Patti Smith is amazing. She’s pretty much written the path for women singer-songwriters, artists and poets and she has done it so well that men even want to be her. Because who doesn’t want to be Patti Smith, she’s humble… Read More ›
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
A poster appearing around Brisbane
Text from the spoof newspaper article poster that has started anonymously appearing around Brisbane, Queensland: DEMOLITION WILL HONOUR SIR JOH BEJELKE-PETERSEN An unnamed source within the Brisbane electorate today accused Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s LNP government of secretly planning… Read More ›
Weekly Whimsy: Ten Thousand Paper planes
This week’s whimsy is via ten thousand paper planes released by Ross Coulter and volunteers in the State Library of Victoria’s Domed Reading Room in 2011. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Sunday Singalong: Donna Summer
So sad to hear she died this week, reportedly of cancer at the age of 63. Her biggest hits were the disco anthems of “Love to Love You Baby”, “Hot Stuff”, “Bad Girls”, “No More Tears”, “MacArthur Park”, and my very favourite, “I Feel Love”. She had an incredible mezzo-soprano voice.
Friday Hoyden: Lucy Liu as Dr Joan Watson
In the new Sherlock Holmes adaptation by CBS – Elementary. Johnny Lee Miller will be starring as Holmes. It’s set in Manhattan. Wheeeee! WATCH ALL THE VERSIONS!
Weekly Whimsy: would you give this hitchhiker a lift?
This week’s whimsy is courtesy of a weirder than usual fashion photo from Queen magazine in 1960. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
This week in Game of Thrones: Theon Greyjoy is horrid and horrider
Lots of other things are horrid too. Have a general snarking on Westeros thread.
SPOILERS FOLLOW
May the Fourth be with you
May the Fourth be with you on this Star Wars Day.
Quote of the Day: Bleeeeeeeep edition
Apparently BBC America bleeped The Thick Of It. Must have sounded like a lorry reversing into a heart monitor.
Sunday Singalong: Alabama Shakes
How much do I love this sensational new band from Athens, Alabama (soon to join Athens, Georgia in indie-rock iconography)? How much do I love their singer, Brittany Howard? Let me count the ways.
Hoyden About Town 