6-7 PM
01. Buy It, Sell It - The Blizzards
02. Nowhere - Therapy?
03. To My Bones - Wallis Bird
04. Big Decision - That Petrol Emotion
05. Dig 'A Dog and Bone Story' - Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club
06. In The Hospital - Friendly Fires
07. Rock With Me - Michael Jackson
** Interview with Elaine Weldon (The Jades) **
08. Look At Me Now - The Jades
** Interview with Elaine Weldon (The Jades) **
09. Bermuda Song - The Jades
10. Grounds for Divorce - Elbow (Feat BBC Concert Orchestra)
11. Back In Black - AC/DC
12. Hay Rap - The Saw Doctors

7-8 PM
01. The Age of Revolution - The Duckworth Lewis Method
02. Po - O Emperor
03. Dig Lazarus Dig - Nick Cave
04. Snore Bore Whore - Fight Like Apes
05. White Out - Dirty Epics
06. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
07. Shadows - God Is An Astronaut
08. Love Reign Over Me - David Holmes
09. The Dry Law - The Last Tycoons
10. Nothing Comes Easy - Duke Special
11. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
12. Jiggery Pokery - The Duckworth Lewis Method
13. Thunderstruck - AC/DC

6-7 PM
01. Return of the White Rabbit - Ash
02. White Out - Dirty Epics
03. Tenerife (Crusin' Paradise) - Mundy
04. I Don't Know - Lisa Hannigan
05. Amnesia Comes Easy - Messiah J & The Expert
06. To My Bones - Wallis Bird
** Interview with Tucan **
07. Garavogue - Tucan
** Interview with Tucan **
08. Indian Harmony - Tucan **LIVE**
09. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
10. Age of Revolution - The Duckworth Lewis Method
11. Wow! - Snow Patrol

7-8 PM
01. Big Bad Handsome Man - Imelda May
02. Floating - Jape
03. Diggin' An Early Grave - Duke Special
04. From The Sun - Majella Murphy
05. Let Me Fly - The Infomatics
06. Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
07. Radar - Super Extra Bonus Party
08. Battlestations - Fight Like Apes
09. Dance With You - Neosupervital
10. Here Come The Knives - Fighting Spiders
11. Cradle Burns - Rollerskate Skinny
12. Bass Balls - Humanzi
13. Come Together - Michael Jackson

21/06/2009 Part 2 of the Live special. Includes performances from Fighting Spiders, Neosupervital, O Emperor, Ian Doyle, ODi, Hollering Pine, Clive Barnes, Solar Taxi and Saving J.

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Part 1 of the Live special. Includes performances from Fighting Spiders, Neosupervital, O Emperor, Ian Doyle, ODi, Hollering Pine, Clive Barnes, Solar Taxi and Saving J.

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6-7 PM
01. Bass Balls - Humanzi
02. The Lights - Fred
03. Dig A Dog and Bone Story - Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club
04. Play Pretend - Director
05. Tell Myself - Slopes
06. Tenerife (Crusin' Paradise) - Mundy
07. Skater Girl - Spellbound
08. No Wit Can Save Me Now - Deaf Animal Orchestra
** Interview with Deaf Animal Orchestra **
09. A Man Called Gerald - Shane Barry & The Distractions
** Interview with Deaf Animal Orchestra **
10. All Together Now - Deaf Animal Orchestra
11. Po - O Emperor
12. Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
13. The Golden Floor - Snow Patrol

7-8 PM
01. To My Bones - Wallis Bird
02. You Can Make Sound - Delorentos
03. Dream Awake - The Frames
04. The Long Finger - The Infomatics
05. Davey Jones Locker - The Chapman Society
06. We're Coming Up - Dirty Epics
07. The Ground Where You'll Be Living - Ever 27
08. A Better Band - Bell X1
09. Subrural - Number Theory
10. I Sew My Heart Into Your Soul - House of Cosy Cushions
11. Year of the Horse - Herm
12. Love Is A Tricky Thing - Julie Feeney
13. When I Die - Katie Kim
14. Serotonin - Simple Kid

6-7 PM
01. Return of the White Rabbit - Ash
02. Out of Our Hands - Gemma Hayes
03. Galway Girl - Mundy
04. Killer - Spellbound
05. Here Come The Knives - Fighting Spiders
06. Dance With You - Neosupervital
07. Stars Are Underground - The Frames
08. You Can Make Sound - Delorentos
09. Running Up That Hill - Ham Sandwich
10. That's What She Said Last Night - The Saw Doctors
11. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
12. Good Old Love - House of Cosy Cushions
13. Postcards - The Blizzards
14. To My Bones - Wallis Bird

7-8 PM
01. The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella - Bell X1
02. Let's Light Fires - Dark Room Notes
03. I Was a Man - Jape
04. Pony - Dirty Epics
05. Tell Myself - Slopes
06. Tenerife - Mundy
** Interview with Mundy **
07. Strawberry Blood - Mundy **LIVE**
** Interview with Mundy **
08. Pepper In My Dreams - Mundy
09. Po - O Emperor
10. Diggin' an Early Grave - Duke Special
11. Jeta's Palace - The Jimmy Cake
12. July - Mundy

6-7 PM
01. You Can Make Sound - Delorentos
02. Sleephead - Passionpit
03. To My Bones - Wallis Bird
04. I Sew My Heart Into Your Soul - House of Cosy Cushions
05. Before The Worst - The Script
06. The Cause of Death Is Brith - Beautiful Unit
07. Johnny Got a Boom Boom - Imelda May
08. Maggie May - Aslan
** Interview with Billy McGuinness (Aslan) **
09. Fall On Me - Aslan
10. I Don't Know- Lisa Hannigan
11. Diamond - Elder Roche
12. The Planets Between Us - Snow Patrol

7-8 PM
01. The Record Machine - Alphastates
02. Bass Balls - Humanzi
03. Return of the White Rabbit - Ash
04. Comic Book Convention - Gavin Osborn
05. Dig a Dog and Bone Story - Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club
06. Eight Miles Down - Sixteen Layers
07. Start of the End - Funeral Suits
08. Nothing Comes Easy - Duke Special
09. Over The Sun - Rodina
10. Subrural - Number Theory
11. Balancing Act - Jeff Martin & Decal
12. Love Is a Tricky Thing - Julie Feeney
13. Petronella de Merde - The Bastard Rain
14. Christopher and Anthony - Jape
15. Radar - Super Extra Bonus Party
16. Tonight We Fly - The Divine Comedy

6-7 PM
01. Return of the White Rabbit - Ash
02. Way Too Pretty - Dirty Epics
03. Sad Songs - Ham Sandwich
04. Keep It All - Lisa Hannigan
05. Just In Time - Spellbound
06. Slowly Fizzy - Juno Falls
07. You Can Make Sound - Delorentos
08. Strategies - Colin Devlin
09. Finally - The Frames
** Interview with John Spillane **
10. The Dunnes Stores Girl - John Spillane
** Interview with John Spillane **
11. Passage West - John Spillane **LIVE**
12. An Poc ar Buaille - John Spillane
13. Johnny Got a Boom Boom - Imelda May

7-8 PM
01. Something Global - Fight Like Apes
02. To My Bones - Wallis Bird
03. Rise - The Brilliant Things
** Interview with The Brilliant Things **
04. California Dreaming - The Brilliant Things
05. Play Pretend - Director
06. The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella - Bell X1
07. Skyscrapers - Fred
08. Transworld - Le Galaxie
09. Dance With You - Neosupervital
10. Dirty Popstars - Japanese Popstars
11. Let's Light Fires - Dark Room Notes
12. Twentysomething - Simple Kid

So I was reading about the new PSPgo, which Sony officially unveiled at the E3 conference yesterday. They have finally abandoned the failed UMD format - took 'em long enough! No price cut for the PS3 though :(

On a more retrospective note, it was about this time 10 years ago when I saw The Matrix, which blew my mind. Films would never be the same again, except they would be. Creators The Wachowski Brothers were held as visionaries of cinema, destined to rewrite the rule book - except they wouldn't. At home, Ireland was a country on the up. So much has changed since 1999 and yet so much has similar echoes today:

1. The Euro was introduced in soft-form on the financial markets, heralding the end of the Punt.
2. Gay Byrne hosted his last Late Late Show on May 21st, after 37 years.
3. Ireland North and South voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Good Friday Agreement.
4. In November, Westlife release their first album. They are now the most successful Irish band ever.
5. Cork beat Kilkenny in the All Ireland final (doubt this will happen this year!)
6. Jack Lynch passed away
7. The national soccer team had a so-so European Championship Qualifying league, only beating Malta and Yugoslavia (a country in the grips of civil war) outright, drawing with Macedonia and Turkey and losing to Croatia.
8. Star Wars fans were eager for the release of The Phantom Menace, the first new Star Wars film in 16 years. I've got a bad feeling about this ....
9. Sony announced the PS2 in March 1999. The new gaming console would also include an inbuilt DVD player, allowing users to watch films on a shiny disc instead of VHS tape. Rewinding the film before returning it to the rental shop would be a thing of the past!
10. Of the 15 senior cabinet positions in today's Irish government, 5 were Ministers in 1999. Brian Cowen was Minister for Health; Mary Harney was Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Micheal Martin was Minister for Education; Noel Dempsey was Minister for the Environment; Dermot Ahearn was Minister for Social & Family Affairs;

There still is no spoon though ....

6-7 PM
01. The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella - Bell X1
02. To My Bones - Wallis Bird
03. Johnny Got a Boom Boom - Imelda Mae
04. Just In Time - Spellbound
05. Diamond - Elder Roche
** Interview with Elder Roche **
06. Dark Place - Elder Roche **LIVE**
07. New Flesh - Tucan
** Interview with Tucan **
08. Garavogue - Tucan
** Interview with Tucan **
09. E,K,J & I - Tucan **LIVE**
10. Love Like Nicotine - Dark Room Notes

7-8 PM
01. Champagne Glass - Alphastates
02. When Your Mind's Made Up - The Frames
03. Wow! - Snow Patrol
04. Keepsake - Ham Sandwich
05. Hay Rap - The Saw Doctors
06. Under The Sky - The Answer
07. Fallen To Pieces - The Whiteliars
08. In the Hospital - Friendly Fires
09. The Long Finger - Infomatics
10. Radar - Super Extra Bonus Party
11. Fragile - God Is An Astronaut
12. Sleepyhead - Passion Pit
13. Beat a Retreat - David Kitt
14. Back On My Old Stompin' Ground - Rory Gallagher