Reeling in the Years is one of the best ideas for a show RTÉ has ever had. Looking back through all the years of recorded and archived footage can really highlight how have we have come as a nation and also as a planet.
The 2016 edition will be a marathon and slug to get through, and Rio 2016 will dominate it.
Another miserable Irish summer, another TV series on Netflix to splurge on.
To start binging on The Clone Wars made sense to me, because I’m back in. I’ve become an addict to Star Wars once again. It happens in waves, the last one was some time ago, possibly around the release of Revenge of the Sith. That was a whole ten years ago, which freaks me out a little. I remember seeing it, and the two before it, in the cinema. So many years ago now. I’m getting old.
With The Force Awakens being unleashed on us this December, beginning the brand new steamrolling of Star Wars all over the world with Disney at the helm, I wanted to get back into the groove. Watching The Clone Wars seemed the best way to do that.
I planned on this being a review of the Fleetwood Mac concert in Dublin’s 3Arena, but after being there, I found I couldn’t do that. I just wanted to gush, to try and put into words how much I goddamn love this band.
Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe
The whole Apple Music launch was long expected, and as much a dud as people expected too. It’s pretty samey as every other streaming service out there. $x a month, 30 million+ songs, a nice app, contention from the artists, we’ve seen that all before from Spotify, Pandora et al.
The one thing that really stood out was Beats 1. It’s a radio station. That seemed like an odd statement. In this age of streaming and listening to what you want whenever you want. You have no control over what is played on radio, that’s the DJ’s job. All you can do to change it is to tune out.
Another E3 has come and nearly gone. The week where the gamers of the world, though that’s not seen as a derogatory title to some, come together and say “yeah, we love all these damn worlds”.
Ireland has had an awful run of it recently. From State finances going kablammo to the nation realising that our past has many skeletons and dark times, we’ve had very little to be optimistic.
Today, I’m so happy that changed.
The Excuse Exchange 