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No Disco - reminiscing

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    #32
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    Fanny Cradock wrote: »
    Car crash, wasn't it? She had a nice way about her.

    I know the lad who was in the car with her..:(


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    #33
    NapoleonInRags
    Registered Users Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭NapoleonInRags


    Just thought I'd give a mention to the legend that is Donal Dineen - the original presenter of No Disco and currently chief late night groovemesiter on Today FM


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    #34
    The Wild Bunch
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    Whatever happened to Leagues O'Toole and Darragh Purcell?


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    #35
    trashcan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭trashcan


    The Wild Bunch wrote: »
    Whatever happened to Leagues O'Toole and Darragh Purcell?

    Leagues O'Toole wrote a book about Planxty about 3/4 years back I thiink. Don't know what else he's been up to.

    Anyway, No Disco introduced me to this:



    And I was instantly a fan (as you can guess by the username). went out and bought the album Cake that very afternoon. (It was when No Disco used to be on a Saturday morning. Donal Dineen days.

    Also introduced me to Freedy Johnson - Donal Dineen used to play this;



    Nice.


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    #36
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    My strongest memory of No Disco was seeing 'World is Dead' by Juniper on there and doing everything I could to hear it again (pre internet days), ended up buying it on cassette tape.

    I also have a bizarre strong memory of hearing songs from the band 'Gorky's Zygotic Mynci' on there too.

    A type of show that is severely missed these days. I hate that Kodaline are probably Ireland's most well known band at the moment, makes me wish for No Disco again.


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    #37
    roll
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭roll


    The Wild Bunch wrote: »
    Whatever happened to Leagues O'Toole and Darragh Purcell?

    Isn't Leagues running the Harmonic operation? Didn't like him on No Disco but he did introduce me to Arcade Fire and the Harmonic promotion outfit is v good....

    incidentally, Donal Dineen was still playing football with Rathmore when presenting ND - I remember giving him sh1t after a game one day for constantly playing 'Shakermaker' (The song that made me realise Oasis were muck) - he apologised and said he had no choice!

    Uaneen had one of the best smiles......


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    #38
    Birneybau
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    Yeah, Leagues is running Harmonic and doing a splendid job altogther.


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    #39
    The Wild Bunch
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    Has he had a personality transplant yet?

    More wooden than my floorboards


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    #40
    BPKS
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    I used to record it every Thursday night. Imagine a show on RTE today showing videos of the Beastie Boys followed by Suede followed by Kristen Hersh/Michael Stype followed by the Boo Radleys followed by Massive Attack followed by the video with the plasticine figures (which I cant for the life of me remember who the band were).

    It was fanstastic, I must get out the old videos from the attic and watch a few of them again!

    And about Donal Dinneen and his "wooden" personality - I played football against him (he won a county senior championship in Kerry) and he was well able to move and shout then! Maybe the persona on air and on TV was a lot to do with the hip, chilled out presenter he felt he needed to be to stand out from the crowd at the time.


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    #41
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    BPKS wrote: »
    I used to record it every Thursday night. Imagine a show on RTE today showing videos of the Beastie Boys followed by Suede followed by Kristen Hersh/Michael Stype followed by the Boo Radleys followed by Massive Attack followed by the video with the plasticine figures (which I cant for the life of me remember who the band were).

    It was fanstastic, I must get out the old videos from the attic and watch a few of them again!

    And about Donal Dinneen and his "wooden" personality - I played football against him (he won a county senior championship in Kerry) and he was well able to move and shout then! Maybe the persona on air and on TV was a lot to do with the hip, chilled out presenter he felt he needed to be to stand out from the crowd at the time.

    If you do get out those video's, if you ever come across the video for 'World Is Dead' by Juniper, I would be more than happy to pay for a copy of it.


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    The Wild Bunch
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    BPKS wrote: »
    I used to record it every Thursday night. Imagine a show on RTE today showing videos of the Beastie Boys followed by Suede followed by Kristen Hersh/Michael Stype followed by the Boo Radleys followed by Massive Attack followed by the video with the plasticine figures (which I cant for the life of me remember who the band were).

    It was fanstastic, I must get out the old videos from the attic and watch a few of them again!

    And about Donal Dinneen and his "wooden" personality - I played football against him (he won a county senior championship in Kerry) and he was well able to move and shout then! Maybe the persona on air and on TV was a lot to do with the hip, chilled out presenter he felt he needed to be to stand out from the crowd at the time.

    I was actually referring to Leagues O'Toole with my 'wooden' comment :)


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    #43
    super_furry
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    Still love this song and first heard it on No Disco.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAhjmrAsSc


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    #44
    loyatemu
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    we need a "No Disco classics" Spotify playlist

    (actually could be tricky, just checked Spotify and there is no Palace Music/Will Oldham there at all...)


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    #45
    Tree Scape
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭Tree Scape


    This
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzewgVLmp8


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    #46
    loyatemu
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    Tree Scape wrote: »
    This
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzewgVLmp8

    I was looking for that video, but was searching for "Palace Brothers" (as that was his stage name at the time).

    Another oft-played tune was Luke Vibert's "Sharp A2" which Dineen commissioned a video for because there was no actual video available:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLczxR0nFew


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    #47
    WingnutRecords
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    Hey!

    I used to produce a podcast for Curious Broadcast called 'An Ciaróg Eile', for the very first one I interviewed No Disco producer, Rory Cobbe.

    Just search 'curious broadcast wingnut an ciarog eile 1'

    The interview was great and he went through the entire history of the show.

    One for the NERDS!

    In the same series I went on to interview Dave Fanning, Dan Hegarty, Donnacha O Dualaing, Cian O Cíobháin, Stevie G and loads more....


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