Every week Roisin Peddle takes a look at ten stories making the headlines here at Studenty.me. One of the silliest ads around at the moment is the one where the skydive instructor tells his bewildered skydivers to pull on the sheep clock which release their rubber duck and he’ll see them on the cupcake. In this spirit, I present a wide, diverse and even disparate group of articles for your edification this Sunday. (Can they tell I’ve ran out of ideas yet? Well, not if you don’t tell them- Ed). 1. [...]
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Studenty Sunday: Book-Learnin’ Edition
Every week Roisin Peddle takes a look at the stories that made the headlines here at Studenty.me this week… We put on our mortar-boards here at Studenty Towers this week, which means only one thing… It’s coming towards the end of another academic year and all that much nearer exams. Here are ten to make you laugh and think this Sunday. 1. Speaking of exams, they can’t be avoided. (Unless you’re an Arts student, boom boom). Jane Kearns arms you with the A to Z of exams. 2. Ever get [...]
Balcony TV: John Spillane
John Spillane, A Rock To Cling To “Everybody needs a rock to cling to,” croons John Spillane in his distinctive Cork tones. A song with John Spillane is like going into another, much nicer, world for all too brief a time. A singer, songwriter, poet and dreamer, John weaves beautiful soundscapes for his listeners to escape into. A Rock To Cling To is the title track of his seventh solo album. John is a passionate advocate of the Irish language, and he jokes that some people think that A Rock To Cling To [...]
The Week In Music
Eoghan O’Sullivan, who blogs about music at The Point Of Everything, takes us through the Irish music that’s been getting his ears all excited this week, as we enter March. Let’s start off in Cork shall we, where New York-born, Waterford-raised Sad Soul Circus resides. Known to his friends as Finn Yowell, he’s 19 and makes electronica not too far removed from Cork’s other stars Toby Kaar and (Eoghan) Reid. You may have already heard his first release, the excellent ‘Waves’, which you can download here, and this week we [...]
t_potcast – Week 3
We were delighted this week when Cork-born folk singer, Eleventy Four popped into the studio to chat to Tess and sing a couple of her heartfelt numbers for Studenty. As talented as she is lovely, Eleventy Four prides herself on her original and quirky folk music that is “half comedy and all heart”. t_potcast – Week 3 by Studenty.me If you would like to get involved with our Studenty Podcast, we would love to hear from you!
Whitney Houston found dead at age 48
Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48, her publicist Karen Foster confirmed. The L.A. Times reported that the singer was found dead in a hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday. News of the singer’s death spread rapidly across social networking sites and claimed every single spot on Twitter’s worldwide trending list. The circumstances surrounding her passing are still unclear but the Grammy Award-winning singer and actress had been pictured looking disheveled in recent days. Law enforcement officers said that there were no signs of foul play. [...]
Madonna’s spectacular Super Bowl success
Madonna’s half time show at the 2012 Bridgestone Super bowl really did prove she deserves to be considered one of the most influential and powerful women of all times. Her amazing halftime show was one of the best shows she performed as she sang a medley of her greatest hits to this day including ‘Vogue’ and ‘MUSIC.’ At 54 years of age, Madonna showed audiences all over the world that age is no adversity as she performed as if she was still in her twenties. Her young sidekicks including Nicki [...]
Top 10 Hottest Dead Rock Stars
right onto the HOTTEST DEAD ROCK STARS….another Top 10…another dive into the recesses of trash culture…to stave off silly inclinations of learning anything worthwhile…ah yes…let us together bask in the warm radiance of nonsense…well tis not nonsense really if your into the practice of reverence…and who doesn’t like to admire the great rock and rollas of years past…now long into the ground…to settle there first then spin endlessly when their music is covered by take that (are you fucking serious?)…in order to qualify for the TOP 10 HOTTEST DEAD ROCK [...]
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