Norway Shooting Andres Breivik The New Europe
July 25, 2011
What do you do when the lunatics have taken over the asylum? What do you do when it becomes crystal clear that any criticism of the EU is forbidden. What do you do when freedom of speech no longer exists ? What do you do when you see a European Superstate being created right before your eyes ? What do you do if , having voted NO you are told that you got it wrong ……? What do you do when millions of people simply don’t give a damn either way because they are doing quite well out of it all ? What do you do when you are condemned as racist because you oppose Islamic racism ?
What do you do when words like Racist or homophobic are used to kill even the possibility of political debate? What do you do when intolerance becomes the order of the day ….when the state and media conspire to kill off free speech ? What do you do when they take your vote away and tell you to shut up ?
The only thing left to do is kill. The young labour party members who were killed by Breivik were part of this thuggish intolerant Europe and no doubt would have been quick to tell anyone who did not share their Fascist world view that they were racist or stupid. Breivik is a strange man with some very odd political views but what he did is totally understandable ……People such as these young people have made it clear that democracy is dead and now they are dead. I for one will not shed tears for them.
ADULT TRICYCE DUBLIN WANTED
September 22, 2010
A friend of mine here in Dublin is in need of an adult tricycle cheap or even free. If anyone out there knows of one please let me know. It’s a long shot but I figure there are probably quite a few out there rotting in garden sheds.
RESCUE ME FROM CAMBRIDGE COURT RINGSEND IRISHTOWN
August 19, 2010
Just the other day I placed an ad for a flat on Gumtree. In spite of the fact that there are huge numbers of empty properties all over Dublin it’s virtually impossible for a working class person to find one. You cannot discriminate against a foreigner or a fat person etc but discrimination on the grounds of class is rampant in Ireland , and quite blatant. Be that as it may , the fact is I need a small flat. I’m not particular as to location but it must MUST be quite. I won’t hold my breath while I’m waiting but I will leave the ad there permanently and hopefully in the fullness of time something will turn up.
I pass Flat to Let signs every other day but most if not all of these will only rent to students or business people. In fact it’s noticeable that those who buy council flats don’t want to rent to folk who might live in council accommodation !! A clear case of beggars on horseback. As I write this I can hear the noise of a TV coming through the walls in spite of the fact that the flat on my right has been empty for over a year and on my left the neighbours are not home…..It’s like a dripping tap….and from time to time that tap gets very loud. But that’s not the only reason I want to leave. This Cambridge Court flat that I live in is DARK , no daylight gets in at all….it’s like living in a cave and get’s very very depressing. That fact that there is no heating or no bedroom doesn’t help….
But it could take a long time to find a flat. I could take a very long time , if that is , one turns up at all. The photo , by the way , is not of Cambridge Court but rather of a house just up the road that caught my eye.
CAMBRIDGE COURT RINGSEND FLOWER POWER IRISHTOWN
August 13, 2010
Sometimes when the residents of Cambridge Court are fast asleep the fairies come and plant flowers………..
BLUE TITS PROSTITUTES MOONEY GOES WILD RTE RADIO
May 31, 2010
Last year I posted a short piece about the podcast on the Mooney Show on RTE Radio of blue tits nesting. It’s that time of year again and the whole exercise is being repeated – so what’s it all about ? . apparently the birds are in the private grounds of the home of the Irish President , Mary McAleese. McAleese is Ireland’s most famous whore . This woman sold herself and the people of Ireland cheap and all for the glory of the new European Superstate. If we lived in a better society she might be put up against a wall. An apologist for the European Race laws that have outlawed free speech she is a president for Landlords. She might have made a good Vice Regent. This is the slut who stood by when the entire political class in Ireland told the people , ” Your stupid , you got it wrong , go back and do it again”. A common thief ……and a good European.
Blu tits and whores in a banana republic landlord state. Put them up against a wall. I’ll shed no tears for them. A gombeen men’s whore and well paid for it. A landlord state built on cheap imported labour , a four-wheel drive and a rent book with some poor Malayan woman to look after the kids for $100 a week. Gangsters and their bitches. Thugs and thieves. A new Europe that Hitler would have been proud of.
STEVE BROOKSTEIN FAILURE X FACTOR SIMON COWELL
May 27, 2010
Steve Brookstein is now officially a failure. But Brookstein is no common failure , he is a total failure. He’s famous for it. He’s turned failure into an art form. Brookstein ( better know as , “Steve who?) has failed at just about everything he has put his hand to. Long before we knew there was an X Factor Brookstein was failing. If they gave PHD’s in failure he’d be the best educated man in Britain. Brookstein , who has been described by Louis Walsh as , ‘ looking like a serial killer’ must , at some time in the past , have committed some terrible crime for which God is now punishing him.”" Mr Slick Vegas” , that’s what Sharon Osbourne called him. He’s made enemies , and who needs enemies ?. – not Brookstein for sure , he’s got enough troubles.
Brookstein’s long journey towards failure started well before 2004 when he won first place in the X Factor. It’s a long convoluted story half shrouded in myth and bordering on the absurd. At one point a producer friend of his decided to make a Northern Soul record – and why ? Well he did it just to prove it could still be done. Most people do it for the money but not this guy , HE was just trying to make a point. …..’getting confused ? Don’t let it bother you , I think Steve himself is still trying to figure it out. Let me explain……
The guy , this producer guy ( I can’t remember his name and I’m too lazy to start googling it just now) was, it seems ,a great Northern Soul fan. N.S. fan’s are for the most part sad little people who think that it all began and ended with the golden age of Northern Soul. That age is ended , they will tell you. Elvis is Dead and all that. It’s not that they don’t make records like that any more – they CAN’T make records like that any more. The book is closed , the seals have been sealed …..end of story. So far so good untill that is Steve’s producer friend comes along. He was a genuine lover of Northern Soul , a democratic sort of man who just loved the music and was not intimidated by the legend. He had been arguing for years that yes , yes you could have a NS record today and that it would be just as ‘real’ as ‘valid’ as anything from the golden age , provided the music was good. Like I say , a true democrat. So one day he’s sitting at home watching TV and who’s on the box but our Steve. He hears Steve singing and thinks , “This guy would make a great Norther Soul singer”. To make a long story short he gets Steve into the studio with a few backing singers , records a few track and calls the four man group The Four Vandals. They cut a 45 record and just to make it really ‘authentic’ they dated it 1971 and then aged the few copies (3) that were pressed so that the whole thing looked like a genuine old 70′s record. Part of the ageing process was to drop the disc in a bucket of water…….
By the way , I’m not making this up as I go along , you can check it all out yourself on the WWW. So , here’s this genuine fake and it’s put in the way of a few DJ’s and next thing it becomes a hit on the Norther Soul circuit. Everyone is raving about it. Urban legends start to form around the lead singer (Brookstein). The 45 meanwhile is taking on cult status and starts making it on to the collectors list and before you can say , ’Life is a bitch’ it’s selling for big bucks. Really BIG bucks. Steve is becoming famous in record circles but nobody knows it’s Steve. Norther Soul fanatics are mortgaging their homes to get their hands on a copy. This is record collector history in the making. But like I said , nobody knows it’s Steve and he’s not making a penny……His producer friend is happy , he’s proved everyone wrong but he can’t tell anyone. Meanwhile ……back on planet earth Steve makes a decision…….
He decided to audition for the X Factor. Unfortunately he wins so the whole story of the Four Vandals comes out and there are a lots of angry people who feel they have been had/conned and generally made to look like fools. Steve becomes famous as a fraud or worse still a dupe. While the vinyl experts of the world are trying to figure out what’s going on Steve decides he’s not going to sell his soul with another covers album for Simon Cowell so he becomes famous all over again as the man who walked away or was sacked by Cowell. He becomes , for all practical purposes , blacklisted. There’s no actual conspiracy , Cowell doesn’t start calling people and saying , “Don’t deal with Brookstein” he doesn’t have to. Nobody wants to rock Cowells boat and the rest of the gang don’t trust Brookstein …they’re not sure if he’s a fool or a bad guy and they don’t want to find out either.
Long , long before any of this happened Brookstein had actually made a record which got good reviews but the record was never released. (he’s actually made several record ) He also promoted/managed or produced two acts and even got them record contracts with , I think , Virgin and some other major label. There was a trip to the USA and a 1 million pound/dollar contract for one of the acts but after spending a fortune the acts were dropped. It goes on an on. There’s no end to it. I’ve only scratched the surface here but take it from me , when it come to Steve Brookstein , the truth is far weirder than the strangest of strange fiction. Brookstein is in a lose , lose situation. He’s become famous for being a failure – his last gig was a pub gig with a cover charge that wouldn’t buy a diet coke. In between songs he apparently spent much of the time rambling on about Simon Cowell….punters were wondering if they were witnessing a nervous breakdown live on stage. As one girl put it , ‘It was all very sad’. Like I’ve said , he’s in a lose ,lose situation. He’s so famous now as a failure that even a hint of success would ruin him. The whole thing is a joke. Brookstein is a joke. It’s all hysterically funny……
But the funniest bit of all is that Steve Brookstein is actually a very fine soul singer. He has a distinctive voice that many singers would be quite envious of. He’s good-looking in a ,’ I used to drink but now I’m sober ’, kind of way and has a cheeky chap grin that you love or hate but that you can’t really ignore. He has the good grace and intelligence to be able to laugh at some of the insanity of what he calls his life. He thinks/ knows that he’s good at what he does but understands that others might have a different point of view and is philosophical about it. He’s a good entertainer. He probably has more charisma and raw talent in his little finger than will ever emerge from the X Factor Hall of Fame. Above all Steve Brookstein is an interesting man. While some get paid to bawl out , “I did it my way” Steve has been busy actually doing it his way. He has recorded his own independent album , ’40,000 Things’ , which , while not THE great classic soul album does suggests that the classic album might not be too far down the line. He’s recorded bit’s and pieces in an anarchic fashion over the years and all of it is good , some very good indeed. He’s written/co written what I for one consider to be classic tracks ( a couple of which are on 40.000 Things). All things considered , in spite of all the failures , Brookstein might just be the best soul singer to come out of England. He’ll probably never sell the mega / platinum numbers that are obligatory today for anyone who want’s to be a star but what he does produce will certainly last a lot longer. Ironically , he is a legend and a failure at the same time.
Sometimes , just sometimes when I’m on YouTube and come across Steve Brookstein I find myself wondering what is it that keeps drawing me back to these video clips ….even the X Factor one’s. There’s something about Brookstein , no matter how much I read of flops and failures, in spite of a paucity of albums or anything tangible by the man. In spite of it all I just keep feeling that this man might just be special. But I can’t figure him out……He bloggs , nothing wrong with that , he twitters/tweets too (quite a lot in fact) but no harm in that either. When he’s not on the internet he’s giving interviews , most of which reinforce the failure image…..he’s a busy man and seems easily distracted. He recently completed work on his wife’s album. He has a fixation with Cowell and the X Factor , even his tweets are dominated by it. He seems to spend his life having public conversations that all end up with the big X. He’s obviously has never heard the old adage about holes and digging. If news is slow and your short of copy don’t worry , old Brookstein is always good for a few column inches…He has some sort of amnesia where the word NO is concerned. Maybe it’s a religious thing. He needs a minder – as Simon said , ‘Your going to need a lot of work Steve’. He had no idea just how right he was but neither did Steve. Steve Brookstein would be doing just fine if it wasn’t for Steve Brookstein. And all the time time is moving on. He’s now 40 and according to himself he may have wasted 20 years of that. The butt end of jokes (Steve who?) ha ha ha he just smiles that cheeky smile and then gives another interview. But the joke is wearing thin. He’s turning into a parody of the failed reality star.
I like the old stuff , the good stuff. Charlie Parket , Ellington , Ella Fitzgerald – the classics. They don’t make artists like that any more with the possible exception of Amy Winehouse and Steve Brookstein but both of those seem hell bent on messing things up. He is seen by many as ‘a pub singer who got lucky’ but anyone who thinks that is a musical illiterate. He is his own worst enemy but I can think of a few of the greats who were much the same. A complex man , an insecure man who seems forever to be trying explain himself. Yesterday’s man who somewhere deep down knows he’s better than that but isn’t quite sure what to do about it. You could write a book about this man and some day someone probably will…..
A failure ? Yes , and let’s not get side tracked by empty politeness …..this is not what the man was aiming for when he first wrapped his fist around a microphone. He looks startled , uncertain when under the spotlite. He seems a little surprise to be there in the first place. An innocent abroad. He always wanted to be on the stage , “Look at me Ma , I’m top of the world“. – Ladies and gentleman , put you hands together. Ladies and gentlemen , let’s give him a warm welcome. Ladies and gentlemen , it’s …….MRRRR STEEEEEEVE BROOKSTEEEEEENNNNN.
If you want to see just how charming this man can be check out this interview he did with Paul Morley. If you should happen to meet him in the street give him a good clip around the ear and tell him to get back in the studio. He’s made a bit of money (more than I’ve ever made) and he’s done some interesting things ( far more than I’ve done). He’s had his 5 minutes of fame (several times). He’s has achieved more than many of his critics will ever achieve. He’s lived his dream which is something most of us just don’t have the wit , courage or ability to do. Let’s face it , the guy has been on the X Factor……! He is probably the best soul singer since Otis Redding and might be even better. But I can’t go into HMV and order his new cd because he hasn’t got around to recording it yet. Yesterday I bought an Amy Winehouse Blu Ray disc and would have bought the Steve Brookstein one but there IS no Brookstein Blu Ray disc. I would kill to get a copy of his Collected Songs but that doesn’t exist either. I’d crawl over dead bodies to lay my hands on a copy of his Unreleased Outtakes but there’s no such album. Meanwhile he’s off giving another interview about his life as a ( failed) reality star. As we say in Ireland , ” Your a terrible man Steve “. If it wasn’t for the fact that he’s bigger than me and living in another country I would give him a good wallop around the ear myself.
RUDE NASTY BLOG COMMENTS
May 24, 2010
I get my fair share of comments on this blog -the good , the bad and the indifferent. Why people comment in the first place I’m not really sure as I rarely do it on other peoples blogs myself. Engadget recently closed down their own comment facility due in part to the nasty rude nature of some of the comments they were receiving. But millions of people visit the Engadget site so they can afford to ignore those readers who like to interact with their site. Some bloggers find the nasty comments intimidating and not only close down the comments but often shut down the blog itself.
When you start a blog you have to keep in mind the simple fact that you are , so to speak , starting a conversation with people who in real life you might or might not wish to know. Every time I post an article I am talking for the most part with total strangers. The reader may be a wonderful person or an out and out scumbag. Most readers are nice , pleasant who will either agree or disagree with what I write but there are always the few…..and we’ve all met them , who just insist on being unpleasant or just downright nasty. Quite a few people get in touch to let me know that I’m a fool , idiot and don’t know what I’m talking about. This is fair enough (they might even be right) but most do so in a reasonable manner. There are , at the other end of the scale , those who can be downright threatening , people who will actually make specific serious threats. But as the man said , “If you can’t stand the heat…”
I don’t moderate comments regardless of how critical they are and have only ever deleted one. I consider comments as compliments. If readers feel moved to post a comment at least I have engaged their interest. But there are always those readers that no blogger/blog reader wants. The sort of person who leaves the single word , GOBSHITE, as a comment is , for most people , little more than an irritant and a trivial one at that. But it does lower the tone ……and can be quite off-putting for the casual reader.
But as my mother used to say , “These things are sent to try us”. And they do , they do , they do…..Incidentally , it’s impossible to leave a comment on a blog without revealing your IP Address so there is no anonymity as such. In fact it’s virtually impossible to do anything on the WWW and remain entirely anonymous. If some mad man decides to track you down there’s nothing you can do about it. There are those who bend over backwards to protect their identity and then go and put their whole family up on Flicker. I’ve come across blog/websites which specialise in advice on how to remain secure on the WWW and yet the authors will invariably give you so much information about themselves that you could be knocking at their front door within hours.
I have never really understood why certaon people feel the need to make nasty comments. There’s a whole army of such folk on YOUTUBE – I’m sure you’ve come across them. I think a lot of them have some sort of sexual problems or perhaps they are just insecure……’or maby they just don’t have much of a life. It’s sad really , isn’t it ……
SILLY OLD TWIT RIDES AGAIN
May 22, 2010
I’ve been out of action for a while. My blog has been dormant. But I’m back now. And why am I back ? Well , to be honest I have nothing better to do. No big statement , no manifesto , no promise of something special to come just an excuse to fill in the vacant hours. I’ve learned one thing in the last couple of years but I suppose I already knew that it all comes down to the vulgarity of power and those who have it.
Walk softly , very softly and carry a big stick. Keep your head down. Expect nothing. Follow the money trail ( all roads lead to hell). It’s business. It’s all business and nothing more. Pearls before swine…… ‘ But I’m not dead yet so don’t laugh too soon …….bitter , bitter , bitter – Your damned right !
…..he he he ……he he he………..
The ramblings of an old fool…..he he he ……he he he….
…… “Who’s a silly old fool”? …….. he he he ……..he he he….
” Pass me the hatchet Mary” …….. he he he ………he he he ……….har har har……..
The pen is mightier than the sword…..HAR HAR HAR….HAR HAR HAR……
Oh yes , announce it to the world. Let the blogosphere know ….. I’M BACK. ……..I’M BACK………he he he ……..he he he…. You can’t keep a good man down. – am I right or am I right ? …….he he he …..
GOOGLE GRANNY’S (GRANNIES) BASH
May 22, 2010
Today I was invited to visit Google’s Head Office here in Ringsend in Dublin. When I say that I was invited I mean that everyone in Cambridge Court ( a complex for ‘older’ people in Ringsend) was invited. I can’t remember the name of the people organising this trip ……Age something or other ….and I have no idea why they feel that I might even want to visit Google. But all this is neither here nor there. There are more important things in life than Google .
Cambridge Court is, for the most part, a dumping ground for older less affluent people. Situated as it is within a few feet of Docklands it might just as well be a thousand miles away . You won’t find any ‘inclusivity’ here ! There is no mixing of the social classes. Segregation is as real here as it ever was in South Africa. Google Head Office rubs shoulders with Dockland apartment blocks. Herds of what used to be called ‘yuppies’ jogg their way to Sandymount Strand in the evenings with the self-assured body language of those who know that their day has truly arrived. I could go on…..
I do not live on planet Google. To be honest , I couldn’t afford the rents – and you want me , ME ! to visit Google. And why me ? Is it because I’m old , marginalised or just too stupid to make my way there on my own initiative ? – Go away , leave me alone. I’ve got better things to do.
Meanwhile , back in the real world I read that Steve Brookstein is now officially the worlds greatest failure. I know how you feel Steve. But don’t let them get to you. WE WILL HAVE OUR DAY. Google/Simon Cowell and the Great New European Super State will go the way of all flesh. Every dog will have its day. Et cetera , Et cetera , Et cetera……..Blah Blah Blah….Google this , google that …….googlegooglegoogle……Go away , leave me alone , take a hike , get a life , take a pill , chill out , google your granny. If there were no old/marginalised people all these Age this and Age that organisations would need to invent them to justify their own budgets. – “We don’t need no googleisation , we don’t need no false concern”. Yeah , right on. I couldn’t have put it better myself. – Now push off before I set the dogs on you.
CHILD ABUSE REPORT HA HA HA STANISLAUS KENNEDY
November 27, 2009
You really have to laugh. Yet another Child Abuse Report and every RTE journalist is tripping over themselves trying to explain how all this could happen. Just two weeks ago one of these journalists , Mirriam O’Callaghan interviewed the notorious Sisters of Charity nun Stanislaus Kennedy and more or less portrayed her as a saint. Nothing has ever been proved in a court of law against Kennedy but the proverbial ‘dogs in the street’ have known for over 30 years that this woman has a lot of questions to answer. I have been saying for years now that this woman should be put in a cage where she belongs…..somewhere where she cannot hurt people as she has done over and over for years now. She will never be held to account. She will die in her bed and probably be afforded something close to a state funeral. The people she hurt will get little relief and no justice either way. Like I said , you’ve got to laugh….
Update Sunday 29 Nov. 09.
This morning on RTE Radio Diarmuid Martin ( a man of no small intellectual ability ) when asked if Bishops and auxiliary Bishops should resign talked about ‘slippage’ and ‘public opinion’ . If you’re wondering what ‘slippage’ is you will have to listen to the Podcast. Needless to say the man didn’t really say anything but managed at the same time to create a degree of moral and intellectual ambiguity……..if your a fool that is. Reasonable people will understand exactly what Martin was saying. This Podcast really has to be listened to. There is a rather long run-in with adverts and news summary but it’s well worth the trouble.
……another update 30 Nov. 09.
…….This afternoon on the Joe Duffy Show on RTE Radio yet another priest praised the ‘bravery’ of Mr Martin !!!! Duffy is a bit of a creeping Jesus himself but it’s not just Duffy that shows a particular deference to such apologists for criminals but every RTE and media person. If it was you or me who had been acting in the manner of the clergy they would of course crucify us all out of hand as they do every other day when they feel the urge to condemn some working class person as ‘racist’ if they express an opinion on immigration. You can listen to the whole programme here on Podcast. In the programme this priest says that he knew nothing about any abuse which is a blatant lie. He may well not have known particular details about what was going on in his own back yard but he must have known of the allegation that had been constantly made for half a century. He must have know about the Magdalen Laundries where poor children were treated like dirt while just up the road the exact same order of nuns were giving a classical education to the children of the rich. …….My mother used to say that you can judge people by the company they keep and she was right.
Yet another update 1 Dec 09.
Mari Collins has been on the Joe Duffy show just now more or less saying that she’s had enough of the church and that she can’t handle it any more but ….surprise , surprise she felt the need to praise the priest who lied on the show just yesterday. This is no real surprise as she issued a joint statement with Mr. Martin a short while ago. There’s no fool like an old fool and in the long run you get the religious you deserve. Mari Collins is just as responsible as any abuser ….she , like all the rest continues to insist on the myth of the ‘good religious’ . Her need for a religious crutch is more important than facing the very obvious truth…..
