Aaaarrgh, Janelle Monáe makes me so happy! I've been intending to write a post for the past 2 and a half months attempting to articulate my love for her music (specifically her album The Electric Lady) and what she stands for but I kind of get overwhelmed with my fangirling.



Also, this!.

Last week, I went to a small gig at the Camelot Lounge in Sydenham to see a bunch of amazing women tell their stories and sing some tunes. Called 'Songs That Made Me', it was originally billed as a night presenting Katie Noonan, Abby Dobson and Ella Hooper, the lead singers of George, Leonardo's Bride and Killing Heidi respectively, but Ella had to ( Read more... )

It's been about four months since I saw the Book of Mormon musical in Chicago and I'm still giggling at the jokes from the soundtrack. Written by the creators of South Park and Avenue Q, the show is a hilarious parody of Mormonism and somewhat of a love letter to religion in general. It touches on every comedic taboo possible (AIDS, cancer, female ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, I went to see the revival of the musical Hot Shoe Shuffle at the Lyric Theatre. I only knew two things about it: that it had tap dancing set to big band tunes, and that it was Australian. Oh, and that it had a terrible logo. The first quarter trundled along with bad jokes and an awful script but well into the second half I ( Read more... )

It's been 10 years since Wicked opened on Broadway, propelling Idina Menzel's career into a household name (well, amongst the musical theatre community at least) and earning her a Tony for her leading role as Elphaba. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of the musical but after youtubing her live PBS concert in Toronto, I geeked out by her setlist of ( Read more... )

What a wonderful day it is for the UK. I only hope that our miserable politicians will come around soon. However, I'm extremely proud of our country for putting a song about marriage equality to the number one chart position last week.

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I don't remember the last time a music video moved me to tears.

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I absolutely adored watching The Sapphires! Such a beautiful story about four indigenous girls who perform soul music for the troops in Vietnam. And Chris O'Dowd is such a scene-stealer with his dopey charm!

Being the musical nerd that I am, I was pretty intrigued when I heard about the concept of the tv series Smash, which revolves around the ( Read more... )

As part of the Sydney Writers' Festival, I went to see a panel discussion about whether marriage equality is a distraction from deeper, more complex issues that gay people face and whether it's absolutely necessary to legalise same sex marriage in Australia. Moderated by Annette Shun Wah, the speakers were: Dennis Altman, writer of political ( Read more... )

LJ, how tired and outdated you look these days compared to all the other shiny blog platforms out there. Can't believe I've been on this for over 10 years, but I can't even entertain the thought of leaving.

Anyway, I found this recipe on Pinterest and the concept blew my mind. AVOCADO FRIES, OMG. Why haven't I heard of it earlier ( Read more... )

I just watched HBO's film biopic of Temple Grandin and it was totally inspiring. She's a sought after speaker and her work is highly cited in both humane animal slaughter and autism fields (she revolutionised understanding of both), and the film covers her life in the 60's and 70's where she struggled to get by everyday life in her teens because of ( Read more... )