I absolutely love Dolly’s ‘Travelin’ Thru’ – it sounds especially fantastic through my surround sound system (the bass is awesome!). She does look a little plastic at times in this video though, bless her! (it’s the ‘wooo’s’ that do it I think) All in all, my favourite Dolly song I would say (closely followed by […]
The Cure – Six Different Ways
Previously, I have posted a clip from the 2002 film, ‘The Rules Of Attraction’ (George Michael’s Faith), though I have just realised that there is another song used in this film that I absolutely adore! Six Different Ways by The Cure. I especially love the sliding scale and playful-ness of the introduction. Oh, and as […]
N-Trance – Set You Free
Set You Free has to be one of my all time favourite songs! It is so uplifting! VERY pleased to now have a copy of their ‘Electronic Pleasure’ album with the 7 minute version of the track on it… the opening is SO atmospheric (well, for a dance song hehe). Even managed to find a […]
Spontaneous outbursts of singing!
Forgetting all about that contrived (but still rather cool) dance piece at Liverpool Street the other month… something genuinely spontaneous happened on my rail replacement bus home last night. The driver was playing some pretty good songs over the speaker system (Pretty Woman, Brown Eyed Girl, a couple of Elvis tracks, some 80s air-grabbing power […]
Princess Mononoke / Spirited Away
Over the last two weeks I have been getting re-acquainted with some of the more popular Studio Ghibli films, notably Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away (both by Hayao Miyazaki). Princess Mononoke Spirited Away If you have not yet had chance to see these films, I really would recommend them! Spirited Away is a good entry […]
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