Thanks to a plethora of TV talent shows, we have the privilege (I use that word lightly) of hearing many people “make songs their own”. Nine times out of ten a usually fast paced song is just turned into some… Read more ›
When I first heard that Disney would be tackling Maleficent from their animated version of Sleeping Beauty in a live-action movie…I was pretty excited. This excitement was only heightened when I found out that Angelina Jolie had been chosen to… Read more ›
This was going to be separate from the “Web Weekly” series but I decided to cheat a little. After all, my subject today is available online. Back in 2006, I was an impressionable gamer of 14, still hooked on innocent… Read more ›
Vocalist and Pixar animator Nick Pitera is known for his one man a capella covers and various other solo vocal pursuits on YouTube. He first grabbed my attention back in 2007, with his cover of “A Whole New World” from Disney’s Aladdin… Read more ›
Previously we published a post all about the Cork City Gaol Heritage Centre. Did you know that on the same site there is a Radio Museum which you can visit for an extra €2 per person? If this seems a bit random… Read more ›
8tracks is a music streaming website where members create playlists. I came across the site on investigating character inspired playlists being posted on Tumblr. One of my favourite mixes has to be from user amyfarrahfowler. Instead of being character inspired,… Read more ›
Music has always been so much more than notes dotted on staves. Take the piece 4’33” by John Cage for example, which in its three movements does not require any musician to start playing. The four minutes and thirty three… Read more ›
Back in 2011, Australian musical comedy group The Axis of Awesome released an official music video to their viral hit “4 Chords“. The song illustrates the similarity between pop songs by mashing over forty of them up in one piece, using… Read more ›
The birth of celebrity power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s first child has secured them a place in entertainment news for another good while (not that they needed it really). This week we have an old but still very much… Read more ›
Often I wonder exactly how life would be if there were an orchestra around every corner to provide a soundtrack to my life. Irish television show Republic of Telly have captured what would entail if this exact thing happened. This clip… Read more ›
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