Sep 29, 2009 | Sligo Weekender
Sligoa s first a Culture Nighta draws the crowds
PEOPLE of all ages swelled the evening traffic around a balmy Sligo Town on Friday last for Culture Night; four hours of events held throughout the town.
Pull out the old VCR and rewind the tape. Some common wisdom holds that the commercial real estate market is destined for, if not already in the midst of, a replay of its early 1990s crash, around the time Dana Carvey was parodying the first President Bush on Saturday Night Live , Sinead O'Connor topped the charts, and the brand-new Mirage Hotel ...
One can make out shades of Sinead O'Connor in Rae Spoon's powerful, emotive vocals.
Speaking as a Bob Dylan fanatic, I am ashamed by this particular moment in Dylan history.
Nashville Cream 8 off 8th: '80s Night
The Spin knew that Nashville Cream's '80s night at the Mercy Lounge was going to go one of two ways--either the bands were going to play sincere, earnest covers or just get silly drunk and cheese it up with power ballad after power ballad.
Motoring & Car News: Mazda magic - and a step back in time
BEAUTY beyond comparison, brutal reminders of man's capacity for violence and an event many felt would never come about - it was all happening at the start of the 1990s.
Sinead: No regrets over Pope row
Singer Sinead O'Connor has told how she's proud of herself for tearing apart a photograph of Pope John Paul II as a protest.
The artist will be joined by two of her old singing partners, Steven Cooney and Kieran Kiely.
Green singer Sinead O'Connor has demanded that all the glasses, plates, napkins and loo rolls used backstage on her European tour must be made of recycled materials.
It's called "Blogosphere to MSM: Get off the Bus " It's about the degree to which the Maureen Dowd flap inspired a look at how much the MSM is learning from the blogosphere, rather than vice-versa. This week's Nation column is called "Do "Better" with Less" here and it's about some unhappy trends in journalism.
Marci Klein, SNL Producer, On Sarah Palin's Handshake, Writing...
Marci Klein, senior producer of "Saturday Night Live" and executive producer of "30 Rock," recently sat down with host Julie Menin for her NBC New York show "Give and Take." Klein spoke about everything from Sarah Palin's firm handshake to Hillary Clinton's anger over sketches about Chelsea to how she discovered Will Ferrell.
Listening Post /Brief reviews of select releases
Sinead O'Connor, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got: Limited Edition" . It's an abundantly rich tale collaborator John Reynolds tells in the liner notes to this limited edition of Sinead O'Connor's platinum sophomore effort.
New releases of old tunes will delight music fans
If the thought of white rappers, bald female singers and flannel shirts get your nostalgic juices flowing, then the re-releases of these best-selling albums of the early 1990s should be the perfect addition to your iTunes library - or even your old turntable.
Old Music Tuesday: Sinead O'Connor
Capitol/EMI has been busy reissuing albums this year. There's all the Beatles recordings coming out in September, not to mention the "deluxe" reissues of Radiohead's first three CDs that just came out.
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