Interview with Jedward and Simon Cowell
on Nov 19, 2009 in Interviews Read my exclusive interview with Jedward and Simon Cowell by clicking here.www.rant.ie...

Readers' Mailbag: David Hasselhoff, Ballroom Dancing and Predator
on Nov 11, 2009 in Question Time Read my answers to questions on David Hasselhoff, Ballroom Dancing and the movie Predator by clicking here.www.rant.ie...

Bob Geldof? Rob Ripof, more like…
on Oct 28, 2009 in Celebrity Tales Like so many of his generation, Bob Geldof idolised me in the early 80s. He made no secret of modeling ‘The Boomtown Rats’ on my band, ‘The Council Estate Speckle-tailed Hamsters’. To read how the shaggy wanker went on to steal my idea for Ba...

Back’n'Forth with the Movers and Shakers
on Oct 21, 2009 in Celebrity Tales As a globally celebrated renaissance man, naturally I’ve gained the ear of many public figures throughout the decades. Often I’ve had occasion to correspond privately with these movers and shakers via email, text message, letters, and in extreme...

Interview with Satan
on Oct 7, 2009 in Interviews Following from my recent interview with God, I caught up with Satan to find out how things are going in the eternal, fiery pit of Hades. Click here to read on!www.rant.ie...

Ambush in Saigon (continued)
on Oct 1, 2009 in Final Page I now present the final page of my war novel ‘Ambush in Saigon’ (if you missed it, read the first page here). In 1986, The Irish Times branded the book “…historically inaccurate on a Sergeant Bilko scale.”The Independent was less kind, cal...

Final Page: Ambush in Saigon
on Sep 29, 2009 in Final Page In a delicious twist on my ‘Final Page’ series, I now present the first page of my war novel ‘Ambush in Saigon’, with the final page to follow tomorrow. Having done literally no research into the Vietnamese war during the writing, I feel the...

Horoscopes: lion-taming, time travel and great white sharks
on Sep 23, 2009 in Horoscopes Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)Be assertive with colleagues this week. Don’t be afraid to lay down the law. Though you’ll spontaneously combust at midday on Sunday, a torrential downpour will douse the flames and spare your life. You’ll barely have reg...

Oasis Split Dooms the Earth
on Sep 10, 2009 in General Ranting The music world was effectively ended last week with the news that Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis. Rioting predictably erupted in all 147 of the world’s countries, causing the earth’s rotation to unsettle two centimeters from its usual axis, there...

Readers' Mailbag: Madonna and Scatman John
on Sep 2, 2009 in Question Time Read my answers to reader questions on Madonna, Scatman John and seal clubbing by clicking here.www.rant.ie...