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Green Room

That singer before me. Who was it? It was very courageous of MTV to start the show with a genuine tr

About Me

The Green Room is an Irish music show on Cork's 96FM. It is broadcast every Saturday night at 6pm GMT (live on the net at www.96fm.ie) with a focus on upcoming Irish musical talent.The show has done sessions/interviews etc with several Irish artists who have risen to international prominence over the last couple of years and is generally a good gateway for rising artists to reach a much bigger audience. International artists who have featured on the show include J Mascis, Super Furry Animals, Kling Klang, Mercury Rev, Fuck Buttons and Hammell on TrialCurrently at the helm is Michael Carr.Currently listening to . . . 8 gigabytes of Spiral Tribe, Holy Fuck and The Breeders - - - - - - - - - - VIDS below are from My Bloody Valentine, Hope is Noise, Niall Connolly and Jinx Lennon - they are all deadly, go check out their music . . . .Basically, if it's good we try to play it!

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My Interests

sleeping, breaking wine glasses

I'd like to meet:

Irish music (and then some)The Green Room goes out on a live stream every Saturday night at 6pm GMT on www.96fm.ie - so we will also try to play music that gets sent to us from around the world.

Music:

whitenoise, techno, hardcore, 303 & 808 sounds, alt country, percussion, dub, grooves, punk, peoplewithsomethingtosay, experimental

Movies:

Watched 'Control', thought it was really good . . .

Television:

Kill your television

Books:

Currently reading: 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini

Heroes:

El Bastardo, Jinx Lennon, underground sound systems . . .

My Blog

Robotnik

elloon tomorrow night's show there'll be a chance to catch a live session recorded with Robotnik that includes a cool Daniel Johnson cover (and a deadly and mad track of Robotnik's own making)and ther...
Posted by Green Room on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:56:00 PST

GAMAK/North Cregg/Crayonsmith

where does the time go . . . .in this week's installment of the Green Room we will be treated to the live talents of Giveamanakick and North Cregg who will be playing live in studio!!! Should be brill...
Posted by Green Room on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:11:00 PST

Iggy tickets!!

Going to be giving away a couple of pairs of tickets on Saturday’s show to Iggy & the Stooges in Royal Hospital Kilmainham on June 16th with The Kills.Tune in and text on 085 7379696bestsMC...
Posted by Green Room on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:35:00 PST

Kling Klang/Rae Spoon/Ladyfest Cork/Los Langeros & Ilya K

lots of chat this weekend . . . we’ll be joined in studio by Liverpool’s Kling Klang (on Mogwai’s Rock Action label) who play Ping Pong’s 1st birthday bash later on in the nigh...
Posted by Green Room on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:22:00 PST

RECENT PLAYLISTS

really slack, I know . . . . recent playlists have included Super Extra Bonus Party: Drone RockSuper Extra Bonus Party: PropellorNick Cave and the Bad Seeds: MoonlandThe Infomatics: Kill or CreateWait...
Posted by Green Room on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:05:00 PST

Amnesty report highlights Shannon

(From Amnesty)Shannon used by those perpetrating tortureIn a report published today (14/3/08) Amnesty International exposed thecruelty and illegality of the CIA programme of secret detentions andenfor...
Posted by Green Room on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:32:00 PST

(thoughts on) Hotels

yes, while your small hydraulics concern in malmo is quite fascinating, i'm going to go to my room now with a large bottle of scotch
Posted by Green Room on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:30:00 PST

Q to the K - last show for a month - contact Graham

holathe mighty Queen Kong will be gracing us with their presence on the show this Saturday - they play later on in Fred Zeppelinswill feature more of of the Choice Music nominations and also be having...
Posted by Green Room on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:47:00 PST

My Evil Ex + Jim Carroll/Choice Music Prize

Hola!On this Saturday's show we will have My Evil Ex live in studio and I'll be chatting to Jim Carroll of The Ticket who with Dave Reid is the main man behind the Choice Music Prize. This year's nomi...
Posted by Green Room on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:32:00 PST

Last 2 PLAYLISTS

from the last 2 Green Rooms - in no particular order and from memory!! so slack . . .Rarely Seen Above Ground - Stick to Your LineTom Vek - Nothing But Green LightsMy Bloody Valentine - SometimesElk -...
Posted by Green Room on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:56:00 PST