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The Existential Brilliance of The Blackheart Orchestra’s New Album Hotel Utopia.
Manchester-based Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington of The Blackheart Orchestra have repeatedly shown a fine handle on synth prog’s landscape,Continue Reading
In Search of the Best Albums of 2022.
I’ve been a long time fan of John Mellencamp since the mid 80s. Scarecrow (1985), The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) andContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Rocky runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
By the late 1990s with the exception of Cop Land (1997) and later Creed (2015), Sylvester Stallone was resigned to crankingContinue Reading
In Search of the Best Albums of 2022.
In my search for the best albums of 2022, I find myself this time around in the company of threeContinue Reading
Interview: Audiobook Narrator Joshua Tatum on his fan-made adaptation of ‘Heir To The Empire’.
In recent months I unpacked two boxes of books and discovered I had put away for safekeeping a trilogy ofContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Physical’ by Olivia Newton-John.
Yesterday Olivia Newton-John aged 73 passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California. For most Australians she wasn’t justContinue Reading
Classic albums: Cyndi Lauper, ‘She’s So Unusual’ (1983).
I’ll bet that not a lot of casual fans of Cyndi Lauper would know that, before her 1983 debut albumContinue Reading
Top Ten Lists: My Favourite Bass Players Of All Time.
A Bassist’s importance in a band is on occasions overlooked by music enthusiasts in favour of lead guitarists and drummers.Continue Reading
The Double Feature Series: Captain Blood (1935) and The Sea Hawk (1940).
The double feature was a motion picture industry phenomenon which began during the depression as a way to get audiencesContinue Reading
Interview with folk musician Joyce Prescher.
Joyce Prescher is a Dutch-born, Melbourne based folk musician who caught my attention in recent weeks. There’s a real intimacyContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 