The TV singing show “The Voice” is being run in different countries, right? You’ve all got your own national versions of it, I assume. The votes still have to be counted, but the Australian version will be won tomorrow night, I’m quite sure, by a young woman from New South Wales named Karise Eden. I can be as cynical about […]
What a weekend. My nephew’s wife had a baby boy, my football team won, my fantasy football team won, Mark Webber took pole position in Monaco (and as I write this, he’s leading the race) and SWEDEN WON THE 2012 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST!!!!!! It was another fantastic show. I don’t know what Europeans think of Eurovision and I don’t know
Like many others, I suspect, my first awareness of the Beta Band was via the priceless scene in the 2000 adaption of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel, High Fidelity, where John Cusack (as Rob Gordon, owner of the record store Championship Vinyl) plays their classic Dry the Rain to unsuspecting shoppers in his store. Not only did Rob sink the hook into his
