“Hi, my name is Andrew and I am old enough to have lived through the 1970s!” “Hi Andrew.” “You may think that makes me ridiculously old, and the way my body is behaving lately I feel that way sometimes, but growing up back in the age of bell bottoms, and Continue Reading
Reading my way through the apocalypse
If it’s possible for apocalypses to be in vogue, and there is plenty of evidence that they are the in-thing at the moment with the ongoing fascination with a possible looming zombie infestation or the Mayans end-of-days calendar, then thoughts surely must turn to what you would do with yourself Continue Reading
No Doubt back on the pop culture radar
The world’s most beloved purveyors of ska pop are back with a new album produced by pop god, Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, Push and Shove (out September 25), a single to kick things off, “Settle Down” (released July 16, with a video, directed by the uber-talented Sophie Muller who was at Continue Reading
I want to live in television land
I know we have all said it at one time or another, usually after a shockingly hard day out in the trenches of the real world, that it would be great to live in a scripted TV program (this excludes reality programs clearly since they are so, well, real). All Continue Reading
Vivid Festival 2012
I may have missed seeing this in person this year because life got in the way but thanks to the wonders of time lapse photography, it is as if I did get to wander amongst all the luminous wonder. And now you can too…
Book review: “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)” – Mindy Kaling
This is a seriously funny book. It really is. There are few comedic writers that I can think of that can weave painful stories about their past in with pithy, hilarious observations about those experiences and salt and pepper them with pop culture references that don’t just make sense Continue Reading
Movie review: “Prometheus”
Prometheus is a movie with grand ambitions. That much is evident from the succession of operatically bold trailers that have swept across the internet in the months preceding the release of this movie, promising a movie of grand vision, lush visuals and heart-pounding action. And it is true that Continue Reading
Crazy book covers
I came across a wonderful tumblr site called betterbooktitles.com which is an absolute joy to go through. The blogger behind the site, Dan Wilbur, has a gift for altering a book’s title on the cover so that it pithily reflects the very heart of the story contained within. His philosophy Continue Reading
Music review: “Return to Paradise” – Sam Sparro
OK confession #1 : I lived through ALL of the 1970s. Confession # 2: And in that time, I either listened to Evie and Nana Mouskouri (ask my parents about those choices please) or ABBA (obsessively; this one was entirely my choice) or in the latter part of the decade, Continue Reading
Sonic Bliss #9: My favourite songs of the week
Now that the glitter-strewn waters of Eurovision have ebbed, and taken with them their bright shiny pieces of Europop (although they do linger with no complaints from me), there is room for other music to emerge and haunt my iPod. Here are the tunes that surged with Darwinian-determination to the Continue Reading