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Archive for January, 2010
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
982. The Eye of the Tiger. The (Chinese) Year of the Dog. Fast forward to 2010. The Eye of the (rather aged) Tiger. The year of The Tiger. This year, the Chinese New Year takes place on February 14th, so I am giving you all ample time to practice [...]
The Rakes: Binary Love
Binary Love – this track will fit very nicely on a geek’s compilation CD, along with “Code Monkey” (Jonathan Coluton) and “She Blinded Me With Science” (Thomas Dolby). Add in “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” by the Flaming Lips whilst you are at it. I could go on, but then you may [...]
Queen: Flash Gordon
At the risk of my manhood, I am ready to admit I secretly like this movie. “Flash Gordon”, (did you know he is the savior of the Universe and King of the impossible) is a 1980 science fiction movie, based off of a comic strip, written in part by Lorenzo Semple, Jr. – the [...]
Pink Floyd: Money
In 1973, a box of cornflakes cost 25 cents (www.foodtimeline.org). Nowadays, the same box of cornflakes (hopefully one that wasn’t made in 1973) would set you back $3 – a 1200% increase. An AMC Javelin car cost about $3000 new in 1973, I found the same car today online selling for $19,000. [...]
Ocean Colour Scene: Hundred Mile High City
cean Colour Scene’s 1997 single is used in the opening sequence of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, a 1998 Crime-Heist film directed by Guy Ritchie. The single was take from the band’s album Marchin’ Already – an an album that knocked Oasis “Be Here Now” off of the top of the charts and [...]
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Heart of Gold is from Neil Young’s 1972 album, “Harvest”, and incredibly, it is his only number one single. What I find funny is that Bob Dylan, whose style “Heart of Gold” mimics really hated the song whilst it was perched atop the music charts. In a 1985 interview with Rolling Stone, Dylan [...]
Manic Street Preachers: Australia
Australia, a song by the Manic Street Preachers was one of the four singles that was released off of their fourth album, “Everything Must Go”. This was the first album that The Manics released following the mysterious disappearance of band member, Richey Edwards (who penned five of the other songs on the album). [...]
