The shortlists for the Blog Awards 2008 have finally been announced. We are sponsoring the Best Pop Culture Blog so we thought we would give you the rundown on who is nominated for it with descriptions more or less straight from the horses’ mouth.

• DZ-015 by Rick O’Shea
  • This originally was the blog of his radio show on RTE 2FM. Over time it has grown into a load of nonsense that runs through his head and takes his interest at random hours and in random order.
• Fustar
  • Fústar prefers not to reveal his secret identity…choosing instead to wallow in the invigorating anonymity offered by the ‘blogosphere’.
• Daddy or Chips?
  • This is written by Enda and is a blog of delightful mp3s of music he wants to share. It is done purely in the spirit of enthusiasm about the music and his desire to introduce it to other people.
• UnaRocks
  • Written by Una, who does various things in the Irish media, including writing news and arts and features for The Sunday Tribune, talking about the Internet on RTE’s TTV on Tuesdays and also on Phantom FM on Wednesdays. It has been suggested that her middle name should be ‘Danger Bay’.
• Dante and the Lobster
  • By Medbh, it is an attempt to insert her voice and musings on politics, books, films, and to record events surrounding her emigration to Canada.
• The Chancer
  • Described by many as the replacement to Blogorrah, The Chancer is written by Derek O’Connor, Blogorrah’s former editor and many of Blogorrah’s past contributers also contribute to it.
• Frank Fearless Free
  • An old man who arrives on the blog, sick and nearly blind. He only remains until the day he dies of a heart attack one afternoon as he is walking down a path. Old Knudsen is a true storyteller, as everyone longs to be. He spins tales all day long that make him into a wandering, heroic figure, heavy with exaggeration and contempt of many. He is a mythic character whose life has become its own legend, because of his ability to tell stories about his own life .
• Ego Eccentric
  • Is a blog about music, ramblings, movies and more ramblings. It is written by Clockwork Rob, Evil Bob and ctrl/alt/delete
• Why, That’s Delightful!
  • A blog by Graham Linehan and his thoughts on pop culture in Ireland. He is a famous Irish writer and has written for Father Ted, Big Train, Coogan’s Run, Brass Eye and  Black Books. He also wrote and directed The IT Crowd (one of my favourite shows).
• Rapture Ponies
  • Is a blog about just some stuff in general, in the news, pop culture, tunes, pics and whatever is handy around the place to the girl from Galway who writes it.

(If anyone wants their description changed just let me know)

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