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Now displaying: January, 2016
Jan 27, 2016

I met Rachel Arieff in Barcelona when I was performing there earlier this month. Rachel initially started off as a stand up comedian working with the likes of Marc Maron, Sarah Silverman, Maria Bamford and Louis CK. She moved to Barcelona in 2003 for what she calls "deep psychological reasons". Once there she began to host a show in Barcelona called "Anti Karaoke" which caught on like wildfire. In its nearly 10 years of existence, Anti-Karaoke has become a staple of Barcelona nightlife, the go-to event for anyone in the know. It’s a cult favourite amongst musicians, actors, filmmakers and other artistic types, both famous and workaday. But no matter how long it exists, no matter who participates, the A.K. never loses its underground, punk-rock essence. It takes place in Barcelona every Thursday from 10 pm to 1 am at Sidecar Factory Club, the legendary rock club conveniently located in the city center in the Plaça Reial, right off the Ramblas.

Jan 18, 2016

Dah Jevu are a rap duo Bobby Basil and Tafari Pesto. I saw them perform at the Bare In The Woods festival in Portarlington last summer and they blew me away. They performed with a band that played a kind of psychedelic electro ambient backing while the two guys prowled the tiny stage like a couple of claustrophobic meerkats. Within no time a substantial audience had gathered and they had us in the palm of their hand as we shouted along with the last repeated line, "put the carcass in the carpet!"; actually some of the group I was with shouted "put the pilot in the cockpit" and one girl thought it was " spit the basil in the asspit" but what ever it was it felt like we were at a happening. Since then I have been recommending them to anyone within hearing distance and decided it was time to get them in for a chat. Hope you enjoy it.

Jan 8, 2016

I first became aware of Jape when I heard the song Floating. I downloaded it on e-music and a couple of different re-mixes. Of course everyone knows about how Brendan Benson of the Raconteurs heard the song in Whelans and how the Raconteurs covered it live right? Well he did and they did. Richie Egan, the man behind Jape was initially the bass player with Redneck Manifesto. Jape was a side project that has become a lot more. My favourite songs of theirs are Phil Lynott and Scorpio and myself and my 14 year old daughter totally loved their recent gig at The Electric Picnic. You could say we bonded over Jape. So, thanks Jape for a wonderful personal memory. After a recent interview with Thomas Walsh he gave me the low-down on an ongoing feud between Pugwash and Jape so there was another reason to speak to Richie, not that I needed one. He finishes the podcast with a haunting version of the song 'So Weird'.

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