I have just been reminded of little played/’rare’ Jonathan Larson song, ‘Love Heals’, written as an independent ‘stand-alone’ song, and included as a bonus track on the soundtrack of the recent 2005 Chris Columbus movie-musical adaptation. (Song performed by ‘Teen Troupe’ – there were no embeddable versions of the RENT version, rare as it is! […]
Roxette – Have A Nice Day
I was browsing through Spotify earlier, and remembering my love for Roxette, decided to look up their 2009 remastered version of ‘Have A Nice Day’ (originally released in 1999). I really love this album, and find it quite reminiscent of some of the material from The Pet Shop Boys and a few other electronica – […]
Neighbours to Pop: Stephanie McIntosh and Sam Clark
As much as I love the Neighbours tradition of people leaving the soap to persue a career in music, I have to admit that I’d never heard of Stephanie McIntosh’s pop career! Stephanie McIntosh was the second person to play Sky Mangel, taking on the role between 2003 – 2007. During this time, McIntosh was […]
Gareth Gates – Skeletons
For some reason this morning, I found myself listening to Gareth Gates’ albums on Spotify whilst at work. I think that I was tempted by the notion of listening/dancing along to his cover of ‘Spirit In The Sky’ from all those years ago (Comic Relief 2003), and it spiraled out of control from there…. I […]
last.fm – 10,000 plays
Hurrah! My last.fm plays have just passed 10,000! Although this sounds like a monumental number, I assure you that it is not! Alas last.fm is only picking up stats from 9 Feb 2008, and I often listen to music on devices that do not have connection with last.fm, especially on my mobile and at work. […]
Gari Wellingham 