The Sigla Blog

Organic Vegetables do Star Wars. I really can’t say anything about this other than it’s pure genius and you have to watch it. The pic left to right is Chewbroccoli, Cuc Skywalker, Obi Wan Cannoli and Ham Solo.

Kraftwerk
Minimum Maximum ****
Two years ago during a long spell in hospital, my brother who was living in Australia, would ring me every day to see how I was doing. One fateful day called to say he was at a Kraftwerk gig in Sydney, knowing I was also a fan. He called during ‘The Model’, and […]

Last night at The Las , I spotted two different people smoking, which isn’t a big deal of course. In fact, I felt strangely impressed for some reason, like a smoker’s revolution was starting up before my very eyes. As one friend pointed out, some people now stare at smokers breaking the […]

Of all the gigs going on as part of BudRising, The La’s was the one I was most looking forward to. The band haven’t played here very much (Feile in ‘91 and one other gig in Ireland) as they’ve been dogged by problems. Singer Lee Mavers has suffered from bouts of chronic stagefright […]

Well George Bush has finally revealed how much he’s going to give to Africa in aid. Trillions? Billions? No. A measly, scabby 370 million dollars. So the US’ total donation is pretty much the same as the amount that one of the US army super-duper-can’t-go-out-in-the-rain-because-it-fecks-up-the-cloaking-device planes costs.
Nice. Real nice.

When it was announced that Madonna was to play Slane last year, the Slane massive grumbled about the fact that she was a ‘pop’ act. The problem with this is that up until Madge’s gig there, Slane was the reserve of big rock bands. Despite the moans, she strutted and warbled her way through […]