I think one reason theatre appeals to me is that it is one of the last bastions of art that is still relatively unchanged by technology and social media. I mean this in the sense that social media has thus far still been unable to infiltrate into the theatre. Recorded music is so easily transferred [...]
Archive for the ‘Random Musings’ Category
What I Like About Theatre
Sunday, 19 February, 2012
I Do Fear That…
Sunday, 12 February, 2012
I don’t want to sound like a snob or an elitist or anything, but I do fear that in the not too distant future, everything will either be termed “awesome” or “sucks”. At least that’s the way things seem to be going based on what I see on Twitter and Facebook. Anything that’s good will [...]
Two Things I Don’t Like About Social Media
Tuesday, 7 February, 2012
Don’t get me wrong. Social media is a wonderful tool, and like it or not, it’s definitely here to stay. But me being the old-school guy that I am, there are two things in particular about social media that I do not like. 1) Loss of the “shared experience”. Those who’ve been reading my posts [...]
Shoes
Tuesday, 31 January, 2012
Or maybe it should be titled “sneakers” instead of “shoes”. Whatever happened to the whole basketball sneakers era? I was certainly a part of the whole wave back in the early-to-mid 90′s. I remember that basketball shoes – Air Jordans in particular – were all the rage, and every new release of an Air Jordan [...]
The “Big Two”
Monday, 16 January, 2012
This is completely random, and it might not even make sense to anyone, but in my opinion there are some bands with what I like to call the “big two”. This means that the band has two extremely big hits, usually in the same album, and I can never decide for myself which one is [...]
The 3 Degrees Of Handphone Sins
Thursday, 12 January, 2012
Ah, handphone etiquette – one of my pet peeves! I’ve got a lot to say about this one. I stumbled upon this very interesting article today from the New York Times (here), about how an entire classical music concert was abruptly halted by the conductor of the New York Philharmonic because of an inconsiderate concert [...]
Ministers Pay Cut
Thursday, 5 January, 2012
Just some thoughts about the ministers’ pay cut. Firstly, I must applaud the move and say that it is a step in the right direction. Let us give credit where it is due. They were clearly keen to appease the public with this move. There will be those who will still say “Not enough! Cut [...]
Wedding Proposals (Part II)
Monday, 2 January, 2012
Kkat shared an interesting link in a recent comment (here), and the article is entitled “Proposal Planners: If You’re Ready to Pop the Question”. It’s about a new line of professionals who specialise in planning your wedding proposal. So whereas in the past we used to only have wedding planners, now we have “proposal planners” [...]
Wedding Proposals
Friday, 23 December, 2011
For some strange reason I have been coming across a few wedding proposal video clips on social media the past week or so. Recently there was one about a flash mob at the Singapore Flyer, which was actually a wedding proposal in disguise. (It’s 12 minutes worth of epic drama, I couldn’t bring myself to [...]
Whatever Happened To Blogging?
Wednesday, 21 December, 2011
Whatever happened to blogging? Time was when every other person on the internet kept their own blog – their own “personal space on the web”, so to speak. Youngsters and internet newbies would get themselves a Blogspot account, arty female types would get their Livejournal account, internet-savvy people and geeks would get their WordPress account, [...]
