I am made of popcorn … and choc-top ice creams … and yes, big bags of brightly-coloured lollies (candy) … At least that’s the way it feels given how much I spend at the local cinema, especially towards the end of the year and over the Christmas break, taking Continue Reading
All hail the “Idiot box”: my top 5 favourite TV shows of 2012
I know. You’re thinking to yourself how on earth did I choose just five – five I tell you! Just five – TV shows to be deemed the favourites in a year where you couldn’t move for high quality sitcoms and dramas? How did I have the guts to Continue Reading
“Thunderbirds” fall silent: goodbye Gerry Anderson
Sad news today that Gerry Anderson, 83, legendary creator of Thunderbirds, died in his sleep overnight in the UK, after suffering from dementia for the last couple of years. Using a process called “Supermarionation”, he was also responsible for groundbreaking shows like Captain Scarlett and Joe 90, as well Continue Reading
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
“Miranda” comes over all Christmassy: series 3 kicks off Boxing Day
Miranda is back people with a big, bold, funny Christmas special! OK it’s on Boxing Day (9pm BBC One, UK) and it’s not so much a festive-themed episode as simply scheduled around Christmas but it does mean the return of Miranda and the gang absent Clive (James Holmes, for Continue Reading
On the 12th day of Christmas … I pondered the enduring popularity of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
It would be a rare person indeed who hasn’t read, seen, or even listened to, a version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol, which has remained wildly popular ever since its publication on 19 December, 1943, and which shows no sign of slipping off the zeitgeist radar any Continue Reading
On the 11th day of Christmas … I found TV shows and movies I love rendered in LEGO
Let’s hear it for tenuous links to Christmas! Yes I am basing the inclusion of the following highly imaginative recreations of TV shows and movies in LEGO on the fact that it is (a) Christmas and (b) it was at this very festive time that I was often given Continue Reading
On the 10th day of Christmas … I watched the ghosts of TV shows past
I love retro TV. Much as I adore curling on the couch and watching the latest episode of New Girl, Once Upon a Time or The Walking Dead, there is something comforting, and in the case of the shows that have stood the test of time (I discovered sadly 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