It’s a tricky thing predicting the future. H G Wells and Isaac Asimov, and reputedly even Nostradamus and The Bible have all taken a crack at it to varying degrees of success – and who exactly predicted we’d have flying cars by now? Yup that totally didn’t happen – Continue Reading
Music
Get up and dance! Or not … My 5 favourite songs of 2012
I love music. That much would be clear when you check my blog which is littered – thoughtfully so I might add – with Sonic Bliss posts which group together my favourite songs for that particular point in time. (Another tip-off may be my fervent declarations of love to Continue Reading
Merry Christmas to all … and to all a good night (of TV/music/cinema/reading)
Merry Christmas everyone! I have had a wonderful year writing what feels like a million and one enthusiastic posts about pop culture and as I permit myself to relax a little (from blogging at least) while I race around the east coast of Australia visiting family for Christmas, I want Continue Reading
On the 9th day of Christmas … “CeeLo’s Magic Moment”
When I first decided to include a review of CeeLo’s new Christmas album, Magic Moment in this blog’s 12 Days of Christmas series, the intention was to provide a well rounded, thoughtful review of his festive effort, citing the smooth R & B sound throughout, CeeLo’s undeniably emotive voice Continue Reading
On the 5th day of Christmas … Jingle Bell Rock: The Sonic Bliss festive edition
It must be as obvious as the blindingly red nose on Rudolph that I am a huge lover of Christmas music. It plays when I am decorating my tree, when I am wrapping presents, on my way to work in the weeks leading up to Christmas – the right Continue Reading
On the 1st day of Christmas … “Christmas Rules” aka “Holiday Rules” (music)
This album, released in the USA as Holidays Rule (a culturally appropriate title since the “holidays” period in the USA covers Hanukah, and Kwanzaa in addition to Christmas), but as Christmas Rules internationally, was the brainchild of “producers Sara Matarazzo, Chris Funk and executive producer Randall Poster of bi-coastal Continue Reading
Sonic Bliss #16: my favourite songs of the moment
The great Christmas album rush may have almost petered out but artists the world over are still releasing amazing music that moves, entrances and yes, hopefully sends you into a state of bliss. So here are the latest five songs that have grabbed my attention, slapped on a pair Continue Reading
The poor sequin-less souls of Eurovision
Pack the sequins away. Stow away the glitter. And don’t even think about setting off that pyrotechnics display. No, not all of you. Just Portugal, Poland, Greece and Cyprus who hinted strongly this week that the European debt crisis may just have claimed Continue Reading
In concert: Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto tour takes us to Paradise
If you’re going to do a stadium show, and you’re one of the biggest zeitgeist-defining bands in the worlds at the moment, then it makes sense to open it with a bang. Which is exactly what Coldplay did as the lights across the vast expanse of Allianz Stadium in Continue Reading
Music review: “Paradise” EP by Lana Del Rey
The melancholy is strong with this one. And what a gloriously sad, and beautiful journey it is. Released as part of the re-issue of her debut album as Lana Del Rey (his first album came out in 2010 under Lizzy Grant, a contraction of her real name), Born To Continue Reading