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Blather.net's Map of the Weird
Posted by damien at 10:33 AM on March 28, 2008
View Larger Map For the last eleven years (yes, that's eleven) we here at Blather have been keeping track of every lake monster, UFO sighting, satanist, pornographer, ghost, exorcism, banshee attack, ABC sighting, religious quack, police state action, alien abduction and friendly neighbourhood Kangaroo that we can scribble down in this here site. But the truth is, there's such an abundance of these bloody things that keeping track of them has become somewhat problematic. Until now. So allow us reader dear, to present 'Blather.net's Map of the Weird', a first public presentation of what will become an ever-growing, all-encompassing cartographic apocalypse of filth, depravity, smut and forteana.
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Posted by damien at 10:33 AM on March 28, 2008
View Larger Map For the last eleven years (yes, that's eleven) we here at Blather have been keeping track of every lake monster, UFO sighting, satanist, pornographer, ghost, exorcism, banshee attack, ABC sighting, religious quack, police state action, alien abduction and friendly neighbourhood Kangaroo that we can scribble down in this here site. But the truth is, there's such an abundance of these bloody things that keeping track of them has become somewhat problematic. Until now. So allow us reader dear, to present 'Blather.net's Map of the Weird', a first public presentation of what will become an ever-growing, all-encompassing cartographic apocalypse of filth, depravity, smut and forteana.
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Zeitgeist: The Movie, 9/11, Andrew Keen and the impossible search for 'the truth'
Posted by damien at 4:10 PM on December 17, 2007
In February 2007, Blather.net issued a challenge to the 9/11 Truth Movement. We said: "It's time to up the game. Time to get better. Time to write better blogs, make better movies and ask better questions. We're sorry, but Loose Change and the 9/11 conspiracy theorists are just not doing that right now." But now, it seems, somebody has upped the game: one Peter Joseph. His film, 'Zeitgeist: The Movie', is a gripping triumph of film-making. But more than just adding to the 911 debate, his movie is something else - an artefact which simultaneously validates and rubbishes the claims of Andrew Keen: that the web is in the hands of idiots who are systematically destroying 'the truth'.
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Posted by damien at 4:10 PM on December 17, 2007
In February 2007, Blather.net issued a challenge to the 9/11 Truth Movement. We said: "It's time to up the game. Time to get better. Time to write better blogs, make better movies and ask better questions. We're sorry, but Loose Change and the 9/11 conspiracy theorists are just not doing that right now." But now, it seems, somebody has upped the game: one Peter Joseph. His film, 'Zeitgeist: The Movie', is a gripping triumph of film-making. But more than just adding to the 911 debate, his movie is something else - an artefact which simultaneously validates and rubbishes the claims of Andrew Keen: that the web is in the hands of idiots who are systematically destroying 'the truth'.
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Anarchy on the High Seas
Posted by daev at 4:32 AM on December 3, 2007
© Dave Walsh
Dave and Mir tell of pirate hideaways from on board the Esperanza:
The other day our ship, the Esperanza passed near the island of Sonsorol, one of the sixteen states of the Republic of Palau. But when we say "near" it's very relative - the ocean is a very very big place, and we didn't actually see it. Still, Sonsorol was there, just a tiny dot in the chart, so small. It could have been just a rock. But it is also the place of an utopian anarchist dream.
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Posted by daev at 4:32 AM on December 3, 2007
© Dave Walsh
Dave and Mir tell of pirate hideaways from on board the Esperanza:
The other day our ship, the Esperanza passed near the island of Sonsorol, one of the sixteen states of the Republic of Palau. But when we say "near" it's very relative - the ocean is a very very big place, and we didn't actually see it. Still, Sonsorol was there, just a tiny dot in the chart, so small. It could have been just a rock. But it is also the place of an utopian anarchist dream.
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Blather meets Out There Radio
Posted by damien at 10:00 AM on September 26, 2007
'Out There Radio' is the brainchild of Messrs. Joe McFall and Raymond Wiley. Broadcasting from Athens, Georgia and touching on every form of conspiracy theory and fortean phenomena imaginable, 'Out There' is an excellent podcast, covering ground that should be quite familiar to readers of Blather.net. We recently caught up with Joe McFall and invited him to introduce himself and 'Out There' to Blatherskites.
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Posted by damien at 10:00 AM on September 26, 2007
'Out There Radio' is the brainchild of Messrs. Joe McFall and Raymond Wiley. Broadcasting from Athens, Georgia and touching on every form of conspiracy theory and fortean phenomena imaginable, 'Out There' is an excellent podcast, covering ground that should be quite familiar to readers of Blather.net. We recently caught up with Joe McFall and invited him to introduce himself and 'Out There' to Blatherskites.
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Waking the Dead: The Mummies of Saint Michan's Church, Dublin
Posted by daev at 11:21 AM on August 25, 2007
Once again the Blather team lead their readers into a dark corner to show them disturbing things. This time, Dave descends below Dublin's oldest church, St. Michan's, to see the famous "mummies" - ancient cadavers that have dried out rather than rotted, and to pull the Crusader's finger. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust - you've been warned, potentially unsavoury photographs to follow...
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Posted by daev at 11:21 AM on August 25, 2007
Once again the Blather team lead their readers into a dark corner to show them disturbing things. This time, Dave descends below Dublin's oldest church, St. Michan's, to see the famous "mummies" - ancient cadavers that have dried out rather than rotted, and to pull the Crusader's finger. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust - you've been warned, potentially unsavoury photographs to follow...
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Waking the Dead: Charles Fort's Grave - Albany, New York
Posted by daev at 12:35 AM on May 10, 2007
You just can't keep us out of graveyards here on blather.net. This season sees us dashing around the New World, inquiring into the whereabouts of the corpse of that irascible iconoclast, Charles Hoy Fort, father of fortean studies and teleportation.
It's 11am on the 29th day of April and I'm surrounded by dead people. I can't see any of them. The year, 2007, Gregorian, 5767 Hebrew, 1428 Islamic, 1386 Persian. In the Julian calendar it's 13 days earlier... sort of. In any case, it's heading for midday, Eastern Standard Time, if you believe in that kind of thing.
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Posted by daev at 12:35 AM on May 10, 2007
You just can't keep us out of graveyards here on blather.net. This season sees us dashing around the New World, inquiring into the whereabouts of the corpse of that irascible iconoclast, Charles Hoy Fort, father of fortean studies and teleportation.
It's 11am on the 29th day of April and I'm surrounded by dead people. I can't see any of them. The year, 2007, Gregorian, 5767 Hebrew, 1428 Islamic, 1386 Persian. In the Julian calendar it's 13 days earlier... sort of. In any case, it's heading for midday, Eastern Standard Time, if you believe in that kind of thing.
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Waking the Dead: Burke and Hare
Posted by damien at 8:49 AM on January 29, 2007
178 years ago today, an Irishman named William Burke was executed in Edinburgh, Scotland. You may never have heard of him, but at the time of his death he was infamous: 'This day, Wednesday 28th Jan, 1829, William Burke underwent the last sentence of the law, for the murder of Mrs Docherty, one of the victims of the West Port Tragedies. At an early hour, the spacious street where the scaffold was erected, was crowded to excess ; and all the windows which could command a view, were previously bespoken, and high prices given for them.'
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Posted by damien at 8:49 AM on January 29, 2007
178 years ago today, an Irishman named William Burke was executed in Edinburgh, Scotland. You may never have heard of him, but at the time of his death he was infamous: 'This day, Wednesday 28th Jan, 1829, William Burke underwent the last sentence of the law, for the murder of Mrs Docherty, one of the victims of the West Port Tragedies. At an early hour, the spacious street where the scaffold was erected, was crowded to excess ; and all the windows which could command a view, were previously bespoken, and high prices given for them.'
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Blast from the past: Cannonballs from the sky
Posted by daev at 4:32 PM on November 15, 2006
In October 1997, a mystery cannonball tore through the walls of a Missouri mobile home. Nobody knew where it came from, or who fired. We wrote some crazy stuff about it, here on blather.net. Now it's come back to haunt us... The owner of the mobile home, Kathy J. Mickelson, emailed blather.net, telling her side of the story. The "cannonball" was no such thing - in fact, it was a massive spudgun.
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Posted by daev at 4:32 PM on November 15, 2006
In October 1997, a mystery cannonball tore through the walls of a Missouri mobile home. Nobody knew where it came from, or who fired. We wrote some crazy stuff about it, here on blather.net. Now it's come back to haunt us... The owner of the mobile home, Kathy J. Mickelson, emailed blather.net, telling her side of the story. The "cannonball" was no such thing - in fact, it was a massive spudgun.
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To Hell or Howth: The Hostel of the Red God
Posted by daev at 9:49 PM on October 30, 2006
Halloween Special: This is an expanded version of an article I had published recently, as part of the programme for Conor McPherson's play The Seafarer, currently being staged at the National Theatre in London. I was asked to write a piece dealing with the mythology of Howth and places in the Dublin landscape. I soon discovered a sinister relationship between some of these places...
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Posted by daev at 9:49 PM on October 30, 2006
Halloween Special: This is an expanded version of an article I had published recently, as part of the programme for Conor McPherson's play The Seafarer, currently being staged at the National Theatre in London. I was asked to write a piece dealing with the mythology of Howth and places in the Dublin landscape. I soon discovered a sinister relationship between some of these places...
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Waking the Dead: Bitton Train Graveyard
Posted by damien at 12:43 PM on September 5, 2006
Bitton Train Graveyard can be found just outside Bristol city. The rusted remains found there are a fragmentary glimpse of another age, a lost time, when the singular vision of a man called Isambard Kingdom Brunel re-shaped the very landscape and cities of England.
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Posted by damien at 12:43 PM on September 5, 2006
Bitton Train Graveyard can be found just outside Bristol city. The rusted remains found there are a fragmentary glimpse of another age, a lost time, when the singular vision of a man called Isambard Kingdom Brunel re-shaped the very landscape and cities of England.
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The Pyramids of Güímar, Tenerife
Posted by daev at 8:28 PM on August 3, 2006
(Canary Islands, Spain) Dave finally gets his arse in gear, and posts photographs from his visit to the mysterious ancient Pyramids of Güímar in the Canary Islands.
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Posted by daev at 8:28 PM on August 3, 2006
(Canary Islands, Spain) Dave finally gets his arse in gear, and posts photographs from his visit to the mysterious ancient Pyramids of Güímar in the Canary Islands.
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An average day at the National Museum of Ireland
Posted by damien at 4:41 PM on July 28, 2006
(DUBLIN) Lost biblical artefacts. Dire warnings from the past. Stolen Nazi loot. Interfering government ministers. Archaeologists in fetching hats. Any of this starting to sound familar?
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Posted by damien at 4:41 PM on July 28, 2006
(DUBLIN) Lost biblical artefacts. Dire warnings from the past. Stolen Nazi loot. Interfering government ministers. Archaeologists in fetching hats. Any of this starting to sound familar?
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Diggin' in the Dirt: Niall (sausage the third)
Posted by ender at 11:03 AM on July 6, 2006
Continuing with Blather.net's in-depth investigation of the infamous fifth-century thug and womaniser, our grave-robber in residence Ender digs deeper into the history of Niall of the Nine Hostages and discovers some good old-fashioned Irish skullduggery.
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Posted by ender at 11:03 AM on July 6, 2006
Continuing with Blather.net's in-depth investigation of the infamous fifth-century thug and womaniser, our grave-robber in residence Ender digs deeper into the history of Niall of the Nine Hostages and discovers some good old-fashioned Irish skullduggery.
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The Return of the Dalkey Baby
Posted by damien at 12:05 PM on June 17, 2006
For several weeks in the summer of 2005, the Irish media indulged itself in a feeding frenzy of tabloid-like hysteria surounding the gruesome story of 'Niamh' (now identified as 'Cynthia Owen') who claimed that she had been the victim of abuse by an organised cabal of child-molesters. This resulted in her becoming pregnant whilst still a child herself - a crime allegedly faciliated by her parents. 'Niamh' then claimed to have watched as her new-born infant was stabbed to death with a knitting needle.
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Posted by damien at 12:05 PM on June 17, 2006
For several weeks in the summer of 2005, the Irish media indulged itself in a feeding frenzy of tabloid-like hysteria surounding the gruesome story of 'Niamh' (now identified as 'Cynthia Owen') who claimed that she had been the victim of abuse by an organised cabal of child-molesters. This resulted in her becoming pregnant whilst still a child herself - a crime allegedly faciliated by her parents. 'Niamh' then claimed to have watched as her new-born infant was stabbed to death with a knitting needle.
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That Whole Father Pat Noise Phenomenon on Dublin's O'Connell Bridge
Posted by daev at 10:19 PM on May 16, 2006
In which the Count O'Blather tells of his great friendship with the late Fr Pat Noise, who died in suspicious circumstances when his carriage plunged into the Liffey in 1919.
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Posted by daev at 10:19 PM on May 16, 2006
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Fortean Times Uncon 2006
Posted by damien at 11:08 AM on May 2, 2006
Black magic theatre, 1920's horror movies, pony-tails, waistcoats, murdered Prime ministers, ghost hunting gear, drummers of the Damned and a lot of hot air about some dead Italian artist and his poxy code...
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Posted by damien at 11:08 AM on May 2, 2006
Black magic theatre, 1920's horror movies, pony-tails, waistcoats, murdered Prime ministers, ghost hunting gear, drummers of the Damned and a lot of hot air about some dead Italian artist and his poxy code...
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Diggin in the Dirt: Niall (sausage the second)
Posted by ender at 10:49 AM on April 17, 2006
Continuing with the detailed exploration of Ireland's most amorous homicidal maniac, Niall of the Nine Sausages, Blather.net's graverobber in residence, Ender Wiggan, delves deeper into the sources behind the story of Niall.
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Posted by ender at 10:49 AM on April 17, 2006
Continuing with the detailed exploration of Ireland's most amorous homicidal maniac, Niall of the Nine Sausages, Blather.net's graverobber in residence, Ender Wiggan, delves deeper into the sources behind the story of Niall.
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Happiness: The Chinese zombie ships of West Africa
Posted by daev at 4:30 PM on March 30, 2006
Right now, I'm on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, off the coast of West Africa, working on a pirate fishing campaign. It's been an expedition of extremes - the beauty of nature, and the harshness of human existence. Last week we visited an anchored fleet of rusting Chinese vessels, with marooned fisherman on board...
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Diggin in the Dirt: Niall of the Nine Sausages (sausage the first)
Posted by ender at 2:12 PM on March 3, 2006
Welcome to Diggin in the Dirt: a new series of articles exploring all matters archaeological and historical, brought to you by archaeologist of the damned and Blather's grave-robber in residence, Ender Wiggan. Excavations shall commence with a study of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the infamous 5th century warlord and serial-knobber.
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Posted by ender at 2:12 PM on March 3, 2006
Welcome to Diggin in the Dirt: a new series of articles exploring all matters archaeological and historical, brought to you by archaeologist of the damned and Blather's grave-robber in residence, Ender Wiggan. Excavations shall commence with a study of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the infamous 5th century warlord and serial-knobber.
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The Hellfire Club Tunnels and Caves, West Wycombe
Posted by daev at 11:39 PM on February 17, 2006
In yet another episode in a never-ending series, blather.net returns to the lair of the English Hellfire Club - Sir Francis Dashwood's party-house at Medmenham Abbey, and the fantastically kitsch tunnels in West Wycombe.
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Posted by daev at 11:39 PM on February 17, 2006
In yet another episode in a never-ending series, blather.net returns to the lair of the English Hellfire Club - Sir Francis Dashwood's party-house at Medmenham Abbey, and the fantastically kitsch tunnels in West Wycombe.
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Waking the Dead: Standing on the bones of Irish giants
Posted by damien at 9:05 PM on February 9, 2006
Seven foot six and eight foot four. One coffin, two coffins, three. Concrete slippers, the smell of kippers and a funeral at sea. Ladies and Gentlemen, Blather.net and the stupendous Mr. Panting present the amazing, the fantastic, the spectacular tale of the Irish giants, Messrs. Charles O'Brien and Patrick Cotter.
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Posted by damien at 9:05 PM on February 9, 2006
Seven foot six and eight foot four. One coffin, two coffins, three. Concrete slippers, the smell of kippers and a funeral at sea. Ladies and Gentlemen, Blather.net and the stupendous Mr. Panting present the amazing, the fantastic, the spectacular tale of the Irish giants, Messrs. Charles O'Brien and Patrick Cotter.
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Wyrd!
Posted by barry at 11:02 PM on January 13, 2006
Over the years at Blather, we have described many of the items we have covered as 'weird news'. Certainly we mean 'weird' in both its strict sense (uncanny, supernatural: like schools closing because of ghosts) and in its colloquial sense (strange, incomprehensible: like a corpse propped in front of a TV for two years without anyone noticing). But did you know that 'weird' originally meant something entirely different?
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Posted by barry at 11:02 PM on January 13, 2006
Over the years at Blather, we have described many of the items we have covered as 'weird news'. Certainly we mean 'weird' in both its strict sense (uncanny, supernatural: like schools closing because of ghosts) and in its colloquial sense (strange, incomprehensible: like a corpse propped in front of a TV for two years without anyone noticing). But did you know that 'weird' originally meant something entirely different?
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Waking the Dead: the Crossbones Graveyard
Posted by damien at 1:27 PM on January 4, 2006
In our continuing exploration of the world of the Dead, Blather.net went in search of the Southwark Mysteries - the untold history of London. So, on a cold and gloomy 23rd of December 2005 we met with 'John Crow': a local poet and mystic who talks to the outcast dead...
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Posted by damien at 1:27 PM on January 4, 2006
In our continuing exploration of the world of the Dead, Blather.net went in search of the Southwark Mysteries - the untold history of London. So, on a cold and gloomy 23rd of December 2005 we met with 'John Crow': a local poet and mystic who talks to the outcast dead...
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Winter Solstice at Stonehenge
Posted by daev at 4:45 PM on December 29, 2005
Dave escapes the gravitational pull of London, stopping off for a mid-winter visit to Britain's best-known megalithic site...
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Posted by daev at 4:45 PM on December 29, 2005
Dave escapes the gravitational pull of London, stopping off for a mid-winter visit to Britain's best-known megalithic site...
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Charles Fort's House in London
Posted by daev at 8:28 PM on December 14, 2005
Last weekend, I went to see Charles Fort's former home, at 39A Marchmont Street in London, now a hardware shop. I took some photos of the building, and off the silver plaque on the wall.
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Posted by daev at 8:28 PM on December 14, 2005
Last weekend, I went to see Charles Fort's former home, at 39A Marchmont Street in London, now a hardware shop. I took some photos of the building, and off the silver plaque on the wall.
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Treadwells' Bookstore
Posted by damien at 8:00 PM on December 11, 2005
Let's face it: xmas shopping is as dull as fuck. So, it's a rarity that you stumble across a shop that has stuff you like and friendly people staffing it. Like we did the other day. Allow us to introduce you to Treadwells' Bookstore: a fortean haven.
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Posted by damien at 8:00 PM on December 11, 2005
Let's face it: xmas shopping is as dull as fuck. So, it's a rarity that you stumble across a shop that has stuff you like and friendly people staffing it. Like we did the other day. Allow us to introduce you to Treadwells' Bookstore: a fortean haven.
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Protest Against the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize
Posted by barry at 6:41 AM on December 11, 2005
Today on Blather North! Read about Torbjorn Davidsen, who, on the day that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its director Dr Mohamed ElBaradei were awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, carried a gravestone 20 kilometres on his back to put on the lawn of the Nobel Institute. Find out why he did it, see photos of the adventure, and read about a different protest by Greenpeace. Set your geiger counters for the North and our lead story, which implicitly suggests the question: "When will there be a requiem for radioactive toothbrushes?"
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Posted by barry at 6:41 AM on December 11, 2005
Today on Blather North! Read about Torbjorn Davidsen, who, on the day that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its director Dr Mohamed ElBaradei were awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, carried a gravestone 20 kilometres on his back to put on the lawn of the Nobel Institute. Find out why he did it, see photos of the adventure, and read about a different protest by Greenpeace. Set your geiger counters for the North and our lead story, which implicitly suggests the question: "When will there be a requiem for radioactive toothbrushes?"
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River Slaney: Environment Under Threat
Posted by daev at 8:56 PM on November 23, 2005
A beautiful Irish environment under constant threat. Dave reports from his home turf.
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Posted by daev at 8:56 PM on November 23, 2005
A beautiful Irish environment under constant threat. Dave reports from his home turf.
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Sue Walsh's Underground Art in Clare
Posted by sue at 7:20 PM on November 23, 2005
Long lost Blather correspondent Sue, resurfaces in Clare with some rather strange paintings...
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Posted by sue at 7:20 PM on November 23, 2005
Long lost Blather correspondent Sue, resurfaces in Clare with some rather strange paintings...
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The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell by John Crawford
Posted by blather at 11:18 PM on November 18, 2005
"I have too many stories to tell, and if just a few of them get read, the ones that real people will understand, then maybe someone will know what we did here". Amber Brown gives us the lowdown on an important book.
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Posted by blather at 11:18 PM on November 18, 2005
"I have too many stories to tell, and if just a few of them get read, the ones that real people will understand, then maybe someone will know what we did here". Amber Brown gives us the lowdown on an important book.
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The Avebury Expedition
Posted by daev at 5:15 PM on November 18, 2005
Recently, a joint Blather-Strange Attractor-3rd Stone group went on a trek around the ancient megalithic landscape of Avebury, in Wiltshire. And Dave, as usual, took a silly amount of photographs.
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Posted by daev at 5:15 PM on November 18, 2005
Recently, a joint Blather-Strange Attractor-3rd Stone group went on a trek around the ancient megalithic landscape of Avebury, in Wiltshire. And Dave, as usual, took a silly amount of photographs.
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Bonfire Night In Lewes
Posted by daev at 11:09 AM on November 7, 2005
Blather goes to Bonfire Night in Lewes - complete with exploding government ministers, some fine-anti-popery, fireworks-dodging and general weirdness...
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Posted by daev at 11:09 AM on November 7, 2005
Blather goes to Bonfire Night in Lewes - complete with exploding government ministers, some fine-anti-popery, fireworks-dodging and general weirdness...
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Young Christ in the Temple
Posted by barry at 1:26 PM on November 3, 2005
Nthposition have published a short story by Barry Kavanagh, called "Young Christ in the Temple". It tells the true story of art forger Han van Meegeren, and the story comes with web-links to authentic van Meegeren forgeries. Read.
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Posted by barry at 1:26 PM on November 3, 2005
Nthposition have published a short story by Barry Kavanagh, called "Young Christ in the Temple". It tells the true story of art forger Han van Meegeren, and the story comes with web-links to authentic van Meegeren forgeries. Read.
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Photographs: Return to the Hellfire Club, Dublin
Posted by daev at 8:30 PM on November 2, 2005
We've written loads about the Irish Hellfire Club on blather.net, of ghosts and black cats and satanism... But now we've got photographs too....
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Posted by daev at 8:30 PM on November 2, 2005
We've written loads about the Irish Hellfire Club on blather.net, of ghosts and black cats and satanism... But now we've got photographs too....
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Waking the Dead: the Battle of Glasnevin Graveyard
Posted by damien at 9:39 AM on November 1, 2005
Take one angry mob (half-naked), a dead body (two days old), a gang of grave robbers, trigger-happy watchmen (possibly drunk), the cops (also possibly drunk), an arsenal of assorted weaponry, stir violently and serve in a freezing cold graveyard.
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Posted by damien at 9:39 AM on November 1, 2005
Take one angry mob (half-naked), a dead body (two days old), a gang of grave robbers, trigger-happy watchmen (possibly drunk), the cops (also possibly drunk), an arsenal of assorted weaponry, stir violently and serve in a freezing cold graveyard.
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Wonderful Web: Megalithomania
Posted by damien at 7:21 PM on October 24, 2005
County by county, site by site, monument by monument, Megalithomania is an ever-expanding archive of Ireland's prehistoric treasures. This, ladies and Gents, is what the web was designed for...
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Posted by damien at 7:21 PM on October 24, 2005
County by county, site by site, monument by monument, Megalithomania is an ever-expanding archive of Ireland's prehistoric treasures. This, ladies and Gents, is what the web was designed for...
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Giant Squid Caught On Camera - The Blather Report
Posted by daev at 7:17 PM on October 20, 2005
Guest writer Kat Bolstad tells us about the recent photographing of a giant squid...
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Posted by daev at 7:17 PM on October 20, 2005
Guest writer Kat Bolstad tells us about the recent photographing of a giant squid...
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David Cronenberg: A History of Violence
Posted by daev at 11:55 AM on October 7, 2005
I walked out of A History of Violence a little confused. Was that a Cronenbergian take on a straightforward 'family under siege from baddies' drama, or something very different? Maybe it was both. If any other director had gotten their hands on it, it might have been something like Goodfellas meets Die Hard meets some anodyne Costner shlockfest. Let us be thankful for David Cronenberg.
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Posted by daev at 11:55 AM on October 7, 2005
I walked out of A History of Violence a little confused. Was that a Cronenbergian take on a straightforward 'family under siege from baddies' drama, or something very different? Maybe it was both. If any other director had gotten their hands on it, it might have been something like Goodfellas meets Die Hard meets some anodyne Costner shlockfest. Let us be thankful for David Cronenberg.
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Waking the Dead: Highgate Cemetery, London
Posted by daev at 5:06 PM on October 6, 2005
The latest in the ongoing seasonal, pre-Samhain Halloween Necroblog. Last weekend, a crack Blather team descended upon the sprawling Necropolis of London's Highgate Cemetery. No Vampires were injured in the process...
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Posted by daev at 5:06 PM on October 6, 2005
The latest in the ongoing seasonal, pre-Samhain Halloween Necroblog. Last weekend, a crack Blather team descended upon the sprawling Necropolis of London's Highgate Cemetery. No Vampires were injured in the process...
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Waking the Dead: The Surgeons' Warning
Posted by damien at 4:20 PM on October 5, 2005
The Resurection Men have long been the subject of literary flights of fancy, most of their depictions being simple stage nonsense. But one piece of literature stands out above all others: The Surgeons' Warning by Robert Southey...
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Posted by damien at 4:20 PM on October 5, 2005
The Resurection Men have long been the subject of literary flights of fancy, most of their depictions being simple stage nonsense. But one piece of literature stands out above all others: The Surgeons' Warning by Robert Southey...
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Waking the Dead: how to steal a dead body
Posted by damien at 1:28 PM on September 28, 2005
Premature burial. Body-snatching. The Resurrection men and the Sack-'em-ups. Jack O' Lanterns and Willo the Wisps. As bizarre as these terms may sound to us now, there was a time when such phantoms haunted the nightmares of all men...
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Posted by damien at 1:28 PM on September 28, 2005
Premature burial. Body-snatching. The Resurrection men and the Sack-'em-ups. Jack O' Lanterns and Willo the Wisps. As bizarre as these terms may sound to us now, there was a time when such phantoms haunted the nightmares of all men...
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Return to St Brigid's Well - Liscannor, Co. Clare
Posted by daev at 3:08 PM on September 7, 2005
Some time ago, I posted pictures from our visit to St. Brigit's Well in the west of Ireland.
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Posted by daev at 3:08 PM on September 7, 2005
Some time ago, I posted pictures from our visit to St. Brigit's Well in the west of Ireland.
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The Dalkey Baby and the House of Horrors
Posted by damien at 5:25 PM on July 7, 2005
Rape. Murder. Incest. Abortion and buried babies. It has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood horror movie. But something is wrong with this story. Very wrong...
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Posted by damien at 5:25 PM on July 7, 2005
Rape. Murder. Incest. Abortion and buried babies. It has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood horror movie. But something is wrong with this story. Very wrong...
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LAX - Welome to Amurika!
Posted by daev at 2:22 AM on June 27, 2005
19:50 LA Time on the 15th of May. 0350 in Dublin. 13:50 in Auckland.
"I will not filed, stamped, indexed, briefed debriefed or numbered!" - The Prisoner
Ten hours on a plane, before it drops into the Los Angeles smog. I leave the comfortable friendliness of Air New Zealand, and tramp down a musty corridor to a gruff disinterested immigration officer. Immigration? I'm not coming to America, I'm TRANSITING, sir.
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Posted by daev at 2:22 AM on June 27, 2005
19:50 LA Time on the 15th of May. 0350 in Dublin. 13:50 in Auckland.
"I will not filed, stamped, indexed, briefed debriefed or numbered!" - The Prisoner
Ten hours on a plane, before it drops into the Los Angeles smog. I leave the comfortable friendliness of Air New Zealand, and tramp down a musty corridor to a gruff disinterested immigration officer. Immigration? I'm not coming to America, I'm TRANSITING, sir.
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Blather.net in The Irish Times
Posted by daev at 10:27 PM on May 22, 2005
Jasus, I'm famous! Saturday's Irish Times had an interview with me - mostly talking about extra-blathery activities, like weblogging for Greenpeace...
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Posted by daev at 10:27 PM on May 22, 2005
Jasus, I'm famous! Saturday's Irish Times had an interview with me - mostly talking about extra-blathery activities, like weblogging for Greenpeace...
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The Tara Hill bypass - what they don't want you to know...
Posted by damien at 4:13 PM on May 22, 2005
Archaeologist of the damned and guest writer ender, gives us the lowdown on what's really happening up at the hill of Tara...
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Posted by damien at 4:13 PM on May 22, 2005
Archaeologist of the damned and guest writer ender, gives us the lowdown on what's really happening up at the hill of Tara...
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Thomas Truax: the Wowtown Interview
Posted by barry at 10:48 AM on April 20, 2005
An Interview with musician Thomas Truax, the most famous son of the totally non-fictional Wowtown.
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Posted by barry at 10:48 AM on April 20, 2005
An Interview with musician Thomas Truax, the most famous son of the totally non-fictional Wowtown.
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The Maybe Logic Academy
Posted by sue at 3:51 PM on April 9, 2005
Sue packs her bag and goes to magick school with the 'Maybe Logic Academy'. She doesn't know what to expect, but suspects it will be an interesting experience...
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Posted by sue at 3:51 PM on April 9, 2005
Sue packs her bag and goes to magick school with the 'Maybe Logic Academy'. She doesn't know what to expect, but suspects it will be an interesting experience...
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Blather on TV: Sue does the Big Bite
Posted by sue at 4:39 PM on April 4, 2005
Sue Walsh gets her 15 minutes on the Big Bite by talking to David McWilliams about the concept of blogging. Why, she isn’t quite sure. On air at 2.25pm tomorrow and repeated at 8:30 am Wednesday morning on R.T.E.1
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Posted by sue at 4:39 PM on April 4, 2005
Sue Walsh gets her 15 minutes on the Big Bite by talking to David McWilliams about the concept of blogging. Why, she isn’t quite sure. On air at 2.25pm tomorrow and repeated at 8:30 am Wednesday morning on R.T.E.1
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Twin Peaks: Motif Watch
Posted by daev at 7:37 PM on March 29, 2005
Dave's out in the forests of Northern Finland. He's armed with his knives, his laptop, and the first series of Twin Peaks. Damn fine cup of coffee...
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Posted by daev at 7:37 PM on March 29, 2005
Dave's out in the forests of Northern Finland. He's armed with his knives, his laptop, and the first series of Twin Peaks. Damn fine cup of coffee...
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The Blather Guide to Easter
Posted by sue at 12:20 PM on March 24, 2005
Giant bunny rabbits, chocolate eggs and the story of some guy called Jesus. As the season arrives, Sue gives you the low-down...
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Posted by sue at 12:20 PM on March 24, 2005
Giant bunny rabbits, chocolate eggs and the story of some guy called Jesus. As the season arrives, Sue gives you the low-down...
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Fresh Air: music for 100 years of Norway
Posted by barry at 2:44 PM on March 17, 2005
Thursday 3 March 2005. "Fresh Air" celebrates 100 years of Norway as an independent nation by filling London's Fabric venue's three rooms choc-a-bloc with Norwegian musical acts...
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Posted by barry at 2:44 PM on March 17, 2005
Thursday 3 March 2005. "Fresh Air" celebrates 100 years of Norway as an independent nation by filling London's Fabric venue's three rooms choc-a-bloc with Norwegian musical acts...
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The Haunting (part 3)
Posted by sue at 9:15 AM on March 14, 2005
Blather correspondent Lyra concludes her chilling tale...
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Posted by sue at 9:15 AM on March 14, 2005
Blather correspondent Lyra concludes her chilling tale...
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Reindeer Roundup In A Finnish Forest
Posted by daev at 9:02 PM on March 11, 2005
Article and photo gallery: Dave spends an afternoon in the forest with the Sámi herders as they do a 'reindeer roundup'...
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Posted by daev at 9:02 PM on March 11, 2005
Article and photo gallery: Dave spends an afternoon in the forest with the Sámi herders as they do a 'reindeer roundup'...
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Transmission from Ice Station Reindeer
Posted by daev at 12:32 PM on March 2, 2005
daev reports in from the the Arctic - 69° north...
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Posted by daev at 12:32 PM on March 2, 2005
daev reports in from the the Arctic - 69° north...
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Feed Your Brain: Kenneth Clarks' 'Civilisation'
Posted by damien at 9:06 AM on February 21, 2005
In the beginning, there was the beeb and the beeb was in black and white....
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Posted by damien at 9:06 AM on February 21, 2005
In the beginning, there was the beeb and the beeb was in black and white....
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Dead Frogs Everywhere
Posted by daev at 8:00 PM on February 18, 2005
Amphibian guts galore - I seem to have stumbled across a crime scene, stretched over 50m of road. (Nasty picture warning - avoid if squeamish!)
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Posted by daev at 8:00 PM on February 18, 2005
Amphibian guts galore - I seem to have stumbled across a crime scene, stretched over 50m of road. (Nasty picture warning - avoid if squeamish!)
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Review: The Men Who Stare At Goats
Posted by daev at 9:43 PM on February 16, 2005
I hate reviewing books too long after I've read them. I should really write the review as soon as I've finished it - there and then...
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Posted by daev at 9:43 PM on February 16, 2005
I hate reviewing books too long after I've read them. I should really write the review as soon as I've finished it - there and then...
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This Way Up: Dublin Freebie Comic
Posted by daev at 8:04 PM on February 15, 2005
Rather nice new Dublin collaborative project... let's go postal...
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Posted by daev at 8:04 PM on February 15, 2005
Rather nice new Dublin collaborative project... let's go postal...
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I, Mother of Bastards....
Posted by damien at 4:45 PM on February 9, 2005
A special article by guest writer and Mother of a small army of Bastards, novelist Catherine Barry...
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Posted by damien at 4:45 PM on February 9, 2005
A special article by guest writer and Mother of a small army of Bastards, novelist Catherine Barry...
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Kevin Myers - 'a Taxi driver with a lap-top'
Posted by damien at 2:36 PM on February 9, 2005
Today we salute Kevin Myers, possibly the greatest mong on the island of Ireland. And Lord knows, there's quite some competition...
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Posted by damien at 2:36 PM on February 9, 2005
Today we salute Kevin Myers, possibly the greatest mong on the island of Ireland. And Lord knows, there's quite some competition...
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Chasing GE Soya Across the Ocean
Posted by barry at 11:25 AM on January 31, 2005
Dave told many of us last week that he was 'going to France'...
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Posted by barry at 11:25 AM on January 31, 2005
Dave told many of us last week that he was 'going to France'...
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