Don't call mah name... Alexandra!

Last month my buddy Alan and I ventured off to the Grand Canal Theatre to check out X Factor winner and all round Beyonce wanna be, Miss Alexandra Burke.

To say it was an unusual gig is a bit of an understatement. Firstly i have to be honest and say I am not a Alexandra Burke fun, well, I'll happily drunkenly dance along to Broken Heels, but I wouldn't buy her album. But seeing as my buddy Alan is a die hard Burkie fan, I decided to splash out on a ticket...

The second oddity was the venue, while the Grand Canal Theatre is indeed Grand, it is not the best place for a gig, well for an upbeat gig, seeing as the entire venue was seated. What was worse was the fact that I was seating infront of a group of 11 year girls, and me being 6'3 was probably the last person the wanted to be sitting, and later standing, and later again drunkenly dancing, infront of them...

I was racked with guilt for blocking their view, I assume its annoying, again, I'm 6'3, I usually don't have this problem. Luckily the seats infront of us were free, so the young ladies behind me were more then happy to relocate at my suggestion.

Another problem with the seated gig was while us Irish are all up for the craic, no one wants to be the first one to stand up and boogie! So it was pretty much up to me and Al and our lack of shame to be the first ones on our feet, and seeing as me and Al are two pretty tall lads, us standing up seemed to set of a chain reaction of people behind us.

Having said all that it was a great gig, costume changes, dance routines, hot dancers, and a Destiny's Child megamix (while incidentally was my person highlight of the night)

So my opinions of Miss Burke have changed for the better, she is a dedicated perfomer, sang every song live, and pretty flawlessly at that, and danced her little heart out. At the end of the gig it was pretty apparent why she was crowned X Factor winner two years ago. Now if only more people could become aware of this, next time she might be playing in the 02, instead of the Grand Canal.

DRN



Embarrassingly this photo was taken after a 2 glasses of wine!

One Two Tree!

How amazing are these Painted trees by Curtis Kilorn? I love the idea of bringing something back to life, its all very appropriate, seeing as we're coming up to Easter...



Curtis says,

“I have a “thing” for trees and see the relationship between humans and trees to be an ever evolving idea which continues to inspire. The trees that I paint are long dead and weathered by hundreds of years. What I do is bring “life” back to the tree in a completely new way. This tree which was once dead is now vibrantly alive to be noticed by all, no longer blending in with all the other dead trees.”

DRN

SCREAM FOR ME!

Has everyone seen Scream 4 yet? Its amazing, I saw it on Friday when it came out, going again tonight. They only way to describe it is when you are at the carnival and you get off a really fun ride and all you want to do is go on it again and again.

Its smart, scary and probably the funniest of the series, sure they're are few corny lines (Bruce Willis I'm looking at you) but on the whole, its a great addition to the series...

Anyways heres the ladies of Scream 4 at last weeks world premier held in Hollywood...

DRN

Bits & Bobs

No Passport Needed...

I Love these adverts for Last Minute, they look so 1950's when going on a holidays was glamourous and exciting, and not poisons by the thoughts of airport queues, seurity checks and hidden charges... I think holidaying at home may be something to look into this Summer...

DRN

Guess Who's Back?

Back again? God, I never thought I'd be quoting Eminem of all people on this blog, but there ya go. Well yes after a shockingly 2 month hiatus I am back with a vengence, and with Summer coming up I plan on having lots of adventures to blog about.

In the mean time here's a little audio/visual treat, 100 Other Lovers, the first single from DeVotchKa's new album, 100 Lovers.



DRN