Articles

Ticket Touts are Targets, or the Charge of the Prawn Sandwich Brigade

Shane Horan

opines on the siege mentality that has taken over so-called Bruce Springsteen ‘fans’ .

Dispatch #3: The Real Philanthropists

Ros Blair

gets Warholian, appeals for a mentor, cites Terri Hooley.

The Hidden Track; A Mythology

Reggie Chamberlain-King

searches meticulously but, alas, in vain for the hidden track in a nineteen-nineties rock record. Endless, Nameless, that’s as may be, but he refuses to acknowledge Nrvana’s Nevermind, and the elpee in question remains a mystery.

Steven Rainey meets Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon by Paul Milne
Steven Rainey

meets Rackett guitarist and Pulitzer Prize winning poet, (in that order), Paul Muldoon.

Dance Extra

Shane Horan

does a mean Voodoo Crispy, but apparently not a Watusi.

Ulster Says NIO

Shane Horan

savours the fake blood and cautionary tone dripping from Northern Ireland’s public awareness advertising campaigns.

Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas; Or, The Motto Of Davidson College

Reggie Chamberlain-King

, never formally schooled in Latin, does, whilst spurred-on by Bertrand Russell’s essay ‘Useless Knowledge’ indulge in a little guerrilla etymology to explain Norn Irish slang words.

The Return of Shoegaze... No, Really.

Steven Rainey

knows more about Creation Records than Alan ‘Bloody’ Magee.

Belfast Above Sea Level

Steven Rainey

discovers a refreshing new perspective on life in Belfast.