“Be excellent to each other.” “Party on dudes!” You may not think those two pieces of California stoner dude life advice would be sufficiently worldchanging in scope or intent to form the basis of a future Utopian society but then you are not Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) or Bill Continue Reading
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Movie review: Tenet
On the surface, time might seem a beguilingly simple concept. There is a past, a present and future and all things being equal, and an enormously talented and imaginative British-American film director not being involved, time moves forward, quickly and smartly, one event leading reasonably sequentially to another. Nice and Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #33: Cut Copy, Jónsi, River Boy, Myd, Motez + #Eurovision update
Feeling alone? Goofy? thoughtful? Out of control? In love but fearful? Yep, that’s a lot of emotional states coming together all at once but then this is a big messy, emotionally jumbled up year so it all fits together. Even more so, when you listen to these five talented artists Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #32: Reyko, Jany Green, No Joy, Marshmello, Idolising Nova + Eurovision news
LOVE! It exciting and scary at the beginning, glorious in the middle and poignantly sad at the end (let’s try to avoid that shall we?) but it always, ALWAYS makes for great music. Such as the five songs below, three of which were found by this reviewer thanks to YouTube Continue Reading
Take an animated trip through history – the history of cartoon music
SNAPSHOTThe evolution of cartoon music from 1928 to the present day. Many of the cartoons and animes started as comic and mangás. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Cartoons, like any visual medium, benefit beautifully from well-judged, mood, humour and narrative-inducing music. One person who appreciates this more than most is pianist Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #31: Becca Mancari, Jack Larsen, SYML, Wes Period, Eli & Fur
It’s a mixed bag this week. We get chill, we hit the dancefloor, we develop an obsession with dogs literal and metaphorical and we in fact develop a fear of water. Or perhaps not. Either way, these five songs conjure a distinct sense of time and place, proof that true Continue Reading
During #ChristmasinJuly I listened to The Christmas Present by Robbie Williams
Such have been the virus-riven rigours of 2020 that many people have joked we should simply fast-forward to December and the attendant delights of the festive season and forget the horrors of COVID-19 amidst a delightful cloud of caroling, eggnog and gathering with those we love around a brightly-decorated tree. Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #30: Anson Seabra, Rhye, Kacy Hill, Chord Overstreet, Bibio
Life is BIG and it is BUSY and there are lots of times, most of them seemingly happening right now in the midst of the ongoing horror show that is COVID-19, when the only appropriate reaction is to go loud and out there, singing and shouting from the rooftops until Continue Reading
Movie review: Eurovision Song Contest – The Story of Fire Saga
The Eurovision Song Contest, whether you love it, hate it or are blissfully indifferent to it, is almost impossible to ignore. Taking place usually in May in the nominated city of whichever country won the event the year before (COVID-19 plagued years like 2020 aside), and established in the wake Continue Reading
Muppets Now – doing some fun things on Disney + (Is that OK, Joe from Legal?)
SNAPSHOT“At the core conceit of Muppets Now is that each Muppet has his or her own unscripted series – one could be a cooking show, the other a variety show, etc. And celebrity guests are invited onto one of these shows and madness ensues. It’s a mixture of classic Muppets like Miss Continue Reading