[Sticky] Cork Links/Venues/Things to do

dahamsta

• Cork Cinemas (Two of 'em anyway.)
• Whazon
• Peoples Republic of Cork (Small because I find it embarassing as a Corkonian.)

If you'd like to see a link or information here, post it below and I'll add it if I'm in a good mood. If I'm in a bad mood I reserve the right to banish you to PROC.

flyz

Event Guides / Cinema

www.corkcinemas.com

www.whazon.com


Half Moon Theatre:

www.halfmoontheatre.ie

DukeDredd

Why do you say the peoples republic of Cork website is an embarrassment to the city? Did you see the amount of PRC tshirts people were wearing at the Cork Vs Waterford game in Thurles - they equalled the amount of Cork GAA jerseys there! Were they all embarrassing you too?! In my opinion the site is great and i'm proud that we have it!

dahamsta

Just because people wear the t-shirts doesn't mean they think the website is cool. The posters on the proc forums are an embarassment to me as a Corkman. I've covered this many times in the forums, if you want to know why, do a search.

adam

sixpack's little hat

whatcha talk'in bout feen?

dahamsta

Originally posted by sixpack's little hat
whatcha talk'in bout feen?

That. Moustache grown in yet?

adam

sixpack's little hat

hahaha

I'm a proud former owner of a goatee no less!

dahamsta

Seriously though, that's the problem I have with it. The way they talk on the forums is how wah's talk, which isn't something I take pride in. I accept that it's only a bit of fun, it just strikes me as silly. And I'm not the only one, I've noticed over time that the only people I know that do claim to like it, at least outwardly, aren't from Cork at all. Which kind of takes the wind out of the "we're only poking fun at ourselves" thing.

Anyway, I've edited the link to note that it's a personal thing.

adam

DukeDredd

Fair enough but you created a sticky for Cork links - not "dahamsta's Cork links". I think it should either be in there or not, not half way there! A Cork link is a Cork link whether a person likes/enjoys the site or not.

Duke

comet

Cork Shopping Directory

rymus

Originally posted by dahamsta
Just because people wear the t-shirts doesn't mean they think the website is cool. The posters on the proc forums are an embarassment to me as a Corkman. I've covered this many times in the forums, if you want to know why, do a search.

adam

Precisely. Just because I own one of the t-shirts doesn't mean I wouldn't be absolutely horrified if I thought any computer I own was used to access that rubbish. It's funny, but not "ha ha" funny.

But anyway... back on topic.

yellum

Yout gotta love Pres Boys who never set foot over Patricks Bridge except to go to the Vic putting on the thickest "Genuine Cork Accent" while using slang terms that have not been used in 20-50 years.

PROC baye.

rymus

das pure daycent sham

Blondie81

There's some decent people on that PROC board too you know. Only a handful of real idiots but you get them everywhere.

D-Generate

Originally posted by Blondie81
There's some decent people on that PROC board too you know.

Don't you mean daycent
Pfft all tools really.

Does anyone know a website that has a list of Cork restaurants with reviews or shall we start up a thread with our own list of recommended restraunts. We could make it a sticky and also have pubs and the likes included in the list.

rymus

I'm actually compiling a list of pubs at the moment... looking for reviewers with an objectively critical & potentially sarcastic style

musician.ie

For North Corkonians:

http://www.mallowtown.com

Jim Comic

www.cork2005.ie

www.kinocinema.net

http://www.munsterlit.ie/

rorygbluz

This is the only forum I use whats the PROC forum like

guliolopez

Jim Comic wrote:

www.cork2005.ie
www.kinocinema.net

Also on the Cork 2005 vein, theres the Cork School of Culture [colaiste criost ri] website.

radiospan

www.corkgigs.com

I find that one invaluable.

TattyTeddy

sixpack's little hat wrote:

whatcha talk'in bout feen?

Class boy!

dahamsta

Was gonna update the original post but the edit limit has expired. Perhaps a mod would like to cut and paste? Posted in the order they were added to the thread. If it gets any bigger I'll start categorising.

• Cork Cinemas (The Gate, North Gate Bridge & Cinema World, Douglas)
• Whazon
• The Half Moon Theatre (+ Club)
• The Lobby (Pub)
• Peoples Republic of Cork (Wackers)
• Cork City Business Online
• The Voice of Mallow (Mmmm, Marshy)
• Cork 2005 (Official Ditto)
• Kino Arthouse Cinema (Washington Street)
• Munster Literature Centre
• Cork School of Culture
• CorkGigs.com
• A Dictionary of Cork Slang (A Beecher Family Production)

BTW, I also run a WikiWikiWeb with a page about Cork, which will build into something bigger over the summer, so contributors are welcome. Of course there's also Wikipedia's Cork page, which has improved considerably in the past few months.

That pic of City Hall is dahamsta's! *proud*

adam

solice

Gay Cork

smileygal

Cork Opera House
www.corkoperahouse.ie

Granary Theatre
www.granary.ie

Everyman Palace
www.everymanpalace.com

netron

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/cork

netron

Cork Linux Users Group

http://cork.linux.ie/

exactiv

www.corkspace.com

Nina_Angelica

www.cork-guide.ie

for music you can try this fairly new site...

www.drop-d.ie

squibs

Just launched: http://www.cityofcork.com

docaoimh

http://www.corkblogs.com

Donal
http://donal.wordpress.com

StandnDeliver

www.freakfm.com popular music ,gigs site for people of the alternative scene

Wanderer222

rymus wrote:

Precisely. Just because I own one of the t-shirts doesn't mean I wouldn't be absolutely horrified if I thought any computer I own was used to access that rubbish. It's funny, but not "ha ha" funny.

But anyway... back on topic.

Likewise, I blundered in there accidentally at one stage, never to return again. Langers indeed.

Peteer

Cork Historic Walking Tours
http://walkcork.ie

Balmed Out

www.ccfcforum.com
http://www.corkcityfc.ie/home.htm

The cork city fc site and the unoficial forum

Balmed Out

http://www.cometocork.com/

StandnDeliver

Purgatory Presents

June 15th

I'll Eat Your Face http://www.myspace.com/illeatyourfaceireland
Redking http://www.myspace.com/redking06
Violent Jack http://www.myspace.com/violentjackwillruinyourfun

An Cruiscin Lan,Douglas Street

Followed my Purgatory Club Night so admission is €4 before 10pm or €7 after 10pm
3bands and a club now thats a bit of value

Doors 8.30pm

AARRRGH

For jobs in Cork: http://www.jobscork.ie

RoundyMooney

Dead links removed.

The PROC discussion remains, purely in the interest of historical context of course...

RoundyMooney

www.ratemypub.ie : (Courtesy of garyCocs)

www.munsterpubs.com : (Courtesy of rymus)

RoundyMooney

www.corkindependent.com (free newspaper site, via Buglim).

Jim Comic

the low lows @ cyprus avenue, sun may 4th





A rousing feedback-laden treat… Threaded with steel guitar, their cosmic leanings follow a host of unusual sidetrips, including a terrific cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Modern Romance". -Uncut

"an interesting, clever and affecting album…Shining Violence's mood is atmospheric and ethereal. In singer Parker Noon, The Low Lows have an extraordinary secret weapon. When he emerges from the stew of noise his band are cooking up, the effect is stunning and frequently heartbreaking …if the thought of a mashup between Gram Parsons and Flying Saucer Attack is appealing, this quietly intriguing record may be for you." –Clash Magazine

The Cocteau Twins meet The Jesus and Mary Chain somewhere in the mid west perhaps…sounds like it could be the soundtrack to 'Wild at Heart.' –Subbacultcha

There's a varied line-up of instrumentation on Shining Violence, calling upon lapsteel and other such country staples as well as brass sections, all of which is put to highly effective use on the lovely 'Disappear', a distorted ballad that fuses Jesus & Mary Chain fuzz with Calexico-style composition. Elsewhere the psyched boogie woogie of 'Five Ways I Didn't Die' spells a ghostly hoedown, while 'Raining In Eva' sets a course for sheer slowcore beauty. Excellent. –Boomkat

"The Low Lows' brand of psychedelic Americana sounds like a Raymond Carver tale baptized in the sweat of Galaxie 500 - dirty, woozy, and beautiful." - Limewire



Selected Press for 'Fire On The Bright Sky':



"a solid, lovely effort that sails on the back of strong songwriting and uniquely mournful vocals." -All Music Guide

" Welcome the sadness, the pathos, the noise… a genuine opening of the human heart… [a] mesmerizing debut" - LA Times



"A suite of slow burning, lo- fi wonder – not simply songs, but songscapes…a must for anyone who has ever lost themselves in early Willard Grant Conspiracy, Yo La Tengo, Tindersticks, Sparklehorse or Grandaddy. 'Fire on the Bright Sky, immediately sounds like a classic from that genre and will compete with the best work from any of the bands just name checked" (4/5). -Americana UK


"Monstrously sad and brilliantly anachronistic... Three sparkling, slightly surreal rock icons that seem to have been constructed out of feedback and white noise. Like werewolves mutating, feedback drips from freshly exposed fangs... Then suddenly they return to us, playing pretty, remorseful songs about the carnage they caused..." -Los Angeles Weekly


"Gut-wrenchingly raw and poetic in its intensity, The Low Lows creep stealthily and astound with the extent to which one album can be so considered and yet sound so un-contrived... Perfect. (5/5)" -Buzz Magazine UK

"A fantastic audio experience...the most constructive use of feedback since Neil Young in the 1980's....slow, menacing but with a strange magic. (4/5)" -Maverick Magazine UK


"The ghost of Galaxie 500 haunts the grooves of this record. The mesh of melody and noise, the languid grace, blissed out chord progressions and dark undertows. Think The Velvet Underground drinking with Big Star. These songs hang suspended in heavenly reverb. P.L. Noon's weary croak slides in-between the guitar storms and organ flashes. Restless, burnished, bruised and beautiful." -Mercury Moon UK

"Dark, intense, vulnerable, bleak, fascinating, triumphant, delicate, powerful! Call it what you will, whatever it is, it's certainly not your average indie shoe-gazing fodder.(4/5)" -DJ Magazine

"They have such rewarding textures, drenched in deliciously subtle reverb and gently caressing feedback. Psychedelic galaxy touching dream-… wonderfully (strangely) unique and very very beautiful. (single of the week)" -ORGAN Magazine UK

Fabio

We're missing a good site here in Cork that brings all the following together:

- Tourist guide...
- Where to eat and reviews of all places listed including price guides...
- What pubs to go to and what prices should be expected...
- What to do at night besides pubs (cinema listings, theatre etc)
- Articles on various current City topics

cometocork.ie does a very average job at this but we need better.

Jim Comic

primal scream - free cork gig

http://www.heinekengreenspheres.ie/index.php?page=next_gigs

Fairdues

Couldn't agree with you more Fabio. I think in these challenging times we need a guide like you've described, more than ever before.

chocs09

hi ppl,i hav no idea how to use this website really. so if im interrupting something forgive me, i just seen cork and things top do and thought i wud leave a message. so, does anyone know if the fuchsia band ever play in cork anymore? i used to go and see them, i know they r in america alot now but do they ever come home? if you have any dates please let me know!

Jim Comic

CORK ROCK
From Rory Gallagher To The Sultans Of Ping
Mark McAvoy

It’ll require a feat of the loaves and fishes variety to better Mark McAvoy’s comprehensive take on Cork’s substantial contribution to rock music history. Cork Rock is packed with facts and provocative anecdotes that weave the music into the culture of Cork and the world beyond. You’ve loved the music, now read the book.
Jackie Hayden – Hot Press

In this new book, Mark McAvoy explores the history of Cork rock music from the early days of legendary guitarist Rory Gallagher in the 1960s, through the Finbarr Donnelly led punk era of the 1980s, to local indie legends The Frank And Walters and the irrepressible Sultans of Ping.

Cork Rock explores the records, venues, personalities and culture that sprang up around rock music on Leeside. Delving deep into the stories behind seminal Cork acts such as Taste, Five Go Down To The Sea? and Microdisney, Cork Rock traces the careers of many of the city’s most popular and talented musicians.

With exclusive photographs and interviews with leading performers, managers, DJs and promoters, Cork Rock is essential reading for all true music fans.

Cork Rock: From Rory Gallagher To The Sultans Of Ping is published in paperback at €16.99 by Mercier Press.

patrickrushe

If you want a cheap and fun hobby, join St John Ambulance, Cork City. Our members are out on duty at all sorts of events including GAA, showjumping, gigs etc. etc.

(One advantage is that members can travel to Dublin for GAA games and gigs in Croker as well)

Jim Comic

Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser

live @ Cubins, in association with Haven
Fri Jan 22nd 2010
Ticket €15 | Doors 8pm

Featuring
The Frank and Walters
John Spillane | Interference
Two Time Polka | The Nail Drivers
Hot Guitars | Steve Housden
and many more

Funsterdelux

I set up a facebook page for Cork City's Bus routes, there is links on the page to google maps, where I have mapped out the routes. Handy for people moving to Cork or visiting.

Heres the link to the facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cork-City-Bus-Routes/251971624011


thank you

Funsterdelux

I've also set up a facebook page for Cork County Bus routes, there are links on the facebook page to google maps, where I have mapped out the routes. Handy for people moving to Cork or visiting.

Heres the link to the facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cork-County-Bus-Routes/112768162094182