keep Hidden treasure: The main dishes may not have been perfect but this is one restaurant we would look forward to visiting again crme brle-style topping. Utterly divine, and compensating somewhat for the mains. The bill totalled 110, the lobster alone costing 37. Still, wild unicorns wont keep me away from this place, its three-course set menu a steal at 23.50 every Tuesday to Saturday 12.30pm to 7.30pm and no longer one of Dublins best kept secrets. Lucy White 13A/13B Merrion Row D2. Tel: (01) 661 8700. www.ilsegretorestaurant.com ART REVIEW Seven Folds In Time In Jaki Irvines new multi-screen solo show, the worlds of private music practice and public performance are intertwined in a site-specific installation specially commissioned by the Temple Bar Gallery & Studios. Seven Folds In Time comprises two separate video works: Marja Gaynor playing the violin and Joe OFarrell playing the flute, both filmed in extreme close up, each TV monitor presenting a different angle. The background is almost entirely cropped so that we only see the mechanics of the act Gaynors fingers plucking at the violin strings or OFarrells furry lip on the flutes mouthpiece. Layer upon layer of sound builds slowly to a crescendo that is instantly cinematic, the arc of TV monitors and speakers, meanwhile, putting the viewer into the role of conductor. Each work is long, however, and non-musicians may find the piece somewhat baffling. Also, a short poem, typewritten on staff paper, is displayed on the back wall of the unlit exhibition space and goes almost unnoticed; it is though a pleasing text that underscores Irvines intriguing audio-visual investigation into musicality. Lucy White Oct 31, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, 5-9 Temple Bar D2, Tue to Sat 11am to 6pm, Thu 11am to 7pm, free. Tel: (01) 671 0073. www.templebargallery.com TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE... Massive Attack GIG Slaid Cleaves Tuesday, October 6, 2009 metrolife 13 Texas might have its share of woebegone songwriters, but the dominant tradition has always been centred on roadhouses and rowdy honkytonks. Cleaves, a Texan by adoption since 1991, is now a fully-fledged citizen of the Lone Star State. The initiation involved a New Years Day dip in Barton Springs and the consumption of a bottle of tequila before official enrolment. The songwriter was toughening up and, as he began to work with producer Gurf Morlix, he produced two fine albums in No Angel Knows and Broke Down. The hard-hitting songs on his 2004 benchmark album Wishbones fit the mould of classic Americana, complete with gnawing dissatisfaction and broken dreams; an authentic note of self-loathing is sounded on Drinkin Days and Sinners Prayer. Meanwhile, his lucid story- songs grant dignity to his cast of old-timers and gutter romantics, tackling subjects such as an ex-prize- winning jockey and cheery reprobates. The tone, though, is celebratory: Were gonna go up to Maine and eat some clams and lobsters, Cleaves sings, and well swim in Barton Springs on New Years Day. Check out his most recent effort, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, for more of the same. Mike Butler Tonight, Whelans (upstairs), 25 Wexford Street D2, 8pm, 15. Tel: (01) 478 0766. www.slaid. com TRY THIS Paulaner Oktoberfest Giveaway Pro: How many other bands can claim to have single-handedly created an entire genre? Thats exactly what these Bristol mavericks did in the 1990s, when they gave the world the first trip- hop album, Blue Lines. Con: Personally, we always preferred Portishead. At least they blunted the paranoia with some smartly chosen John Barry and Ennio Morricone samples. Pro: With just four albums to their name in 18 years, Massive Attack arent prolific. But it took James Joyce 15 years to write Ulysses. Lets have some perspective. Con: Their last LP, 2003s 100th Window, was a dreary let-down. Heres hoping their fifth album, pencilled in for a new year release, isnt equally snooze-inducing. Pro: In Robert 3D Del Naja and Grant Daddy G Marshall, Massive Attack possess two of the most seductive voices in hip-hop. Plus, guest vocalist Horace Andy is a legend. Con: Is it just us or does 3Ds flow sound like the kind of paranoid muttering youd hear from the back of a Nitelink at 3am? Pro: Realising that the public demands more than two paranoid blokes speaking under their breath, Massive Attack have worked with world class vocalists, among them Shara Nelson, Tracy Thorn and Sinad OConnor. Con: None of these singers are likely to be there when they play The Olympia. Although if Sinads slate is clear, you never know... Pro: Massive Attack are a paragon of consistency in a world where mundanity holds sway. Blue Lines, Protection and Mezzanine are all classics. Con: Did we mention that 100th Window was a bleary blow-out? Pro: Theyre going to have a hard time squeezing 18 years of hits into a 90minute show. Con: Its 11 years since Massive Attack released a memorable record. We have a word for this kind of band: nostalgia act. Eamon de Paor Tonight and tomorrow, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 7.30pm, 49.20 (returns only). Tel: 0818 719 330. www. massiveattack.com Oom-pah at the ready Paulaner Oktoberfest returns to Dublin Docklands next week, running from October 18 to 28. Now in its second year, the festival of all things Bavarian will transform Georges Dock into a Munich market where food stalls, wheat beer, a brass ensemble, German band Mostlandstrmer and 24 authentic barmaids (hey, what about lederhosen- clad barmen?) will descend. More than 70,000 visitors are expected to attend following last years wunderbar turn-out. Entrance is free but parties of more than ten persons can reserve a table in the marquee by logging on to www.paulaner- oktoberfest.com. Metro is offering the chance to win an overnight stay in a top Dublin city centre hotel and dinner for you and three friends at the opening night of the Paulaner Oktoberfest on October 18. For a chance to win, e-mail your answer to the question below to life@metroireland.ie by noon today with Oktoberfest in the subject line. With your answer please include your name, address and a number. Strictly one entry per person; entrants must be age 18+. Q. Paulaner beer hails from...?: A Belgium B Germany Frankly, rather than bay for his blood we should be enjoying Tiernans fall from grace if theres one thing that probably irks him more than the public outrage, itll be the absence of his own smug head popping up on TV screens to offer easy, headline-grabbing digs at those on the margins. And the lesbian community L surely next on his list can rest easy, for now at least. 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