Archive for the 'Music, TV, Books And Movies' Category

The Golden Compass, Antireligious Propaganda?

Technorati tags: movie, golden compass, philip pullman, novel, children, nicole kidman, daniel craig, cinema Yesterday I watched the trailer for “The Golden Compass” and didn’t really know what to make of it. It’s based on the book by atheist Philip Pullman and apparently the Catholic League’s got a bit of a problem with the flick. […]

It’s "Thriller’s" 25th Anniversary, Wishing We Could Celebrate

Let’s go 25 years back when Michael Jackson was still black and far from being labeled a child molester: On December 1st, Jackson’s historic top selling album “Thriller” was released and literally writing music history. It’s the highest-selling album in history, shifting 65m according to the Guinness Book of World Records. His own people put […]

The Haunted Skin-bound Book

Perhaps this makes me sound truly and utterly weird but what a fabulous Christmas present this would be: A “spooky” image of a priest executed for treason over the Gunpowder Plot has appeared on a 17th century book thought to be bound in his skin, it is claimed. This rare book believed to be bound […]

Amy Winehouse Cancels UK Tour, Cannot Perform Without Husband (who’s still in jail)

Technorati tags: amy winehouse, winehouse, uk, tour, news, music Every time I come to read the latest updates in the never ending Winehouse saga, I’m just wondering how it could possibly get worse for her… and it does… With her drug-addict husband Blake still in jail, Amy now called it quits, her UK tour that […]