An Interview with Singer Karise Eden

693387-22ac9e54-5d82-11e4-919b-767a5a42ab7cKarise Eden first entered the music scene when she won The Voice back in 2012. After a break from the industry, Karise is back with her album Things I’ve Done, and is on the road again bringing her music and new baby with her.

So let’s talk about the album, Things I’ve Done – Why did you choose that as the title and how did you go about making the new album?

The album is full of songs talking about my life, what I’ve done or experienced. At the same time it’s songs I’ve been working on since my first album (and beforehand)… so it’s me literally saying, ‘here you go, here’s what I’ve been doing since my last album!’ [laughs]. I wrote the album all over the place – London, LA, Melbourne, Sydney and on my farm in Queensland. We recorded most of the album in Sydney and Melbourne with a few really killer producers.

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Thoughts on Game of Thrones ‘Mother’s Mercy’ 5×10

Thoughts on Game of Thrones ‘Mother’s Mercy’ 5×10

Spoilers!

Before watching the episode I was convinced that Jaime was going to die in this episode. My cousin was convinced that Tyrion wasn’t going to survive. I’m not confirming or denying either happen or don’t happen in the finale – as that would be a spoiler. But I thought it was fun fact to mention. I’m glad I managed to avoid all spoilers because now that it’s been over 24 hours since the episode aired, it’s kind of impossible to not be.

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My Favourite Five: Ewan McGregor Movies

This idea has been one that Tara and I have been discussing for a while now and I’m happy that it’s finally here! We’ve decided on listing five of our favourite movies, television shows, segments, songs etc from whichever artist, program or random thing we see fit. Let us know what you think of the idea in the comments below as I’m hoping this’ll be weekly thing – at least during reality television hiatus anyway.

I watched I Love You Phillip Morris a couple of weeks ago so I felt like Ewan is a good place to start. The movie was not list-worthy as I found it to be a little boring and Ewan reminded me of Peter Helliar after his horrid dye job. Seriously, did anyone notice that? The movie is also so far fetched that I was very surprised to hear that it’s actually based on a true story, which actually, upon hearing this made me like it a lot more. Go figure.

But alas, here goes.

My favourite five Ewan McGregor movies for your viewing/reading pleasure.

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Normie Rowe’s FRENZY! Album Launch

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Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending Normie Rowe’s FRENZY! Album Launch at Memo Music Hall at the St Kilda RSL. It was such an incredible night and I wanted to share some details with you all and encourage you to all go see him if you ever get the chance.

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An Interview with Normie Rowe

normierowe1To celebrate fifty years since the release of It Ain’t Necessarily So, Normie Rowe brings FRENZY! – The 50th Anniversary Collection. The new album features 30 of his hits from 1965-1968 remastered for 2015. I attended his album launch yesterday – but before I get to that – here’s the interview I did with him last week.

Let’s start with the new album FRENZY! – The 50th Anniversary Collection …

We decided to go back and revisit songs we recorded in the 60s as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of my first record It Ain’t Necessarily So. To point out the fact that in those times the pop music world was incredibly frenetic. The kids were more enthusiastic about the music than hither to been seen. Much more enthusiastic than I guess the Rock ‘n’ Roll period or the Bobby Socks’ period of the early Frank Sinatra times. The kids were just like maniacs! To get out of a venue with some article of clothing in tact or some part of your hair still on your head was quite a miracle. So we chose the songs that were pretty reminiscent of the sort of things we were singing and playing in those days.

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