Tag archive: RTE
The Great Picturegate Postcard Exhibition
The response, thus far, to my request for nudey postcards of An Taoiseach has been splendid & encouraging. Allan, in particular, has been evangelical in his promotional zeal. Allow me to clarify, again, exactly what’s “planned”. 1) We want you… continue reading »
Filthy Durty Postcards: Badgers, Blu-Tack & Picturegating
This lunchtime, while the rest of you stuffed your faces with fancy sangwiches, I went on a not-very-dangerous, undercover, guerilla art mission. First port of call was the National Portrait Collection of Ireland, Bourn Vincent Gallery (UL). On its stark… continue reading »
Filthy Durty Postcards: 2 – Spineless RTE Bastards
5 minutes after reading Suzy’s post on nekkid Brian Cowen “picturegate” (and RTÉ’s craven and vomit-inducing climb down) I distilled my rage and fury into the below. It took me about 126 seconds but I feel much the better for… continue reading »
The Museum of Cultural Waste: Quicksilver
Plain People of Ireland: (brightly) “Well”, as the divil once said, “That’s the Christmas over for another year thank God!” Myself: Indeed. A bloated orgy of drink, turkey and ostentatious consumption… Plain People of Ireland: (unsure) That’s right… Myself:…a lurid… continue reading »
To Whom it Concerns…It’s The Manky Toy Show (Live)!
9.00 – Hup! Hup! Quiet down now. Welcome dear friends, lads and lassies, boys and girls, mices and meeses, to the first ever fustar.info Manky Toy Show. We have a great live program (un)prepared for you tonight. Music, mirth, merriment… continue reading »
The Toy Show: An Alternative
Like many unwashed, barefoot children of pre-SUV Ireland, the Late Late Toy Show was (far more than the birth of a certain Nazarene) what Christmas was all about for me. Uncle Gaybo & Star Wars merchandise (yay!), Wooden Toys, Billy… continue reading »
Eugene Lambert Interview Pt. 3 – A Most Unusual Wagon…
The Story Concludes… After Part Two’s tales of horse colic, Neil Jordan, Flann O’Brien, Fortycoats, and ‘Ould Mr. Brennan’…our story drifts gently towards its ending. My thanks (again) go out to Eugene for agreeing to chat (off the cuff) about… continue reading »
Eugene Lambert Interview Pt. 2 – A Wanderly Beginning
The Story so far… With Part 1 (and Eugene’s early days) behind us, our tale now winds its way toward the promised land of Part 2…and the arrival of a certain wagon. Ready boys and girls? Ok, Eugene, if we… continue reading »
