Crawdaddy tonight

whaddup bitches.

THE BLEEDIN BLEEDINS (www.thebleedinbleedins.com)
play in Crawdaddy tonight. If you haven't seen them before, get down there because they are awesome and have been getting brilliant reviews in the States for their debut album Life Without Computers

Noise Control and Ham Sandwich are also playing.

See yiz down there!

Una

just two weeks until I'm in Barcalona!

so excited. Sonar yay! Plus getting to see the homies: Burco, Niffs, The Killer, Ed The Van, Paula etc. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

Gigs this week

Happy Mondays
Seven Deadly Skins @ Major Toms
The Prescriptions @ Whelans


Black Tuesday
Jaded Sun @ Eamonn Dorans


Wednesday's Child
The Bleedin Bleedins @ Crawdaddy
Alice Cooper @ Vicar Street
Stuart A Staples @ Sugar Club
Joe Chester @ Temple Bar Music Centre


Thursday
The Elements @ The Hub
The Immediate @ Whelans
Zealots @ Voodoo
Josh Rouse @ Vicar St


Freaky Friday
Chuzzle @ The Hub
Rosanne Cash @ Whelans


Saturday Night At The Movies
Billy Bragg @ Vicar Street
Ron Sexsmith @ Whelans
The Wedding Present @ Temple Bar Music Centre


Taking Back Sunday
Simple Kid @ Crawdaddy

Add me / be added

UnaRocks has been on myspace for a while, so this is just a reminder to check it out.

www.myspace.com/unarocksok

Una

listening to: Shearwater - 'Johnny Viola'

Question of the day

why are there no donkeys in Donkey Kong?

Una

Wolfmother

Eamo is right, this band fucking ROCK

http://www.myspace.com/wolfmother

Una

Amelia - so cute!

Dirty Dozen: Vol 38

1. Band of Horses - 'The Great Salt Lake'

2. Sufjan Stevens - 'The Henney Buggy Band'

3. Sonic Youth - 'Incinerate'

4. Final Fantasy - 'Jars of Lars'

5. my!gay!husband! - 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs V Dipset'

half a dozen. Jamie Lidell - 'When I Come Back Around'(Freeform remix)

7. Roots Manuva -'Seat Yourself' (live)

8. Paul Simon - 'I Am A Rock'

9. Architecture In Helsinki - 'Do The Whirlwind' (Haimas remix)

10. The Strokes - 'What Ever Happened'

11. Radiohead - 'I Froze Up'

dozen. My Chemical Romance - 'I'm not OK (I Promise)'

Una

my BBQ hell

Yesterday, we had a BBQ on the roof terrace in the gaff, but it nearly didn't happen at all. First off, through some freak wind/lock-jamming incident, Jim Jim, Kev and Jane-O got locked in the sitting room with me and Laney on the other side of the door. Following a series of betwixted door screaming matches, trying to fit screwdrivers under the tiny gap and unscrewing the handle, I got frustrated and kicked it open.

Earlier, Laney and I had bought a BBQ which turned out to be the greatest heap of shit ever constructed. First we lit it and when it was FINALLY flaming, the whole bloody thing collapsed, leaving all of us extinguishing small and scattered fires. Then we had to rebuild it and it took AT LEAST two more hours to actually get going again and then another while to be hot enough to cook. SO ANNOYING. Please remind me in the future that BBQs are only fun when you're actually AT them, not in charge of them. Anyway, I'll be eating burgers for about a month because only a fraction of the food was eaten. All the beer was gone though. We had totally filled the bath with ice and bottles of beer, so bravo to everyone for managing to clear it.

Una
listening to: Laura Veirs - 'Ether Sings'

The Bleedin Bleedins Irish Tour

check it out!

Corina's pre-birthday dindins

Dinner in Brassarie Na Mara, drinks in her gaff, Dragon and Pal Joeys. Evidence? All here.

poland photees

wroklov

wrocklov,for the ignorant folk amongst us we pronouce ir ratslove.



anyway



my weekend was fantastic



in fact



too much fuu



to blog about



una

Hotpress year book launch

Went to this on Tuesday night in the Sugar Club. Great laugh and brilliant music. Delorentos played three really cool songs, so I look forward to seeing them again live. Then Julie Feeney played some of her stuff which is equally awesome. Check out her album 13 Songs, which won the Choice Music Prize. Had a few drinks with her after and she is possibly the nicest person in the world. Then Republic of Loose wrecked the gaff, as they always do.

Anywhoo, in work now wanting the weekend. Going to Poland on Friday night for work. Hopefully it'll be fun.

Una

PJ Harvey joins Electric Picnic line-up

this afternoon I...

- ate a banana

- sung very loudly to a Keane song on the radio

- went to talk to the Afghani hunger strikers who have barricaded themselves into St Patrick's Cathedral

- got a postcard from Carolyn in Jamaica

- had lunch with Lili

- met Elaine in the lift

- drank 7 cups of coffee

- listened to the new Tunng record

- left a message on my Mum's phone

- did Davina's 30 minute workout (lasted 10 minutes)

- cut out a picture of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Clash magazine

- some washing

- looked for a pen for ages until I realised there was one behind my ear

- read the Irish Times and the NUJ newsletter

- wondered why Pink Is The New Blog hasn't been updated since yesterday


Una
listening to: 5-7 live on Radio 1

One night in Eddie Rockets...

Lili's roof, yesterday evening

my internet is so slow today

it is driving me crazy

AND my stereo is skipping.

grrr

Una

(listening to: The B-52s - 'Give Me Back My Man'

Bunny Cake

check it out! These bunnies are balancing cakes on their heads!

http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~sokaisha/rabbit/010317/010317.htm

Una (trying to stifle my laughter in work)

Dirty Dozen: Vol 37 - the YYY edition

1. Y Control (Faint remix)

2. Fancy (live @ Coachella)

3. Gold Lion (Diplo remix)

4. Hyperballad

5. Maps (live in DC)

half a dozen. Date With The Night

7. Modern Things

8. Shake It (live)

9. Gold Lion (Nick Zinner remix)

10. Art Star (live)

11. Let Me Know

dozen. Mr You’re On Fire Mr

Una

Cluas on myspace

as well as its original website - www.cluas.com , Ireland's finest indie webzine is now on myspace

Check it out: www.myspace.com/cluas

Una

la la la

On Thursday, we all went down to check the premier of a new short film for the RED Campaign in support of Corina who was the costume designer and stylist on the film. Yay! Free Corona and buddah bag lounging and fun. Yay Corina!

The me and Lili and Ian and Ted went to check out Si Shroeder in Crawdaddy. I was sleepy, so it wasn't the best music to listen to at that point - shoe-gazing guitar-driven electronica. A bit too lo-fi and precious for me.

Yesterday I was in London for work, which was fun until my flight got delayed last night because of an electrical storm in Dublin. Luckily, I met an old aquaintance Evan in the lounge, and she had met some bloke Alan, so we chilled, listen to music on my laptop and drank some beers which kept us occupied. So tired when I got in last night though. As a result of the late flight, I missed Take That. Flatmate Laney informed me this morning that it was AMAZING. So I am, obviously, extremely jealous.

Now I'm in work eating Krispy Kremes. And drinking coffee. Yum.

It's nearly my weekend !!!!!!! Might got to see Architecture in Helsinki tomorrow....

Una

Dirty Dozen: Vol 36

1. Hey Brontosaurus - 'The People'

2. Sufjan Stevens – ‘Borderline’

3. Danielson – ‘Did I Step On Your Trumpet?’

4. I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness – ‘According To Plan’

5. Catfish Haven – ‘Please Come Back’

half a dozen. 4 new Futureheads tracks

7. Soul Asylum – ‘Stand Up And Be Strong’

8. You Sat Party! We Say Die! – ‘Cold Hands Hot Bodies’

9. The Doers – ‘Good Drunk’

10. Bakelite – ‘Allure’

11. Cadeaux – ‘Scissors and Tape’

dozen. Sufjan Stevens – ‘Wolverine’

Una

New Albums I Have That I Like

Daniel Of Danielson
'Ships'
Secretly Canadian

The Mutts
'I Us We You'
Fat Cat Records

National Forest
'One Million'
Faith & Hope

King Biscuit Time
'Black Gold'
No Style Records

Rip It Up And Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984
Compiled By Simon Reynolds
V2

Every Move A Picture
'Heart = Weapon'
V2

Shooting At Unarmed Men
'Yes! Tinnitus!'
Too Pure Recordings

The Drips
'The Drips'
White Drugs / Witchita


Anything else good around, and when is the new Futureheads record out anyone?

Una

Auntie UnaRocks

Amelia was born this morning at around 8am and weighed 9lbs 8ozs. Yay!

Una

Dresden Dolls

I have been a nerd and have stayed in all week, but on Tuesday, I went to see the Dresden Dolls in the music centre with Sarah. What a fucking brilliant gig. They are so amazing. Probably one of the best drummers in the world, amazing aesthetics, unbelievably powerful voice, fantastic set and the crowd was totally up for it. Plus, they played Such Great Heights which was awesome.

Sing
Bank of Boston Beauty Queen


Una

rawk