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28/04/2013

Stroke City Comedy Club, Sandinos Derry~Londonderry. TONIGHT from 9pm. 10 acts at 30p each, that's ....erm ... £3.00 ...eh? Sure a pint is £3.20! What's going on?

26/04/2013

"Oi Mick, Got any news on Derry?"

"Ah, yeah Keef, you're not gonna like this but we can't do it."

"Wot, why not?"

"Cos ... I've just been down the office and they asid we'll be between LA and Chicago."

"F**k! but I wanted to ...."

"I know Keef, but like we're doin' stadiums out there at $600 a ticket!"

"Oh, ah well sod Derry then ... and Radio 1."

"Look Keef, I know you really wanted to go what wiv all that history an' all so I thought next time we go to the Clonmany Festival why don't we drive in there for a look?"

"Ah yeah! .... Cool Mick, I wonder were me passport is?"

19/04/2013

Brrrrp-brrrrp .....Brrrrp-brrrp.

"Uh!"

"Who's that then Mick?"

"Oh, it's a text from Charlie, Keef."

"What's e say then Mick?"

"Ahm ... bloody hell! He says he'll think about it like ..... but e wants to know if they've got an hospital like, in, wherever it is?"

"Hah e would wouldn' e eh? E don't get as much exercise as us, sitting on 'is arse every night while we have to rock it up!"

"Yeah."

"So watchu think then Mick?"

"Bloody 'ell Keef, give it a rest, watcha wanna go there for anyway?"

"Never been there ... an I got these tickets on the internet. Like ... a fiver to see us?"

"Yeah it's a charity job Keef!"

"Yeah but they've 'ad it tough while we wuz livin' it up."

"Weeeell, I might give it a go, can ya fly there?"

"Yeah Ronnie says they got an airport."

"Aaah, so bloody Ronnie's in on this too, conspiracy like!"

"Caaaam on, it'll be a blast!"

"Yeah, that's wot worries me!"

"Aww, wise up mate, I was looking on the news website and even the Dalai bloody Lama was there today."

"I Dunno Keef, it'll be crap money."

"Yeah, bloody musicians union rates again, bloody BBC!"

"Least we still got a union!"

"Look Mick, are we gonna do it or not?"

".... well, if yer all up for it? ... I suppose .... but I don't want the bloody BBC tellin' everybody, blabbin' on about it, if they'll keep schtum for a couple of weeks. Like, I don't wanna read about loadsa pensioners muggin' kids for tickets an such like!"

"Stop it Mick, yer such a worrier, it'll be cool! ..... Can I ring Charlie then?"

"Oh, yeah .... I suppose."

"Cool Mick."

"Ere Keef, who's fu**in' Olly Murrs then?"

"Dunno Mick, summink in the paper about 'im runniing a cinema or a club or summink? Yeah, the two door club ...... summink like that."

18/04/2013

So Keef says to Mick, "are we doin' it or not?" "Dunno," says Mick, "Like Bowies not doin' it ..... an' they've got Olly Murrs! ... an' like when was the last time you listened to Radio 1?"
"But I've got four tickets Mick!"

03/04/2013

It's time we stood shoulder to shoulder with Shauna McCarthy, what a complete shambles this whole thing is. Shauna should be let loose to get on with the work in hand. That lunatic O'Connor should resign, now! The SIB need to get a grip. What a mess this is turning into!

In historical terms what will happen is, the Culture debacle will be unheard of in the wider UK and the next city will become 'the first' because this year will be buried. Disgrace, ripoff... and where is our first and deputy first idiots in all of this. Sort it, let Shauna do her job...give her the staff ... give her the money..Now!

25/01/2013

Train Latest .... it will be!

25/01/2013

Damn, Damn, Damn, missed the concert! Still, no doubt it will run forever on i-player.

City of Culture 13 Adopts Papua New Guinean Flag.After much discussion long into the night City of Culture 13 has resolv...
10/12/2012

City of Culture 13 Adopts Papua New Guinean Flag.

After much discussion long into the night City of Culture 13 has resolved the flags issue for the forthcoming year. We have adopted the Flag of Papua New Guinea which will be flown high above Ebrington Barracks for all 365 days of 2013.

The reasons for choosing this flag are clear. Papua New Guinea is "A great wee country" Most of its population are rural dwellers and live in small tribal communities. Almost everybody is poor, Papua New Guinea is a "realm of the Commonwealth," much like us. It's titular head is Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Papua New Guinea. There is continued disagreement as to who actually runs the country. The Prime Minister is Peter O'Neill (obviously an Ulsterman!) The National motto is "Unity in Diversity" (couldn't be better) There are 841 distinct languages in use and nobody is fighting over any of them! (No, the parliament doesn't produce 841 versions of Hansard! That would be wasteful, not to mention stupid.) It's got a nice happy flag! Perfect, isn't it? The National Anthem is "O Arise All You Sons," It could have been written for us!

We take great inspiration from the "Independen Stet Bilong Papua Nuigini." Jeez, that sounds so familiar, doesn't it?

31/10/2012

LATEST..... MOVE OVER DARLIN' at Culture Company.

Derry City Council is believed to be the villain in a new piece of Culture Drama as Culture Company chief is forced to sit on one cheek.

Culture Company chief Shauna McCarthy will be finding it difficult to hold on to her chair as Derry City Council bring in a Dublin Arts Guru to help run City of Culture.

Dermot McLaughlin begins a one-year secondment as project director on Monday.

Mr McLaughlin is currently the chief executive of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust and is originally from Derry.

Being 'originally from Derry' is obviously a must have for the DCC overlords. If the new guru really gave a damn about Derry then why isn't he living here? Ooops, sorry, we forgot there aren't any jobs in Derry~Londonderry.

Derry based economist Paul Gosling described the secondment as a "significant appointment."

"His job will be to sit alongside the Chief Executive of the Culture Company Shona McCarthy to strengthen the City of Culture organisation.

"He will strengthen the organisation's administration, and also the relationships between City of Culture and all the other key stakeholders.

"It is an excellent appointment, he has a very impressive CV.

"Since 2003 he has been Chief Executive of Temple Bar in Dublin which is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in terms of cultural quality and attracting tourists."

Temple Bar is also a world renowned centre for drunkeness, hen & stag parties. pools of vomit and many other desirable cultural attributes.

Mr Gosling also points out the musical prowess of the new guru,

"He clearly has the skills and is an excellent musician as well.

Ah, didn't Nero play the fiddle too?

"There have been a lot of questions asked in recent weeks and he will be there to answer these questions," said Mr Gosling.

What??? How can he know the answers if he wasn't here for the last year since the city won the bid? But lets not be hasty, give the lad a chance. You can't expect a lot for £500 a day.

Mr Gosling believes that the new Guru will work directly to Derry City Council.

"My understanding is that he will report to Derry City Council."

We are sure that the councils own arts staff will be delighted to take orders from yet another blow-in!

30/10/2012

LATEST...DOUGH FOR DERRYS DIRTY BITS!

Minister Alex Atwood announced £500,000 for a clean up campaign

He said,

"Derry City will be very much in the international spotlight next year as UK City of Culture.

"Over half a million pounds of funding will go a long way towards ridding the city of derelict eyesores."

We wonder will the awful Ulster Bank in Waterloo Place be on the list? He went on to say,

"If we want tourists to stay longer, if we want more tourists to come, then tackling major eyesores and dereliction will certainly help."

OK Great, but what about some courses for the rude and indolent people who work in 'customer service' around the city. Still, the Minister was really excited about Derry as a visitor attraction, he said,

"Only this week, Derry was named fourth best city in the world to visit in 2013 by the Lonely Planet Guide and initiatives like this all help to cement that position."

CoC13 is currently contacting brown envelope manufacturers to see if anyone ordered a really big one recently!

The Minister went on to remind us that we will all be sharing in the benefits, yes it's true it won't just be the hoteliers, pubs and those with big jobs in public administration who will benefit. It'll be you and me too, honestly, here's what he said,

"Let's not forget that the citizens of Derry will also benefit with the character of their built environment improved."

So THERE! Won't that be great. Pity he didn't thank the small army of council workers who clean up all the city centre nightclub s**t every weekend ....and in all weathers too! Thanks Guys.

"Some of the key elements of the spruce-up include the provision of £100,000 to tidy the disused Tillie and Henderson and Sinclair Shirt factory sites."

How about they knock down the Ulster Bank in Waterloo Place, dump the rubble in the hole at Tillies, cover it with clay and sow it with grass and plant flowers and do the same at the other side of the bridge? Then they could lay a lawn at the newly exposed walls overlooking Waterloo Place, you know, the sort of civic minded stuff they do in France!

Note to City Council, you can see all this kind of stuff on the internet. There is no need to organise a fact finding mission at our expense!

Finally the Minister hinted at more trouble ahead for the city,

"Thousands more pounds will also be spent painting images of the Derry's cultural past and present on to hoardings screening vacant sites around the city."

Ah, Images of our Cultural past and present. Oh God, here we go again!

Shhh! Say absolutely nothing. It's a trap. Open your gob with an opinion other than the official version and they'll ha...
28/10/2012

Shhh! Say absolutely nothing. It's a trap. Open your gob with an opinion other than the official version and they'll have your name in the Book of Philistines. You have been warned!

Still, this thing is providing work for security guards at least. Though who actually pays in the long run?

22/10/2012

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