Get On Your Boots!

Though your running shoes would probably be a better idea...!

The National Lottery Dublin Half Marathon takes place this Saturday September 17th in Phoenix Park.

There will be a number of gate and road closures in the Park to facilitate the event.

Gates to be closed:

Chapelizod Gate  Until 2.00 pm (except to Hospital traffic)

Islandbridge Gate  10.00 am – 12.00 noon

Knockmaroon Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Castleknock Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Ashtown Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Cabra Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Roads to be closed to traffic:

Acres Road  7 am – 3.00 pm

Wellington Road  10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Upper Glen Road  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Chesterfield Ave (upr)   8.00am – 2.00 pm

Chesterfield Ave (lwr)   8.00 am - 2.00 am

Ordnance Survey  9.30 am - 2.00 pm

Back Road  10.15 am– 2.00 pm

Military Road  10.00 am – 12 noon

Best of luck to everyone taking part!

Playlist for Wednesday 14-9-2011

4-5

Cake - Short skirt, long jacket
Smiths - How soon is now
Weezer - Say it ain't so
The Stooges - I wanna be your dog
Foster the people - Houdini
Destroyer - Downtown
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
David Holmes - I heard wonders
Chairlift - Bruises
Bush - Glycerine
Eels - Fresh Feeling

5-6

The Who - Pinball Wizard
Bee Gees - Love you inside out
Art Brut - Good Weekend
Radiohead - High & Dry
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
Boo Radleys - Wake up
Yuck - Get Away

6-7

Bright Eyes - First day of my life
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving
The Allman Brothers - One Way Out
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
Aeroplane - We can't fly
Noisettes - Wild young hearts
Cure - Just like heaven

Playlist for Tuesday 13-9-2011

4-5

Beats for beginners - You can't kill a dead man
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Beirut - East Harlem
Dave Matthews Band (feat Jurassic 5) - Work it out
Daft Punk - Something about us
Deus - Constant Now
Black Strobe - I'm a man
SBTRKT - Wildfire
AC/DC - You shook me all night long
Green Day - Time of your life

5-6

George Clinton - She's a bad mama jama
The National - Lit Up
The Jam - Going Underground
Laura Marling - I was just a card
Smiths - The boy with a thorn in his side
Bobby Womack - California Dreaming
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine
Al Murray - Morning Sunshine
Blur - Tracy Jacks

6-7

Muse - Feelin' Good
Beatles - Revolution
Tahiti 80 - Gate 33
Basement Jaxx - Rendez Vu
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water
Foster the people - Houdini
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Feist - How come you never go there
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Jamaroquia - Space Cowboy

It's (not) Raining Men...

... But it was pretty windy out there this evening. So with that in mind, we decided to have a spontaneous wind-themed show! Well, mostly.

We didn't have time to get to all the great requests we received but here are just some of the texts our lovely listeners sent in:

Stormy weather by Billy holiday

Jimmy H - wind cries Mary! Can't beat a bit of Hendrix! Julie.

Not sure if Gareth Brooks comes into the category of songs you won't play :) .... but how about the 'thunder rolls' - Amanda

Hi John Can you play Hurricane by Bob Dylan please John k

Winter winds, mumford and sons. Darkwind, the saw doctors, wild is the wind, david bowie/nina simone, the fart song, south park! White Bhoy

Wind of change.scorpions - chris

Can you play some Air, wind is air in motion after all - GK

Mandolin wind  by Rod Stewart

Ill wind bob dylan! White Bhoy... Play it for kerry fan's...  

Can you play Scorpions - Wind Of Change, a good old 80s ballad. Dermo

John, red hot chillies, the zephyr song, as a zephyr is a cool breeze! Do ya like apples - White Bhoy

Guns N Roses - November Rain, The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men, The Cure - Prayers for Rain, Prince - Purple Rain, Dinah Washington - September in the Rain, Adele - Right as Rain, The Butch Cassidy & Sundance song - Raindrops Keep Falling, the Pogues - A Rainy Night in Soho - Keith

Hi LiveDrivers, how about Riders on the Storm by The Doors? Siobhánio

Have you played 'Waiting for the Hurricane'? N4Nobby

Something in the air by Thunderclap Newman

Wat about rhiana umbrella song, because they get broken in the wind. Teresa. 

The Hollies, the air that I breathe. Is that pushing it? Pajo

How about Raining Blood by Slayer? Go on you know you want to play it!

Brewing up a storm, by The Stunning?

Like a hurricane... Neil young?

Hurricane by athlete - Mark

Otherwise Rainy Monday by shiny toy guns ( - also Mark)

David Bowie "Wild Is The Wind" and "Stormy Monday" by Little Milton - Keith

Lads, I'm tellin yez... Play Windy by The Association.. Proper song about the wind!! Tony

Can you play Earth, WIND and fire - September

Via Twitter:

Stormy Weather: Pixies / Bossanova 

Earth Wind & Fire - September. You can kill 2 birds with one stone there. Ger

Dare I say it, 'Wind Beneath My Wings' (No please don't play it) - also Ger

And possibly the most enthusiastic text ever:

Waiting for a hurricane me @rse...ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE! 

Well said sir, well said...

Playlist for Monday 12-9-2011

Themed show: wind/hurricane

4-5
Stunning - Brewing up a storm
Laura Marling - I was just a card
New Order - Ceremony
Tahiti 80 - gate 33
Depeche Mode - Walking in my shoes
Frank Turner - Photosynthesis
Stone Roses - She bangs the drum
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
School of seven bells - Windstorm
Jimi Hendrix - The wind cries Mary
Pink Floyd - The great gig in the sky

5-6
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
Joni Mitchell - Stormy Weather
Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds
David Bowie - Wild is the wind
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Bob Dylan - Blowing in the wind
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Zephyr Song
Doves - Sky starts falling
The Doors - Riders of the storm

6-7
Air - All I Need
Bill Callahan - Rococo Zephyr
Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
Scorpions - Wind of change
Florence & the machine - Hurricane Drunk
Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling
AC/DC - Stormy May Day
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Neil Young - Like a hurricane
Slayer - Raining Blood

Playlist for Friday 9-9-2011

4-5

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye
Supergrass - Moving
Kingsmen - Louis, Louis
Phoenix - Too Young
Robert Randolph & The family Band - I need more love
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Queen - Bicycle Ride
Doves - Pounding
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

5-6
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Futureheads - Decent Days & Nights
This Club - I won't worry
James - Sit Down
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
Cut Copy - Hearts on fire
The Jam - Beat surrender
Foster The People - Pumped up kicks
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland

6-7
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA
New Order - Temptation
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
ELO - Evil Woman
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
edwin Starr - War
Electric Six - Danger, High Voltage
O'Jays - For the love of money
ACDC - You shook me all night long
Prodigy - Out of space

Go Skyride!

Sky Ride Dublin, a fun family cycle day supported by Dublin City Council and Sky, takes place this Sunday from 10am til 4pm. Participants will be able to cycle the designated route at their own pace & there'll be an array of entertainment along the way.

Road closures are in place before, during and after the event, as follows:
 

Location 1:
From 07:00 hrs to 18:00hrs on Sunday 11th September 2011

Samuel Beckett Bridge, Sir John Rogersons Quay, City Quay, Cardiff Lane, Macken Street, Grand Canal Street Lower, Clanwilliam Place, Warrington Place, Mount Street Upper, Merrion Square South, Fitzwilliam Street, Fitzwilliam Square, and Baggot Street Lower (from Pembroke Street to Mespil Road / Haddington Road).

Location 2:
From 07:00 hrs on Saturday 10th September 2011 to 22:00 hrs on Sunday 11th September 2011

Merrion Square West, Dublin 2.

Those travelling in the listed areas are advised to use alternative routes where possible.

Sky Ride is an event created to inspire and help everyone whatever their age or ability to get on their bikes and have fun. The event has been organised by Dublin City Council, in partnership with Sky and will see approximately 8km of the city centre’s roads closed to traffic. Participants will be cycling the route at their own pace, with an array of entertainment along the way. Further information on the event is available from Goskyride's website.