I don’t exactly know what Chaos Thaoghaire is, but it has quickly become the Studio 54 of the good-looking Dublin arts & letters scene, and the theme of the next big night (Feb 17, at the Odessa Club) is Sex, or “Would you?”
Chaos Thaoghaire has been profiled in the Irish Times, and events get booked out quickly.
"Greg Baxter is an essayist and fiction writer with a mission: to get Dubliners reading good literature." 
Oh, thanks, Greg! There’s no worry in not quite grasping what we are. We don’t, either.
When we were putting it together, this very practical voice kept running through my head, telling me, “You should always be able to sum up what you’re doing in a sentence. There is no sentence for this.” I kept thinking it wasn’t ready, and we should keep shaping it until we could sum it up more easily, but that didn’t happen. I’m glad now, that we did things that way. But for the very practical, list-making side of me, it was definitely a worry.
Thanks for the mention! Also, thank you for associating us with something ‘good-looking’. We like to think we are not shallow people, but hey we’re not gonna say we’re not flattered. We’re only human. Humans who thrive on our own mock-tyranny, but still humans.
We hope we’ll see you at a Chaos soon, and we WILL get you to tell a story at some point! We don’t put anyone on the spot for storytelling, but I am annoying and persistent and not above begging people.
My Father used to say “don’t panic but if there is going to be panic let it be organised” so I think I’ll go cause he also used to say how very nice whiskey was and he was right about that!
Oh my goodness, this makes me feel very very cool. Hope to see you soon, maybe you can meet with us after and we can collectively try and figure out how to explain ourselves. Thanks for the attention though!
And Tricia – my father used to say “I’ll give you something to panic about…”, but that’s a whole OTHER story. Truthfully, he was the type to make empty threats, he used to snap photos of us kids when we were up to no good and then say he was off to get them printed and posted to Santa. I like your father’s take on things.
-Amiee (the other half of Chaos Thaoghaire)
Ah empty threats the friend of the frustrated parent! that’s a good one! do you think it would work on my 8 year old? that’s evil I know or is it hum….. But at least he was trying to steer you on the right path. My Dad taught us how to roll a splif, play poker and hold our drink. I didn’t study very well and can’t hold my drink except when I fall, I may be cut and bleeding but I never spill a drop!