by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 15, 2011 | Music Monday
I’m not sure if everyone has already seen this video- it made the Internet circuit a while ago, but on the off chance someone hasn’t seen Playing for Change Stand By Me I wanted to share it. Playing for Change recorded street musicians from around the world and...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 12, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Movie number eleven is another Bollywood! Om Shante Om Yeah dancing, singing, beautiful costumes, and in this one a murder which spans over two lifetimes! Shah Rukh Khan who I have mentioned before because I love him, he’s an amazing actor. Deepika Padukone is the...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 10, 2011 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
There are times – far too many times- where I wallow in self pity. I see a beautiful slender woman, or try and put on a pair of jeans, or someone in my one of my writing groups get a contract, whatever the list goes on and on, and I wallow in self-pity for a...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 8, 2011 | Music Monday
So here is another Tarkan video- I do adore him he’s so pretty and in this one we get a good look at male middle eastern dancing- we call it belly dancing- but in Turkey it’s the normal social dance. Why yes I am planning a trip to Turkey to go clubbing how did you...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 5, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
For the tenth movie I’ve chosen Waking Ned Devine. It is an adorable film about a group of friends who find out the man who won the lottery died from the shock of it, so they set out to pretend he’s still alive. The whole village is in on it, as the money will be...
