Yep, I know what you’re all thinking. The teddy bear (above) should be up and dancing, rather than lolly-gagging around in plush toy bliss. And while normally I would say “Hey just let the bear sit a spell; being played with by children a lot is exhausting”, in this Continue Reading
Music
Now this is music: 5 great songs and artists I discovered via The Blacklist
*The post contains some minor spoilers so tread carefully if you haven’t watched the full season just yet* A strange and unusual thing happened to me a few weeks ago. Well, truth be told, not that strange and unusual at all really since it has happened to me a number Continue Reading
Now this is music #30: Tiger Dare, Like Swimming, Banks, Elin Lanto, Little Daylight
Picture yourself for a moment in a large public demonstration. Throngs of people, iPods and iPhones and sundry other listening devices to their ears, all shouting with one accord (and of out tune and sync because let’s face it they can’t hear a thing with all that music playing): Continue Reading
Music review: Do It Again EP by Robyn & Röyksopp
If there was a marriage made in musical heaven, it’s the union of Swedish pop superstar Robyn, and Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp (Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland) who together have released the diverse and yet enjoyably cohesive mini-album Do It Again. The product of an already long-existing creative partnership Continue Reading
Now this is music #29: We Were Evergreen, Shura, Sylvan Esso, Thief, MNEK + Pomplamoose
The thrill of discovery is something that has driven humanity down through the ages. Whether it’s explorers forging their way into impenetrable jungles or across burning hot deserts, or brilliant scientific minds asking why and doing their utmost to answer those questions, people are a curious bunch, unwilling to Continue Reading
That’s a wrap! A review of the Eurovision 2014 Grand Final
Oh what a night! Not only did the final of Eurovision 2014 kick off with dancing ninjas – well not strictly speaking but they looked the part – it had fireworks that ringed the enormous ship-shaped stage, and what looked suspiciously like a fashion parade of the representatives of Continue Reading
Done and dusted: Eurovision 2014 Semi-Final #2 review
Bring on the kitsch! Bring on the kitsch! Semi final 2, was in contrast to the relative blandness of semi final 1 – which nonetheless featured some impressive songs and performances – a veritable richness of traditional Eurovision kitschy extravagance. And I absolutely loved Georgia (a parachute-wearing drummer? Yes Continue Reading
Done and dusted: Eurovision 2014 Semi-Final #1 review
My lord, Copenhagen, is that a gigantic boat-shaped stage you have in your B&W Hallerne arena – it was a shipbuilding area so the shape of the stage was a beautifully styled nod to the building’s past life – or are you just happy to see all the wind Continue Reading
Now this is music: Artists from my big glittery Eurovision party playlist
It would be patently obvious by now that I am a Eurovision tragic of epic proportions. Well not so tragic really since I have the time of my life reviewing all the songs, planning, making and/or buying the decorations for the party my partner and an awesomely good friend Continue Reading
“Let It Go” (Frozen) goes clubbing thanks to Armin van Buuren
A darkened club full of pulsing strobe lights, heaving, sweating bodies and bass-heavy EDM (electronic dance music) may not be the first place you’d picture Elsa from Disney’s mega smash-hit feature film Frozen. But that’s exactly where Armin van Buuren’s haunting remix of the song “Let It Go”, easily Continue Reading