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May2

Music and film to uplift and inspire…

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Music and film to uplift and inspire…

I think I really, really like the movie versions of Nicholas Sparks’s novels. Having said that – I haven’t read any of his novels – just seen the films but since I’ve seen quite a few now and like them very much, it probably would be a good idea for me to read at least one of them. Who reads Nicholas Sparks and what are your thoughts on the movie adaptations?

I saw ‘The Lucky One’ today at the CINEMA (oh and after a weekend of watching DVD’s) nothing and I mean nothing beats the big screen!

‘The Lucky One’ was beautiful, inspiring and uplifting and I LOVED it. I’ve never seen myself as much of a romantic or a great lover of the genre but I think I’m wrong – I think I really do like this genre and yes, I admit a crazy romantic :) And Zac Efron has the most amazing blue eyes – just sayin…

View the trailer here or click below:

ON DVD…

Rather fond of Robert's eyes too :)

‘Due Date‘ with Robert Downey Jnr and Zach Galifianakis– this title alone has always been enough reason for me not to see this film but after picking it up in Blockbuster and reading the blurb – it caught my attention and I LOVED it. What a hoot from beginning to end :) If you want a damn good belly laugh then this movie is for you. View the trailer here or click below:

MUSIC…

I haven’t blogged about music lately and OMG there is so much of it out there that really sings to my soul but I will only mention two in this post. The first one is by ‘Gossling’ from Melbourne, Wild Love – is this the romantic coming out in me again?

Watch the music vid here or click below: It’s fun and cheeky and very cool :)

Second music video is from 360 again from Melbourne (featuring Gossling) – don’t ya just love OZ music. I’m so impressed with the Australian music scene – we really do rock on so many levels. So many genres and we are really good at them all. And OZ hip hop I reckon is the best in the world – just sayin…

Click here to listen or click below and remember to pump these songs up really loud – put on your dancing shoes and have a fricking good time :)

Midnight rambler rocking out as always ♥

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Mar19

Dead Man’s Bones + Ryan Gosling + children’s choirs = hauntingly beautiful ♥

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Dead Man’s Bones + Ryan Gosling + children’s choirs = hauntingly beautiful ♥

Okay, you may have noticed if you’ve been reading my blog or seeing my facebook status updates of late, that I’m having a slight obsession with Ryan Gosling.  In my last post I talked about how my life is changing and I needed to get out of my own headspace for awhile – Ryan and his films seemed like a great distraction :)

And this slight obsession with Ryan led me to discover his band ‘Dead Man’s Bones’ that he formed with Zach Shields in 2009.   After further investigation it appears this album originally began with a concept, a horror musical, to take on the road. Ryan worked with Zach on this project for two years in between making movies (my god – how much talent can one person have). They even taught themselves how to play – it makes my attempt at learning piano even more pathetic.

Here’s a great article/interview where Zach and Ryan talk about the project and their experience with the music industry and what they set out to achieve with this idea.

And if you’d like to watch a little doco with the St Peter’s Choir – it’s really fun.  I can’t believe it’s taken me three years to even learn about this.  (Well I have heard the song ‘Pa Pa Power’ off the above album several times on Triple J over the last three years – but never realised who or how good they were)

Did you know about this fabulous collaboration?

Will we see more from these guyz?

All I can find out is in 2011 Ryan had intentions of making a follow up album for the Dead Man’s Bones without a choir this time – so let’s hope he does, because I can’t get enough of this sound: it’s dark, sensual, inspiring and uplifting.

And wouldn’t it be so cool if they toured and came to OZ?  Can you imagine? I won’t even go there in my head right now – it might explode :)

The doco isn’t very long – click on this link or the video below and enjoy – it’s actually fun :)

Please drop me a note and let me know what you thought of the doco/project...

Midnight rambler listening to the album again and again and again…

♥ ‘WEREWOLF HEART’ is a particular favourite of mine (it’s dark, beautiful and sensual) the haunting sound of the piano has me head over heels in love with this piece.♥

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Mar14

Gather once again, disasters in the end, it’s like a default!

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Gather once again, disasters in the end, it’s like a default!

Forget about the cause,
press rewind then stop and pause
It's like a default ~ Django Django

Okay people – It’s the mid week slump – so time to raise the energy and time to Bop…

Midnight rambler bopping – are you?

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