Archive for October, 2007

Eurovision: Should I, shouldn’t I?

It’s that time of the year, when composers start thinking about Eurovision. I got a message a few days back: would I be interested in doing some lyrics for a Belgian singer that wants to enter? I have mixed feelings. There has been an awful lot of rubbish produced for Eurovision over the years. Do [...]

Kylie Minogue goes naughty

The rumour machine is getting into action on the upcoming Kylie Minogue album. As you could expect from an album that will be called “X”, some of the lyrics will be raunchy. In second-hand news I’m taking from The Sydney Morning Herald, we can expect lines like, “Time to strip down/Just pop that zipper for [...]

Tip of the week: “Blood in my Eyes” by Sin

I really, really, really like this track. Sin is a Yugoslav who now lives and works in Canada. I won’t bore you with the details (there’s the usual self-aggrandizing bio on his MySpace page). Just check out the music - a sassy mix of Hip-Hop and Arabic-style strings with a darkish girl vocal over the [...]