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Star Wars: In Concert

by Donal Cumiskey on March 9, 2010

I had no idea what was in store when I arrived at “The Star Wars In Concert” at the O2, and apparently neither did anyone else. Speaking to people after the event, the general consensus was that they had been “blown away” and that it was “even better than expected”. And I must say that [...]

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Open Call for proposals for BIORHYTHM: MUSIC AND THE BODY

by Venntertainment on March 4, 2010

Just wanted to spread the word about a really great opportunity for artists of every discipline to submit proposals for the upcoming exhibition in the Science Gallery: BIORHYTHM. Proposals for gallery installations, experiments, events, workshops and performances are all very welcome.
I was lucky enough to be included in the recent launch and brainstorming session in [...]

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New Villagers Single

by Venntertainment on March 2, 2010

Came across this thanks to the guys on Guesslist. Conor O’Brien’s project who took off last year thanks to their Hollow Kind EP. They’ve had quite a few months, culminating in them being signed to Domino Records, UK. Here’s the first single from their forthcoming album and it’s pretty darn class.

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JDiff Coverage: My Beautiful Laundrette

by ConorB on March 1, 2010

As we’ve been discussing all over the blog of late the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival has offered film fans a chance to see classic films and hotly tipped new releases. Following our post on the joys of seeing cinema classic La Dolce Vita on the big screen here we put My Beautiful Laundrette in [...]

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Competition: Win tickets to see Ash and Republic of Loose

by Venntertainment on February 22, 2010

***COMPETITION CLOSED****
Thanks to 7UP Free, we’ve been given five sets of tickets to give-away for a great gig. Ash and Republic of Loose will be playing in a Dublin City location on the 20th of March to celebrate St.Patricks Day and the winners of the ‘Bring them back for the Craic’ competition. This is an [...]

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How to Youtube your way to success, stop-motion style

by Venntertainment on February 15, 2010

This is AMAZING:

I don’t often re-post something like this, but I came across this story on Wired today. I love a good ‘Youtube to riches story’. This one is about Patrick Bolvin who, in mere months, has gone from creating stop-motion clips on his kitchen table, to being sponsored by Google to create an ad [...]

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Check Out This Week’s The Venntertainment Show on 2XM at 12

by Venntertainment on February 8, 2010

Happy Monday everyone. Another week, another Venntertainment show. Hope everyone enjoyed last week’s show, which is still available on podcast here.
Tune in for this week’s show.
This week, Conor Behan of Pop-Culture Platinum will be filling in for Anthony (who is enjoying sunny Australia for the month of February. Struth.) Among many other cool things, we’re [...]

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Soupy Norman

by Venntertainment on February 5, 2010

I love being made laugh and am really surprised when an Irish show makes me do so. I posted this a few weeks back, and had the point made that Irish comedy is not where it should be. Many feel like this, all you need to do to understand that is to take a look [...]

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Life’s Full of Thatsh – How to Release Bad News…

by Andy Mcfarlane on February 5, 2010

Hey guys, it looks like everyday’s got a new treat in store on Venntertainment – yesterday, you got Conor and his take on the latest celebrity gossip. As for today, well, just in case you hadn’t gotten over that, I’m pleased to announce I’m now also going to be here every Friday for as long [...]

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Movie You Must Watch This Week 05/02/10

by Venntertainment on February 3, 2010

Coming Out This Week
Each week on The Venntertainment Show, we’ll be suggesting some movies that we deem to be worth watching. Here’s a few for this week.
Youth in Revolt

This is Michael Cera’s new movie. I caught a preview of it and reviewed it here. This one is well worth a look, it doesn’t bring much [...]

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