Girls Aloud are back on the road after more than a decade!
The UK’s successful girlband, reunited for their first tour since 2013′s Ten Tour, kicking off The Girls Aloud Show on Friday night (May 17) at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Cheryl Cole performed a ton of their hit songs and a few fan-favourites from deeper into the discography, all in honour of the memory of member Sarah Hard who died in 2021 at the age 39 of breast cancer.
Although not a global phenomenon like the Spice Girls, Girls Aloud is one of UK’s most successful girlband of all time and this reunion is very nostalgic.
The song above was released 16 years ago… Time flies so fast.
Kink Magazine is a men’s art and erotica publication based in Barcelona/ manufacture in the UK, self published twice a year by photographer Paco Y Manolo. And of course, the models are panty creamers. One word: YAAAS!
The Olivier Awards, the UK’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards, took place on Sunday at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Nicole Scherzinger won for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Norma Desmond in the revival of Sunset Boulevard.
I’m glad Nicole moved to the UK, because her talent is valued there. She is not only a recognised singer, now she is also an award-winning actress.
Nicole is one of those great Americans artists who is not appreciated in her own country.
We often heard stuff like… “music used to be better” ” or “old songs are better” and although certain songs make me disagree, the fact is that the number of new good songs in percentage it’s probably 1 out of 10. Back to the old times (for example, ’60s or ’70s), the percentage of good songs was 9 out of 10.
Also singers from the past had distinguished voices and they could sing. With technology nowadays everyone can sing and many sound the same.
Songs from the past (even the 90s or 2000’s) are more upbeat and just make more sense (lyrics-wise, at least to me).
Few days ago my Spotify played a song I forgot about it, ironically it was a song I used to love from Norwegian electro duo Röyksopp… You know? Sometimes I unconsciously suppress happy memories and sad as well. I guess that’s the case of this song.
2005 to 2010 was a special era for me. During that period my longest most meaningful relationship (almost a decade) ended. After that breakup I was no longer the same. I went through many emotional stages, a silent depression, had other boyfriends, new joys, new heartbreaks and so on…
At some point after my last official boyfriend in 2018 decided to be “forever single” healing with sex and music… Then in 2020 I met Max, a hot muscular heteroflexible guy who had a crush on me. I developed feelings for him and we lasted 3 years together.
I broke up with him because he changed, hurt me emotionally and the pain in my heart was more intense than the pain of his big thick cock in my ass.
Only this Moment by Röyksopp (2005)
Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol (2005)
Tears Dry On their Own by LEGEND Amy Winehouse (2006)
Relax by Mika (2007)
D.A.N.C.E by Justice (2007)
Electric Feeling by MGMT (2007)
Lights Out by Santigold (2008)
Agoraphobia by Deerhunter (2008)
Vanished by Crystal Castles (2008)
Never Forget You by The Noisettes (2008)
French Navy by Camera Obscura (2009)
Done Done by Frankmusik (2009)
Me and the Moon by The Drumbs (2010)
Won’t Go Quietly by Example (2010)
Undercover Martin by Two Door Cinema Club (2010)
Baby I’m Yours by Breakbot (2010)
Awesome bands, independent artists, some perhaps forgotten, but their music marked a special time in my life I would never forget.
I took a break from sex this week, so I had time to catch up with some films:
ANATOMY OF A FALL
For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel’s death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel’s conflicted relationship.
This movie was great and the type of cerebral stuff I like.
I would like to highlight the performance of the child actor: Milo Machado Graner. All the other actors were brilliant and amazing in their own ways, especially Sandra Hüller and Swann Arlaud. However, due to the demanding nature of the task at hand (in the film he’s partially blind), Graner did superbly.
Excellent film!
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THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER
Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo, fifty unmarked wooden crates, from Carpathia to London. When the Demeter finally arrives off the shores of England, it is a charred, derelict wreck. There is no trace of the crew.
There’s some really creepy moments in here and some worthwhile jump scares. The kill scenes were intense, brutal, gore and blood splatter. The transformation scenes are good too. However, the movie does run a bit long and feels incomplete.
Regardless, the best of this film is Spanish actor Javier Botet (horror movies greatest secret weapon) who portraits Dracula.
Botet is a Spanish actor best known for his creature roles (due to his condition) in numerous horror films and major movie franchises.
At age five, he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome.The hyperlaxity of certain body tissues brought about by Botet’s condition has given him extremely long and fine fingers along with a tall, thin build, standing at 6 feet 7 inches and weighing 123 pounds.
So, what I really find fascinating is the fact the creature is not simply CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) but an actual person with great makeup.
Overall, this is a unique and solid addition to the Dracula universe but leaves you with a feeling it was missing something that keep it from being outstanding.
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THE HOLDOVERS
This movie follows cranky history teacher (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with a damaged, brainy troublemaker (Dominic Sessa) and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
Honestly, comedy-drama are not my type of film. But I got hooked by the story because it feels real and it’s well made.
A a grownup story for intelligent audiences, inviting a nuanced exploration of the complexities of human relationships against the backdrop of cruel elitist rigidity.
From urban scavengers to dramatic standoffs to microscopic molds, the winning images of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 exhibit the beauty, spectacle, and fragile balance of the isles’ diverse animals and habitats. The final selection emerged from more than 14,000 submissions, featuring a wide variety of species, terrains, and behaviour.
The overall winner, “Ocean Drifter” by Ryan Stalker, features a soccer ball floating in the water with dozens of goose barnacles attached to the bottom. An unlikely and unnatural host for the creatures, the object landed on the shore in Dorset after making a journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Stalker captured an example of the way human negligence or waste can accommodate potentially invasive species, which can have profound impacts on delicate ecosystems.
Ryan Stalker, “Ocean Drifter.” British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 and Winner of Coast & Marine category. Goose barnacles (Thoracica), Portland, Dorset, England.
Jason McCombe, “Tiny Forest Balloons.” Winner, Botanical Britain category. Slime mould (Comatricha nigra), Essex, England
Lucien Harris, “Daisy Danger.” Runner-up for Hidden Britain category, Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) and Honey bee (Apis mellifera), Lee Mill, Devon, England
Simon Withyman, “Day Walker.” Winner, Urban Wildlife category., Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Bristol, England
Matthew Glover, “Dancing in the Dark.” Runner-up for Animal Behaviour category. Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Killingworth, North Tyneside, England
Steven Allcock, “The Crop Thief.” Runner-up in the Habitat category, Brown hare (Lepus europaeus), Nantwich Cheshire, England
Ross Hoddinott, “Three’s a Crowd.” Winner, Hidden Britain category. Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus), Vealand Farm, Devon, England
Max Wood, “Running on Water.” RSPB Young British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 and winner of 15-17 Years category. Coot (Fulica atra), Frensham Little Pond, Surrey, England
“Three Frogs in Amplexus” by Ian Mason Common frog. Perthshire, Scotland.
“Starling at Night” by Mark Williams Common starling. Solihull, West Midlands, England.
“Spring’s Treasures” by Jamie Smart. Pheasant. Mid Wales.
Saltburn is an overrated movie, I never in my life felt sooooo annoyed and bored by a film. It took me several days to finish it because every 10 minutes I needed to pause it and watch something more entertaining.
The movie is BOOOORING!
However, something strange happened with one of the songs in the soundtrack.
Murder On The Dance Floor was a MASSIVE HIT in 2001 and made of (beauty queen) Sophie Ellis-Bextor a dance-pop ICON!
23 years later the song is HUGE again thanks to the film that made a new generation discover this gem.
Oh Sophie! The memories I have of that song… Great years of my life!
We often heard stuff like… “music used to be better” ” or “old songs are better” and although certain songs make me disagree, the fact is that the number of new good songs in percentage it’s probably 1 out of 10. Back to the old times (for example, ’60s or ’70s), the percentage of good songs was 9 out of 10.
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Overall, this is a unique and solid addition to the Dracula universe but leaves you with a feeling it was missing something that keep it from being outstanding.
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