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Sonic Bliss #6: My favourite songs of the week

Posted on April 25, 2012April 26, 2012 by aussiemoose

So much music that my small and dainty ears cannot possibly accommodate it all. Or can they? I say a resounding yes and so, here is this week’s pick of the new music that has danced its way into my mind, and if I wanted to go all Hallmark syrupy Continue Reading

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The return of “Arrested Development”

Posted on April 23, 2012 by aussiemoose

Arrested Development, a clever, literate sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz which featured the dysfunctional travails of the once wealthy Bluth family and ran from 2003-2006 is back from the dead! It was a critical darling from the moment it was broadcast into peoples’ living rooms, but alas, though it was Continue Reading

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Road to Eurovision 2012: Week 3

Posted on April 20, 2012May 24, 2012 by aussiemoose

Yes it’s time to review this week’s crop of Eurovision hopefuls and what have I gone and done? Left my Ukrainian grandmother at home! Now she won’t be able to burst into the blog post at a completely unexpected moment and dazzle you all with her totally surplus-to-requirements writing (much Continue Reading

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The high cost of being Eurovision fabulous

Posted on April 19, 2012May 8, 2012 by aussiemoose

Ever since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with the aid of an upbeat pop song “Waterloo”, the dulcet tones of Agnetha and Annifrid, and the tightest lycra pants known to man, the contest has been widely seen by the artists who participate in it as the perfect Continue Reading

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I love my Scandinavian pop! 3

Posted on April 18, 2012April 24, 2012 by aussiemoose

The siren song of Scandinavia has seduced me again and I cannot hold off bringing more of the talented artists from northern Europe. My love affair with all things Scandipop began innocently enough back in the, ahem, 1970s when ABBA burst onto the scene and I fell completely head over Continue Reading

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Review: “The Smallest Show on Earth” (video)

Posted on April 16, 2012April 17, 2012 by aussiemoose

Expectation can be a curious animal. One one hand it can fill you with joyful anticipation, your mind and pulse racing as you consider how wonderful the show you’re about to watch/the album you’re about to listen to/the book you’re about to read etc will be. The possibilities seem limitless, Continue Reading

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Ira Glass on storytelling

Posted on April 13, 2012 by aussiemoose

Ira Glass, host of the acclaimed radio show, This American Life, which broadcasts nationally on Public Radio International in the United States, is the first person to admit it took him a while to find his storytelling voice. He began work at the age of 19 in 1978 at National Public Continue Reading

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Road to Eurovision 2012: Week 2

Posted on April 12, 2012May 24, 2012 by aussiemoose

I have thrown on my hoodie, corralled a group of buff young dancers, fired up the pyrotechnics machine, and with handfuls of glitter ready to throw liberally at the slightest hint of a key change, I am ready for this week’s review of the songs that will make or break Continue Reading

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“Falling Skies” is back soon!

Posted on April 11, 2012April 13, 2012 by aussiemoose

Shows that focus on an apocalypse of one sort or another are all the rage at the moment – literally in the case of the runaway hit show, The Walking Dead, which features zombies with the usual anger management issues – and I have become as enamoured of them like Continue Reading

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Sonic Bliss #5: My favourite songs of the week

Posted on April 10, 2012April 24, 2012 by aussiemoose

Another week and while I am up to my ears in kitschy Eurovision pop at the moment (and loving it!), I have not forgotten all those other pop gems gliding down my aural canals. So here they are…. five more slices of perfect unforgettable pop!   “How Long Have You Continue Reading

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