What an amazing talent. Yet sadly like so many amazing talents, she was so plagued by her inner demons, that the talent was overshadowed, and ultimately consumed by it. Such a tragedy for a lady who could have had so much, and a world robbed of such a precious gift.RIP Continue Reading
Music
My new favourite Coldplay songs!
I adore Coldplay! I know some hip snobsters sneer at their mainstream-ness but being the sort of person that rejects snobbery in any and every form, and abhors people who elevate high art over low art – arbitary subjective delineations if ever there was some! – but I love their Continue Reading
Hey Dee Dee B!
Dee Dee Bridgewater in concert – Sydney Opera House – Saturday 28 May 2011 Wow! I am not an R & B or Jazz aficionado, and was only here because my R & B devoted Fahmi bought tickets to the concert for my gorgeous guy and I so we could Continue Reading
Les chansons que j’aime (Songs That I Like) : Elaine / Should I Laugh or Cry / by ABBA
Bet you didn’t see that one coming as the first song I chose! When people think of ABBA they invariably think of Dancing Queen, Fernando, Mamma Mia or The Winner Takes It All, and why not? They are all brilliant slices of sparkling pop, daring you not to like them…. Continue Reading
The Sweet Ethereal Sounds of Holly Miranda
What a cool performer. She walked onto the small stage of The famous Spiegeltent, to give it’s full grand title, in Hyde Park, Sydney, and while quiet and unassuming with a spoken voice barely above a whisper, she commanded attention straight away, her normally quiet folk pop given some extra Continue Reading
OMG Clean Out My Ear Drums Please
It is not often that I hear a song and take an instant and enduring dislike to it, but yesterday while listening to the radio in the variety store at Wynyard Train Station (buying birthday candles if you must know!), I finally heard the Black Eyes Peas’ song, The Time, Continue Reading