Amy Winehouse’s music videos were something special, “Rehab” in particular. Nearly a decade has passed since the song’s release, and Amy sadly passed away nearly four years ago. This song, originally enjoyed to some comic effect, rarely gets airtime on radio and television today. Its tone cuts a little too close to the bone –…
Celebrating IWD with 15 of the greatest covers by women
As another International Women’s Day rolls by, it’s time to take a look at female reimaginings of male-written popular music. The art of the cover version The cover version is a hotly contested subject in music. The adaptation that beats the original is rare, or at least is the view of your standard music connoisseur. What can a…
My ideal Oscars ceremony…
Following today’s ceremony, I gave some thought to how my ideal awards show might look and feel. Here’s a taste: …would feature a queer woman host… …would feature a performance by Madonna… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVV6rrY0Ow …and Sean Penn would stay quiet. My ideal Oscars ceremony would feature weird, inspirational women like Björk expressing herself in a way…
LYLE: a feminist director revisits Rosemary
Screened as a feature of the 2015 Mardi Gras Film Festival, curated by QueerScreen, Lyle is a sharp horror narrative starring indie film darling Gaby Hoffmann, better known for her work in TV series Louie, Girls and the excellent Transparent. If you’re yet to be familiar Hoffmann as a performer, I highly recommend you start doing…
Digital grieving: who writes the rules?
Since Oliver Sacks’ essay foreshadowing his death circulated yesterday, an emotional response has begun in my social media circles, a tone of distressed alarm and denial from his younger readers. It’s an unusual thing to see, I had thought, that the death of a public figure is predicted for us so acutely, let alone its articulation from the…