Arena Friday 21 June 2013
on Friday's show....Jackie Fox and Simon Maher review "44/876" from Sting and Shaggy; "Treasures from the Temple" from Thievery Corporation; and "Primal Heart" from Kimbra; interview with author Lionel Shriver about her new book, "Property: A Collection"; and Alan Corr reflects on his early vinyl-buying ahead of Record Store Day.
Arena Friday 21st June 2013
Daily arts and popular culture show.
Clerihews Competition
Pauline Hall launches Arena's Clerihews competition. A Clerihews is similar to a Limerick with a specific rhyming scheme, beginning with a person's name, and is 4 lines in length. Pauline Hall's Fundit campaign is on www.fundit.ie - search 'Cream of the Milk'.
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Writer & Director Carmel Winters
Carmel Winters on her new play 'Best Man'. For performance dates the websites are www.everymancork.com, www.corkmidsummer.com and www.projectsartscentre.ie.
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Live Music - The Ben Reel Band
Ben Reel performs 'Could've Been' live in studio. The website for tour dates is www.benreel.com.
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Clerihews Entries
Seán Rocks reads samples of Arena listeners' Clerihews competition entries.
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Cork Midsummer Festival
Abie Philbin Bowman on the Cork Midsummer Festival. The full programme is available on www.corkmidsummer.com.
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Album Reviews
Elayne Harrington and John Meagher review this week's new album releases 'Yeezus' from Kanye West, 'Born Sinner' from J Cole and 'Ice on the Dune' from Empire of the Sun with Seán Rocks.
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Clerihews Winner
Pauline Hall announces the winner of Arena's Clerihews competition - Moírín O'Donovan from Loughrea in County Galway for her entry 'James Gandolfini, deftly played a meanie, murder, cheat and con, he remains the Don'.
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Arena With Seán Rocks
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Presenter: Seán Rocks