Arena Tuesday 27 May 2014
with Alan Corr - Limerick preparing for a troupe of giant puppets from the French Theatre Company ‘Royal Deluxe’ to appear on streets in September as part of the City of Culture celebrations, the top-grossing movies of all time, according to a Beat on the Street report Dublin is joint-third in a poll of best cities for buskers
Kay Sheehy continues her reviews of the books on the IMPAC shortlist – “Questions of Travel” by Michelle De Kretser (published by Allen & Unwin)
John Byrne with a guide to the biggest end-of-the-world films as outlined in the book “World Gone Wild: A Survivor’s Guide To Post-Apocalyptic Movies” by David J Moore (published by Schiffer)
Tony Clayton Lea looks at the career of Led Zeppelin, as a new box-set of re-mastered and prevously unheard versions of their first 3 albums are released
(for copyright reasons the music featured in this item is not available to download)
Irish comedian Aisling Bea, one of the performers at this weekend’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny
Peter Fallon, poet and publisher – he talks about his latest collection ‘Strong My Love’ which is dedicated to his children and being a publisher with Gallery Press
The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get
Morrissey
3:41
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
5:44
Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown (Live In Paris 1969)
Led Zeppelin
4:02
Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin
2:37
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Presenter: Seán Rocks