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By Kapriz, on June 7th, 2010
No matter what you’re favourite genre, there is a Hollywood classic movie for you. They are kept alive by repeat showings on TV, retrospective screenings in cinemas, at film festivals and by DVDs. Many of these features have been collected together on themed box sets. So whether you favour comedy, musicals or drama, there are hundreds of titles to choose from.
It’s nice to have some DVDs that the whole family can sit down together and watch. The Mary Poppins 2 Disc 40th Anniversary Edition reminds us of the charm of the film and has extra features too. Julie Andrews stars [...]
By Kapriz, on June 7th, 2010
Ever walk into your bathroom and scrunch up your nose, wondering where in the world that musty smell is coming from? Well, if you have, you are certainly not alone. No matter how new or old your house happens to be, that musty smell is a lot more common than what most people would like for it to be.
What’s the typical cause of that mustiness? Most likely, it comes from having black mold. And let’s face it – you can light as many candles and use as many air fresheners as you want, but if you can’t eliminate the leading [...]
By Kapriz, on June 3rd, 2010
Study at home: Get more out of life
With today’s competitive job market, many people are returning to study to increase their qualifications. Others are pursuing further study out of personal interest or just to improve their knowledge or extend their skills. Either way, additional study is a great option for many people, and more and more people are taking advantage of it. In addition, the ever-increasing popularity of the internet has made it even easier to study at home.
There are a variety of different options and opportunities for people who want to study at home. One of the more common [...]
By Kapriz, on June 2nd, 2010
Did the White House Crashers put Bollywood Fashion on the Map?
Hollywood has always inspired fashion, and that is a given. Ryan Gosling’s rugged bearded look in ‘The Notebook’ almost single-handedly blew up the disturbing metrosexuality trend up until 2004. And later, the vampire romance ‘Twilight’ got its young audiences caught up in a whirlwind of drab color, pale skin and adhesive slacks. But the year 2008 was a happier one for film-inspired fashion. Bollywood fashion caught on with the hit British-Indian movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, and people could barely help but sit up and take notice of the overwhelming color and [...]
By Kapriz, on June 1st, 2010
It seems that there are dolls out there for just about anything. The most popular performers of our times are the ones that seem to have the most. If you look online for an Elvis doll, you are going to find more than you can handle. Elvis Presley is arguably the most popular singer ever born, and the merchandise with his face and name prove that point all to well. Some like to get stuff to remember, and some find they are a great investment. Apparently, there is good money to be made on Elvis even years after his death.
If [...]
By Kapriz, on June 1st, 2010
The 1789 French Revolution – Should it Inspire Awe or Contempt?
France happens to be one of the few countries in modern Europe where the common man doesn’t go about kowtowing and calling it a curtsey or calling anyone their Majesty. It just so happens that France is a modern republic, a country where a monarchy is not even retained in name, where a publicly elected government and a well-thought-out constitution hold sway and not the individual authority of a king or queen. How is it that other countries around Europe that were just as developed were left behind while France [...]
By Kapriz, on May 31st, 2010
The classics of music are the enduring expressions of adventurers that withstood the test of time
Classical composers did not compose classical music. At the time of their composing, they were standing on the bow of the ship of music as it headed for the deep, dark, mysterious waters of the unknown possibilities of human experience. For them, their creative act was an experiment in both expression and technique.
Their creative acts were a tempest of exaggerations and struggles as they attempted to forge a new path to aesthetic experience. Little understood in their own time, the resolution of the tensions between [...]
By Kapriz, on May 31st, 2010
There are many great things about the holidays and for me, one of the best was the Christmas music that my mom would get out, dust off and play during the weeks leading up to the 25th of December. If she wasn’t playing music, she was singing on her own. This always made the holidays a bit more exciting and is probably why I love to do the same things each year for my family. Music has the power to bring back memories and feelings from long ago and this is no exception.
Some of my favorite Christmas music is the [...]
By Kapriz, on May 30th, 2010
The Best Country Music Is Still a Matter of Opinion
People, who grew up in Texas, were exposed to a lot of country music. Artists like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and George Jones are household names where they come from, but there is a lot of debate among Texans, young and old, about what is the best country music.
If you ask most country purists, they will go back even farther than the guys I mentioned and say that the best country music was made by some of the pioneers of the genre like Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills, and of course, the [...]
By Kapriz, on May 30th, 2010
The profound impact of Beatles music
There aren’t many cultural touchstones that can transcend generations. A good cigarette is one, as is a good steak. Good television programs not so much – there’s a concrete and easily measurable generation gap when it comes to what different generations of folks like watching on the tube. Good music is even more stratified. You’re not going to find too many baby boomers who’d list the Arctic Monkeys among their favorite bands, just like you won’t find too many Generation Y’ers who’ll profess their love of James Taylor or Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
Yet whatever [...]
By Kapriz, on May 30th, 2010
Today’s Top Alternative Artists
Alternative music has changed a lot from the 90s when alt rock became all the rage around the world. Bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, U2, Green Day, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Jane’s Addiction, Radiohead, and many others blasted their way into the public consciousness and made alternative rock what it is today. Today’s alternative artists are different in may ways but also essentially the same.
What is alternative rock? Alternative rock is now so mainstream that to even continue to call it “alternative” is a misnomer. Alternative rock replaced the Arena Rock bands of the [...]
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