A big snotty post-QF roundtable:
1) Munster v Toulouse: a clash of styles for the ages
2) Leicester v Leinster: Tigers back at the big table but no longer the alpha predator in Europe
3) Are Toulouse's monster pack Leinster Kryptonite or sick of getting on planes and running around the pitch?
4) La ROGelle vs Racing: côte du bœuf vs croissants
5) Bizarre listing of French clubs we like and one of us really can't stand Montpellier

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We're doling out high praise for the internationals who brought their A game in the instant classic between Leinster and the Cell C Sharks at the RDS. 

Who plays what role in Munster's off-field team as they struggle to define short-term and long-term goals?

And finally the Emerging Ireland tour that no one can agree about, other than that it's good to win in a big rugby country like South Africa.

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1) A conversation reviewing Munster's season becomes a conversation about absolutely everything

2) Team Farrell and the importance of Tonga

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WORLD CUP WEEK 5!
The worm turned — Walking the walk — Bumps and bruises (mental and physical) — The opposition — Paris in Autumn — The Boks and their backs — Isn't it?

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The Dirty Projectors are one of my all time favorite bands. Compositionally, they experiment and push the boundaries (if there are any) of indie rock music. They are unafraid, raw, and fucking mental. I am constantly inspired by their textures, meters, timbres, and sheer genius. "Offspring Are Blank" has a very modal, distinctive melody. They combine that melody with hip-hop-esque grooves and noisy guitars. With those in mind, I wanted to convey the rhythmic syncopations and raucous guitars in my fantasy with lots of low-end playing, "harmonic-minory" riffs, and lots of slamming down on the keyboard.

Original: "Offspring Are Blank" written by the Dirty Projectors 
Album: "Swing Lo Magellan" 
Composer: Michael R. Oldham 
Piano: Michael R. Oldham 
Recorded by: Sam Mazzocco (Chubby Pug Productions) 
Mixing/Mastering: Sam Mazzocco & Jim Schanz 
Recorded at Backthird Audio - Aurora, IL 

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Fantasy On A Melody By The Dirty Projectors - "Offspring Are Blank"

Recorded in an apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn for Pitchfork TV.

Dave Longstreth - Guitar / Vocals
Amber Coffman - Vocals
Angel Deradoorian - Vocals


Dirty Projectors - Fucked For Life (Live on Pitchfork.TV - 2009)

We've attained rugby perfection and there's nothing left to do but meditate on it (OMMMMM) but we still luxuriate in it a little bit, or even a lot. Just how good was it? Very, very good. Then there's the question of the ABs trajectory, and lastly there's the squad for US Eagles game – and beyond.

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Gavan, Murray and Andy Dunne chat through the week's rugby news and preview the European action as we get to the business end of the season. This week also features an interview with former Leinster and Ireland centre Gordon D'Arcy on the challenge Leinster will face in the Aviva this weekend. 

This week's episode includes:
- Farewell to Rory Best (1.00)
- A meaty Leinster v Toulouse preview (4.30)
- Gordon D'Arcy on the dawn of Leinster's golden age (22.00)
- Billy Vunipola's apology (31.30)
- Tyler Bleyendaal's test against Sarries (35.30)
- Jacob Stockdale's future at 15 (48.00)
- Predictions for the weekend's action (56.50)

Thanks for listening and if you like the show, please subscribe to - and rate - it, and feel free to send your questions and thoughts to sport@the42.ie.

Leinster's shallowed talent pool, Tyler the Creator, and is Stockdale's future at fullback?

Buck Meek B.M. ’10 discusses returning to Berklee on tour with Jeff Tweedy, writing and recording with Big Thief, how a surreal encounter with Joni Mitchell helped him finish his song “Halo Light," and more. Image by Shervin Lainez.

Big Thief's Buck Meek Comes Full Circle

Debut instrumental acoustic guitar LP from Jonny Dillon. Better known for his analogue electronic music productions and all-hardware live sets under the ‘Automatic Tasty’ moniker [Lunar Disko, CPU, Wrong Island], Jonny’s records belie the fact that he has been quietly exploring the musical landscape of the guitar for nearly twenty years.

Informed in large measure by the world of Irish traditional music and song (of Sweeney’s Men, Planxty and Seán Garvey) along with that of primitivism and the American Spiritual (of John Fahey, Hank Williams and Mississippi John Hurt)

Jonny Dillon - Songs For A One - String Guitar Sampler

A whole radio show featuring John Peel trying to hold it together on the night Liverpool won the European Cup.

When Liverpool won the European Cup

A roundtable for rugby obsessives.
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