Archive for the tag "music"
VERDI REQUIEM: DON’T MISS IT IF YOU CAN*
Sydney Sings Verdi Requiem If you’re in Sydney next weekend (3pm Sunday 28 April) Sir Roger has a shameless plug for you. Actually, Sir Roger has a PEAK MUSICAL AND SENSUAL EXPERIENCE FOR YOU (Sir Roger knows how much you like a sensual experience.) This year marks Verdi’s 200th birthday and the truly excellent [...]
Posted: 20 April, 2013 in Australian Values, Culture, Life, music, Religion, values.
Tags: classical music, Culture, music, Requiem, sydney, values, Verdi
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Justin Bieber Gets On Top Of Lady Gaga
Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are hot news together again this week. The Jonas Brothers not so much.
Posted: 30 January, 2011 in Culture, politics and government, Sex.
Tags: Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, music, on top, Sex, sexy, twitter, world trends
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I Love Your Wobbly Bits
Sir Roger is a sucker for a gorgeous girl, but Imelda May is clever and truly talented with a fabulous, sassy voice and it’s a great song. Plus she’s Irish …
Posted: 21 January, 2011 in Australian Values, Culture, music, Sex, values, Video.
Tags: cultural values, Culture, Dublin, Graham Norton, Graham Norton Show, Grammy, I love you inside out, i love your wobbly, i love your wobbly bit, i love your wobbly bits, Imelda May, Inside Out, Irish, jazz, love your wobbly bits, music, pop, rock, rockabilly, sassy, Video, wobbly bits
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A Perfect Jewel
From Sir Roger’s ancestral pile to yours, please accept, in a box for Boxing Day, in the spirit of the giving season, this perfect jewel, in its luxury (U)tube.
Posted: 26 December, 2010 in Australian Values, Culture, music, values, Video.
Tags: australia, Australian, Australian Values, Bijoux, classical music, coloratura, Covent Garden, cultural values, Culture, Dame Joan, Dame Joan Sutherland, Faust, Gounod, high culture, Jewel Song, Joan Sutherland, music, musical values, O Dieu! que de bijoux, opera, Royal Opera House, Sutherland, Video
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Did You Know? Amazing Internet
just proves the point of the speed technology is changing the world. It’s exponential. Two years ago it was all MySpace, and Facebook barely rated a mention.
Posted: 31 October, 2010 in Australian Values, Economics, Education, fun, History, Internet, Language, legal, Literature, Maths, Media, music, Science, Sex, values, Video.
Tags: brain, did you know, download, Education, employment, exabyte, facebook, Google, human brain, Internet, Jobs, learning, music, MySpace, SMS, social media, social web, study, supercomputer, technology, text, web, world wide web
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Joan Sutherland and Me
Sir Roger’s personal note of his sadness at the death of La Stupenda, Dame Joan Sutherland, and an explanation of their very special personal connection.
Posted: 12 October, 2010 in Art, Australian Values, Culture, Education, Life, values, Video.
Tags: Aida Dickens, arts, Australian cultural values, Australian Values, bel canto, Bell Song, Bonynge, classical music, coloratura, Com'e bello, cultural values, Culture, Czerny, Dame Joan, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dickens, Diva, Doinizetti, Education, Joan Sutherland, john and aida dickens, John Dickens, la Stupenda, Lakme, Lammermoor, me joan sutherland, music, music lessons, opera, piano, piano lessons, singing, Son Vergin Vezzosa, soprano, Sun Aria, Sutherland, Tamworth, Video, youtube
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Justin Bieber? Unbelievable! Unbebieberable!
Justin Bieber? Surely not …
Posted: 2 October, 2010 in comedy/humour, legal, music, Sex, Video.
Tags: Bieber, comedy, heartthrob, humor, humour, Justin Bieber, music, Onion, Onion News, pop music, popular music, The Onion, unbebieberable, Video
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“Fuck You”
Keeping up the Sunday tradition of giving offence
Posted: 5 September, 2010 in audio, Australian Values, music, Sex, Video.
Tags: cee lo green, fuck, lady killer, music, music video, Video
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Let There Be Rock!!!!!
Here is a creation myth Sir Roger can believe in. It may well be the Meaning of Life set to music. Let There Be Rock!!!!
Posted: 18 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, fun, Life, Media, music, Religion, values, Video.
Tags: AC/DC, Angus, Australian anthem, Australian cultural values, Australian culture, australian music, Australian music values, Australian religious values, Australian rock group, Australian Values, Bon Scott, creation, creation myth, creationism, Culture, heavy metal, heavy metal music, Let There Be Rock, Life, meaning of life, metal, music, music icon, Religion, rock and roll, Rock anthem, Video
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Make Sha Prouder Beaner Strayn
This Sensitive New Age Cowpersons’ anthem surely, and ultimately, is what this election is all about. Beaner Dinkydi Strayn: an proudervit
Posted: 16 August, 2010 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Life, politics and government, values, Video.
Tags: advance australia fair, anthem, australia, Australian, Australian anthem, Australian Citizenship, Australian cultural values, Australian culture, australian election, Australian icons, australian identity, australian music, Australian national anthem, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy, dinkdy di, election, fair dinkum, god save the queen, humor, humour, jingoism, music, national anthem, nationalism, only 19, patriotism, politics, satire, sensitive new age cowpersons, skippy, strayn, true blue, up there cazaly, waltzing matilda
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I Kissed a Nerd
Let’s take a break from all the political horror and watch some … other horror …
Posted: 1 August, 2010 in comedy/humour, Sex, Video.
Tags: comedy, geek, humor, humour, I kissed a nerd, Katy Perry, kiss, music, music video, nerd, parody, satire, Sex, sexy, Video, youtube
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Comfortably Numb
Sir Roger happened to catch Pink Floyd on his mobile-wireless-machine-that-plugs-directly-into-the-ears and was shaken by of the final verse. So here it is:
Posted: 31 July, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, environment, Immigration, Life, music, politics and government, values, Video.
Tags: Abbott, America, australian election, Australian Politics, Australian Values, climate, clunkers, cultural values, Culture, dream, election, environment, Europe, existence, existential, federal election, future, Gillard, government, Immigration, law and order, Life, music, ontological, philosophy, pink floyd, political values, politics, possibility, rock and roll, roger waters, the wall, tour, values, Video
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Obama – The ‘Kick-Ass’ Song
Obama – The ‘Kick-Ass’ Song
Posted: 14 June, 2010 in Australian Values.
Tags: BP, British Petroleum, government, Gulf, humor, humour, kick-ass, leak, Matt Lauer, music, Obama, oil, oil spill, oilspill, political values, politics, rap, today, Today Show
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Happy Birthday, Schuey!
Yesterday was the 200th birthday of Robert Schumann. I thank the universe for his genius. Today I miss my dad because he introduced me to the Schumann’s music
Posted: 9 June, 2010 in audio, Australian Values, Life, music, values, Video.
Tags: classical music, cultural values, Culture, dichterliebe, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, music, Robert Schumann, romantic, romantic era, Vladimir Horowitz
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Harden My Heart
Quarterflash “Harden My Heart” and Pat Benatar “You Better Run”
Posted: 4 June, 2010 in Australian Values, Culture, music, Video.
Tags: 80s, australia, Australian cultural values, Australian Values, Culture, Harden My Heart, music, Pat Benatar, pop, Quarterflash, rock, slang, Video, You Better Run
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