Matt Smith thrilled fans at Glastonbury just by turning up on stage to introduce cult electronic dance duo Orbital, and then …
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Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? No way…
..and you Aussies know the rest. Someone asked me the other day about Aussies and swearing,
Friday Hoyden: Annie Lennox
I can’t remember when I wasn’t a fan of Annie Lennox. That glorious voice and the amazing style of her costumes and performances, that sense of gracious absurdity, fierce compassion and joyous gravitas. She has always stood out.
Thursday Cheezburger: Classic Tracks
And today’s LOLcat theme is… Classic Tracks. Post your own favourite in-theme LOLcat here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Aretha Franklin
So much to love – where to start?
“Confessional” compositions and Dudes
Anyhoo, I thought it might be fun to just have a thread listing all the songs from male performers/songwriters that draw on personal experiences and which have not been widely described as “confessional” or “diarising”.
Friday Hoydens: Jazzy Women
This post was inspired by this great gallery on Slate: Jazzy Women. (I only just discovered Slate’s Today’s Pictures feature – fascinating photos every day.) The gallery has 30 photos of fierce, passionate musical women – highly recommended. Here’s just… Read More ›
Wednesday Warm Fuzzies: Fully Epic Rapsody
It has now been 102 long days that Ive been here in the hospital all up, isolated with a case of Multi-Drug Resistant TB…. Yep… Still going… Is it normal if you want to eat your own leg?
Femmostroppo Reader – March 17, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Acknowledgement of country ‘culture wars’ – “They’re at it again: …” I’m not here to make… Read More ›
You better run, you better take cover
What the flying blueberry-flavoured hell is up with this idea that Men At Work now owe bazillions of dollars – up to 60% of their earnings on Down Under – to a pack of copyright trolls? SMH: Men at Work’s… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 