With Lisbon’s much-loved marionette museum closed in preparation for its move across town to a less ramshackle building (to reopen next summer), puppetry fans will have to make the three-hour trip to Oporto to sate their appetite. This is the 10th such festival that Portugal’s second city has held, and its promises a range of [...]
Archive for November, 2008
International Marionette Festival
November 28, 2008Gomez + Beulah
November 23, 2008Their critically acclaimed self-produced 1998 début ‘Bring it On’ garnered Gomez piles of Brit pop awards. That’s created a heavy dose of expectation for ‘Liquid Skin’ to live up to, and their second album doesn’t disappoint, with heavily textured pop soundscapes whose giddily diverse influences and inspirations create songs within songs within songs. Having suitably [...]
Harvey Sid Fisher
November 21, 2008Harvey Sid Fisher first insinuated himself into the dark subconscious of America’s entertainment industry with a show on public-access cable TV, which came across as an extended audition for one of those twisted cameos in a David Lynch movie. Accompanying himself on a piano, the self-styled actor-golfer-model-astrologer croons deadpan tunes about each sign of the [...]
Scots in Milan
November 16, 2008The Queens
November 13, 2008Residents of Dalky are very lucky to have one of the best locals in Dublin in the shape of the Queens Bar and Restaurant. Many original features from its 250-year history still decorate the bar, and open fires add to the cosy atmosphere. The Queens also has one of the best Mediterranean restaurants in Dublin [...]
