Rubberbandits and Oscar have a Wilde time at the 'Phil'
LIMERICK'S dastardly rap-comic duo The Rubberbandits - who maintain their secret identities by performing with plastic bags over their heads - joined a list of guest speakers that includes Jonathan Swift and Nelson Mandela by making an appearance before the Trinity College Philosophical Society on Monday night.
The improbable appearance comes hot on the heels of a rapturously received gig at the recent Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, at which the Limerick duo were joined on stage by Crystal Swing, and also after the duo sold out Dublin music venue Whelan's last Sunday night - an impressive achievement in itself.
The duo are also set to appear on Brendan O'Connor's The Saturday Night show on RTE in the coming weeks, and have also recently been filiming a weekly slot on one of RTE's top rated comedy shows - the identity of which cannot yet be revealed.
The Rubberbandits were invited to appear at the Trinity Philosophical Society - known as 'The Phil' - and caused such a commotion that a roadblock had to be erected on the Dublin city centre campus, with security shutting down the building the minute they came off stage at 9pm last Monday night, according to a spokesperson for the duo.
To put their appearance in some perspective, in recent years the society has played host to guests such as actor Al Pacino, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, presidential candidate John McCain, actress Dame Helen Mirren, writer Sir Salman Rushdie and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The 'Bandits themselves said of Monday's appearance: "We just made an appearance before the Trinity College Philosophical society where we were guest speakers. They got us to sign some old brown book that had signatures from eejits out of the 1700's with long names.
"Today is the first time that a drawing of Bob Marley saying "chuckig our law" has been inscribed in those pages. I spotted that Jonathan Swift wrote something about UB40 in it though in fairness".
The Rubberbandits return to Limerick next Thursday, September 30 for a special gig in Dolan's Warehouse as part of the new Panic! weekly clubnight.
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