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Una

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About Me

My name is Una. It has been suggested that my middle name should be 'Danger Bay'. I'm a journalist. I spend most of my time writing, thinking about stuff to write, coming up with ideas for TV shows that will make me a millionaire, listening to music, going to gigs, clubs, pubs and festivals with my mates, consuming cocktails, taking advantage of cheap travel around Europe, trying to learn as much as possible and trying new beers. The most important things in my life are family, friends, music, unplanned excursions and Krispy Kreme original glazed. I am obsessed with punctuality and I don't like people touching my lower arms. I like drawing with black ink, big sunglasses, skateboard videos, stationary shops, tattoos, novelty mugs, guitar solos, small rowdy clubs, big rowdy parties, the underdog, converse, chaos, life underwater, hats, and having written. I write news and arts and features for The Sunday Tribune, and I also write their TV highlights. I talk about the Internet on RTE's TTV on Tuesdays and on Phantom FM on Wednesdays. I co-presented a pilot show about the Internet for RTE, but no one commissioned it because people are stupid. I also do the odd stand up gig (I've actually only done two open mic competitions, but I won them both. I'm pretty funny for a girl.) and frequent Chicken Hut on Clanbrassil Street quite regularly. I live in Dublin city with two other journos who both work in radio. We like to make a mess.keep up to date with my ramblings here . Oh yeah,I am in a band called MeNoFemBo


My Interests

Art, cheese, cheesy art, arguing, pop culture, angry books, politics, music, parties, fellow nerds, SingStar 80s, the world, its contents and what is missing.

I'd like to meet:

The cast of The L Word, Courtney, Cantona, Angelina, Osama, the Z Boys, serial killers, a publisher who wants to give me loads of money for writing a book about beer, a talking monkey, drunk rich people.

Music:

in no particular orderNirvana, Jeff Buckley, Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club, Devendra Banhart, Hole, Laura Veirs, Sex Pistols, Death Cab For Cutie, The Clash, The Beat, The Stone Roses, Muddy Waters, Beastie Boys, Leadbelly, Miles Davis, Third Eye Foundation, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Amusement Parks On Fire, Electrelane, The Bangles, Loretta Lynn, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Nancy Sinatra, Arcade Fire, JJ72, Alexisonfire, Coheed And Cambria, Dr Dre, The Immediate, The Libertines, MC Solaar, Juliette & The Licks, The AM, Babyshambles, Jay Z, The Honeymoon, Ash, Mark Kozelek, Joy Division, The Doors, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Apollo Sunshine, Kid Koala, The Knife, Love Is All, Stellastarr, The Charlatans, Girls Aloud, OK GO, Matt Elliot, Dirty Pretty Things, Bloc Party, Kanye West, Johnny Cash, Maximo Park, Babyshambles, Nas, Elliott Smith, Mary J Blige, The Bleedin Bleedins, The Pixies, Eminem, At The Drive In, Sufjan Stevens, Aesop Rock, The Cult, The Streets, Mars Volta, Ryan Adams, Mylo, Daara J, Remy Zero, Smashing Pumpkins, The Prodigy, Sheryl Crow, The Rapture, The Who, Pink Floyd, Green Day, Mariah Carey, The National, Explosions In The Sky, Guns N Roses, Mercury Rev, Lost, Rollers/Sparkers, Kings Of Leon, Interpol, Hard-Fi, Nelly, Editors, Doves, De La Soul, The Chalets, Great Lake Swimmers, Blink 182, Radish, Ben Kweller, Antony & The Johnsons, Sun Kil Moon, Dizzee Rascal, Pink, White Stripes, 50 Cent, Basement Jaxx, Ashanti, The Beach Boys, Brendan Benson, Chemical Brothers, Editors, Delays, No Doubt, Ja Rule, The Killers, Led Zeppelin, Pulp, Razorlight, Scissor Sisters, Kathleen Edwards, Simon and Garfunkel, Thin Lizzy, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists, MIA, Daft Punk, Graham Coxon, Sleater-Kinney, Kelly Clarkson, Nusrat, Stellastarr, Republic of Loose, The Chalets, Murder of Crows, Ash, Kano, The Game, Jinx Lennon, Rolling Stones, Giant Drag, Charlie Parr, June Carter, Na Casadiagh, Kila, Lil John, Jamie Lidell, Matt Lunson, Dropkick Murphys, Nightmare of You, Mission of Burma, John Vanderslice, Radiohead, Low, Bic Runga, Pet Shop Boys, Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Secret Machines, Futureheads, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Thin Lizzy, La Rocca, Noise Control, The Killers, Kathleen Edwards, Every Move A Picture, You Say Party! We Say Die, Stagger Lee, Aleko, Bush, Jackson, Our Brother The Native, Republic of Loose, Mainline, Damone, Julie Feeney, Sickboy, Bruce Springsteen, Soundgarden, Britney Spears, Busta Rhymes, Teada, Dresden Dolls, Faithless, Director, Wolfmother, Nerina Pallot, Delorentos, Crystal Castles, Clipse, The Gossip, Klaxons, and whatever else you're drinking.

Movies:

Wayne's World, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Basketball Diaries, Exorcist, The Omen, Reefer Madness, Secretary, Human Traffic, Citizen Kane, Rebel Without A Cause, Scarface, Kids, Natural Born Killers, Thirteen, The Doors, Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Coffee and Cigarettes, Almost Famous, Spun, Sleepers, Resevoir Dogs, American Beauty, Half Baked, Human Traffic, Less Than Zero, Chopper, Withnail and I, Traffic, Napoleon Dynamite, Joe Dirt, Brown Bunny, Amelie, La Haine, Drugstore Cowboy, My Friend Joe, Gorillas In The Mist, I Went Down, Studio 54, Trainspotting, Sky Blue, Dog Day Afternoon, Carlito's Way, Pi, Up In Smoke, Requim For A Dream, Go, Aladdin, Lost In Translation, 21 Grams, A Clockwork Orange, Blow, Goodfellas, Dogtown & The Z Boys, Gia, Bully, Intermission, I Heart Huckabees, Turner And Hooch, Bridget Jones, Twelve Angry Men, Fight Club, Memento, The Bear, Scream, Velvet Goldmine, Little Miss Sunshine, The Departed, Fucked Up, anime, stoner movies, music movies, skateboard movies, anything set in the 70s or with Natalie Portman, Benito Del Toro, Bill Murray, Mike Myers or Angelina Jolie.

Television:

The Sopranos, MTV etc, Grand Designs, Sugar Rush, The L Word, Sex & The City, The Simpsons, Extreme Sports Channel, Law & Order SVU, Pop World, ... Next Top Model, Big Brother, This Life, Queer As Folk, CSI, Family Guy, Later With Jools Holland, E! channel, The OC, Oprah, Trading Spouses, Prime Time Investigates, documentaries.

Books:

Douglas Coupland, Michel Houlbeque, Coetzee, Tom Wolfe, John Pilger, John Hersey, David Amsden, Ernesto Che Guevara, general non-fiction esp. modern political theory, pop culture, subculture, philosophy, but most of all, the doctor of Gonzo: Hunter S. Thompson.

Heroes:

Hunter S. Thompson, Courtney Love, Lenin, the person who invented coffee, anyone who does something other than exist, my friends.

My Blog

Cois Fharraige: the festivals keep coming (and I keep going)

http://unarocks.blogspot.com/2007/09/cois-fharraige_10.html
Posted by Una on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:50:00 PST

Electric Picnic madness

For all the Electric Picnic photees and fun, check out my blog: http://unarocks.blogspot.com/
Posted by Una on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:52:00 PST

New blog: http://jacksgraff.blogspot.com/

check it out homies! http://jacksgraff.blogspot.com/
Posted by Una on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:51:00 PST

Backstage at Oxegen

Click on my pics to check out some photos from backstage at the Oxegen festival.
Posted by Una on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:54:00 PST

THREE GIGS IN ONE DAY!

Me and Lili completed the challenge. Go here: http://unarocks.blogspot.com/2007/06/ze-weekend-gig-and-part ytastic.html to read about it.   Rock   Una...
Posted by Una on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:40:00 PST

The Garden Party Report

it's right here: http://unarocks.blogspot.com/2007/06/garden-party.html
Posted by Una on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:35:00 PST

Don't read this blog

read this blog http://unarocks.blogspot.com
Posted by Una on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:12:00 PST

NYC and Chicago photees

loads on my blog: http://unarocks.blogspot.com/
Posted by Una on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:16:00 PST

N to tha Y C

Me and Tiger are in New York. Yaysies. Last night, our first evening, completely jet lagged, we managed to hit up 5 bars and 2 pizza joints, so I'm pretty impressed with myself to be honest. Today w...
Posted by Una on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:19:00 PST

Video! - Backlash launch @ The Pod

Backlash launch @ The Pod Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Una on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:28:00 PST