There was a time when music was bad! From the early blues inspired by African tunes and the desire to escape poverty, slavery and oppression, the “deal with the devil” legend of Robert Johnson to the swinging hips of Elvis, the drug induced progressive Rock of the early 70’s, the anarchy of Punk, the violence [...]
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Pop Culture & Scapegoating
Posted in gaming, movies, music on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Star Trek: the reboot
Posted in movies on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Been to see this twice now – it was THAT good.
Its very reminiscent of Star Wars, which should come as no surprise as director JJ Abrams is more of a Star Wars than Star Trek fan. The similarities are background character plays – the loner farmboy with a love of fast vehicles, poor relationship with [...]
The Dark Knight
Posted in movies on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Superheros have always fascinated me – I love stories of the fantastical, of the heroic, of fantasy and adventure, and my first introduction was the Batman TV show of the 70’s – Adam West and Burt Ward in tights, with cartoon clouds of “pow” and “zap” littered across the screen.
As a young teenager I was [...]
