Thanks to John Cleere and all the people at the Rythm and Roots festival. We enjoyed playing and thanks to the strangers that turned up on both nights to see us.  Pumphouse was a great night.

Okay its like this. We are playing two nights over this fantastic weekend chocked full of awesome acts.

Friday the 30th of April we are performing at the ‘Pumphouse’, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. Admission is free and we tee off at 10:00pm

Sunday the 2nd of May we are playing in ‘Dempseys’, John Street, Kilkenny. Admission is free and we are kicking off at 10:00pm.

All the info is up here http://www.kilkennyroots.com and if the good weather accompanies its going to be a really good weekend so make it down.  It may be possible to seek accomodation in “Jimmy’s house” but its cost €1000 per head which includes 12 meat breakfast, and 2×4 massage with complimentary splinters!

LOS Bééƒ

We don’t live in Ryans, But we are playing there this Friday the 9th of April 2010.  10 – 12pm  Free in and a great night Guaranteed or your get nothing back!  This is the last outing we are making before hitting the Rythm and Roots festival in kilkenny for two dates on the may bank holiday weekend.

Beef supreme live in ryans

Well I have to say what a night.  Fair play to mayor Noonan.  Excellent night and savage crowd.  I fell asleep out back neer the end whilst boasting about how I scored she-ra once.  But thats in the past… Look to the future.  I hear a crazy amount of money was raised. Simply excellent, thanks to all who came.

We Rocked

Where is my mountain	The O'Rourkes	Two of a kind
Niall O'Connor	Doctor Crazy and Fingers Glovebox	Slammer
In the old days	Fingers in thought	Presents

In that order..  So I’m in a shop because I want to buy a hat.  The assistant is showing me woolly hats that cost €40!! That’s a bit steep I think.  “Have you got any of those woolly hats from the 80′s that cost €5″ I ask. “No these are made from ……. Wool . . .  . very expensive….. hand made . . .blah blah. . . €70 at least for an entry level hat” he says as he glares at me with a shrug of his shoulder and twitch of his head.  The maneuver in its entirety tells me that I know nothing and have been living under a rock for the last 20 years.  However I’m confused.  Entry level???  its a hat man.  Using English I’m trying to explain that I want a cheap woolly hat to keep my head warm and that I don’t care what it looks like, but!, I’m not gonna spend €40 quid on one because I don’t consider that cheap.  Somehow he cannot hear this.  He is like a storm trooper.  His ears are closed.  His mind is like a pre-programmed digital watch that cannot exceed its function.  Then it hits me.  He is a clothes dork!!

Yes its true.  Just like a gadget dork or a car dork this guy is a clothes dork.  They like to call themselves ‘Fashion Gurus’ but they are actually clothes dorks.  You see when you buy a car they guy in the shop tries to flog you a Ferrari.  He tells you it can do 0 – 100 in 4 seconds and has a top speed of 220mph… WOW!!! So many great statistics.  All of which is of course useless as the speed limit is 60mph.  So if you spend €500,000 on a Ferrari and can only drive as fast as 60mph then the car is only being driven as a statement.  But is the statement I have €500,000 to spend on a car. NO!, rather I had €500,000 to spend but I spent it on this gas hog which is only worth €350K now.  So the difference between having half a mill and setting 150K on fire and being lumped with a Ferrari is that you don’t incur any ongoing fuel costs and you still have 350K left.  You were actually better off burning 150K and getting out early.  Holy shit.  That’s powerful dork-age.  With dorks this powerful at the sales wheel idiots with cash stand no chance.

But the clothes dork now before me was no better.  The hat was only going to keep you warm and for the sake of someone seeing a small tag you need to invest a further €35.  I don’t know anyone who notices the tag on my rags.  I don’t want to know anyone either who likes tags.  There is no point dragging quality into it.  This is made from Kashmir and cost €1,100. . .Yeah but I pick my nose and wipe it in my arse pocket so that’s not practical for me.  Don’t fall for the dork-age.  Know you are a peasant.  designer names won’t stop the bus that’s about to slam into you.  Doctors don’t resuscitate levis ahead of wrangler.  The devil devours all especially armani.

Coming at you via a c64 tape deck

Beef Wise