It’s going to be a right good Eurovision this year
Here’s Denmark’s entry A Friend In London, New Tomorrow
We like. A lot. Our new favourite (at least for today) – sorry Lena and Stella…
Eurovision geeks will notice that it sounds not too dissimilar to Andreas “Glorious” Johnson’s Eurovision wannabe Sing For Me but somehow works better.
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Avian crowdsourcing. It’s the future.
Find out what the birds of Regent’s Park predict for the Oscars, not to mention Smokey the Psychic Rabbit, who predicted the Hurt Locker’s triumph last year.
Back the Birds? Or are you backing the bunnies? Bet here:
Germany:
Italy:
Smooth jazz with eyes shut
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlZ3z5FG9Q
Italy could have made a more interesting comeback - the entry was chosen from the San Remo song festival (he was the best new artist). This was the big winner:
Sample lyrics:
“for all the boys and girls who defend a book, a real book
so beautiful while shouting in the squares
because free thought is being killed”
Roberto Vecchioni
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vouNhR8THms
For all the weirdest and most wonderful entries: http://eurovisionapocalypse.blogspot.com/
DRIVE ANGRY 3D.
We love a nice nonsensical title here at Popbitch, so to hear that Drive Angry 3D was coming out in the cinema and was A PROPER FILM and everything was music to our ears – most of the nonsensical titles we like (Sharktopus) go straight to DVD. Then to hear that it had Nicolas Cage in it – with his ‘I’m mental’ hat on – well, to say that there was a veritable shit-storm raging in our pants would be an understatement.
So obviously, we had to see it. And obviously, we have seen it. And obviously, the shit-storm was no false prophet – those stains weren’t in vain. IT WERE REET GOOD.
It’s about Nicolas Cage – a nutcase from hell – and he’s trying to find his granddaughter who’s been kidnapped by a cult. Other things happen though, like there’s another bloke from hell who’s looking for Nicolas Cage, and there’s also a sexy waitress thrown in for good measure. The fact that there was a free can of Fosters in the seat at the screening shows that it’s not really worth getting all hung-up about the silly storyline – it’s best to watch it pissed. Don’t know what the can of cheese and onion Pringles shows though – all that did was make our breath smell and stop us from pulling later on in the evening. THAT’S OUR EXCUSE AND WE’RE STICKING TO IT.
Drive Angry 3D is knowingly bad, which can sometimes be a movie’s downfall, but in this case – it works. It’s made entirely with a certain type of audience in mind, and it panders to their childish needs with an unfaltering loyalty. Cage is awesome, Amber Heard is awesome, and William Fichtner (if you don’t recognise his name, you’ll recognise his chin face) is even more awesome. It was an all-round success story for everyone involved – mainly because it’s definitely a movie of the Ronseal variety.
To sum it all up nicely – there are loads of explosions, guns, car chases, naked people, punches, hotpants, swear-words and Nicolas Cage expressions, so if you’re currently ticking off all the boxes in your ‘Movie Requirements For Easily Pleased People’ check-sheet, then we advise you go and see this film. Unfortunately, you’ll have to leave the ‘Three People Attached Mouth-to-Anus’ box unchecked, but you can’t have everything.
Recently we had a sit down and chatted to Ironik, who was out and about promoting his new single ‘Killed Me’. We took this as a chance to ask him about the songs he enjoys listening to. And it’s not all too cool for school, you’ll be pleased to know… he’s not averse to a bit of R Kelly and David Guetta, don’t you know…
Other answers:
Song to get in a fight to?
Nah I don’t fight, I’m a lover not a fighter! But probably hard hip-hop like Waka Flocka Flame or something – it gets me angry, hyped!
What’s the best song you’ve written?
Probably ‘Slow Down’, I think I sounded the best on that song than I ever have.
What song do you wish you’d written?
Loads, mainly by Drake, or Kanye West. Because I listen to them a lot, they inspire me, so sometimes I listen to them and think man, I wish I wrote that!
‘Killed Me’ featuring McLean is out on the 13th March.
And neighbouring office workers are getting their welcome signs ready…
For a real rocking vicar, you’ve got to get to the Caucasus. Not only is Tblisi one of the finest cities on the planet, with the coolest people, but it most certainly hosts the hippest priests. Check out these raving revs. The one with the long beard is mad keen on the works of Stock Aitken and Waterman. Particularly Bananarama.
The programme for the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, curated by everyone’s favourite pocket sized jazzer, has just been released, and it’s not bad. Mainly because the incomparable Pharoah Sanders is playing. Pharoah enlivened a sunny Big Chill afternoon when we hosted a party there in 2009 and, even at the age of 70, knows how to put on a show better than almost anyone alive.
He started out in the 1960s playing with John Coltrane, then went completely doo-la-li with Sun-Ra before putting together his own band for some of the finest experiments in free jazz yet seen. If you don’t own the 32 min long yodelling classic Creator Has A Masterplan you’re mental.
The Creator Has A Masterplan parts 1-3:
It’s the Oscars coming up, and surprise surprise, the same group of films have been picked up and stretched out over nearly all the categories. Way to make it worth watching, Academy! During the coming week we will bring your our Oscar predictions by our psychic animals… you can check the odds here on Boylesports…
* Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
* Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
* Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
* Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
* James Franco in “127 Hours”
We think the fact that James Franco cut his arm off just for a movie surely means he deserves to win. But Colin Firth is going to.