One of the greatest Internet finds for me in 2020 has been the podcast Song Exploder, which features insightful discussions with artists and producers/collaborators about how they made their hit songs. Now, they’ve made Song Exploder into a show on Netflix, with four episodes showing the making of four hit songs from Alicia Keys, R.E.M., …
Here are a few new artists, TV shows, and movies to check-out and bat away the crushing boredom *ahem*…well-adjusted life you are living. Television Away “Please don’t ruin space for me.” – me before starting any space-related TV show or movie. But, thankfully, this new Netflix show did not. Led by Hilary Swank, and a …
Here are a handful of fresh finds to put on your playlists! Rising Phoenix I freaking love the Olympics. I remember watching Donovan Bailey win the gold medal in Atlanta with my fingers and toes crossed (and believing the “luck” that my tiny, coiled form had conjured played a small part) and have been obsessed …
Scouring through TV has been a huge self-coping mechanism during COVID (and let’s be real – my ? ENTIRE ? DAMN ? LIFE.) I’ve recently discovered some new shows, and uncovered some old ones. Here are a handful that I’ve enjoyed. Venture forth and let the LED light consume you! The Speed Cubers This 40-minute …
My Summer 2020 Spotify album has been filled with ambient sounds and remix magic. Here a few of my favourites that have made it to 20+ listens! “Somewhere” – Slow Magic feat. Woven Hiatus Enjoy chill vibes with a building electro background that makes this song into bedroom-dance-party-able halfway through. “Gasoline” – HAIM This song …
I recently had the absolute joy of revisiting my childhood CD collection whilst doing a COVID clean-out, and – you know what – I am NOT mad with what I found. Looking beyond the Raffi years, there are some solid gems that could go up against the best machine-learning algorithms on Spotify or Apple Music. …
If you know anything about me, you know that I freaking love space. Although, an alarming amount of space movies involve scary AF aliens that I am NOT HERE FOR. Instead, here are a few “safe” watches that celebrate reaching for the stars, and keeping it a nice, aspirational place to visit sometime. Contact Based …
I’ve spent a sizeable portion of this “lockdown” both delving back into old TV favourites and discovering a few new shows. Here are few that I’ve enjoyed over the last little while: Homeland The final season of the show is as engaging as ever, and follows the brilliant, but often not-believed, CIA operative Carrie Mathison. The …
One of the best parts of the apocalypse thus far has been diving head-first back into books. This part of me has gone surprisingly dormant in recent years, despite having once been a massive reader (and re-reader). But, with so much time inside, and the newfound stasis my body seems to be forming some small …
If you’ve been trolling streaming services during the pandemonium, here are a few suggestions of little indie movies that you may have missed: 1. Garden State (2004) Garden State slipped into my headspace right when I needed it most. The chill, melancholy pace, lack of direction and aimlessness experienced by the main character (Zach Braff), …