In case you were wondering...

....why this has been a bit of a graveyard posts wise it's because my main job over the last few months (alongside DJ stuff and other freelance things) has been writing for DailyEdge.ie

I'm writing about pop culture stuff, internet things people are obsessing over and other stuff in that vein.

You can click here to see all the stuff I've written so far should you want a browse. And it's worth keeping tabs on The Daily Edge generally too for an Irish slant on pop culture and the web.

There's still the small matter of my GCN music work too whether you wanna check out this month's issue and my music page (and some brilliant new columnists) and the music posts on the site. They've added lots and lots of content online and given that GCN just hit 25 years going (!) it's amazing to see them offer up even more for their readers.

I'm beavering away on ideas to get this blog going a bit more regularly but do say hello on Twitter should you feel the need.

Following Fade Street

This year saw a TV event for the ages. Finally Ireland got it's own version of The Hills. Fade Street arrived ahead of huge press attention in November and soon became one of the most talked about Irish TV shows of the year. By now we've had YouTube spoofs, a parody comic, hilarious blogs dedicated to it and of course my little spoof show. I've been doing Following Fade Street, a online show dissecting the series, for every episode and it has been loads of fun.

The videos go up on RTE.ie straight after the episode every Thursday (the show is moving to a new time in the New Year. Exciting) and we've been popping them up on YouTube too. The lastest episode is below. At this point, I have to thank everyone at Straywave Media, especially Jessie Ward who does a fine job of making me and the show look good every week. And to everyone who has said nice things about the show this year, thank you very much!

The plan is to do another 6 episodes in the New Year as all the Fade Street fun unfolds, so keep your eyes peeled for more on the antics of cast of everybody's favourite reality show. 

While we wait, check out the rest of Following Fade Street and this hilarious YouTube clip, probably my favourite bit of web parody I've seen yet. Brilliant:

Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum Hits Irish Screens

I mentioned I was working on a TV3 show throughout September and now that it's about to air TONIGHT nothing like giving it a little mention here. The show is Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum, an Irish version of the hit BBC 3 series where 8 young people who can't fend for themselves attempt to do so in a house away from their parents. The twist is that the parents are in the show too, watching as they undertake job tasks, chores etc before deciding who has to leave.

The show kicks off tonight, post Glee and will air over the next few weeks. Check out more on TV3's official site and let me know what you think of the show in the comments section below.

Ciara "Work" Video : FIERCE times a billion.

Ciara just "dropped" her new video "Work" ft. Missy Elliot this week. And I love it!

The word fierce is a now huge cliche. and this video doesn't really do anything new. But my god, it is good. It gets the frenetic nutty energy of the track perfectly. It feels like an edgy fashion mag photoshoot bashed together with a sexy dance video. Ciara looks STUNNING (the whole Fantasy Ride campaign has felt like a class in "Why Ciara is actually gorgeous") and there hasn't been a pop video with as much jiggling as this in quite awhile. This had better be a smash, and if it does I expect freaky eye wear and Missy's sequin suit to become fashion must haves.

All the ladies on the floor, you betta work: