Ladyfest Ten, 12th – 14th November 2010 (PLUS win tickets)
Dig out your inner DIY creative, it’s Ladyfest time again. … Continue Reading
Dig out your inner DIY creative, it’s Ladyfest time again. … Continue Reading
I have fought long and hard to maintain my irrational dislike of house music, but it’s been a losing battle for quite some time now. The newest effort from Duck Sauce has finally broken down the last of my barriers, and though it’s hard for me to admit, I’m hooked. A better part of my weekend was spent trying to get the ‘ooh-oohs’ out of my head, and, to be fair, kudos must be given to anyone who can formulate a song out of the name of a Jewish princess superstar. … Continue Reading
God bless the internet, without which I would know considerably less info about invaluable, important pop culture references. At a dinner party I was fortunate enough to attend a couple of weeks ago, a much cooler friend decided to play for us a video she’d come across some time before. No, not the dickhead one (we watched that too, obv, but only to get ideas for our vegan crunk night). Nah, this was some random South African band that had just played to kicking acclaim at festivals Stateside and got a shit-tonne of money … Continue Reading
by Devil’s Food Cake, photos by Kat Green
Who doesn’t love a girl with a guitar? Or any musical instrument, to be perfectly fair. There’s something to be said about a woman who’s good with her hands (ladies…) and if she can do it while commanding attention on stage – all the better.
We’ve raved before about the musical lustre of November Fleet, and they were so nice the first time around we thought we’d send off a couple of questions and see what they had to say for themselves.
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by Gypsy Tart
‘But, she’s not even fit’ says a certain straight male friend, ‘I don’t get all the nudity and stuff if she’s not fit.’ And so it is that the debate of Lady Gaga and her appeal to the queers and weirdos of the world rises again.
To those of us looking in from the outside of the sugary, fluffy world of mainstream pop culture, Gaga’s appeal is exactly that; although she’s still a skinny, middle-class white girl like the rest of the pop tart army, she’s not ‘conventionally’ attractive. … Continue Reading
by Fairy Cake
“New soul”, is not, traditionally, a genre I would choose to associate with. My music collection has about as much soul as the 2004 remake of Dawn Of The Dead. The only thing that Amy Winehouse inspires in me is the irrepressible urge to burn things.
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It’s widely accepted that, when it comes to most things, the original is the best. Fame, The Karate Kid, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? – though copies and subsequent versions have been made of many things, the originals often are, in fact, the best.
Not always though. … Continue Reading
by Lemon Tart
Just a quick one. Call me superficial-i-docious, but I just love the threads. Enjoy this gem of an oldie… … Continue Reading
I’m not usually one lost for words, but the new Rihanna video just leaves me a little speechless, not to mention rather warm under my collar. I mean, I already thought Rihanna was pretty hot. It’s just kind of icing on the cake to have her writhing around with a French supermodel. I mean, Laetitia Casta for crying out loud! I feel like Christmas has come early. … Continue Reading
Say what you want about Lady Gaga – and many, many people have – but there’s something intoxicating about her. I remember the first time I heard of her, when she performed Just Dance at the NewNowNext Awards, way back when in 2008. I was hooked – I played and replayed that performance as loud as my speakers would allow, and I’m pretty sure I drove all my flatmates crazy. Oh Lady Gaga. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. … Continue Reading
Well this has been a long time coming – I can’t remember the last MVM we had. Anyway, spring’s here now, and it’s looking like a good ‘un already – sunshine, birds chirping, the view from behind my office desk/computer screen. Life is good. But you know what makes spring and summer better? Anthems. That’s right people, it’s not enough to have sunshine and daisies, there has to be a soundtrack for it. … Continue Reading
So Eurovision is over for the year – it’s time to pack away our score sheets, our voting fingers and our EU cupcakes. But though this year’s contestants are gone, they are certainly not forgotten, though admittedly some of them would be better left as such. As I look back on the wreckage of last evening, I feel like now’s a good time to recount the more memorable moments of Eurovisions past. And so, in lieu of this past week’s Tuesday top Ten, we have a Sunday countdown of some of the Cakette’s favourite Eurovision entries. … Continue Reading
by Arctic Roll
No-one’s ever really admitted to liking Katie Melua, apart from the over 40s or the socially inept. She’s always come across as naff, annoying, and more than just a little self righteous. Katie was probably the irritating girl at school who was Head Girl, captain of the hockey team and took umpteen A Levels ‘just because she could’. In other words, Katie was probably a right annoying do-gooder. … Continue Reading
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