The office where I’m temping at is pretty cool considering that it’s another manifestation of you know, The Man Inc.. While the work isn’t the most stimulating I’ve ever done (no offence to the HR specialists, but it is HR), it’s diverting enough. The team I work with is lovely and best of all, I get to [...]
Category Archives: Music
Lyrics For The Scorned
Also posted in Humour, Love, Work Tagged Break Ups, Lyrics, Men and Women, Music, Relationships, The Opposite of Joy, Women 7 Comments
Banjos, Ballet, Black Yoghurt and Bloggers
I was very much the culture vulture this past week, darlings, as I took in, among others, some comedy, blogging bonding time and the very different delights of grown men plucking strings as well as in codpieces and flesh-coloured tights. Ooo er, missus! My palpitations have only just calmed down…
Also posted in Blog, Culture, London Tagged Ballet, Banjo, Blogging, Comedy, Dylan Moran, Friends, Music, Royal Opera House, Steve Martin, The Sleeping Beauty 3 Comments
The Lost Art Of Suggestion
After a hiatus of about 3 years, I returned to Choice FM as the default station in my bedroom (Radio 4 remains constant – like the White Cliffs of Dover - in the kitchen, forever and ever, Amen.) Immediately, I fell back in love with the station, hearing all the various islands of the Caribbean in [...]
What'd You Call it, Urban?
Last week, my Internet connection died a horrible, surprising and very swift death. Inconvenienced and irritated, I called up my service provider, Virgin Media, to have a go. After meandering through the phone maze for a while, I finally got through to the fault line (ha!). I was given the option of choosing my hold music; even [...]
R.I.P. MJ
So. Michael Jackson has died aged 50. What can I say? I’m a little surprised at how affected I am. I guess, if nothing else, he was a huge part of my childhood – I still remember trying to spin like him and making myself dizzy with the effort. I’m going to go and play [...]
Radio Ga Ga
Last weekend, I indulged by having a lost weekend. Only instead of booze, drugs and loose men, I gorged on radio, radio, and yep, you guessed it, more radio. I love the radio. My sister and I formed a fake radio station when we were kids, called, titter ye not, “Funky Funky Funky Radio“. It [...]
Music To Make YorubaGirl Happy
It’s no secret that alongside my irrational passion for commercial and generally rubbish R’n’B, I love me some female singer-songwriters. Joni Mitchell, Tracey Chapman, Stevie Nicks, India.Arie and me; we go waaay back. To that end, I went to see Devon Sproule last week, at Shepherds Bush Empire. She was a lovely mix of supreme cuteness, charm and talent. Devon’s band included [...]
Putting A Ring On It – Naija Style
I lazed around the house today, making the most of the benevolence of the Easter Bank Holiday. Between eating my weight in junk food and washing my hair, I came across this video on Facebook. I don’t know if it’s because of the high sugar content in my blood, but I’ve been chuckling to myself [...]
Devon Sproule – Girl Crush
I first heard Devon Sproule when she appeared on Later…with Jools Holland in 2008. I was watching with my housemate P and we both sat up and paid attention. By the next day, her CD, Keep Your Silver Shined, was in the house and we’ve been enjoying the fruits of her musical labour ever since. [...]
