2023-02-14 Peacock Parlour - The Grand Social

It's no secret that I like burlesque shows. I've been to shows in Las Vegas, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Dublin and Cork... Different styles in different countries, but all absolutely wonderful.

Tonight's show, The Peacock Parlour, is run by the wonderful Foxy P. Cox. I've been to see the show a few times, both in Dublin and Cork and it's always fun, a heady mix of genders dancing, singing, cavorting away on the stage. What's not to love???

This Valentine's Night, I'm in The Grand Social in Dublin, a venue I am very familiar with, and performing on stage are:

King Crimson
Bella Curve
Kat Moiselle
Daria Décolleté

Rod Fibula

with Carmen Mon Oxide on hostess duties!

We were treated to an exotic night of romance, desire, weddings and breakups and, well, the audience loved it. They whooped and cheered along all night. I would have too, but I seem to have lost my whooping voice...

I've said it elsewhere, I am no fan of Valentine's Day, I dislike it intensely, but I was so glad I headed along to the Peacock Parlour. It was, by a long way, the best Valentine's night I've had.

Now for some photos:

Daria Décolleté

King Crimson

Kat Moiselle

Bella Curve

Carmen Mon Oxide

Bella Curve

Daria Décolleté

Rod Fibula

It's been a few days and I had a chance to look through some more photos, so here they are!

Kat Moiselle

Carmen Mon Oxide

Belle Curve

Bell Curve

King Crimson

2022-03-26 Buskers on Grafton Street, Dublin

I took a walk around Dublin today, thought I'd check out the buskers on Grafton Street. There's a fine history of busking in Dublin, acts like Hothouse Flowers , The Frames , Rodrigo y Gabriela , Damien Rice , Paddy Casey , Kodaline and a host of others all cut their teeth on and around Grafton Street. It stands to reason that some of those busking today will be successful in the future! So, who did I get to see today? Well, check out the photos below: Zoe Clarke Allie Sherlock Paul Jenkinson

Interview with King Kong Company

Originally published 10/09/2013 on Chunk.ie So, there I was, wandering around the Electric Picnic wondering who I was going to watch next. One of the lads said he had heard good things about King Kong Company and that we should check them out, so off we headed to the Body and Soul Arena to do just that. As I mentioned in my review of the Electric Picnic, the gig was epic. I figured we just had to interview them here on CHUNK.ie, and here it is! First things first, congratulations on a storming gig at the Electric Picnic. It completely blew me away. Was this your first Picnic experience? We’ve been to many Electric Picnics over the years but just as punters, and it’s always been a great festival, so it was a fantastic experience to play at its 10 year anniversary. King Kong Company is a rather interesting name for a band, where or how did you come up with it? The name is taken from the film Taxi Driver. If you look closely, Travis Bickle is wearing a badge which says King

2023-08-26 The Playing Fields Festival - Clane GAA

It's The Playing Fields Festival time again! TPFF23, it's third outing, is back and it's the same, but a little different also. For the first time, it's not just an Irish affair. The legendary Basement Jaxx headlined the Sunday night. Also, for the first time, it's under canvas. Not a big circus type tent, a more low rise, stretched canvas affair, as per TribFest a few weeks back. Given the state of the Irish summer, it was a great decision. The final difference was that I was only there for Day Two as I'd already arranged to bring my niece to see The Vamps , and that clashed with Day One. So, along with Basement Jaxx , who else was playing Day Two of TPFF? Well, we had: The Flavours Altered Lines Diversion Raging Sons Spring Break Roisin O and CamrinWatsin I think we can agree, that's a pretty good mix of rock n' roll, party time and dance music! Even under canvas, the stage was pretty big and sounded good

IrishMJ

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