(image via YouTube (c) Sesame Workshop) Sesame Street is justifiably famous for a great many things. Its still-necessary mission to educate the children of the world through bold and imaginative means, its hilarous parodies of all kind of pop culture moments (complete with rteachable moments) … and of course, Continue Reading
Music
Now this is music #95: Dreamcar, JAMATAR ft. Natalie Foster, Amery, Meg Mac, Oceana
One of the best parts of listening to songs by a diverse range of artists is hearing the way each of them, in their own unique style, pour their heart and soul into their music. Investing their songs with the richness of their experience, of their struggles and the Continue Reading
El Patito: Sesame Street parodies Despacito in the sweetest Ernie and Rubber Ducky way
Ah ubiquity you are a double-edged sword. In the case of the catchiest song of the US summer, “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi (feat. Daddy Yankee), that means lots of airplay, remixes without count and the constant presence of the song on just about platform imaginable. It also means, Sesame Continue Reading
Ring Ring to The Visitors: My top 50 ABBA songs
Hi everyone! I’m Andrew, and I’ve been an ABBA fan since somewhere around 1975-ish (date is murky – blame my failing memory!). I grew up in a small town, Alstonville, just south of Byron Bay, far enough from major cities to not really be country but so far away Continue Reading
Even more Euphoria: Eurovision Asia launches
And so it begins … Eurovision is coming to Asia! While a launch date and an exact format are yet to be determined, the launch of the official site for the Asian outpost of the great Eurovision Song Contest (brand leveraging here we come!) signals that things are moving Continue Reading
Now this is music #94: PVRIS, Chase & Status and Blossoms, Goo Goo Dolls, Ainslie Wills, Akouo ft. Montaigne
Done right, and thankfully so much of it is, music should move you deeply and completely and wholly. Mind, body and sould should be engaged; you should never hear a song and just go “Oh … that’s nice.” Upbeat songs should move you to dance or turn a dark Continue Reading
Now this is music: Kick back and chill (Louis the Child, MÖWE, Tokyo, Snow Culture, Imogen Heap)
Life is a crazy, busy descent into delightful chaos, spirited freneticism and colourful explosions of love, joy, sadness, deadlines and expectations. Most of us manage this dance of extremes with aplomb because we have to, but also because we have the rhythm down right and we’re perfectly synced to Continue Reading
Now this is music #93: Wafia, Snow Culture, Daudi Matsiko, Salute, Kiran Leonard (+ Eurovision news)
You only have to be in this world for a very short time to realise that there a grand buffet of mixed emotions on offer. The ecstatic joy of first love. The crushing loss of a romance gone sour. The breathless anticipation of the new and unexpected opportunities and Continue Reading
Now this is music #92: Freya Ridings, Froth, Rationale, Jessie Reyez, Tove Styrke
So love huh? It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times; and while Dickens never really recorded a song about love – on account of there being no recording technology at the time, a minor impediment to be sure – you can’t help feeling that if he Continue Reading
Are there monkeys in Ernie’s bed? There are and elephants in the sock drawers too #SesameStreet
Next to Grover, who is my favourite Sesame Street monster bar none, I have a huge amount of affection for Ernie (especially) and Bert, the two diametrically-opposite housemates who have long amused and delighted with their Abbott and Costello-ish antics. Now Ernie is starring in a delightful musical number, Continue Reading