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BRAINSKIP 11 – ACCORDING TO WIKILEAKS, THERE IS NO SANTA! In honour of this weeks star of the show, Julian Assange, (Assange derived from the Australian, Ass-Anger –which translates to In Your Face World!!!) was released on bail in London this week after accusations of sexual assault in Sweden for having unprotected sex (very catholic […]

BRAINSKIP  – THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO PROTESTS This year has been quite the year for protests across the world, but this week, protesters appeared to up their game. BrainSkip has decided to take a look at the moment that people crack, when they decide that whatever misery they’ve been enduring has been exceeded by some […]

SNOW BRAINSKIP, SNOW WAY! One of the most peaceful times on earth is when the snow falls (except in North Korea, there is no word for peacetime in North Korea, there is only bombing the crap out of everyone, and waiting to bomb the crap out of everyone). It slows everybody down. Strangers talk to […]

THANKSGIVING FOR BLACK FRIDAY! Right now, there’s very little to give thanks about in our fair country so I’m going to look across the ocean to our American friends who are giving Thanks this week to their Native American ancestors for peacefully accommodating the ever expanding needs of the pilgrim. That’s about as much spin […]

BRAINSKIP 7 – WHAT HAVE THE GERMANS EVER DONE FOR US? So, in the week that Ireland ceases to be a republic and now has all the the sovereignty of Liechtenstein, it’s time for us to reflect on what sort of cultural shift is about to take place as we align ourselves with our new […]

BRAINSKIP 6 – YIPPEE-KI-YAY PROFESSOR SNAPE! This weeks BrainSkip is dedicated to things Rickman! In honour of two encounters with the Anglo-Villain himself, the first when he walked into a Dublin restaurant and sat down next to me, causing me to nearly utter the words above. The second encounter was watching him perform at the […]

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT. (AREN’T THEY??) Last week saw the release of perhaps the finest mainstream Sperm-donor/love triangle/Modern lesbian mother’s drama of all time. OK, you’re right, it may be the only film of its kind… With a cast that screams “Oscars, Over here”, the film stars Annette Benning, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo (How […]

SEE – SAW So, it’s Halloween, Will you (a) sit around and tell each other ghost stories, (b) watch a mildly scary movie where the heroine survives after being chased around by some masked freak, (or there’s probably an old episode of Sex and the City which has the same thing) or (c) would you […]

BrainSkip 3 -Shakespearean Scale Betrayal and Sport. Discuss! ROONEY So, in honour of the week that Wayne Rooney turned into the latest Iago of premiership football, unhappy with his quadzillion pounds a week for kicking a pigs bladder around a pitch, threatening to leave United before eventually signing a new deal, while on the verge […]

THE SOCIAL NETWORK – ALL THINGS AARON SORKIN AND DAVID FINCHER The Social Network is released this week, bringing together the very different talents of David Fincher, Director of modern classics such as Seven, Zodiac and Fight Club and Aaron Sorkin, Writer and Creator of The West Wing to tell the story of Facebook. Ok, […]

GOLF  – I KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I’D WRITE ABOUT IT EITHER!

James Bond, Licensed to Act! As the latest Bond adventure is stalled, due to legal wranglings,Keith, takes a look at Craig’s acting credentials he’ll have to lean on while he waits for the dust to settle. The Scene: A dark interior – dusty, sinister, without a single shaft of sunlight. Suddenly, a figure, dressed in […]

Comedian Keith Farnan on the death penalty Is having a laugh really the best way to raise awareness of the inequities of the US death penalty? Comedian Keith Farnan thinks so, and pleads his case (being Irish helps apparently…) I recently became quite adept at causing abrupt changes in people’s facial expressions. I can cause […]

This is only my third Edinburgh Festival and it seems like a lifetime ago when I did my first one two years ago, and yet I’ve  noticed a pattern emerging in the past few years in conversations with most Standups. When asked whether they are doing Edinburgh, several comedians who are not doing it respond […]