Is it just me or does the latest Shell commercial on radio sound a lot like Mika’s “Lollipop”? This is not the first time a Shell radio commercial sounds suspiciously familiar to a well-known song. What gives?
Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
Another Reason Why I Don’t Listen To Radio
Thursday, 5 August, 2010
TV Talk
Monday, 26 April, 2010
I don’t watch much TV, to be honest. The only thing I watch faithfully is Formula 1 and whatever many NBA playoff games they choose to show every year from April to June. Occasionally I may tune in to the odd big Premier League match, but not often. The reason why I don’t watch that [...]
Funding And The Arts
Thursday, 25 March, 2010
There was a huge article in today’s Life! (here) about how the Singapore Film Commission (I never knew there was one) is now doubling its handouts from $250,000 per film to $500,000 per film to young deserving film-makers. Which I think is great, cos films are expensive to make, and our young aspiring film-makers need [...]
Similarities
Thursday, 18 March, 2010
Is it just me or does the latest Citibank ad on radio sound a lot like a certain “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay?
Post-Trip Thoughts 6: Media
Monday, 1 March, 2010
One thing which I really enjoyed doing during my trip to England was buying the newspapers every day to soak in the news. I bought at least a few different newspapers every day and spent considerable time at night or on the long train rides reading the news. There are so many titles to choose [...]
“Midnight Train” By Alarice
Friday, 5 February, 2010
Nice to hear Class 95 playing Alarice’s song “Midnight Train” these few days. I’ve been hearing it a few times now. Here’s to more local music* being aired on our radio. There was a time back in the early 90′s when local music actually received quite a bit of air time with the likes of [...]
Radio Talk
Thursday, 29 October, 2009
There is this theory that as you grow older, you will move down in radio frequency. Meaning that when you’re in your early to mid-teens, you listen to 98.7FM. Then perhaps as an old teen/young adult you might go for Power 98. Then most working adults (like myself) will listen to Class 95. Then you [...]
Rediscovering Old Songs
Saturday, 15 August, 2009
I always love it when I discover an old song on the radio. Today I heard a snippet of a song which sounded so familiar that I was very sure I had heard it before many years ago. Because I have an extreme fear of letting this song slip away and forgetting it forever, I [...]
Susan Boyle
Sunday, 19 April, 2009
Much has been said and written about Susan Boyle so I shan’t repeat it. I really only want to say two things: Firstly, I think she’s been a godsend for the producers of “Britain’s Got Talent”. Can you imagine the ratings for the rest of the season as long as she’s in the show? It [...]
Date Mate? Er…
Thursday, 16 April, 2009
So tonight as I was driving home, I happened to tune into to this highly interesting radio show on Class 95 hosted by Yaz called “Date Mate”. The concept is like this: If you fancy this girl, you ask Yaz to call this girl on your behalf on national radio and Yaz will ask this [...]
