Rag Week '09

lovemypinkhat

When is it? I need to know

*Sully*

I think it's week 10 so March 29th - 2nd of April

lovemypinkhat

Brill, thanks for that!

Funkstard

Is that the same as last year? The week before the mid-semester week off?

bluedolphin

Funkstard wrote: »

Is that the same as last year? The week before the mid-semester week off?

Yep. Week 10 is RAG week, week beginning Monday 30th...then the week after is the mid-semester break and the week after that is week 11.

manna452121

A week of rubbish from people who should have brains and do not care about the locals

Funkstard

Was it €15,000 it raised last year?

rmacm

manna452121 wrote: »

A week of rubbish from people who should have brains and do not care about the locals

Hmmm bit of a sweeping generalisation. I have a brain (alcohol addled as it might be) but I've managed to get through 4ish rag weeks and been well behaved and have not caused troubles for locals and I can safely say the same for my friends.

Granted I can't speak for all students but hey you get ass holes in every walk of life it's not up to students to apolgise on behalf of theirs when they (the assholes probably don't give a crap anyway).

Funkstard wrote: »

Was it €15,000 it raised last year?

As Funkstart pointed out it does raise a significant amount of money for charities so not entirely pointless.

The Don

manna452121 wrote: »

A week of rubbish from people who should have brains and do not care about the locals

rmacm wrote: »

Hmmm bit of a sweeping generalisation. I have a brain (alcohol addled as it might be) but I've managed to get through 4ish rag weeks and been well behaved and have not caused troubles for locals and I can safely say the same for my friends.

Granted I can't speak for all students but hey you get ass holes in every walk of life it's not up to students to apolgise on behalf of theirs when they (the assholes probably don't give a crap anyway).

rmacm is right. I've spent 7 rag weeks in UL and I or my mates have never caused a bit of bother for the people who have to live in Castletroy or in greater Limerick. I and my fellow house mates took great pride in our area and tried our best to keep it in good order. For example, when I was in forth year someone set some trees alight in college court and we were one of the first to call the fire brigade along with my resident neighbours. Who I and the rest of my house mates were on very good terms with.

We, like the residents had to live in the area and it was also in our interests to keep it in proper order.

But as rmacm said, there are always the odd few tools who ruin things for everyone else. No matter where or what walk of live you are in you'll find them.

gudman09

The Don wrote: »

rmacm is right. I've spent 7 rag weeks in UL and I or my mates have never caused a bit of bother for the people who have to live in Castletroy or in greater Limerick. I and my fellow house mates took great pride in our area and tried our best to keep it in good order. For example, when I was in forth year someone set some trees alight in college court and we were one of the first to call the fire brigade along with my resident neighbours. Who I and the rest of my house mates were on very good terms with.

We, like the residents had to live in the area and it was also in our interests to keep it in proper order.

But as rmacm said, there are always the odd few tools who ruin things for everyone else. No matter where or what walk of live you are in you'll find them.

two points:
thinkin of setting up a one day soccer/tag rugby tourni for rag week with each estate having a team i.e groody v briarfield and so on? good idea or bad idea?

secondly some estates have become very dirty namely briarfield and milford grange....just keep on top of it it you live in one of em

rmacm

gudman09 wrote: »

two points:
thinkin of setting up a one day soccer/tag rugby tourni for rag week with each estate having a team i.e groody v briarfield and so on? good idea or bad idea?

secondly some estates have become very dirty namely briarfield and milford grange....just keep on top of it it you live in one of em

I think the soccer/rugby might have potential, granted I wouldn't have played myself when I was in UL but you'll definitely find people who'd be interested.

gudman09

rmacm wrote: »

I think the soccer/rugby might have potential, granted I wouldn't have played myself when I was in UL but you'll definitely find people who'd be interested.

couple years back a crowd of lads did it, had one big soccer game. full squads of players, jerseys, managers in suits and long coats, trophy named in honor of some fella that had dropped out!! was great success, big crowd attended and even bumped into willie o dea in hurlers after and got him to present the trophy! videos on youtube. would love to have day like that....

rmacm

gudman09 wrote: »

couple years back a crowd of lads did it, had one big soccer game. full squads of players, jerseys, managers in suits and long coats, trophy named in honor of some fella that had dropped out!! was great success, big crowd attended and even bumped into willie o dea in hurlers after and got him to present the trophy! videos on youtube. would love to have day like that....

You mind if I ask are you in UL? If so why don't you try organise something yourself or propose the idea to some one in the SU? I'd imagine there are plenty of good ideas out there for potential fund raising activities or activities not focused totally on drinking (rich coming from me I know).

bluedolphin

gudman09 wrote: »

thinkin of setting up a one day soccer/tag rugby tourni for rag week with each estate having a team i.e groody v briarfield and so on? good idea or bad idea?

Hey, if you call into Damien in the SU he oversees ents and RAG week and stuff; might be able to give you pointers on organising this.

Burial

I'd say I could even have a talk with Regina in SU and I could probably make it happen. They'll probably only supply the astro-turf and bids but thats enough to get us going. Anyway, I won't get to play in this if it's milford grange vs briarfield which I'm annoyed about. I want to play in it. Though I understand its for charity and just for a laugh.

I think a league of areas running a full day would be good, and a final the next day around 4 or something. Like Milford grange vs Briarfield, Thomond+Cappa Village vs people who stay at home. Just so I could play Or maybe organise it by course?

Or UL soccer team vs others? I'd say we could have a fairly decent team to play against them.

Burial

Actually lecturers vs UL students?

Or

UL vs LIT+Mary Eye?

mymipage

bluedolphin wrote: »

Yep. Week 10 is RAG week, week beginning Monday 30th...then the week after is the mid-semester break and the week after that is week 11.

Can't wait to see who UL bring in for RAG Week this year Mary I is next week and LIT the week after. Some names playing over the next two weeks;

MARY I - Sash
MARY I - The Coronas
MARY I - *snip*
LIT - 2 Unlimited
LIT - Sander Van Doorn
LIT - Free bar with Saving J

Gonna be two long weeks... when is the RAG Week line-up normally announced in UL?

sceptre

mymipage wrote: »

Gonna be two long weeks... when is the RAG Week line-up normally announced in UL?

Listings came out last week.

Patricide

God how many times have the blizzards played ul now...

Anyone else dissapointed with the linup?

The Don

mymipage wrote: »

Can't wait to see who UL bring in for RAG Week this year Mary I is next week and LIT the week after. Some names playing over the next two weeks;

<Snip>

Gonna be two long weeks... when is the RAG Week line-up normally announced in UL?

Some band(s) there that we're not supposed to talk about mods?

ninty9er

The events are organised by EightBall in UL, and I assume similarly those who should not be discussed have nothing to do with the other 2 RAG weeks so there's no issue. In addition to that it's event discussion that is frowned upon and not listing.

In any case I don't know why boards doesn't do a politics.ie on it and get hosted in the states so we can discuss whatever we like.

ImDave

Line up is fairly rubbish imo.

DJCR

Dunno - I like the Blizzards + lets be honest, by the time any band come on it doesn't matter who they are a good time is gonna be had!!!

I wish we had the *snip* back though - Might tipp over to Mary I to see them.

Feyy

Patricide wrote: »

God how many times have the blizzards played ul now...

Anyone else dissapointed with the linup?

+ 1

ImDave wrote: »

Line up is fairly rubbish imo.

+ 1

LIT Line-up is sweet, deffo going to see Sander van Doorn

PeakOutput

Patricide wrote: »

God how many times have the blizzards played ul now...

Anyone else dissapointed with the linup?

ye its crap

is there any truth to the fact that ents does not do the organising they outsource it to a company run by some guy called keith? if so thats an absolute farce

DJCR

PeakOutput wrote: »

ye its crap

is there any truth to the fact that ents does not do the organising they outsource it to a company run by some guy called keith? if so thats an absolute farce

Yeah its true - He's the representative here of a company called 8 ball!!!

Basically there company has all the contacts for gigs and stuff - though it has to be admitted that they arn't giving us much of a diversity in recent months.

In fact class reps have the opportunity to use them for their class parties. They seem to be trying to scale back their operations here though as they were at Class Reps Council last tueday whinging about organising class rep parties that take up too much time and having classes that cancel after they prepared a party.

No offense, while annoying that is their job!!!!

They say that its taking away from organising RAG week as well - though they seem to have managed over recent years!

As for Ents themselves - they provide the security and the advertising for the events!

I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the situation but that is the way it is!!!

limericklady87

im a 4th year now so have been to loadsa rag weeks all over the place and really it is quite disappointing here this year. the blizzards...i absolutely love them but seriously, iv seen em in ul about 5times in 3 years. even the delorentos or the coronas would be a change. at least christy moore TRIBUTE isnt on again. so is it the real wolfe tones or another tribute?? all my friends in 4th year are fairly pissed off over hte line-up.... ul is the 4th biggest college in the country..surely we could have done a little bit better?

Feyy

limericklady87 wrote: »

at least christy moore TRIBUTE isnt on again.

Actually it is on again

DJCR

limericklady87 wrote: »

so is it the real wolfe tones or another tribute??

Tribute ........ It's the Young Wolfe Tones

Funkstard

Sander Van Doorn playing in LIT!?

UL lineup is absolute bollocks all right, but I've only ever gone to a few events..nights out have been the most memorable part of it anyway

Patricide

DJCR wrote: »

Tribute ........ It's the Young Wolfe Tones

O well, there goes the one thing i thought would be decent. Now all thats good is hells bells...seen them before and there actually crackin. Best tribute ive ever seen.

ULEnts

Hi All
Keith from UL Ents here,
Sorry you are so dissappointed with the line-up. Its kind of tough trying to balance the idea of not losing money and still putting on good acts so we do what we can.

The line up is

Monday
Stables
Fred & Christy Moore Tribute
Thses were the two fastest selling gigs last year so we put the two of them together on one night. We reckon it will be a great gig.

Trinity Rooms
DJ SASH! - going on the popularity of the Venga Boys we went with SASH we're building a 90's night around, its cheesy but its Rag Week so cheesy is allowed.

Tuesday
Stables
Hells Bells - Tuesday is always Tribute night in Rag Week and we decided that an ACDC tribute would be the way to go(they re the big gig of the summer) Hells Bells are the best ACDC tribute out there they even played at ****** last summer.

Wednesday
Stables
Derek Warfield and the Young Wolf Tones are not a tribute act. Derek Warfield is the original member of the Wolfe Tones and for the last three years has been operating with his own band. He plays all the Wolfe Tones standards and they play all the same venues that the Wolfe Tones played often attracting bigger audiences. Its the kind of act we havn't done in UL before and we think it will go down really well. They stormed the UCD Freshers ball back in September.

Thursday
SU Courtyard
The Rag Ball featuring
The Blizzards
Dirty Epics
Vesta Varro
The Fontanelles
Arveene
Headphone Disco
More TBC

This is the highlight of the week..we're going with the big outdoor stage in the courtyard and with a Music Soc stage in the Stables courtyard. Arveene will be on the decks in the scholars and occasionally on the main stage while headphone disco will be in the Stables.

This is the Blizzards 4th time playing in UL since September 2006. The last time they played was Fresher Week where they played to a first year only audience, thats why we decided to bring them back because we think theres lot of people out there who want to see them.Dirty Epics are an amazing band who are on the verge of hitting it rally big check them out and the rest of the supports will be the best that Limerick has to offer.

We hop you have a great week , we're looking forward to it!!!
See you there..

By the way if you really feel you havn't had any variety over the course of the year then drop into the office and tell us what we should be booking baring in mind that this academic year we have had gigs with
Fred, Blizzards,Ham Sandwich, Vesta Varro, Delorentos,We should be dead, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Dempsey, Cathy Davey, Venga Boys, Dirty Sanchez. Next week we have Republic of Loose in week 3 we have Andrew Maxwell. The only bands that are obviously missing from the list are the Coronas and Fight like Apes, they aren't available for Rag Week and we're trying to sort out a date with them for the Summer Ball.

We would like to put on as wide and varied a range of gigs as possible but it doesn't always work that way. Last Rag Week for instance we did all the sure fire sellers for the first three nights the put on Messiah J an edgier act on the Thursday night result was 400 people at the gig and a big loss. Like i said earlier its a fine line between not losing money and putting on good acts.

deise_boi

No matter what, people will always find something to give out about

Savage line-up for Rag week (even if there is one or two that we've seen before).
Great job ents, roll on March 30th! :pac:

PeakOutput

ULEnts wrote: »

Arveene

wow a dj at last but what time is the stables and javas going to be open until?

Fred, Blizzards,Ham Sandwich, Vesta Varro, Delorentos,We should be dead, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Dempsey, Cathy Davey, Venga Boys, Dirty Sanchez. Next week we have Republic of Loose in week 3 we have Andrew Maxwell.

there is not one dj or live electronic music performer in that list, not one. it dosnt even have to be an international name there is a wealth of talent in the csis department especially one or two of the lecturers who im sure would love a chance to play in front of the college. the only two international acts in the list are venga boys and dirty sanchez??? come on now. local talent is great but we are a small country we dont produce enough quality bands to keep people entertained year in year out on their own. there are thousands of touring international bands that would love a chance to play in ireland you just gotta scratch below the surface a little bit

Like i said earlier its a fine line between not losing money and putting on good acts.

maybe thats the reason having a company in charge is a bad idea??? im sure you work your ass off but if ents organised the gigs they could work to break even not to make a profit therefore giving them less pressure to pack out nights and more room for experimentation. im not 100% sure but as far as i know in trinity and ucd its the ents officer (elected position) who organises the gigs and its always a hotly contested position because of the opportunities and contacts it creates for the person when they are finished their term



and on a completely different note, will my totty that iv only used for one gig since september get me into everything over rag week?

Patricide

Ah yea, i heard ye were trying to space out your cash alright this year, and tis a hard aul job to book good acts on a budget. Still i wouldnt mind losing the repition of acts. Delerentos, blizzards and fred have played there fair share of gigs around munster in the last 2 years. There popular and good bands but seeing some fresh blood would be great. Fight like apes and other bands along that line, Still thats just my opinion and tis easier said than done!!

PeakOutput

this should be split i want my rag week thread back so there is some chance of further discussion over thecrap lineup

even though locs 30% is still around 25-29% too high he has calmed down a good bit which could lead to good discussion in another thread that is just for the problems of rag week and the college in general

Peteee

Thread split

To continue complaining about students and their hedonistic lifestyle choice go here

Alternatively, if you want to complain about this years RAG week line up, post on you crazy peeps.

kaimera

Peteee wrote: »

Thread split

To continue complaining about students and their hedonistic lifestyle choice go here

Alternatively, if you want to complain about this years RAG week line up, post on you crazy peeps.

missed the post above yours :P

Mars Bar

Any body know what time the doors open for the cutting implement pysicians on thursday for Mary I rag week?

mymipage

9pm I think mars!

sham_kennedy

What about some older, international or more metal/punk bands? There seems to be an extreme slant towards bands like the Blizzards, Fred etc and while I know that these guys have a huge following, there is also a huge market in UL for Punk and Metal bands. This is always a gap in the Rag Week festivities. I know bands like "Therapy?" (one of the bigger Punk bands in the UK and Ireland during the 90's) are mad for gigs, and the same goes for a lot of bands, even local bands.

ergonomics

While I personally would love to see Therapy? play I don't think a large majority of the students would. The reason bands like The Blizzards and Fred play so often is because the majority of students like them and tickets will sell.

If you can get 200 students to go to Ents and ask for Therapy? or any punk/metal band then I'm sure they'd happily obilge but until then they're only going to book bands who they know will make a profit, which is logical.

cson

€20 for The Blizzards is fooking madness.

Mars Bar

Thanks mymipage...

Sorry Peteee, forgot!:o

Patricide

cson wrote: »

€20 for The Blizzards is fooking madness.

20 euro!!!.....they can FOOOK right off if they think there getting that.

As for threapy?, personally i think THEY would get a good reaction as they were pretty well known. Other metal and punk bands wouldnt though...and this is coming from a metal head.

Feyy

Blizzards are trash anyway, dunno why people seem to like them.

Patricide

Feyy wrote: »

Blizzards are trash anyway, dunno why people seem to like them.

I dont, ive just managed to see em twice in ul already cause everyone else was going and its lways been good banter anyway.

Still back to the fact its 20 euro, what are they thinking. You could see a world class band for that.

ninty9er

cson wrote: »

€20 for The Blizzards is fooking madness.

It's not€20 for The Blizzards. It's €20 for Blizzards, Dirty Epics, Vesta Varro, Walter Mitty and The Realists, Baby Jenx, Arveene, Head Phone Disco, Music Soc and more minor bands to be confirmed.

sceptre

As an aside - there's no problem naming the Saw Doctors. The boards.ie restriction is mentioning, promoting or commenting on MCD events or venues. Given that any time the Saw Doctors (see, I did it again) have come to UL it's been under the auspices of eightball/UL Ents as opposed to MCD, there's no issue with mentioning them or saying that they were good or old or whatever or that they should play UL more often or drive off a cliff or whatever your opinion of them is. If there was an issue, I'd pull every oblique reference to them as well. No issue.

Good to see Keith engaging here as well btw, always good to have feedback going both ways on the gigs on campus etc.

Mars Bar

sceptre wrote: »

As an aside - there's no problem naming the Saw Doctors. The boards.ie restriction is mentioning, promoting or commenting on MCD events or venues. Given that any time the Saw Doctors (see, I did it again) have come to UL it's been under the auspices of eightball/UL Ents as opposed to MCD, there's no issue with mentioning them or saying that they were good or old or whatever or that they should play UL more often or drive off a cliff or whatever your opinion of them is. If there was an issue, I'd pull every oblique reference to them as well. No issue.

Good to see Keith engaging here as well btw, always good to have feedback going both ways on the gigs on campus etc.

Yay! Saw Doctors tonight, Docs gig number 20 for me!!:D

Mars Bar

It was a good gig last night, of the 20 Saw Docs gigs I have been to, that had to be the most annoying crowd ever! Still had a great time, those Mary I'ers are mad!