Antistar Advanced Member Posts:544  
| 5/4/2006 12:53 PM |
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Listened briefly to Tom Dunne last night. He was playing the overrated Jenny Lewis. Then he played The Raconteurs, a rather unremarkable outfit despite the famous personnel, which he described as 'absolutely fantastic'.Arrrrrgggghhhh!Though saying that he did play Peter Bjorn and John's 'Young Folk' which is rather splendid.
AS for other DJs Dave Fanning's 'legendary' status is cracking I think with that ridiculous show he has at tea time...but I think that's the fact that powers the be at 2 FM don't have a f**king clue. 2 words: Marty Whelan. It just beggars belief.
Leagues is good but a little too cool for school and I agree with an ealier comment that if he was on full time his resolutely indie ethos would become tiresome after a few weeks....
Cormac Battle: go back to Wilt/Kerbdog. Pleeaaaase!
Anyway the thought of listening to some bloke in a studio playing music is a dying concept as the internet slowly and irreversibly takes over...
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Goat Boy New Member Posts:72
| 5/4/2006 1:12 PM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
Anyway the thought of listening to some bloke in a studio playing music is a dying concept as the internet slowly and irreversibly takes over...
Never a truer word. Previously we were in thrall to any old mediocre indie DJ to hear the latest sounds, but now poor ole Tom can't keep up with the pace of change, and he's as cutting edge as a national station's gonna get. I'm sure he's bewildered by the volume of requests for music he's never heard before. Considering it took him til 'Chicago' to start playing Sufjan, it doesn't bode well for his future survival. Sure, that's evolution for ye... |
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dera Basic Member Posts:163
| 5/4/2006 3:52 PM |
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Originally posted by palace
dera, for niche radio, i guess you have to shove up your own mast and go from there 
There's laws against doing that sort of thing in public. |
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 5/5/2006 9:20 AM |
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i think tom dunne must be a cluas reader
listened to his show last night. he had stuart clarke and jim carroll on to review the month's albums - apparently he does it every month - and they ripped into everything. carroll lacerated pearl jam (compared them and their fans to marillion) and snow patrol ("mum rock"), while clarke was scathing about glen hansard's opus and bruce springsteen. even that girl who does the humming got in on the act throwing digs. it was very entertaining altogether - especially as poor tom was doing his best to defend the acts.
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 5/5/2006 10:00 AM |
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Originally posted by Pilchard
i think tom dunne must be a cluas reader
listened to his show last night. he had stuart clarke and jim carroll on to review the month's albums - apparently he does it every month - and they ripped into everything. carroll lacerated pearl jam (compared them and their fans to marillion) and snow patrol ("mum rock"), while clarke was scathing about glen hansard's opus and bruce springsteen. even that girl who does the humming got in on the act throwing digs. it was very entertaining altogether - especially as poor tom was doing his best to defend the acts.
I was kind of thinking the same, i think the idea of getting in other people who can cut into bands is a good idea and to be fair Tom wasn't as gushing about Snow Patrol as he had been earlier in the week.
I don't think the internet can replace a good DJ, i have tonnes of music i can listen to at home or on the internet but i still like listening to Pet Sounds.
As for mentioning Ray D'Arcy in the same thread, what an insult, I can't listen to D'Arcy for more than 5 minutes he's a housewives idiot, thank god i'm at work when he's on. |
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palaceBasic Member Posts:392
| 5/5/2006 10:22 AM |
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out of interest, what did clarke (and carroll for that matter) say about the glen hansard album?.... not that i'd be the remotest bit interested normally of course...ahem...tum-te-tum
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 5/5/2006 10:32 AM |
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Originally posted by palace
out of interest, what did clarke (and carroll for that matter) say about the glen hansard album?.... not that i'd be the remotest bit interested normally of course...ahem...tum-te-tum
clarke gave the usual yadda-yadda-frames-are-s**t-because-i-am-cool-and-they-are-not performance, but carroll liked it. he also said it boded well for the new frames album cos it meant all the low-key, downbeat ballads were out of the way and there were no excuses for the band not to deliver a really good album unless they were either s**t or listened to their fans. |
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Goat BoyNew Member Posts:72
| 5/5/2006 11:25 AM |
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Originally posted by Pilchard
but carroll liked it. he also said it boded well for the new frames album cos it meant all the low-key, downbeat ballads were out of the way and there were no excuses for the band not to deliver a really good album unless they were either s**t or listened to their fans.
Yeah, Carroll almost has me tempted to buy it, saying it compared well with 'For The Birds'. That stuff about the Frames being a musical straightjacket for Hansard was interesting too. Apparently Glen spoke about it in a Tribune interview last week? That slot was probably the best part of Toms show, with Clarkes and Carrolls input being the most interesting. I think Tom gave everything 3 out of 5, surely his ar*e must be sore from that fence by now. But yer wan Anne's contribution was non-existant. It's time we were told, what is she doing to justify her continued presence on the show...!! |
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Unicron Veteran Member Posts:1696
| 5/5/2006 1:28 PM |
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Originally posted by Goat Boy
It's time we were told, what is she doing to justify her continued presence on the show...!!
"Doo do do doodo ... hmmmm".
Jim Carroll also said nice things about the Hansard album on the arts show on Newstalk last Saturday (which is usually excellent, especially when Peter Crawley/Frawley is doing the reviews). |
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 5/5/2006 2:17 PM |
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They reckoned the Frames are the one Irish band with the potential to do a Arcade Fire type Funeral on the next album i think its more likely to be funeral for the Frames.
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obrienianNew Member Posts:67
| 5/5/2006 3:43 PM |
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This has to be the most boring stream of s**te in existince. Christ just stop
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Goat BoyNew Member Posts:72
| 5/5/2006 3:55 PM |
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Originally posted by obrienian
This has to be the most boring stream of s**te in existince. Christ just stop
Now, THAT's funny  ! |
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 5/5/2006 4:01 PM |
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speaking of Fanning... again.... when will people realise that film reviews don't work on radio?
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obrienianNew Member Posts:67
| 5/5/2006 4:03 PM |
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don't start with that tool of music 
sorry Una your cool !!!! |
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 5/5/2006 4:33 PM |
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funny how many cluas-ers listen to Pet Sounds after all....
as for fanning, dont get me started. has been a complete irrelevancy for many years but now sounds as if he is an embarrasment
someone should give carroll and clarke their own show on some station - now that would be entertaining radio! calling phantom...... |
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ctrlaltdeleteBasic Member Posts:268
| 5/5/2006 5:47 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
speaking of Fanning... again.... when will people realise that film reviews don't work on radio?
Mark Kermode on Five Live on a friday afternoon is real good. |
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petethedrummerNew Member Posts:38
| 5/5/2006 7:00 PM |
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I like the film reviews on the George Hook show. I think it does work on radio.
If you anyone wants to read an interesting book about broadcasting (radio and tv) in Ireland, I'd recommend Maverick by Bob Quinn.
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| 5/5/2006 7:15 PM |
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All I can say is that the traffic show on Annalivia fm in the morning is so entertaining. I don't know the name of the dj but she manages to play some cracking tunes in between hilarious texts and messages about traffic in the city. It's really good. And they even support Irish bands. Lots of rock though - don't know if you'd call it all alternative. (What other station plays ac/dc at 8am?!)
I like Dan Hegarty's show after midnight on 2fm, he always surprises me, not like the whelan's tape.
There's something communal about listening to the radio..........
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mannamanNew Member Posts:48
| 5/5/2006 7:50 PM |
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Agree with you about Dan Hegarty - always interesting - doesnt seem too caught up in the hype thing either!
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