MGM #1 Review

Our pal, the wonderful comedian and writer Alan Bennett (not that one) wrote a wee review of the inaugural Monthly General Meeting, in anticipation of the upcoming follow up March edition. Here it is...

The Monthly General Meeting (MGM) is Dublin’s best free night and I was fortunate enough to be at the first one. I went in cold and with bike chain oil on my hands and I came out with a smile on my face and joy in my heart.

It’s a wonderful, nomadic, coming together of creative people who are strictly funny or interesting, curated by two of the best: Shane Langan, whose endlessly inspired comedy group Diet of Worms gave us webseries’ ‘Taste of Home’ and ‘Dublin Stories’ and is a brilliant writer and storyteller in his own right. And Níal Conlan, a Swiss army knife of a man whose band Delorentos just happen to be Dublin’s best band played some acoustic numbers from their new album Little Sparks, which just happens to be a contender for album of the year. (They don’t tell you who is going to be performing so that was quite a treat.)

The first MGM, themed ‘Secrets’ was in Hacienda Bar which is a little Latin style paradise hidden on Little Mary Street. The lucky audience, who all found out about the gig via Twitter, Facebook or word of mouth, were then treated to comedy from future superstar Megan Nolan, a debate from talented comedians Damon Blake and Conor O’Toole (who are currently working together on ‘Student/Teacher’ one of the series in this year’s RTE Storyland competition), a chat (his word) from David Malone, TV producer and author, about a fascinating 1973 Irish murder case that you’ve probably never heard of. And the premiere of a new short film, Unsaid, by award winning director Stevie Russell.

The theme for the next MGM is ‘It’s all Politics’ and it is on Monday 26th of March from 8pm in Dublin Conservative Club which is no doubt another hidden paradise right in the laneway beside Whelan’s. You can expect an impressive array of speakers, musicians, filmmakers and comedians to present something broadly related to the assertion that everything is politics. You can also expect laughs, revelations and general elation all for none of your euros.

Alan Bennett (this one)

Monthly General Meeting

Just a quick note to let you guys know that the second Monthly General Meeting (Shane and his pal Níal's nomadic night of creativity) will be held this Monday night, March 26th, in the Dublin Conservative Club, 20 Camden Row, Dublin 2. That's the little lane beside Whelan's on Wexford Street. Admission is FREE and it's from 8pm.

This month's theme is 'It's All Politics' and we've invited a wonderful group of contributors (including comedians, musicians and storytellers) to explore how politics can rear its sometimes ugly head in every part of our lives... but you know, in a reasonably light hearted, engaging and entertaining way. We had a fantastic night last time out in the Hacienda and this next one is shaping up to be even better.

Hope to see you there.

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Right To Know

Our pals, Delorentos, asked us to help out with theIr new video. And here it is. Check it out, it's daft as f*ck.

DoW

Tivoli Heights

DLRCTV's latest offering. A gritty soap opera, featuring ourselves, Eric Lalor and Foil Arms and Hog's Sean Flanagan. Enjoy.

DoW

Nils on Wheelz

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Community Television, or DLRCTV as it's slightly more commonly known has just uploaded the latest episode of Nils On Wheelz. This is the channel's most popular show about cycling (it has four) and it's well worth a wee peek.
DoW

Rathdown Roots

Another offering from DLRCTV, an online channel that we are involved in along with our good friend and collaborator Alex Gill. This is Rathdown Roots with Dr. John Johnston. Much more to come in the coming months. Enjoy...

DoW

The Tainted Trilogy

A live reading of extracts from Shane's trilogy of novels - Tainted Milk (the sci-fi espionage romance fantasy), Tainted Nog (a thriller set on Christmas Eve 1989) and Tainted Outcome (a Choose Your Own Adventure novel). Exciting stuff...

DoW

Hope is Dead

In other news. Our own Shane appears in the new Sleep Thieves video. Ch-ch-check it out...

DoW

On The Dart

He'll kill me for posting this, but Rory has recently been hosting a TV show on DLRCTV (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Community Television) to help pay the bills. He wanted to keep it quietish, but it's up on YouTube and I couldn't resist sharing...

DoW

CULT Teaser Trailer

We've just released the teaser trailer for our upcoming play CULT at the 2011 ABSOLUT Dublin Fringe. Have a look, let us know what you think and if you like it, perhaps show it to some friends. Sharing it on Facebook, Twitter or the like, would really help us fill our venue come September (here's the smaller link http://bit.ly/cultfringe). And without further ado, here it is...


Thanks a million for reading and watching. Hopefully we'll see you there. For further details of the show go to...
http://www.fringefest.com/event/cult
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2011 ABSOLUT Dublin Fringe

We're delighted to announce that we will be putting on our new play 'CULT' as part of the 2011 ABSOLUT Fringe, this September. It will run from Sept 13-17 at 9pm in the brand new Lir Theatre. With an additional 2.30pm matinee on Saturday Sept 17. You can get your tickets right now from the Fringe website.

Here's the blurb...
Five devotees wake up in a remote barn following their cults mass ascension. Disorientated and confused, they can’t understand why they are still down here and not “up there”. Now these five followers without a leader, five sheep without a shepherd, five dimwits without a clue must choose a new chosen one but can’t decide who to choose. The cult comedy group, Diet of Worms have found their higher calling and are waiting to recruit you.

Hope to see you there,
DoW

SNL Fans!

For those of you that are:

A) Saturday Night Live Fans, and
B) Podcast fans...

... check out these 2 new Podcasts courtesy of Kevin Smith's Smodcast empire:
Both have interesting inside stories from the writer's rooms and backstage of SNL, as well as accounts of how a struggling comic/improviser rises up the comedy ranks to get an audition with Lorne Michaels and Marci Klein.

Friday Video!

The Black Keys are a band. They recorded their first 2 albums in the drummers basement on an 8-track tape recorder from the early 1980s. His second name is Carney, so he could probably play drums for Ireland. Hope you enjoy this video.

Hipsters, Behold Your King

from the very excellent Buzzfeed...

If you want to make yourself insecure/inadequate then ordinarily the site Stockholm Streetstyle is normally a good place to start as they feature the freakishly beautiful Scandinavians, but..... every now and again there is a douchebag (above) that makes you realise that it's all going to be ok.

Sponge Mop Squarepants

IF you like designing t-shirts, but dont know what to do about it, here's a suggestion!

You can submit your own t-shirt design to teefury, they are always looking for fresh new designs to feature, they pay $1 per shirt sold and you retain full rights to your design.

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