Daily Archives: April 21, 2009

Tuesday Tune - Elton John’s Tiny Dancer

  By Darren Byrne | April 21, 2009 - 11:00 pm | Music, The Culch
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Okay, I’m aware I forgot to post the Tuesday Tune last week. Well, it was a busy Tuesday. We had film posts and music posts and random stuff too. So, instead I want to talk about Elton John’s Tiny Dancer today (or this evening, at least). Although I was aware of the song when I was younger, I, like many, only really began to appreciate Tiny Dancer when it featured in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous. In one of the greatest scenes in modern filmmaking, the emotionally battered and bruised rock band listen to and begin to sing along with the lyrics of Tiny Dancer in a beautiful and touching scene that united them in music though their personal differences might be pulling them apart. Watch this: Written 38 years ago in 1971 for Elton’s album Madman Across the Water, the lyrics were by Bernie Taupin, Elton’s writing partner at the … There’s more →

Beam Me Down…

  By Rick | April 21, 2009 - 3:30 pm | In The News, Movies & TV, The Culch
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The pocket sized (see attached photo) and lovely Amanda Fennelly who used to work with me here in RTE was in London yesterday interviewing director and cast of Star Trek and asked me if Culch could big it up. Glad to She talks about it here: http://2fm.rte.ie/blogs/the_slate/2009/04/the-final-frontier—amanda-meets-kirk-spock-and-jj-abrams.html And you can hear JJ Abrams here: http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2009/pc/pod-v-210409-6m49s-theslate.mp3 and Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine here: http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2009/pc/pod-v-210409-7m15s-theslate.mp3

Beyonce Single Ladies - another day, another “flash mob” video

  By darraghdoyle | April 21, 2009 - 2:13 pm | Random Whimsy, The Internet
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So London’s Picadilly Circus, 100 leggy dancers and a bit of Beyoncé for you. I think we need to start redefining “flash mob“. This - no matter how visually appealing - isn’t really flash mob, is it? It’s well choreographed marketing but lacks the whole “Ah anyone can show up and join in” feel. Still though, if you liked it, you shoulda put a ring on it…

Movie News 20/04/09

  By Darren Byrne | April 21, 2009 - 7:00 am | In The News, Movies & TV, The Culch
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I missed yesterday’s so, this is a long one. Before you do anything else though, go read Rick’s review of Star Trek. Don’t worry, there are no spoilers, but it does whet the appetite. Let’s start with a trailer for Facing Ali a documentary on Muhammad Ali. I am definitely looking forward to this: And another video - a clip from the upcoming very dark animated film called 9. Creepy as hell: The first pics are in of Russell Crowe in Robin Hood. Am I the only one who wants to hit his little head off a table a bit? Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones may not please all fans of Sebold’s novel, but the fact that he said he’s dropping any God references and setting the film in a limbo between death and the afterlife certainly pleases me. I may even consider going to see it. Though The DaVinci Code … There’s more →