Arena Wednesday 17 December 2014
on Friday's show....Brian Eno exhibits at the RHA, Owen Roe is honoured for his life on stage and the latest albums from Sharon Van Etten, James Blake and Deerhunter
Arena
Daily arts and popular culture show, presented tonight by Evelyn O'Rourke
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Arts News
with Alan Corr - Minister Heather Humphreys announces competition for Ireland's nominee for European Capital of Culture 2020, tracks from Madonna's new album leaked online, Sinead O'Connor re-writes the Irish national anthem
Best crime fiction of 2014
Declan Burke with his selection of the best crime fiction of 2014 –
“Blue Is The Night” by Eoin McNamee, “Unravelling Oliver” by Liz Nugent, “The Black Eyed Blonde” by Benjamin Black, “The Wolf In Winter” by John Connolly, “The Boy That Never Was” by Karen Perry, “The Missing File” by DA Mishani, “Irene” by Pierre Lamaitre, “The Silkworm” by Robert Galbraith, “The Monogram Murders” by Sophie Hannah, “The Burning Room” by Michael Connelly
Television for Christmas
Rick O’Shea and Sinead Mooney with recommendations for what to watch on television over Christmas
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Book review: "Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars" by Neil Young
Alan Corr reviews the memoir “Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars” by Neil Young (published by Viking)
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Jessica Traynor, poet
Jessica Traynor reads her poem “The Water Table” from her latest collection “Liffey Swim”
(for copyright reasons this item is not available to download as a podcast)
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Alternative Christmas songs
Abie Philbin Bowman with some alternatives to the usual Christmas songs
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Music Played on the Show
I Want To Drive My Car
Neil Young
3:20
After The Goldrush
Neil Young
4:00
I'Ll Be Killing You This Christmas
Loudon Wainwright Iii
3:49
Xmas In February
Lou Reed
3:08
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Tom Waits
4:44
Father Christmas
The Kinks
0:55
A Christmas Carol
Tom Lehrer
1:42
Arena With Seán Rocks
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