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“Modern Family” steps it up another notch

Posted on March 30, 2012April 14, 2012 by aussiemoose

It’s doubtful I could love this show any more than I do already. The sitcom by the talented Christopher Lloyd and Steve Levitan is a fresh and non-sentimental take on the traditional family sitcom that hasn’t shied from tackling all sorts of controversial subjects. The most recent episode I saw Continue Reading

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Are zombies the new black in publishing?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by aussiemoose

I have an idea for a book! It will have zombies and otters and self-aware Japanese robots battling for supremacy of a small farm in Kansas. This once rural idyll naturally holds the key to the future of all humanity. Think I am mad? Think again. The odds are very Continue Reading

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Sonic Bliss #4: My favourite songs of the week

Posted on March 29, 2012April 13, 2012 by aussiemoose

Yes my dear music addicts, it is that time of the week again. Hopefully, like me, you’ve had a week chock full of sweet notes, clever lyrics and beats so insanely catchy you never want to let them go. My biggest joy this week has been the debut album of Continue Reading

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Dr Who season 7 trailer bows

Posted on March 27, 2012March 27, 2012 by aussiemoose

Season 7 is nigh. We know this because a glitzy, gee-whiz trailer has landed in cyberspace and it is enormously impressive and promises some great stories. If the writers can live up to the promise of this fast-moving trailer studded with shots of cyborgs in the Wild West, Nefertiti on Continue Reading

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Review: “Django Django” – Django Django

Posted on March 26, 2012March 28, 2012 by aussiemoose
Review: “Django Django” – Django Django

All music should be this wonderful. The debut by this talented foursome of art school graduates from the UK is a feast of joyful exuberance. It surges and bounces, and jangles and jumps. It mixes in a heady dose of The Beach Boys, and yes even The Monkees, with tight Continue Reading

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Review: “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

Posted on March 25, 2012March 4, 2015 by aussiemoose

    To paraphrase Dickens, old age can be the best of times, it can be the worst of times. And so it is for the members of an intrepid group of of British seniors, previously strangers saved for one married couple, who journey to India on the promise of Continue Reading

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Review: “MDNA” – Madonna

Posted on March 23, 2012March 28, 2012 by aussiemoose
Review: “MDNA” – Madonna

There is an art to constructing an enduring pop persona. It has to be flamboyant and over the top enough to attract the necessary attention, with a dash of controversy here and hints of scandal there. You need to be able to titillate the voyeurs, and those looking to like Continue Reading

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Sonic Bliss #3: My favourite songs of the week

Posted on March 22, 2012April 13, 2012 by aussiemoose
Sonic Bliss #3: My favourite songs of the week

Can there be more songs worth listening to already? It’s only been seven days right since I waxed lyrical about my last lot of sonic treasures and the music artists of the world couldn’t possibly have served up five more delicious pieces of sonic bliss to feast on right? Wrong. Continue Reading

Posted In MusicTagged In Anya Marina, Norah Jones, Real Estate, Rufus Wainwright

Review: (re)Visions: Alice

Posted on March 21, 2012March 26, 2012 by aussiemoose
Review: (re)Visions: Alice

Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Alice in Wonderland, has been a mainstay of Western popular culture since it was released in 1865. The story has been interpreted so many times in so many ways (with even Disney getting in on the act back in 1951 with their film) that you might Continue Reading

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Crowdfunding: Publish now, not later

Posted on March 19, 2012 by aussiemoose

A love of the written word is a precious currency for any author but sadly, and we’ve checked with the bank on this, you can’t use it to pay your bills. So if you’re longing to fulfil your creative destiny but haven’t landed that worldwide multi-million dollar advance from an Continue Reading

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