Thanks to the success of TV shows like Glee and The Sing-Off, the world of competitive a capella singing and choir has gotten a lot of media attention lately. I was a choir nerd for most of high school and college, so I’m always intrigued by these…
I’m a big Radiohead fan, but I won’t lie: I was pretty disappointed with their most recent effort, The King of Limbs. Still, I never give up on a band I love, particularly not one of my favourites, like Radiohead. So when lead singer, Thom…
Whenever something starts getting a lot of publicity or hype in the media, I instantly feel wary. It just seems that nine times out of ten, the movie, TV show, album, etc. isn’t really worth all of the attention and praise that I end up…
I think at this point in time, I don’t really need to tell anyone that the Twilight movies aren’t the highest quality film series around. The movies have been notoriously panned for the weak scripts, poor acting, and subpar CGI effects. The only good thing that the…
I haven’t actively followed most of the Disney movies since I was a kid. Part of the reason was that as I turned eleven or twelve, it was really uncool to be watching cartoon musical movies, and I didn’t want my friends to make of…
A “first world problem” by definition, is a frustration or complaint only experienced by privileged individuals in wealthy countries. This phrase is most commonly used as a joke amongst my fellow Generation Y-ers, while we’re moaning about our irrelevant problems on Twitter (i.e. “The soda…
One of the most sentimental, touching movies I’ve ever seen is the 2007 Steve Carell drama, Dan in Real Life. The film is one of those few that makes me laugh, cry, warms my heart, moves me to think, feel and enjoy life…all in a…
Norah Jones was pretty much everywhere in the early 2000’s. Her husky voice was constantly heard on the radio, her videos were heavily rotated on VH1 and MTV, and she won a slew of awards, including five Grammys.
I can’t keep track of how many times I’ve bought an entire album based on liking just one song I’d heard on it. It really doesn’t bother me to have albums on my iTunes that I haven’t listened to all the way through, because I…
I’ve had about zero interest in Bruno Mars and his music over the past few years. I remember the summer of 2010 when he debuted on the radio- first on a guest spot for B.o.B.’s “Nothin’ on You” and then on Travie McCoy’s song, “Billionaire”-…