07 Saturday Apr 2007
Posted in books & writing, culture, media, music
While reading Alabaster Crippin’s post about You Are My Sunshine being the most depressing song ever it reminded me of this Grauniad article I read awhile ago (quite awhile ago as it turns out) in which Tom Reynolds, author of I Hate Myself and Want to Die, offers his top 25 miserable tracks.
It’s hard to tell at times if he is talking about songs that are depressing because they make you feel sad or because they are so bloody awful.
Do you agree with his list? Got any more you’d like to add?
26 Monday Mar 2007
Oh, I just don’t know . . .
I mean I know I shouldn’t but if I don’t, will I regret it? My friend guspemar got tickets last week – the ‘cheap’ ones for 150 euros. He’s so excited, saying it’ll be a once in a lifetime experience. I guess if I actually liked anything he’d done in the past 20 years I might be more tempted, but I also used to soooo love him when I was 15. And so it would kind of be like when I went to see Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich (except way more expensive).
Elton has confirmed he will be back on the road in Europe this summer when he brings his outlandish Las Vegas The Red Piano Show there to celebrate his 60th Birthday and 40 years of touring. The ‘Elton John The Red Piano Europe 07 Tour’ will see Elton perform in some of Europe’s most prominent locations including Seville’s Plaza de Espana (Spain), France’s Chateau de Versailles, San Marco in Venice, Italy, Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate (Germany) and at a venue to be announced Moscow, Russia.
So what do you think? Worth it?
25 Sunday Feb 2007
Posted in miscellany, music, video
Today I heard an American television presenter say the year 2005 as “twenty-oh-five” and I totally cringed. But this reminded me of a question that, to date, no one has been able to answer for me. Which is – when do we stop saying “two thousand and something” and start saying “twenty something”?
Clearly once we get to the year 2525 it will have to be pronounced the way Zager & Evans did back in 1969. But until then . . .?
31 Sunday Dec 2006
Posted in fun stuff, life stuff, miscellany, music
It happens every now and again…
A bit too much wine … after a bit of dancing around … the American Pie challenge!
Nog has yet to win. Anyone else out there know all the lyrics to American Pie? Eh?
19 Tuesday Dec 2006
Click on the link above for Dunndesign Christmas Radio, then click on launch … lots of great old tunes there. 
Thanks to Mudhooks for sending me the link! 
What are some of your favourite Christmas songs? And favourite versions? I have to say that Chrissy Hynde singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is one of my all-time favourites.
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