This goes out to all the girls out there… on International Women’s Day
I’ll be honest. I had never even heard of International Women’s Day until I lived in the Republic of Armenia. Although my experiences in Armenia in the mid 1990s did not leave me with the impression that Armenians cared much about feminism, I did notice that they celebrated this holiday every March 8th. Then I learned that International Women’s Day […]
No disrespect to R.E.M., but there may be no band break-up that got me in the gut harder than a-ha’s. We all remember a-ha, of course, for “Take On Me.” But it surprises a lot of people to find that the band, long celebrated as one of the 80s greatest one hit wonders was actually a two-hit wonder here in the U.S. (you mean, you don’t remember “The Sun Always Shines on TV”, […]
Another day, another Eurovision entry! This week, the good people of Denmark delivered their final answer on who will represent them in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Meet Soluna Samay, and listen to her winning song, “Should’ve Known Better”:
Aside from the requisite tailed military jacket (Eurovision visuals often tend to totalitarian homage), this is a totally credible pop song. I can easily imagine this getting play on the […]