Right, so FACT have done their state of first quarter 2010 thing, and informative it is too. Check it out! I’m not going to suggest 20 best albums of the quarter. I’m not sure I’ve even listened to 20 new albums in the last quarter. (This will largely be explained below.) What I will doContinue reading “First quarter listening: songs”
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UFC 111
Every time I write on the UFC, I preface it by saying it’s been ages since the last time I did so, and let’s see if I can get back into the habit of it. So let’s pretend I’ve said it just now, rather than saying I usually say it. What a catchy lead-in! Okay,Continue reading “UFC 111”
Ke$ha – Animal
Sony Records (2010) When a pretty, young, popstress is introduced to the world via a guest spot on a FloRida song, and is sufficiently well-connected to secure a P. Diddy cameo on her first solo single, you might be forgiven a touch of cynicism. However, Animal is an album of a high quality that isContinue reading “Ke$ha – Animal”
The Hills Have Eyes
Dir: Alexandre Aja (2006) For too long, whenever I would wax lyrical about fantastically addictive eye-crack The Hills (which is a regular occurence with me, sister), the response from bemused 20-somethings would be ‘The Hills Have Eyes?’ I would then have to clarify that, no, the everyday Hollywood travails and tribulations of Lauren, Audrina, WhitneyContinue reading “The Hills Have Eyes”
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