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Boxing Clever – The Wire
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2011 – 14:04 | Comments Off
Boxing Clever – The Wire

The Wire has grown on Diarmuid Carter, and now it will grow on you

Music: Write Like Apes
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2011 – 14:03 | Comments Off
Music: Write Like Apes

In their final O-two column, Fight Like Apes give their thanks to you, the reader and hope to keep you satisfied with a quick quiz. There are prizes, apparently

Music: Songs to emigrate to
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2011 – 14:03 | Comments Off
Music: Songs to emigrate to

With his suitcase packed and a plane ticket to New Zealand in his pocket, Joe Munnelly gives us his soundtrack for leaving the country…if he was leaving the country

Fashion: The queen of beauty
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2011 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Fashion: The queen of beauty

With the passing of Elizabeth Taylor, Lorraine Haigney looks at a long career that defined fashion

Show Patrol
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2011 – 13:58 | Comments Off
Show Patrol

Show Patrol

Music: Write Like Apes
Tuesday, 1 Mar, 2011 – 14:03 | Comments Off
Music: Write Like Apes

In between gigs and slurping down Solpadine, Fight Like Apes’ Pockets takes a trip to the cinema where they encounter the Devil, Anthony Hopkins…and a horse named Paul

TV: Boxing Clever – The Sopranos
Tuesday, 1 Mar, 2011 – 14:02 | Comments Off
TV: Boxing Clever – The Sopranos

Believe the hype. The Sopranos is second to none as far as DVD boxsets are concerned, writes Diarmuid Carter

A sheen of excellence
Wednesday, 16 Feb, 2011 – 1:10 | Comments Off
A sheen of excellence

Following his appearance in UCD, Gillian Temple talks to Michael Sheen about his recent film with Woody Allen and his hilarious stint on 30 Rock

Please Talk!
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:03 | Comments Off
Please Talk!

What is your worst Valentine’s Day memory?

Catherine Murnane, 2nd Year Law with Politics – I got a card from a secret admirer and cried for an hour thinking I had a stalker. It was from …

Music: Write Like Apes
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:02 | Comments Off
Music: Write Like Apes

This fortnight, May Kay discusses touring, filming, and their continuing obsession with Solpadine

TV: Boxing Clever – The West Wing
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:00 | Comments Off
TV: Boxing Clever – The West Wing

Watching the West Wing makes you a better person and the right to be snobbish towards non-subscribers to its cult beliefs, writes Dermot O’Rourke

Show Patrol
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 17:59 | Comments Off
Show Patrol

Gig listings

Soapbox
Tuesday, 1 Feb, 2011 – 14:01 | One Comment
Soapbox

The doom and gloom of UCD’s appearance has finally tripped a switch in Laura O’Connor’s head as she rants and raves

Music: Write Like Apes
Tuesday, 1 Feb, 2011 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Music: Write Like Apes

This fortnight, Pockets examines the bonkers world of celebrity-related conspiracies and shell suits

Film: True filmmaking
Tuesday, 1 Feb, 2011 – 13:59 | Comments Off
Film: True filmmaking

Title: True Grit
Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin
Release Date: February 11th
Has the Dude abandoned his dressing gown and white Russian for gun slinging and eye patches? In True …

Campus Bands Questionnaire
Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2011 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Campus Bands Questionnaire

Rachel Boyle of Morning Hush tells o-two how the band are not exactly stereotypical rock musicians and why the soup in UCD is incomparable

Show Patrol
Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2011 – 13:59 | Comments Off
Show Patrol

Show Patrol: 18th January – 31st January

Letter from the eds
Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2011 – 13:59 | Comments Off
Letter from the eds

Jai Ho readers,
It’s the new year if you haven’t already realised. The best way to notice that we have started a new 365-day cycle is to observe the sudden rise in people making ridiculous resolutions …