Wednesday 31 October 2007

Hallowe’en Special







The night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints’ Day, originally celebrated by Celtic peoples but now popular in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Traditionally, children dress up as witches or ghosts and go from door to door asking for sweets and threatening to play tricks if refused. Happy Hallowe’en, if that isn’t a contradiction in terms!

Monday 8 October 2007

Rihanna Special









This post includes all four videos of the four singles from Rihanna’s latest album “Good Girl Gone Bad”. They are the ultra-successful “Umbrella” featuring Jay-Z, which opens the album; “Shut Up and Drive”, the fifth track on the CD; the funkier “Don’t Stop the Music”, which is the disc’s third song; and, finally, sixth track “Hate That I Love You”, a duet with Ne-Yo, is a ballad accompanied by a clever little clip with a twist in the tale. This type of R‘n’B isn’t usually my thing but, on this occasion, Rihanna’s third album seems to be infused with a rock sensibility which makes it more agreeable to my ear!

Monday 26 February 2007