Criminal Careers

Oh RTE and their little procedural idiosyncrasies, especially when it comes to courts coverage. We have spoken here before about the phenomenon RTE created whereby the victim of a crime can only be named “locally”. Slotting in alongside that one is the insistence on giving us the occupation of the individual in the dock. The defendant is invariably unemployed when violence is involved. It is deemed important that we know this, probably to help us develop a more rounded impression of the squalor that attends this person’s existence.     

Ronan Collins

Ronan Collins played Crocodile Shoes by Jimmy Nail on his lunchtime Radio 1 show the other day. At the end of the song he referred to various collaborators Nail has had over the years. He mentioned Paddy McAloon. This is why despite some of the extremely dodgy stuff he plays Ronan Collins is still one of the good guys. Why does someone who has heard of and is familiar with the body of work of Paddy McAloon have to give up a full five minutes of his already short daily show to allow (a) Joe Duffy to summarise the storm of hysterical bullshit he expects to whip up in the day’s Liveline and (b) the news to be read in Irish for the four listeners out there who might be able to distinguish it from Latvian. Time to put the foot down Ronan, you’re better than that.   

Tenacious D

Sit back and enjoy El Presidente emptying both barrels into right wing arsehole Michael Graham. I can't imagine Sean Gallagher doing this, can you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OWRRJh-PI&feature=player_embedded