Tense, nervous TrickyTHE last time we caught up with Tricky he was set adrift on memory bliss and bemoaning the fact that he had to put out his "second…Fri Nov 29 1996 - 00:00
Great expectationsFROM their status as a new wave band who, as born-again-Christians, used to pray before gigs, to po-faced stadium rockers who…Sat Nov 23 1996 - 00:00
Unbearable lightness of being Day LewisPLAYING Hamlet at the National Theatre in London seven years ago, Daniel Day Lewis had an emotional breakdownSat Nov 23 1996 - 00:00
Doggy StyleTHE first two amendments to the US Constitution ensure the right to free speech and the right to bear arms; but it's debatable…Fri Nov 22 1996 - 00:00
Cool KatzNOW that they've taken Larry Sanders off our screens, the funniest programme on television is, Dr Katz: Professional Therapist…Sat Nov 09 1996 - 00:00
The Final ComingHE didn't know it then, but we know it now: it was a cultural moment, a moment when we generated our own icons and created our…Fri Nov 08 1996 - 00:00
Men of melodyIF you're looking for somebody with the same cross cultural songwriting appeal as Lennon McCartney, you won't be looking at Noel…Fri Nov 01 1996 - 00:00
Road to ruinIT'S not all sucking caviar and cocaine out of the belly buttons of naked young starletsFri Oct 25 1996 - 01:00
Band cancels tour over singer's healthTHE Cranberries have cancelled their upcoming European tour and suspended all operations for the foreseeable future in light …Fri Oct 18 1996 - 01:00
Mobile MobyFOR someone who started in punk, moved on to new wave and then got into hip hop via industrial music and reggae, before doing…Fri Oct 18 1996 - 01:00
JimeoinWHENEVER I see a comic reach for a guitar I reach for my gun and try to beat him to the drawMon Oct 14 1996 - 01:00
Live! Tonight! Sold Out!IF Unplugged In New York showed us where Nirvana were going musically, this new live album shows us where they were and what …Fri Oct 11 1996 - 01:00
Owen O'NeillQUITE remarkable really - while most comics delve into the outer limits of their imagination to come up with suitably fantastic…Tue Oct 08 1996 - 01:00
Where are they now?YOU know the way you're talking about them - that great first album, the single that should've been a hit but wasn't, first song…Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
Comedy with a caustic edgeIT'S only a hundred yards from the Comedy Cellar in Wicklow Street, where Ardal O'Hanlon first performed, to the Olympia in Dame…Sat Sept 28 1996 - 01:00
Nowt as queer as folkTen days ago, Oasis had sold three million copies of What's The Story? in Britain, Pulp had sold one million copies of Different…Fri Sept 20 1996 - 01:00
Festival fringe in comic form for Dublin happeningMORE anarchic and more says Jimmy Fay of Bedrock Theatre "Company, the people behind this year's Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival…Wed Sept 18 1996 - 01:00
In Our CityMANY were called - 1,200 to be precise - but few, if you can call 54 few, were chosen to play at In The City UnsignedFri Sept 13 1996 - 01:00
Oasis split seems definite, maybe, as Noel walks outROCK band Oasis seem likely to split after songwriter Noel Gallagher walked out during their US tour and returned to London last…Fri Sept 13 1996 - 01:00
Looking for the epicentreAFTER what's happened in Dublin, I'm ashamed of Manchester," says n The City's prime mover, Tony Wilson, about the reaction on…Wed Sept 11 1996 - 01:00
Pulp beat Oasis to album of year awardTHERE was major drama at the Mercury Music Prize awards in London last night when Pulp won the "album of the year" award ahead…Wed Sept 11 1996 - 01:00
Hormonally YoursIN this week's fun filled, adjective spewing column we examine the influence of Luke Kelly on one of today's hip young gunslingers…Fri Sept 06 1996 - 01:00
`Jokes? Sorry, I don't know any'YOU would think your average healthy young 24-year-old who has just won a big, screaming award would have better things to do…Sat Aug 31 1996 - 01:00
Having a good laugh in Britain at Irish jokeTHERE'S a gag tommy Tiernan does about what happened to him a few years ago in Navan when he approached the town's elders and…Tue Aug 27 1996 - 01:00
Irish comedians fizz at the festivalIRISH comic Dylan Moran has won the Perrier Prize at the Edinburgh Fringe FestivalMon Aug 26 1996 - 01:00
"Brilliant" Irish comedian wins the Perrier AwardIT was the day Dylan Moran lost, won, then re lost the Perrier AwardMon Aug 26 1996 - 01:00
We told you soTHE first four bands we got to know when we started doing this column all those years ago (yawn) were: The Frank and Walters, …Fri Aug 23 1996 - 01:00
Irish comic on shortlist for top Edinburgh Fringe awardIRISH comic Dylan Moran has been nominated for a Perrier award at the Edinburgh Fringe FestivalThu Aug 22 1996 - 01:00
Irish comics cut the FringeTHERE'S always some old git sitting in a pub, mumbling into his pint that "The Fringe isn't what it used to be" and this year…Thu Aug 22 1996 - 01:00
O'Hanlon `too big a star' for Edinburgh fringe festival awardTHE Irish comic, Ardal O'Hanlon, has been disqualified from the Perrier award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the grounds…Tue Aug 20 1996 - 01:00
Glorious badnessTHIRTY years ago, when Star Trek was pulled off the screens after its first the network responsible was innundated by mad fans…Sat Aug 17 1996 - 01:00
Lo fi liveYOU'VE got your work cut out with the American hardcore/alterno/guitar based crowd: for every "must have that" like Jane's Addiction…Fri Aug 16 1996 - 01:00
A taste of JamTHIS is true (for a change): two American kids in a record shop flicking through the albums arranged under "B"Fri Aug 09 1996 - 01:00
Stir FryILLUMINATED by the lights of the Custom House across the river, Stir Fry, the late Friday night comedy club, is putting its own…Mon Aug 05 1996 - 01:00
Mercury callingTHE bash to announce the short list for the Mercury Music Prize is always a bit of a laugh, more so if you do a bit of insider…Fri Aug 02 1996 - 01:00
Guy gets gardai's nodding approvalIF IT'S not pesky loyalists, it's ancient blues legends bringing our city to a standstill these daysSat Jul 20 1996 - 01:00
A Good Year For TroubleOF all the CBGBs set (Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie, Television et al) that she is still primarily remembered for, Patti Smith…Fri Jul 19 1996 - 01:00
Life imitates a sitcomGALWAY, 9 a.m. yesterday morning a man, handcuffed to a Special Branch officer, makes his weary way up the courtroom stepsTue Jul 16 1996 - 01:00
THE ALIENS ARE COMINGIT'S all over the Internet so it must be true aliens will be invading the earth within the next 18 months and they reckon they…Sat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
It's black and white and heard all overIT was some documentary years ago, can't remember how many, but Jimmy Page was yapping about the blues and all of that stuff …Fri Jul 12 1996 - 01:00
BritlitWHEN Irvine Welsh talks about doing "gigs" to promote his new book, you know we're only one Sunday supplement feature away from…Tue Jul 09 1996 - 01:00
No Sex Pistols here please, we're (Belfast) IrishTHEY'VE been physically assaulted by royalists and generally condemned from every wobbly pillar of the establishment, but punk…Sat Jul 06 1996 - 01:00
BritlitWHEN Irvine Welsh talks about doing "gigs" to promote his new book, you know we're only one Sunday supplement feature away from…Sat Jul 06 1996 - 01:00
Ban This FilthTHE sex is of the sado masochistic variety, the drugs of the class A variety and the rock `a' roll of the dirty, sleazy variety…Fri Jul 05 1996 - 01:00
Let's get one thing straightA HUSHED crowd watched as Stuart Pearce walked up to the spot to do his thingFri Jun 28 1996 - 01:00
The Sex PistolsTHE old (The Buzzcocks), the new (60 Ft Dolls), the borrowed (The Wildhearts) and the blue (Iggy Pop with his constant refrain…Tue Jun 25 1996 - 01:00
Label of LoveThey were all tousled hair, stripey T shirts and pointy boots as they walked around with their Big Star records under their arms…Fri Jun 21 1996 - 01:00
Sun and fun in city of the angelsWHEN Jim Morrisson's "bloody red sun of Phantastic LA" finally sets or when the San Andreas fault fulfils its potential by collapsing…Tue Jun 18 1996 - 01:00
