NYMPHOMANIAC I [LARS VON TRIER](2014) I have always considered Lars Von Triers movies excessively apocalyptic in the most black humour sense imaginable. Its like as though he premises every story with a worst case scenario and pushes it to the limit to see what might happen. He does movies about the end of all life … Continue reading ‘I Cant Feel Anything’
Oran Ryan
Walking the Driving Range
A walk on a Perfect Day A couple of days ago I went to deliver a letter and got struck by a car. I was more or less unhurt, save for a bruised shoulder and a leg that still remains a tad stiff. It will be a few days before I can go back to … Continue reading Walking the Driving Range
All Along the Watchtower
Battlestar Galactica as Theology The excellent Battle star Galactica, which I loved watching, does have a heavy dose of theism running through it, which makes it even more interesting to watch because it touches on subjects other more conventional series rarely dare to go near. Not only that but it holds the view that those … Continue reading All Along the Watchtower
Unhappy St Patricks Day
St. Patrick was probably English, not Irish. (Patrick comes from Patricius - member of the patrician order, a noble, or member of the upper class or ruling elite). There were probably more than one ‘St. Patrick’. Moreover the arrival of Christianity, what is ostensibly a cult of death and resurrection - the sacrifice of earthly … Continue reading Unhappy St Patricks Day
The Right Hand Clapping
I recently picked up a book, well to be clear, today I randomly picked up a book on the way out the door because the thought of standing in shopping aisles with nothing to do but stare at cucumbers, peas and coleslaw makes my head explode. While waiting outside a shop I started reading bits … Continue reading The Right Hand Clapping
I’ve got a bad feeling about this movie review
The movie Gravity 2013, at the time of writing, has grossed over $700 million world wide. It stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, and directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Also, at the time of writing, it has collected up more awards than you can shake a stick at. Gravity won seven awards at the 86th Academy … Continue reading I’ve got a bad feeling about this movie review
FINNEGANS WAKE TALK 22 MAY 2014 1 PM
“A Proudseye View of Dublin” – a talk on FINNEGANS WAKE, Thursday 22 MAY 2014 1 PM THE CRYPT, CHRISTCHURCH DUBLIN On Wednesday the 22nd of May 2014 at 1pm, downstairs in the beautiful magical enthralling ghostly history ridden Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, founded in CE 1030, I will deliver a lecture on … Continue reading FINNEGANS WAKE TALK 22 MAY 2014 1 PM
Here’s something I have been working on…hope its okay
The gathering together of poets, writers and songwriters for the purposes of sharing their latest work has a long and distinguished tradition worldwide. In Ireland poets wandered from one kingdom to another for a living, reciting long poems for the entertainment of Courts and Chieftains. Along with this, the tradition of bothanaìocht or visiting neighbours … Continue reading Here’s something I have been working on…hope its okay
If you lie to me, I will hurt you
I have real difficulty seeing what the reason for the furore around the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty, Katherine Bigelow’s latest movie. Martin Sheen has come out in opposition to it. Naomi Woolf had come out in the Guardian calling Bigelow the latest Leni Riefenstahl, and the torture scenes themselves are rather tame … Continue reading If you lie to me, I will hurt you
Travelling Light in Poland : 17- 27th October 2013
A fascinating piece of installation art we came across in a corner in Wroclaw. The statuary actually dissolves into the ground and emerges across the street. Arresting. Beautiful. It took twelve hours to get to Karpacz, three hours by plane to Wroclaw and nine … Continue reading Travelling Light in Poland : 17- 27th October 2013
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