An Irish Bromance

The landmark (& brand new & hadn’t a clue what to use same as) Fornebu Arena (soccer arena), some 15 minutes from Oslo’s city centre, will host the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest on 25, 27 and 29 May next year. Host Broadcaster NRK announced that today. A pre-agreement was signed earlier today by NRK and the stadium, which is situated in Bærum just south of Norway’s capital.

My favourite vintage Vitas { Витас} videos

Vitas website

RTE.ie,The Irish National Broadcaster as it currently appears!!

8.15 pm G.M.T
RTE.ie the Irish National Broadcaster has been out-raged! Hi-jacked. Above is how it is currently looking Seems to be a fashion today — there’s another large international site down too. See above!

Update 9.08 G.M.T
RTE.ie back online!

U2 opened their latest tour in Barcelona last night.. Tickets are available for the Dublin concerts 27th – 27th July (go to needaticket.ie). Their tax exile status to the Netherlands is serving their business interests well. Palm Pre looks like it’s going to open well in the States, as did their Live Nation signing. Heard them thus described “U2 is a global business and it pays taxes globally,” but realistically they are identified as an Irish band (brand?). I reckon they’ll be remembered for their business acumen rather than anything else.

U2 in Barcelon "Sunday Bloody Sunday" 30-06-2009

OK, I dare you to walk down a street and copy these guys

Make the girl dance reply back by Shirazteam

nice melodies

Please read & pass/copy this post on, any which way you can

SALAZARD Remy, 18, took the train on 8 August 1989 to go in Anglet on the Basque coast, in France, for a camping holiday.He was never seen again by his family. His mother is fighting to have his case re-opened.

Remy SALAZARD, 18 ans, prend le train le 8 août 1989 en compagnie dune relation pour se rendre à Anglet, sur la côte basque, pour des vacances en camping. Sa mère le dépose à la gare Matabiau a toulouse. Elle n aura plus aucune nouvelle de son fils.

Missing persons

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Pride Week
19th to 28th June

Tue 23/06

• @19:00, starts at 20:00 Literary / Poet Night & Pride 1st zine magazine launch
• @19:30 GIG (Gay International Group)
• @20:00 The 4th Glitz Pride Prom night

Gay Prom

• @22.00 The Pride Factor Final!
• Queer Notions @Project Arts Centre

Thu 25/06

• @19:30 Outhouse Women’s Pride Night
• @21:00 Race Night
• @21:00 The Panti Show*

Panti's Bar

• @22:00 till late PR Homo Pride*
• Queer Notions @Project Arts Centre

The Street Performers World Championship 2009 on in Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland

click to go to a larger version of this schedule courtesy of spwc.ie

Mr. Toons is on at 4.30 Friday…
3.30 and 6.00 on Saturday…
3.00 and 5.00 on Sunday….

The Performers finish 8pm Sunday… and Mr. Toons will be crowned Mr. Fantastic 2009! So, Vote for him
I am heading to Cork Friday morning, so will not get to see the beautiful man in the balloon again — but you will!
To vote – go to the Event Kiosk in Merrion Square and fill out the back of the little brochure. And pop it into the voting box there.

Update; The USA Breakdancers were the 2009 winners of the Street Performance World Championship. (They were good.  I did raise an embrow when I saw the voting box was full on the 1st day. lol. All in all it was great fun and Palle is the winner for me)

Dublin Gay Pride!

Wednesday night saw the Dublin Gay Pride being launched at the Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin by none other than the Lord Major of Dublin.

The banks of the river are decked with rainbow flags in anticipation of the Pride Festival this week. It kicks off Friday 19th June. The George (pub) is holding a launch party with Veda Friday. The Pride Parade ends the festivities on the 27th. For more click on the above pic.

Dublin’s Pride Festival aims to offer events for all tastes and age-groups.

street performers world championships 2009!

The Street Performers World Championships 2009 in Dublin – in Merrion Square. Was there just a little while ago, and everything is being assembled.  Looks great. Can’t wait to see all the performers. Mr.Tools is on at 12.30 noon Thursday! All 17 performers will be showing Saturday and Sunday. The winner of the Street Performers World Championships 2009 will be announced Sunday.
VOTE Mr.Toons!!

Popped over to Davy Byrne’s (pub) at lunch time. Chatted with the lovely Eileen (in the hat) and Karen above. Eileen can be found on pix.ie, and both do this every year. That is – the dressing in period cloths and partaking in Bloomsday in Davy Bryne’s (which is mentioned in Ulysees). Karen made her own dress:-) Lots of folk dressed up as Bloom and Stephen from the book too. It’s the busiest day of the year for Davy Byrnes. Lots of oysters and stout. Even a bit of singing by a lovely lady in the back. Great weather. We’re all going to dress up next year it was decided.

The statistics for folk hitting on me this site have  hm, kinda gone crazy [increased].  Thanks

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The performers from the Street Performance World Championships made their way to Dublin from Cork this afternoon.

Palle's site - english translation

Had the pleasure of chatting with Palle (prof-idiot.dk). Aka Mr. Toons, the beautiful man in the balloon. He’s taking part in the Street Performance World Championships for the 2nd time this year. Can’t wait to see his act this Thursday through ’til Sunday. The winner of the Street Performance World Championships 2009 will be announced on Sunday. Vote for Palle! Please
Here’s the Street Performance World Championships site.

Click above to go to an english translation of Palle’s site.

Below, Palle aka Mr. Toons on the Late Late Show a little while ago.

Bloomsday celebrateson the 16th!

Bloomsday is approaching! Tuesday 16th folk will don 19th century clothing and go recreate Leopold Bloom’s walk though Dublin as described in Ulysees. Which includes assembles of folk cycling on old type bikes and going to Davy Byrne’s Pub (for oysters and stout), going through Temple Bar and on down to … Dollymount strand (beach).
The 16th of June 1904 is one of the most celebrated dates in literature as it is the day on which most of the action of Jame Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses takes place.
Click pic to explore the Bloomsday event directory to find out more about Bloomsday events taking place in the James Joyce Centre, Dublin as well as Bloomsday events taking place across the globe.

Events are taking place from Friday 13th to the big day its self.