there - didn't know they had done it up. Ah Roisin’s is my old haunt - saw some wonderful gigs there - didn’t know they had done it up.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63754 fústar Mon, 07 May 2007 13:05:15 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63754 Great stuff F. Nice to read a description of the band that actually captures what they're about rather than slipping into the usual music hack laziness. Slaps are reserved for anyone who uses expressions like "Gothic doomsmiths of twisted alt-country horror" as if they actually mean (or contribute) anything. I feel dirty even typing that... "One of the greatest bands in the world today"? I can't but agree. Great stuff F. Nice to read a description of the band that actually captures what they’re about rather than slipping into the usual music hack laziness. Slaps are reserved for anyone who uses expressions like “Gothic doomsmiths of twisted alt-country horror” as if they actually mean (or contribute) anything.

I feel dirty even typing that…

“One of the greatest bands in the world today”? I can’t but agree.

]]> By: Fergal http://www.fustar.info/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63705 Fergal Sun, 06 May 2007 22:20:53 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/05/06/245/#comment-63705 Some years ago, I saw the Handsomes in the music centre and wrote this, over on the old Tuppenceworth site. http://www.tuppenceworth.ie/Music/handsome.html Unfortunately, I missed their last two trips to Ireland, but I saw them again in Whelan's the other night, and was delighted to find them as charming, odd and beautiful as ever. I still think they're one of the greatest bands in the world today, and get a sort of a romantic thrill at being one of the lucky few who happened to stumble upon them. Some years ago, I saw the Handsomes in the music centre and wrote this, over on the old Tuppenceworth site.

http://www.tuppenceworth.ie/Music/handsome.html

Unfortunately, I missed their last two trips to Ireland, but I saw them again in Whelan’s the other night, and was delighted to find them as charming, odd and beautiful as ever. I still think they’re one of the greatest bands in the world today, and get a sort of a romantic thrill at being one of the lucky few who happened to stumble upon them.

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