I went out with a girl 25 years ago who was anorexic. Social media isnāt the cause of it.
You calling her fat probably didnāt help
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Jo Brand thinks she anorexic. Every time she looks in the mirror she thinks sheās fat.
Itās a disease but some people are too ignorant to see it as such
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Would you not just ate a bit?
Wow. Over 30 years ago.
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Ah thatās a great clip. A couple of quite beautiful girls in it.
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The girl at 1m45 would have set my teenage heart a flutter
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I enjoyed that! I wanted to be a Cure head around that time but my Ma wouldnāt let me. There was a night club in Christchurch cathedral that was full of Cureheads that played great music. Also McGonagles up off Grafton st would have good indie bands on. Dublin nightlife was dog rough at that time with fights a regular occurrence in most pubs and Clubs. The Cureheads and Indie music types tended to be gentle souls as you can see from the clip.
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It seems so familiar even though itās a long time ago. I was an indie kid. Iād come home with a sillier hairstyle each week. Then we saw the Charlatans and decided to grow our fringes. I thought Tim Burgess hair in the The Only one I know video was the best hair Iād ever seen. I still do.
It was a great time to be that age looking back. It was shit but it was great.
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. In a nutshell
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At the time, well maybe a few years before this time, really good bands would come to Dublin and play small venues, like the Ramones playing the State Cinema in Phibsboro, the Damned and the Cramps playing the TV Club and as you say any number of good bands playing McGonagles. The SFX was also a great venue on the North Side and Sonic Youth and Nirvana did a double bill in the Top Hat. Aside from Mastodon playing the Academy 4 or 5 years ago I canāt think of a top top band playing a smaller venue in Dublin in the last decade. Itās all the 3 Arena and Festivals now.
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The Baggot Inn had a few good bands too. The SFX had big bands playing when I lived in Dublin, but was living on fifty quid a week so couldnāt really afford it.
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The SFX was a great spot. Saw My Bloody Valentine and Nick Cave there on successive Thursdays in 1992.
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As a teenager my cousins used to bring me to all the music pubs around Dublin when Iād be up for a visit. Donāt remember the names but was there a biker pub in that used have a motor bike hanging off the wall. Might have been the drugs they were giving me. We were in Fibbers one night and the cous tells me to mind his pint, by the time Iād asked him where he was going the pint was gone. Funnily enough they didnāt steal my roaster coat.
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The Olympia has fairly great gigs regularly. Iāve seen some really great hip hop gigs in the academy and the sugar club.
Itās a real pity that small venues donāt get those type of bands anymore. Maybe the landscape will change for the better post pandemic. Some gigs I remember from that period. The Housemartins and The Communards in SFX. The Cult and Transvision Vamp in McGonagles. I remember David Bowie playing The Baggott Inn with Tin machine though it was invite only or something.
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The SFX and the National Stadium. Great memories of the off Licence across the road from the National stadium. Youād get served handy enough at 15. Weād head off at 4 oāclock for a gig at 8 āto get pizzaā load up on about 4 or 5 cans of Budweiser and be banjoed.
Nirvana played the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in 1991 a month before Smells like teen spirit was released. Edit - I see @Fagan_ODowd mentioned that
Why are they all posh?
I saw The Roots in the Olympia. Does that make me cool?