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A video quiz to test your movie knowledge. Evan Seitz created an amazing animation video, where its letter of the alphabet represents a popular film. How many titles can you name?
Happy Leap Year Everyone and to the “leaplings” or “leapers”, those born on February 29, a very happy birthday. Remember ladies, this is your chance for that proposal!
Some cute animals wish you a Happy Leap Year
http://veevr.com/embed/yk5K0Q0pf
Or check out the “Flashback Boys”, who remind me of Garth and Wayne from Wayne’s World, discussing the extra special day
Funny Flashback Boys Ecards | Rubber Chicken Cards | Leap Year – “Flashback Boys”.
Let’s all leap into March!
Things to make you smile…
Getting Jiggy with it
This baby likes to dance and who wouldn’t like Will Smith!
Say it with Photos
Playing to a sold out crowd at the Button Factory last night, the Delorentos performed an exciting and energetic gig showcasing their new album packed full of good tunes. Formed in 2005, Little Sparks is their third album and as they say third time lucky, with ‘Little Sparks’ they are clearly onto a winner and about time too! They spent 18 months on this album and it shows. They were clearly excited about being back on stage again. Unfortunately the only thing that took away from my enjoyment of the gig was the chatty cathy’s that stood directly behind us and decided it was the perfect time to catch up! But aside from that, last night’s gig was pretty close to perfection. They opened with ‘Little Sparks’ and the crowd clearly loved the upbeat tunes, ‘Did We Ever Really Try?’, ‘Right to Know’ and ‘Give it up now’ and sung along to the chorus. During the encore they treated us to a few of their older, more popular songs like ‘S.E.C.R.E.T’, ‘Eustace Street’, ‘STOP’ and ‘You’ll Say That You’ll Never Love Her’ which really got the crowd going. There was also a beautiful version of ‘Bullet in a Gun’. I think they won a few more fans last night with that performance as well as keeping their original fans more than happy. I really wish the Delorentos get all the success they deserve with this excellent album. At the moment, I think they may well be the best Irish band around. Last night they kicked off their tour in Dublin and have dates around Ireland in March. First Ireland and then here’s to world domination boys!
The Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin 2012 was launched in Whelans on Wednesday 15th February. This exciting new event is due to take place on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th May across fifteen venues in Dublin and will introduce over 100 cutting edge live acts.
Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues throughout the festival as individual capacities permit. Wristbands and programmes announcing the full line ups and timings for the event are obtainable from 5pm – 10pm each day at the ticket exchange point located at Whelans, Wexford Street, Dublin 2.
So far the line up that has been announced includes Ireland’s own ALARMIST • HANDS UP WHO WANTS TO DIE • JOGGING • LAFARO • LAST DAYS OF 1984 • LAURA SHEERAN • LE GALAXIE • LEMONADA • LETHAL DIALECT • LITTLE XS FOR EYES • MELODICA DEATHSHIP • TIERANNIESAUR • WE ARE LOSERS……..And travelling all the way from the UK we will have BECOMING REAL • CLOCK OPERA • D/R/U/G/S • DUTCH UNCLES among many others to be announced soon.
Tickets are at a very affordable €25 for a single night or €40 for a weekend pass.
For more information and to buy tickets check out their website:
http://www.camdencrawldublin.com/
What we can learn from the French?
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/main.swf
While Americans fret over modern parenthood, the French are raising happy, well-behaved children without all the anxiety. Pamela Druckerman has written a book on the Gallic secrets for avoiding tantrums, teaching patience and saying ‘non’ with authority.
Read an excerpt in the Wall Street Journal.
What a sweet Valentine’s Day Doodle from Google with “Cold, Cold Heart” performed by Tony Bennett.
A Shot in the Dark by Nathan Pickett
What a sweet couple and isn’t black and white so romantic! A beautiful short movie with The Vampire Weekend’s Taxi Cab as the soundtrack.
She’s the worst thing I’ve been addicted to
Another fine song from The Black Keys, quickly becoming my favourite band.
Girl from the Hills Blog 