Fill your pipe with navy shag and praise Dionysis it's The Chap Magazine

Some very funny Irish flash animated cartoons here thinkzoo.com

On the ocasion of her 70th birthday the "High Priestess of Soul" Nina Simone is profiled on the excellent Jazz Legends series on BBC - Radio 3 - Friday 16:00.

A guy travelling around the world for a year with a laptop and a camera, chronicles his journey in a weblog. www.vagabonding.com

Check out the new edition of Muzik magazine, the giveaway CD is a wicked mix by Gilles Peterson. Tracklisting as follows...

1) Kuusumum Profeeta - 'Kovin Lentaen kotiin Kaipaan' (Ekto)
2) Cinematic Orchestra feat. Roots Manuva - 'All Things To All Men' (Ninja Tune)
3) Dani Siciliano - 'Come As You Are' (Mantis)
4) Mr.Scruff - 'Come Alive' (Ninja Tune)
5) Harmonic 33 - 'Where Have They Gone' (Alphabet Zoo)
6) Asheru Feat. Talib Kweli - 'Moon Swing' (7 Heads)
7) Lone Catalysts Ft. 3RD - 'Destiny'(White)
8) 2 Banks Of 4 - 'Unclaimed' (White)
9) Micatone - 'Sweet Child' (Sonar Kollective)
10) Underworld - 'Twist'(V2)
11) Infekto - 'Left Hand Jazz' (Nine 2 Five)
12) Osunlade - 'Touch My Soul' (Sacem)

Some great guest mixes on www.milkaudio.com from the likes of Qauntic, Paul Murphy, Funky Lowlifes, Rainer Truby, Zero db also live mixes from Mr Scruff, Osunlade, Recloose and some excellent radio shows from John Kong and Gani and Felix. Well worth a visit

The Brazilian film City of God which has been described as a brazilian Goodfellas and was amazingly snubbed at the Oscar nominations this week, is the film club offering at the Phoenix Cinema in Dingle on Tuesday the 18th Feb at 9.pm .

Another good one, french wines only for sale The Wine Counter. There's a pretty reasonable mixed case of 6 for EUR65.

interesting Irish wine site WrathOfGrapes content rich, some great links, tasting notes. Apparently running for 7 years!

Top class week for re-issues of funk, soul and jazz :
Dorothy Ashby -- Afro-Harping
Mickey and the Soul Generation -- Iron Leg
Damn Sam The Miracle Man -- Damn Sam The Miracle Man and The Soul Congregation
Marva Whitney -- Live and Lowdown At The Apollo.
All available over at the Dusty Groove warehouse

Hats off to the boys at Wente. They have the quite magnificant 1997 Wente Charles Wetmore Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Livermore Valley. This wine is an amazing accompanyment to a steak dinner, or on its own, and is definitely a winner! This one comes highly recommended and at a price of less than 15 Euro at Dunnes Stores, is a must for everyones cellar!

For those of you looking to rate your wines check out the following sites: The Wine Spectator and The Wine Entusiast. They are a great way to rate your wines, or to preview some tasty numbers before splashing out the dosh!

Super new website from massive attack

Free Lemon Jelly gig at the Savoy, Cork all you have to do is register to be in for a chance to get tickets Heineken Green Room Sessions

John Malkovich's directorial debut The Dancer Upstairs is showing at the Pheonix Cinema's Film Club in Dingle on Tuesday the 11th. It stars Javier Bardem and Laura Morante and is the story of a policeman who is set the task of tracking down a mysterious revolutionary leader, Ezekiel, but falls in love with a dance teacher.

It has been decided that February is to be a quiet month. Low key low budget is the angle.... Clos Maverne Sauvignon Blanc is an affordable dependable Western Cape White - EUR8 from Karwig Wines. Good for Sunday dinner is the Errazuriz Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 99/00, EUR 10 from everywhere.

Arts Lives - 10.10pm. Tuesday 4th RTE 1.
Documentery on Harry Thuillier Jnr, the acclaimed Irish photographer, who died in mysterious circumstances in Milan in December 1997. Art Lives examines his upbringing and influences and attempts to delve beneath the surface of this truly talented and unique individual. Born in Dublin, Harry studied Photography in Memphis, Boston and Florida. Following a nervous breakdown, he returned to Ireland. When he lost 80% of his vision in his right eye, his work, which had always been noted for its particular darkness, took another turn and he was forced to discover an alternative means of expressing himself through photography.