Dial W for Weekend
Last me and James went to the Playhouse to see Dial M for Murder. It was very good. Even with a minimalist set (one room) they were still inventive with it. It was beautifully lit, mostly with shades of red but sometimes blue too and they created great shadowing, giving it a contemporary noir feel. The music was very noirish and very effective especially the 'murder' scene. I didn't know the story beforehand which made it even better. There's quite a lot talking at the beginning but once you get past that it's really thriller-ish and just great stuff. I love the theatre I really do, it's probably my favourite of stage show. I do like dance and seeing orchestras play but I always feel like there's something missing from them, which is why I enjoy the theatre and musicals so much - they have everything great in them. Speaking of which, we're off to London next month to see Blood Brothers with Mel C in. It's James' desire to go rather than mine but I love seeing shows so I'll see anything, plus Mel C was the best Spice Girl after all. We've also just booked La Cage Aux Folles to see while we're down there as well with John Barrowman in it! I might get Lucy an autograph to bring back, ha.
We've been getting back into our Bond films again so we're working our way through them slowly but surely. Over the week we've watched You Only Live Twice and then Never Say Never Again. The former is pretty good, I've seen it before. There's something lacking though, I'm not quite sure what. The latter was really good. After first watching it I wasn't convinced but after james arguing that it's one of the best I can see where he's coming from. It's not really a Bond film per se but it has good stuff going for it, especially the brave ending. It's all good stuff though.
I don't really have that much to update otherwise. I've mostly been spending the time listening to Strawberry Switchblade and playing the new Professor Layton game. Tonight I'm off out with James workmates/friends which should be good. I kind want to go dancing but only if somewhere plays Shakira's 'She-Wolf'. Trouble is, everywhere will be full of freshers right now!
I caught Alexandra Burke's new video the other day, and while i prefer the song much more than anything that Leona's released I can't help but feel that it's ten times more cynical. It's almost as if Syco thought, hmmm, she's British but there's not much money to be made here, and we did so well with Leona - let's go for the most American sounding song ever. Kerching. It just really grates with me.
It's funny, I seem to be importing a lot of music recently. I don't think it's for any other reason than it's not available in the UK but I'm waiting for Dragonette's album fro Canada, Venus Hum's from America and Natalie Imbruglia's from Australia (and if it's not released there I will hunt her down! How dare she pull the release until February for everywhere else?! Clearly the new Annie :( ). Good stuff!
We've been getting back into our Bond films again so we're working our way through them slowly but surely. Over the week we've watched You Only Live Twice and then Never Say Never Again. The former is pretty good, I've seen it before. There's something lacking though, I'm not quite sure what. The latter was really good. After first watching it I wasn't convinced but after james arguing that it's one of the best I can see where he's coming from. It's not really a Bond film per se but it has good stuff going for it, especially the brave ending. It's all good stuff though.
I don't really have that much to update otherwise. I've mostly been spending the time listening to Strawberry Switchblade and playing the new Professor Layton game. Tonight I'm off out with James workmates/friends which should be good. I kind want to go dancing but only if somewhere plays Shakira's 'She-Wolf'. Trouble is, everywhere will be full of freshers right now!
I caught Alexandra Burke's new video the other day, and while i prefer the song much more than anything that Leona's released I can't help but feel that it's ten times more cynical. It's almost as if Syco thought, hmmm, she's British but there's not much money to be made here, and we did so well with Leona - let's go for the most American sounding song ever. Kerching. It just really grates with me.
It's funny, I seem to be importing a lot of music recently. I don't think it's for any other reason than it's not available in the UK but I'm waiting for Dragonette's album fro Canada, Venus Hum's from America and Natalie Imbruglia's from Australia (and if it's not released there I will hunt her down! How dare she pull the release until February for everywhere else?! Clearly the new Annie :( ). Good stuff!