sporting highlight of 2011? simples: stand up for the cork city! (thanks fermoy boy)

republic of telly want you to have a very irish xmas

love this! rudolph you don't have to put on the red light...

this is hilarious (i think?) - lego civil unrest set...perfect for fascist parents worried their kids might care...

the tim minchin baby jesus song you won't be hearing on jonathan ross tomrrow night...

Being Christmas, I thought it would be fun to do a song about Jesus, but being TV, I knew it would have to be gentle. The idea was to compare him to Woody Allen (short, Jewish, philosophical, a bit hesitant), and expand into redefining his other alleged attributes using modern, popular-culture terminology.

Subsequently, Suzi [producer] and her team edited the show and everybody was happy. Suzi felt it had a nice balance of big-ticket celeb action, local talent, and a nice bit of that cheeky, iconoclastic spirit for which Jonathan is known and widely loved.

And then someone got nervous and sent the tape to ITV’s director of television, Peter Fincham.

And Peter Fincham demanded that I be cut from the show.

He did this because he’s scared of the ranty, shit-stirring, right-wing press, and of the small minority of Brits who believe they have a right to go through life protected from anything that challenges them in any way.

sunset over cork on shortest day...thanks @CorkEveningEcho!

t'is only onwards and upwards from here lads happy xmas and many many happy returns

seen the hobbit trailer yet?? you may wish to...trust me on that

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for more movie stuff vic barry here
and the comment posted on youtube re this trailer that you really just couldn't make up is here

ahhhh my little angel in the nativity play....and she is the worst singer ever....eek!

This is perhaps a little festive but definitely guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. I am the embarrassed angel in the middle with the gold tinsel halo. You can't really miss my little sister with her humongous wings, she definitely steals the show. The person filming is baby Jesus' mother...who amazingly managed to sleep all the way through!
Uploaded by HanakoHime on 3 Apr 2011

slightly OTT xmas lights bedecked house set to vicious dubstep toonage...see it to believe it

Christmas in Meridian Idaho to the strains of Skrillex’s First Of The Year. 35,000 lights, 64 Light-O-Rama channels.

redfm TY jingle bell ball @pavilion 2011 in full flow!

i gotta feelin'...

red drive secret sound revealed: baby rhinos who wudda thunk it!

this...this is how to parallel park...all it takes is a little nudging :p

this is fun-e: shit girls say...

mhmmm a lot home truths here sistas...

holy freak that's a wave! tow-in surfing mullaghmore stylee (last monday folks)

http://vimeo.com/33652914 how disappointing it won't embed soooo worth clicking through on though...
MULLAGHMORE went for broke during a gap between two storm systems on Monday, December 12th.
Why was it so big? Because the storm was so close. Why didn't they run the Billabong Tow comp? Because storm number two was too close. Morning's perfection rolled into a stormforce afternoon but not before allowing a thrills-and-spills tow and http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifpaddle session in the teeth of the storm.
"Well what a day, it had it all, we all agree it was some of the hollowest nastiest 20ft plus barrels we have ever had out there" Said Richie Fitzgerald. "Great crew, me, Gav, Paul, Nezza, Dylan, Pete, Barry, Roo, Easkey, Jayce, Lyndon, and http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifphotogs, we all had some mental waves."
It was a brutal day in the frigid Irish waters. Casualty list included Jayce Robinson's knee, a couple of tow boards and Paul O'Kane's ski. Barry Mottershead got absolutely hosed from steep and deep whilst Fergal Smith and Tom Lowe's paddling stole the show.
"It was truly epic seeing Tom, Ferg and Dan Skaj paddle those waves from the peak." Said Mickey Smith "Next level shit."
all from magic seaweed here

i love fred...the band...dotcom (check cool animated vids to two fred toons here shhhh)

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From fredtheband.com: The great Toronto based Leo Kavanagh has just finished a brand new video for FRED. He has painstakingly animated 3 minutes and 48 seconds of loveliness for the song Somewhere Else ('Leaving My Empire')
This is Leo's second video for FRED, having previously animated Keep Me Clear ('Go God Go')

Ahhhhhh one of the fav's from that great Fred album! Yay go Fred! Xmas gig Triskel Christchurch Thurs 22nd Dec...

trampoline...oh my god...trampoline...

news anchor fail compilation is 6mins 26 secs of win!

not quite like this down inch, east cork way but we can all dream of the surf perfection captured here...

oh fiji...someday i will return with money and time

check this out! un-be-freakin-lievable #mostincrediblethingyouwillseetoday

go to at least 4 mins in this vid has it's money-shot!

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

and even more murmurations i.e. amazing aerial feats by our feathered friends the starlings...who once battled to the death over the skies of cork some 400 odd years ago...so basically just after i moved here...

cork band fred get new track on cool canadian tv ad...go fred go, go fred go...

more at fredtheband.com

Helicopter Crash Auckland Waterfront - ouch major woops moment...

'Don't worry about that Richard, ring the news room!' LOL
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says it is amazing no one was seriously hurt when a helicopter crashed on Auckland’s waterfront this morning. The helicopter was working to put up the city’s Telecom Christmas tree, when it appeared to clip a wire and spin out of control

a dream come true for robbie...winning the, eh, what's it called again?

oh she cute ;) can interview me anytime...

irish fans mob russian reporter in tallin & robbie's 'yay' pic photoshopped to shit...

ok so first the irish fans in notveryimaginativechantshocker mob poor russian tv reporter who tries to look like he is having ze craic but clearly isn't (much to the amusement of the female anchor back in studio as you will see)they just better hope he hadn't any mafia friends lurking in the shadows...

now the typically awkward robbie celebration snap that sparked the following flurry of photoshopping madness (at the behest of broadsheet.ie)

let the photoshopping begin...











good work @billiejohnson!

bruno mars it will rain official video from breaking dawn OST

Bruno Mars - 'It Will Rain'Official Video
Taken from the Breaking Dawn Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Breaking Dawn hits theatres nationwide Friday November 18th

@desbishop makes a classic even more classic leimigi thart

well done free music winner on red drive dave walsh from the collig 3 cds of pure hip-hop out in post asap...

wanna see a dude surfing the biggest wave ever surfed? yeah is the answer...

Garrett McNamara has surfed what is considered to be the biggest wave ever. The Hawaiian big wave rider caught the huge monster in Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, during the ZON North Canyon Project 2011.

The wave caught by McNamara is estimated to be about 90 feet (30 meters). Garrett was tow-in surfing with Andrew Cotton and Al Mennie when he suddenly caught this giant wave. Watch the biggest wave of all time, here.

"Everything was perfect, the weather, the waves. Cotty and I surfed two big waves of about 60 feet and then, when Garrett was ready came a canyon wave of over 90 feet. The jet ski was the best place to see him riding the biggest wave I've ever seen. It was amazing. Most people would be scared, but Garrett was controling everything in the critical part of the wave. It was an inspiring ride by an inspiring surfer", says Al Mennie.

This was not the first time that Garrett McNamara rode giant waves at Praia do Norte, which is under the influence of a phenomenon known as "Nazaré Canyon" that creates unusual giant waves.

The conditions of swell and wind direction observed on McNamara's big day were quite special. The local maritime authorities registered a wave of about 8 metres off Nazaré coast, in one of the buoys. With a WNW swell direction and a favorable wind, the canyon does the rest

"I feel so blessed and honoured to have been invited to explore this canyon and its special town. The waves here are such a mystery", says Garrett.

beatboxing dubstep what the hey?

Beatboxer David Crowe, who performed on Britain’s Got Talent a few years ago, spotted busking on the streets of Milan last summer.

this is the secret sound on cork talks back on redfm right now!

Hey dave, is dat noise u just played, da chainsaw clown at night mare realm edwina n mallow
Secert sound is it air being released from a ballon when you stretch open the top of the ballon roger south douglas rd.
Remote control air plane sean city centre
Is the sound the chainsaw in the nightmare realm. Catherine from Shandon :-) :-)
A bouncy castle or baloon been deflated? Danny

happy halloween y'all! have a party rockin one!!

join the cork zombie walk 2011 @emmet place saturday 5.30

join up and find out more details here

best reaction to awishcometrue ever!

wanna wake up?? mulder was right the truth is out there...

*rebump* cos it's that good: mike wilson 99 Foot Rope Swing Quadruple Backflips

oh yes!

chill your mind....midnight sun iceland

Midnight Sun | Iceland from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.

Photographer Joe Capra took a 17 day trip around Iceland in his car last June, making the most of the midnight sun to capture round-the-clock images for this extraordinary timelapser. He sez:

During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine.

talk about an inspirational speech #occupywallstreet it's bubblin baby it's bubblin

go danny glover!

so why is #occupywallstreet happening & spreading??

go to 4'30'' for the real action...

oompa loompas invade NYC...to join #occupywallstreet?

eh, no to flog 40th anniversary DVDs...still it's on the list #favfilmsofalltime
#wearethemusicmakersandwearethedreamersofdreams

fanny what you say?

have you ever dreamed of 'grinding the crack'?

hey 1% the 99% are coming....

ever been to benidorm? yeah...hmm, ok then ever base jumped off the highest hotel in benidorm? thought not...

red drive tune-of-the-week

toon...

republic of telly back monday...can they top last year?

please stop singing mom you freak me out...

aussies going doo-lally for this toon...t'is strangely compelling alright

thanks clon ex-pat fi neill!

remember the lil kid singing that nicky minaj song? well just see happend next...

so remember this..

well that lead to this...

predictable but still damn cute!

now this gave me the lolz...

how to make a viral video...it's eurotastic!

an itribute to steve: timefliesmusic.com

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mash-up video madness!

Don't hold back, just push things forward from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo.

Don’t Hold Back Just Push Things Forward – a ferocious sound and video ultra-mashup created by Chris from the Brighton based sound design company Ithaca Audio. All made possible by an APC40 Ableton Performance Controller.
MORE?

Rolling in the beats (live mashup) from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo.

sweet vid of vespa dude ripping it up in skatepark southoffrancestyle

nice work boulon!

don't believe all you read or hear...dig a little under the surface first...

Remember that supposed social welfare family getting 90 grand a year that everyone got so het up about? Doesn't stand up to much scrutiny it seems and may in fact be just part of an elaborate softening up process for forthcoming budgetary social welfare cuts...read more here

careful on those headlands they crumble you know...

robbie keane on singing (seems to have taken lessons from ronan keating)

hilarious, cute & scary all at the same time

wow. the truth has power.

american man participating in occupy wall street demonstrations tells it like it is, clarity in a world gone mad

anyone remember Bridie from Roscommon?

legend that she is...

win tix to an exclusive gate cinema preview screening of this cracking looking new irish movie on red drive all week ...

mac is back & has saved a pretzel for the gas jets...

A speech by the Republican governor of Texas and 2012 Presidential hopeful Rick Perry, overdubbed by the scamps at Bad Lip Reading. Thank you again broadsheet.ie and Niall Murphy.

like pumped up kicks? you will love this more...

loved triple j traveling around oz...what an amazing live studio session...only thing comparable for me in terms of musical moments was sitting in between damien rice and lisa hannigan in a tiny little broom cupboard make-shift studio as they delivered an awesome live recording of volcanos...just them and me...magical...if someone told me back in school that that is what i would be doing as a living later on i would have been pretty made up at the prospect

wretch 32 live @savoy on arthurs day...

this is why you should be pleased by that...

what's your favourite memory??

this looks hard, psch it's not...

NOISIA VISION Teaser from NOISIA VISION.tv on Vimeo.

*yes, yes it is*

sad but true very superstitious, nothin' more to say...

hilarious! zidane headbutt incident commentary added to kids footy match dust up...

excellent spoof irish movie trailer: danger farm...

it's a farm and it's dangerous

worst miss ever?? it's up there...

Peruvian footballer Israel Kahn has staked his claim for miss of the year - and quite possibly the miss of all time - after a howler for Alianza Atlético at the weekend.

Israel plies his trade in Peru's first division and was left red-faced after he skewed his shot horribly wide of an open goal - it really needs to be seen to be believed. After beating the offside trap the 22-year-old runs onto a perfect long ball and rounds Cienciano's goalkeeper with ease. But after doing all the hard work, needing only to slot the ball home with not a soul within several metres of him, poor Israel pulls the trigger from just outside the area - only to see his right-footed dink sail helplessly past the wrong side of the post. He even had the opposition defence walking back to the centre circle for the anticipated restart, such was the apparent formality of putting the ball in the back of the net. The shocker of a miss brings back fond memories of Venezuelan Anderson Fredrick, who found himself in similar circumstances after beating the keeper. Not content to walk the ball into the net Fredrick decided to blaze a powerful shot toward goal - only for it to sail embarrassingly high and wide.

ever see a man-seal? you have now...

awsome britney remix till the word ends thanks @unamullally & @nialler9

Britney Spears - Till The World Ends (Korallreven Version) by Nialler9

tv presenters big break ends up a gaffe spectacular...

Channel 4 presenter Ortis Deley loses athletics anchor role: A litany of live TV gaffes has prompted C4 to scale back the host's duties...

Poor Ortis Deley - he really has been out of his depth anchoring Channel 4’s live coverage of the athletics world championships. And after five days of missed cues, mispronounced names and stilted delivery, bosses have finally “scaled back” Deley’s role. The Gadget Show host and former custodian of the CBBC broom cupboard will make way for Rick Edwards who presents E4’s reality dating show Tool Academy but was until now slated for only the graveyard shift of Channel 4’s coverage of the IAAF World Championships. Among Deley’s gaffes have been repeated mispronunciations of the names of commentators John Rawling and Rob Walker, a failure to announce ad breaks and a continual need to refer to his notes – all while in the presence of one of athletics’ living legends, four times Olympic gold medallist and eight times World Champion sprinter Michael Johnson. An interview with Lord Coe was interrupted when Johnson was forced to link to an ad break Deley had failed to spot, while the presenter has produced such self-evident gems as "It’s history in the making as Oscar Pistorius from South Africa makes history". A Channel 4 spokesperson said of the decision to relieve Deley of the anchor role: "Channel 4 is committed to developing new presenting talent and this extends to our coverage of sporting events. "Ortis Deley's role in Korea covering the world athletics has been scaled back but he will continue to be on air for the duration of the competition.

to wtf? hip-hop from down under...

is this a joke? scarily enough i'm not so sure...check hilarious youtube comments here

from quality new (irish) hip-hop...

Alex Chiedu, under the guise Lecs Luther is a rapper from Dublin. This is a video from said rapper and if this is anything to go by we could have a very promising act here and hopefully more from Ireland can join him in as there are some decent raps act out there in the Irish undergrowth.

new fav song...cough syrup...young the giant

electro tent EP2011 friday night the potbelleez

Electro pop band The Potbeellez from Australia are returning to their homeland to headline the Electro Stage at Electric Picnic. The band was created by two Irish DJ/Producers David Greene (aka Dave Goode) and Jonny Murphy (aka Jonny Sonic). They moved to Australia in 2006 recorded some new songs, recruited two vocalists Blu & Ilan Kidron, were signed to Phat Planet Music Media and have gone from strength to strength ever since. The band are massive in Australia, they recently released their Platinum selling hit single “From the Music” (above) in Ireland - it’s a huge club anthem and is getting excellent air play. This is their first trip home and they are hugely excited to perform at the Electric Picnic and to do an intimate DJ set in The Kitchen Club in Dublin the following weekend.

lady gaga as danny from grease at vmas last night on mtv...

once again wtf?

ha lego rugby world cup head-tearingly brilliant...ka mate ka mate...

was it for this the wild geese spread their wing upon the grey tide....eh, probably...

it's the facial contortions and needless crotch-grabbing that do it for me...
oh 50 Cent is quoted as saying 'watching that hurt more than getting shot' how'd he see it? Perezhilton.com

latest single & vid from queen of weirdness 'The Gagster' AKA Lady Gaga...

FAIL: 'goodwill' tour of China by US Uni basketball team ends in all-out brawl

as regards the 'goodwill' tour of China by US Uni Basketball team that you just heard about on Red Drive...read on & watch!
SHANGHAI — The Georgetown men’s basketball team concluded its goodwill tour of China with a scrimmage against Taiwan here on Tuesday night, a trip that was marred by a brawl during an exhibition game last week against a Chinese military team.

Hoyas Coach John Thompson III, Georgetown’s players and university officials, though, have made every effort to move beyond the enmity in the immediate aftermath of Thursday night’s melee between Georgetown and the Bayi Rockets in what orig...inally was supposed to be the second game of a two-day event billed as the “China-US Friendship Basketball Match.”

“It was a unique experience that I’m glad we did,” Thompson said of the trip after an 83-64 victory over Taiwan at a gym next to the team hotel. “Time will tell, but I do think that we will see the benefits of this trip come January, February, March.”

Organizers originally intended for the excursion to provide the team an opportunity for athletic, cultural and educational exchange in the world’s most populous country. It also was designed to promote Georgetown’s brand internationally and allow alumni and supporters of the basketball program uncommon access to players and the coaching staff.

For instance, the Hoyas contingent toured politically and historically significant sites such as the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square during their stay in China’s capital, and the entire delegation was front and center for a surprise appearance from Vice President Biden, who was in Beijing for the start of economic talks in Asia.

Biden attended the opening game of the friendship matches on Wednesday at the Olympic Sports Center and spoke to the team in its makeshift locker room before tip-off. He then sat in the first row of the stands behind the Hoyas bench with, among others, university president Jack DeGioia and Paul Tagliabue, the former NFL commissioner who attended Georgetown.

At halftime, Biden shook hands with other alumni and supporters, and he spoke briefly to fans sitting in an adjoining section behind center court on his way out of the gym. The following night Georgetown played Bayi, and the game ended with 9 minutes 32 seconds to go in a benches-clearing free-for-all that included chair throwing and full plastic water bottles hurled at the players and coaches.

The next morning, Thompson and players Jason Clark and Hollis Thompson met privately with the Rockets coach and two players for a reconciliation discussion that Georgetown officials initiated. The meeting at Beijing Capital Airport included an exchange of an autographed basketball and Thompson inviting Chinese kids to the Hoyas summer basketball camp next year.

The team arrived in Shanghai on Friday unsure of what to expect and two days later played the Liaoning Dinosaurs, who like Bayi also are part of the professional Chinese Basketball Association. The incident-free game was considerably more representative of what Thompson and his players had envisioned when they came to China, and the events of the last five days, including a youth clinic and Thompson’s instructional session with local high school coaches, are what Georgetown has been emphasizing leading up to its departure Wednesday afternoon.

“Overall the trip has been great from a basketball perspective as well as just from a cultural perspective, getting a chance to see this country and learn about this country,” Thompson said. “It’s something that is invaluable.”

need a laff this evening? check the wacky walking cat then...

robbie scores but will claudine come out on top??

So 2 days after arriving and 20 mins into his first game for the Galaxy and Robbie's off the mark....the off-field battle of the wags (Claudine v Posh of course) is hotting up too just check this clip from TMZ (featuring Cork's own Peter O'Riordan if you don't mind)

weekend anthem...wrap your lugs around this...

venice beach rooftop...chili's new vid rocks...whodathunkit

modern day 'cyber-voyagers' here's how the hype went back in the day...

'cyber truck stops called websites...' LOLZ

behind the scenes at the sold-out katy perry california dreams tour..

wow she look different without all the slap...
KATY PERRY BECOMES FIRST FEMALE ARTIST AND ONLY SECOND ARTIST IN HISTORY TO SCORE FIVE NO. 1 SINGLES ON BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 CHART FROM THE SAME ALBUM
TEENAGE DREAM IS ALSO FIRST ALBUM EVER TO NOTCH FIVE NO. 1’S ON BILLBOARD’S POP SONGS CHART KATY’S “CALIFORNIA DREAMS” 2011 WORLD TOUR IS SOLD-OUT
August 17, 2011 — New York, NY — With her current single “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” ascending to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week, global pop superstar Katy Perry ties with Michael Jackson to become the second artist in the 53-year-history of the Hot 100 chart to produce five No. 1 singles off the same album. Katy is the first female, and only living artist to accomplish this feat.

holy crap spanish super cup (barca v real) kicks off season in acrimonious fashion...

pretty much how the last one finished too...just how much do they hate each other???

serious motorbike control...honestly how the fleck does he do this...

ice-cool that's what he is...

watch out banksy's about...

on the wall of crawford art gallery downtown cork city centre...(T&C's: probably not bansky....still tho)

cute much? thought so...

interview with one-year old problem child...

more shocking riot incidents caught on camera...

bring it back! dudenum pi...

Lebowski P.I. from Connor Kalista on Vimeo.

whadda ya mean it was never on tv?? I'm sure i remember it...eh...I think....

welcome to britain: you're invited/ignited/incited...

superb fielding from alan o'connor rebels abu!

mariah carey on the home shopping channel...you know this is a must...

no tackling from behind lads...

Kiss and tell WAG Nives Celsius, who recently published a book "In bed with Cristiano" offering a behind the scenes look at sex, footballers and their wives and girlfriends, has announced she will feature as a striker in a Croatian football league game saying: "I like to make the first moves and I have a good technique for getting to the balls." Tongue-firmly-in-cheek I'm thinking....
Yes truly she has been signed to play for Croatian team Slaven Belupo for the opening match of the season against Zagreb FC leaving local football officials looking in the rule book to find a reason to ban a female player. But Nives said she didn't care as her position was fixed, adding: "My husband was my coach. We have been practising a lot." Nives refused to say how long she would be on the pitch she might want to make it a brief appearance as I reckon that quite a few of the Zagreb FC players may wish to 'tackle her from behind.'

heavenly father thank you for boogity boogity boogity - amen...

ya gotta love doorstop dog...

wise words from stephen fry...self-pity is phenomenally destructive

banksy paying tribute to she of the angelic voice amy winehouse rip

spotted sunday morning round from where she lived in camden lock...

both the cutest & most pointless argument of the day...(aren't they all?) ((pointless that is))

just where do they learn it from...oh, that's right, us...

yr mom is so fat.... (click to see)

click...on the image that is..it's kinda amazing...and then the joke...

beastie boys don't play no game that i can't win...video of the year?? maybe...just maybe...

good work spike jonez

the boys are back in heaven by dj phil retrospectre mash up baby mash up...

hacktivist group anonymous respond to FBI statement...

In the wake of the recent arrests of 16 suspected members of the hacker collective Anonymous in the US, the headless ones have issued a statement:

We recently stumbled across the following article with amazement and a certain amount of amusement. The statements made by deputy assistant FBI director Steve Chabinsky in this article clearly seem to be directed at Anonymous and Lulz Security, and we are happy to provide you with a response. You state:

“We want to send a message that chaos on the Internet is unacceptable, [even if] hackers can be believed to have social causes, it’s entirely unacceptable to break into websites and commit unlawful acts.”

Now let us be clear here, Mr. Chabinsky, while we understand that you and your colleagues may find breaking into websites unacceptable, let us tell you what WE find unacceptable:

* Governments lying to their citizens and inducing fear and terror to keep them in control by dismantling their freedom piece by piece.

* Corporations aiding and conspiring with said governments while taking advantage at the same time by collecting billions of funds for federal contracts we all know they can’t fulfil.

* Lobby conglomerates who only follow their agenda to

push the profits higher, while at the same time being deeply involved in governments around the world with the only goal to infiltrate and corrupt them enough so the status quo will never change.

These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies.

We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir.

It is our mission to help these people and there is nothing – absolutely nothing – you can possibly to do make us stop. ”The Internet has become so important to so many people that we have to ensure that the World Wide Web does not become the Wild Wild West.” Let me ask you, good sir, when was the Internet not the Wild Wild West? Do you really believe you were in control of it at any point? You were not.

That does not mean that everyone behaves like an outlaw. You see, most people do not behave like bandits if they have no reason to. We become bandits on the Internet because you have forced our hand.

The Anonymous bitchslap rings through your ears like hacktivism movements of the 90s. We’re back – and we’re not going anywhere.

Expect us.

these people loved their bikes...they don't love the people who stole them...

well faith & begorrah anyone for a shamrock shake...

can't tow your car out of the river?

why not jump in after it in your underpants (thanks @broadsheet.ie again!)

new jj abrams movie super-8 looks great...

and finally...need a laugh? watch this...

rupert murdoch custard-pie'd in the face...

watch the woman I presume is his hot young wife leap to his defense and get in a pretty decent slap on the face of his attacker comedian Johnny Marbles...good work Mrs Murdoch and, er, Mr Marbles too i guess....(still deciding on that one LOL)

Satanistic Shirt Collar Placement Win

RONALDO SCORES WONDER GOAL ON PRE-SEASON US TOUR V'S LA GALAXY

Cristiano Ronaldo dribbles past the Galaxy defense before smashing a shot at a tight angle for his 1st goal of the Real Madrid preseason in their friendly against the LA Galaxy in the World Football Challenge.

Oh and check 'Messi Doesn't Dive' here for a further example of why he is THE genius of world football

take a front-row knuckle-whitening ride on the worlds tallest rollercoaster

yowzers!

wtf? check out the crazy face of crazy faces...

a back-heeled penalty? genius or disrespectful...you decide...

United Arab Emirates versus Lebanon.
In the 78th minute the UAE had a penalty and Awana Diab took responsibility for the kick. Things started normally as he began his run-up, but crazily, the number 13 spun a 180 midway towards the ball.
Then, in one of the most unsportsmanlike, arrogant, and yet truly hysterical incidents, Diab backheeled the penalty on goal. The cherry on the top arrived when, despite the spot-kick being pretty awful, the lame Lebanon keeper just watched it trickle into the net.
Afterwards some of the Lebanese team threatened to start some argy-bargy for the disrespect, but it all fizzled out fast.
Final score: UAE 6 Lebanon 2

fun things to do with your iphone...

so just how funny can tickling a bull terrier be?? this funny...

now that's what you call a hole-in-one...for realz

jittery cat? hmmmm anyone got a large paper clip??

hey rocky! can i be of some assistance...(see what i did there)

yr not going to believe this...meanest wedding proposal ever...or funniest...you decide...

oh.sweet.jeebus. this is not one to thank the t'internet for...

on-the-spot wildfire reporter (hot one at that, the reporter not just the fire lol) gets water helicoptor dumping its load on her...steady now father

ever wonder how ships are launched...as in, like big ones...wonder no more...thank you t'internet what did we do without you...

ed sheeran the a team video shot for twenty quid...ask me for it on yourcall on red drive mon-fri 6-7 redfm 1890 77 3 33 6

on the way home to the missus? here's some things to not say to your wife...

no foo fighting at foo fighters...dave 'legend' grohl lays down the law..his law

angry with the world? why not tattoo it on your forehead...if you are an idiot that is...

Patrick Brooks, 21, has become something of an internet sensation after being photographed for a police mugshot with the words 'F*** You' emblazoned across his forehead.

While Brooks' tattoo is probably endearing him to other inmates in prison, not everyone has been quite so lucky with their choices of body art. Last year, a mugshot was released of naive radio listener David Jonathan Winkelman, with him displaying his rather unfortunate tattoo. Winkelman and his stepbrother, Richard Goddard, had the logo for hard-rock radio station KORB tattooed on their foreheads after a presenter claimed there was a six-figure sum up for grabs for anyone who did so. After hearing the offer, the gullible duo headed straight to a body artist, who etched the permanent reminder of their naivety on their faces. Staff at the radio station told the pair it was actually a practical joke when they arrived to collect their prize money, and their mistake was revealed after Winkelman was arrested on a misdemeanour charge and his mugshot made its way onto the web.

everyday she's shufflin...in tiananmen square beijing

support car swerves into tour de france cyclist - ouch, ouch and ouch again...

@IanCyclingreds @davemacardle wasnt a support car it was the french tv car . they were asked to slow down so the break away could get there bottles

...the cyclists were meant to get there bottles of team car and the french car speeded up and didnt listen to the radio

...the car has been kicked out of the tour anyway it was the cars fault not riders

...oh Dave this is Johnny Hoogerlands side after he met with the barb wire , needed 35 stitches and wil carry on in the tour de france

who you staring at ya owl blaggard...

you know when someone says 'don't be such a scaredy cat'...this is what they mean...

LOL great soundtrack

what sport offers guys the perfect cover to get 'up close & personal' with each other??

dead cat bounce live at de barras clonakilty friday 9.30pm

star wars re-imagined....twilight zone stylee

who is the worst driver in the Netherlands? eh, this guy, this guy is...no contest

A contestant on the Dutch TV show Who Is The Worst Driver In The Netherlands? has well and truly staked his claim after he ran down a TV presenter during filming for the final episode.BNN reporter and television personality Ruben Nicolai was standing to the side of a 'braking from speed test' when the contestant known as 'Pim' swerved off the tarmac and ploughed straight into both a cameraman and Nicolai himself. Luckily no-one was seriously injured in the smash which occured when Pim took his eyes off the road and ran over traffic cones. In a split-second the car left the road and headed toward the nearby crew as Pim closed his eyes and hoped for the best. Travelling In his car were two female passengers - an instructor sitting in the front seat and Pim's friend in the back. The bone-crunching accident did have one positive impact for the TV show though, with the broadcast attracting a record 1.2million viewers. After spending a night in hospital, a shaken Nicolai reassured viewers that he would make a full recovery: 'I've just a little pain in my shoulder and my foot. We all had the fright of our lives.'
Funnily enough, or perhaps unsurprisingly enough, Pim has had his licence revoked :p

now that's what I call a beach party....

*warning this blog post title is entirely ironic*

now that's one lucky squirrel!

spectator causes tour de france pile up...

ever wondered what it might be like to be a firework?? wonder no more...

happy independence day y'all

june fail compilation is all win...

meet the greek riot dog...

masterchef mashed-up

i ilke the base, i like the buttery biscuit-base...

carp attack

fishing is easy when they jump into the boat for ya...

beware the balloon of fire nordy boys...

most genius fancy dress costume EVER...

shake, shake, shake,

shake, shake, shake,

shake your booty...

amazing google ad...cheap to make but so feckin effective...sometimes a good idea is all you need...

gareth maybin...mad golf skillz....

we were poor but we were happy...21-years ago today Ireland were in the world cup quarter-finals....the country went nuts

OMG the fashion, the fashion...

just in...that sarkosy attack...

help me make this cool irish travel vid go viral!

Boyfriend and girlfriend drive from China to South Africa, picking up some friends and good vibes along the way...

new irish move the guard looks pretty damn funny...

out july 7th 15s cert

irish patriot & jedward fan proves he is an idiot (in vancouver by trying to use his fist to punch out some randomers car window)

Is he Canadian and just borrowed the t-shirt or is he part of our export-led recovery? (too good a line not to steal)

Lots more dumbass peeps in vancouver doing dumb shit here

the story of THAT kiss at those ridiculous riots in vancouver...

thanks (again)to Broadsheet.ie: Getty Images photographer Rich Lam sez:

I was covering last night’s Stanley Cup Playoffs for Getty Images when Vancouver erupted in riots after the Canucks’ Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins. It was complete chaos. Rioters set two cars on fire and then I saw looters break the window at a neighboring department store. At that point, the riot police charged right towards us. After I stopped running, I noticed in the space behind the line of police that two people were laying in the street with the riot police and a raging fire just beyond them. I knew I had captured a “moment” when I snapped the still forms against the backdrop of such chaos but it wasn’t until later when I returned to the rink to file my photos that my editor pointed out that the two people were not hurt, but kissing.
Either the best riot photo ever, or a cynical, staged troll. The jury is out.

oh.my.god. watch the new club orange ad..before they ban it...

red-blooded males don't miss this...

ever seen a chihuahua flamenco-dancing? no?? get ready to tick that box...

El Willy I heart El Willy

watermelon head smash fail...major fail..he actually headbutts the ground that's how much of a fail it is...

not seen is this dumbo-dude walking off to seek medical assistance or have a long lie down....poor fella altho he looks like a d*&k...

time-lapse lunar eclipse shot from currabinny...june 2011 cork

thanks CorkRebel2010 also here and here too

that glass...at the lion enclosure..it's REALLY thick right?? Feckin hope so! Watch this...

Our 1 year old son Trent has the attention of Angie, a 400 pound lioness at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

ladies & gentlemen...I present to you...winner of the worlds most-embarrassing-gran 2011...

Granny hijacks the limelight and teaches the kids a thing or two at this street performance in Zagreb, Croatia. To be fair about it she's obviously good fun!

can.not.wait. inbetweeners movie trailer out august 19th...

so good..i've posted it twice...thumbs up for rock n roll!

happy weekend!
and the auto-tuned version!

Boyfriend and girlfriend drive from China to South Africa, picking up some friends and good vibes along the way...global-slacker.com

make this irish vid go viral - if you like it, share it!!

seamus red rooster barry aka ROG-alike never told us about this vid!!

what did you do before ronaldo? (the original ronaldo that is)

meet the king of embarrassing dads....

Dale Price wears a different fancy dress costume every term day as he waves off his son, Rain, on the school bus to embarrass him.

The stay-at-home father has used 170 different outfits so far and once even sat on a toilet outside the house with his shorts round his ankles reading a paper. On other occasions, Mr Price has squeezed his burly body into mermaid, Wonder Woman, Batgirl and bridal fancy dress. Mr Price and his wife, Rochelle, first waved their 16-year-old son off last August – dressed normally – to embarrass him when the school bus stopped outside their house in American Fork, Utah.


When he overheard Rain saying: ‘Mum, don’t let dad go out there again’, he took it as a challenge and decided to up the ante. The next day he appeared in a San Diego Chargers American football kit.‘When he did it the first day I was in shock,’ said Rain. ‘You don’t want to see your dad dressing up in a wedding dress, waving at you on the bus.’ Mr Price said: ‘I hope this lives with him for the rest of his life.’

miss the irish goals last night?? watch them in italian! multo bene irlanda..

soooooo cute! haters gonna hate, singers gonna sing...

have you ever had a dream like this?

every night lil dude, every night...

giving life to the expression: dance like no-one is watching!

"Rumour has it this entertaining character is from Lativa. He appears out of nowhere and dances with the nearest building. Dublin has a history of street characters from Zozimus to Bang Bang and on into the 21st century. This guy gets hassle from a few gurriers at times but the majority of people accept him. He gives life to the expression "dance like there's no one watching....""

think you have seen the worst tattoo in the world??

dad. i was 4. what were you thinking?? great caption @broadsheet.ie

ken to barbie: it's over...

#Barbie: You might have heard the breaking news already – Ken and Barbie have split up over her unappealing deforestation habits. Ken made the announcement very public, placing a banner onto the Mattel’s headquarter in Los Angeles, after finding out that Barbie’s packaging contained timber products from Indonesian rainforests, produced by Asia Pulp and paper (APP), the “notorious destroyer of Indonesia’s dwindling natural forest”. Barbie, Greenpeace knows that “life in plastic is fantastic”, but what about making it also sustainable?

i ain't comin' back to your crappy-ass theatre...

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin Texas has a strict ‘no texting, no talking on the phone or you’re out’ policy. Recently, when one angry ejectee left a voicemail complaint, the cinema repurposed it as a public service announcement for R-rated films.

hey, what u looking at??

bunk the boxer gets special 2nd birthday treat: go bunk get em boy, get em...

class!

soon-to-be released docu on greatest hip-hop act of all time: A Tribe Called Quest....

the runway: inspired by a true cork story, kind of...

thumbs up for rock 'n' roll! super super cute viral will steal your heart...

remember the day you learned to ride a bike? this lil dude always will...

'i feel happy of myself' get the tees printed now!

grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and quite mind-meltingly brilliant really!

obama uses position to plug irish transition year book...no, really...

From Broadsheet.ie: “Lost in Transition” is a compilation of short stories written by Transition Year students from Scoil Chaitríona in Dublin. The group came together in the creative writing centre ‘Fighting Words’ on Thursday afternoons from September — May and wrote, redrafted and edited their short stories, helped and encouraged by the Fighting Words volunteers.
Well done Fighting Words!

Here's more: Fighting Words is a creative writing centre, established by Roddy Doyle and Sean Love. It is located on Behan Square, Russell Street, Dublin 1.

All footage was taken from the 'whitehouse' channel on Youtube and is in the Public Domain.

Handy Sandie tries to make money by riding Tour de France legend Stephen Roche..

make this go viral! sharing is caring...

soothing head candy...the arctic light

The Arctic Light from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

From the dude who shot this: This was filmed between 29th April and 10th May 2011 in the Arctic, on the archipelago Lofoten in Norway.

My favorite natural phenomenon is one I do not even know the name of, even after talking to meteorologists and astrophysicists I am none the wiser.What I am talking about I have decided to call The Arctic Light and it is a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun.
The Sunset and Sunrise are connected in one magnificent show of color and light lasting from 8 to 12 hours. The sun is barely going below the horizon before coming up again. This is the most colorful light that I know, and the main reason I have been going up there for the last 4 years, at the exact same time of year, to photograph. Based on previous experience, I knew this was going to be a very difficult trip. Having lost a couple of cameras and some other equipment up there before, it was crucial to bring an extra set of everything. I also
made sure I had plenty of time in case something went wrong. If you can imagine roping down mountain cliffs, or jumping around on slippery rocks covered in seaweed with 2 tripods, a rail, a controller, camera, lenses, filters and rigging for 4-5 hour long sequences at a time, and then having to calculate the rise and fall of the tides in order to capture the essence - it all prved bit of a challenge.

And almost as if planned, the trip would turn out to become very
difficult indeed. I had numerous setbacks including: airline lost my
luggage, struggling to swim ashore after falling into the Arctic sea: twice, breaking lenses, filters, tripod, computer, losing the whole dolly rig and controller into the sea, and even falling off a rather tall rock and ending
up in the hospital. As much as I wanted to give up, the best way Out is
always “Through”. I am glad I stuck it through though because there were some amazing sunrises waiting. At 1:06 you see a single scene from day to night to day.

I asked the very talented Marika Takeuchi to specifically compose and
perform a song for this movie, and what she came up with is absolutely remarkable. Thank you very much Marika!