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Otwo attempts: Solving the Financial Crisis
Tuesday, 7 Feb, 2012 – 23:52 | No Comment
Otwo attempts: Solving the Financial Crisis

Tired of the global economy’s woes , Cormac Duffy set out to save the day, creating history’s worst currency in the process.

The Duffington Post
Monday, 6 Feb, 2012 – 19:48 | No Comment
The Duffington Post

Could all music journalism soon be reduced to the length of a tweet? Cormac Duffy looks at Spin’s revelatory Twitter reviews.

Film Review – The Descendants
Friday, 27 Jan, 2012 – 21:49 | No Comment
Film Review – The Descendants

Title: The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Judy Greer
Release Date: Out Now
The only thing The Descendants has going against it, as it hits Irish theatres, is high expectations. Mercifully, if any film seems …

Cynical Optimist
Tuesday, 24 Jan, 2012 – 16:46 | No Comment
Cynical Optimist

Cynic in concert at The Village. Photographs courtesy of Luke Butt.

Cynic frontman and progressive metal icon Paul Masvidal talks to Cormac Duffy about spirituality, side projects, and being in a band since elementary school

They see me Rollins, they hatin’
Friday, 20 Jan, 2012 – 1:59 | No Comment
They see me Rollins, they hatin’

Hardcore hero turned spoken word performer Henry Rollins speaks to Cormac Duffy about serving his audience, working with National Geographic, and why he’s not returning to music anytime soon

In his thirty-year career, Henry Rollins has …

The Duffington Post – 17/1/2012
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 13:47 | No Comment
The Duffington Post – 17/1/2012

Is your New Year’s resolution to be more of bandwagon-hopping trend junkie? Good. Let noted seer Cormac Duffy give you a head start
Despite the accepted logic, lists of predictions for the year ahead in music …

CD Review: Les Voyages de l’Âme
Thursday, 12 Jan, 2012 – 13:00 | No Comment
CD Review: Les Voyages de l’Âme

Artist: Alcest
Album: Les Voyages de l’Âme
Rating: A-
There is a strong case to be argued that Alcest should be one of the earth’s biggest metal acts. This isn’t down to their perfection of the genre, but …

A year in review: The best albums of 2011
Friday, 30 Dec, 2011 – 8:00 | Comments Off
A year in review: The best albums of 2011

If you’re still not sure what music you should have been listening to over the past twelve months, Cormac Duffy is here to bring you up to speed before the year is out.

Duffington Post – 29/11/2011
Tuesday, 29 Nov, 2011 – 5:05 | Comments Off
Duffington Post – 29/11/2011

This fortnight, our resident music nerd Cormac Duffy looks back on a week that shook the music industry
Stuck in a drought of new music, combined with the depressing combination of impending exams and the mid-season …

Septic Bank
Thursday, 17 Nov, 2011 – 15:06 | Comments Off
Septic Bank

With the first batch of the controversial Anglo-Irish Bonds now matured and paid, Cormac Duffy argues that it was not so much a necessary evil as a coerced one.

The Duffington Post
Tuesday, 15 Nov, 2011 – 13:32 | Comments Off
The Duffington Post

With the MTV European Music Awards having packed up and left Belfast, Cormac Duffy looks back on the annual feast of cringe and confusion

CD Review: Camp
Tuesday, 15 Nov, 2011 – 13:26 | Comments Off
CD Review: Camp

Album: Camp
Artist: Childish Gambino
Grade: B-

Head to Head: Should we have to pay for our education?
Saturday, 12 Nov, 2011 – 16:56 | Comments Off
Head to Head: Should we have to pay for our education?

NO: Cormac Duffy
Another year, another impending student march and the reprise of the fees debate. When all of us are living a constant state of insecurity and uncertainty about how much our education could cost …

We Are Amused
Friday, 11 Nov, 2011 – 18:40 | One Comment
We Are Amused

Throwing Muses front woman Kirstin Hersh speaks with Cormac Duffy about the “cringe” of nostalgia, writing her memoir and art for art’s sake.

Otwo Attempts: Occupying the SU Corridor
Friday, 11 Nov, 2011 – 18:37 | Comments Off
Otwo Attempts: Occupying the SU Corridor

While ‘Occupy’ protests have taken place across the globe, Belfield has been anything but void of revolutionary action. Our resident insurgent Cormac Duffy gives an insight into UCD’s own rebellion

The Full Irish #2
Wednesday, 26 Oct, 2011 – 19:38 | Comments Off
The Full Irish #2

The old curse of the Irish is that we can never make it in life until we pack up for foreign shores. Whether it’s Wilde on the West End, Beckett in Paris or the millions …

The Hot 8 Brass Band
Thursday, 20 Oct, 2011 – 18:18 | Comments Off
The Hot 8 Brass Band

The Hot 8 Brass Band speak to Cormac Duffy about personal tragedy, community activism and appearing on Tremé

The Duffington Post
Thursday, 20 Oct, 2011 – 13:12 | Comments Off
The Duffington Post

In this installment, Cormac Duffy ponders how record stores hold such appeal despite having numerous flaws