Technology is a marvellous thing isn’t it? It gives us the power to speak to a friend far away in an instant, or even fly quickly to see them, allows us to cure disease, throw together a dazzling, motivational Powerpoint presentation on a whim … and yes, create giant Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
Wanna Rock the Kasbah with Bill Murray? Of course you do!
SNAPSHOT Rock The Kasbah is the story of Richie Lanz, a rock manager with a golden ear and a taste for talent, who has seen better times. When he takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan, she gets cold feet and leaves him penniless and Continue Reading
Goofy gets his motoring Jekyll and Hyde on in the 1950 animated short Motor Mania
Goofy has always been my favourite Disney character. There’s something incredibly appealing about his innate, well, goofiness, an innocent, fun likeability that makes him somehow more relatable for me than say Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck. First appearing in Mickey’s revue in 1932, Goofy, described by the good folks Continue Reading
Reader beware: the nasty new edition of the Brothers Grimm (curated article)
Fairy tales have a tumultuous and fragile history. They originated as tales told by “folk”. They were passed down over generations to while away long winter nights, to provide entertainment at special occasions and for simple enjoyment. Inevitably, as more people became literate and scholars began to record fairy Continue Reading
Book review: Paper Towns by John Green
It’s worth asking in today’s information-saturated world, where everyone from the local deli operator to the highest earning CEO has an opinion and isn’t afraid to share it, how well we actually know the people around us. We would all like to think of course that we know our Continue Reading
“Here’s the story …” 3 TV show opening themes I am loving right now: Wayward Pines, Outlander, iZombie
A TV show’s opening titles matter. It may not look that way with the brutally-efficient way most modern TV show do away with their identifying openers as if they are pesky gnats to be swished away at a balmy early evening summer picnic, but they do matter. Think of Continue Reading
This blog post will self-destruct in … 5 … 4 … Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation debuts new trailer + character posters
SNAPSHOT “Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. “Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and produced by Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk. The executive producers are David Continue Reading
Roses are red and … Aziz Ansari is narrating all of his new book Modern Romance! Swoon …
SNAPSHOT For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but forModern Romance, the book, he decided he needed to take things to another level. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus Continue Reading
“It’s the Little Red-Haired Girl, Charlie Brown!”: New trailer for The Peanuts Movie
SNAPSHOT Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved Peanuts gang make their big-screen debut, like theyve never been seen before, in state of the art 3D animation. Charlie Brown, the worlds most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, Continue Reading
Movie review: Inside Out
Have you ever been to see a movie and felt like the filmmaker has somehow managed to peer into your very heart and soul, eerily and yet delightfully channeling everything you’ve ever seen, felt or heard into their cinematic creation? That kind of emotional universality, of readily identifiable insight Continue Reading