The making of Dublin’s The Pod and RedBox nightclubs
On 13 April 1993, The Pod opened its doors, ushering in a new era of sophistication for Dublin‘s nascent clubbing…
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Lost In Music: Dublin’s record shops, 40 years on
Phone shops, hair salons, bookmakers, sushi bars and even a funeral home… time hasn’t been kind to Dublin’s old record…
The story of U2’s legendary The Kitchen nightclub
Up until recently, if you sauntered along Dublin’s East Essex Street, you might have found an inconspicuous wooden door with…
Bodytonic set to open Jam Park… you’ve come a long way, baby
Bad news is often contagious, and when the announcement was made on Friday 5th January about the impending closure of…
The Ormond… 21 years gone, but not forgotten
One of Dublin’s most iconic clubbing venues, The Ormond Multimedia Centre, shut its doors for the last time 21 years…
Check out this video of Dublin’s ‘hottest dance club’, Sides DC, back in 1987…
Sides nightclub, or Sides DC to give it its official title (the DC standing for ‘Dance Club’), was a historic…
So we FINALLY now know what is going to become of the old Pod/Redbox complex in Dublin…
For a generation of clubbers, the Pod/Redbox/Chocolate Bar complex on Harcourt Street in Dublin brings back fond memories. And though…
Check out this video from the opening party of The Kitchen nightclub in Dublin… [February 1994]
Despite operating for just over eight years (I had the pleasure of working there for three of them), The Kitchen…
Friday 13th? More like history repeating… [October 2000]
It’s Friday 13th, and that can mean only one thing… techno! And what better man than Dave Clarke, the baron…