The Never Ending Appeal of the Rocky Horror Picture Show

  Contents 1: Still Doing the Time-Warp 2: Tim Curry as Frank-N-Furter 3: From the Stage to the Screen 4: Brad and Dammit, Janet! 5: The Haunted House Trope: Oakley Court 6: Rocky Horror’s Lasting Legacy   1: Still Doing the Time-Warp It’s astounding that fifty years on and we still jump up to doContinue reading “The Never Ending Appeal of the Rocky Horror Picture Show”

The Playback Power of the Ear Worm

Let’s talk about earworms -those obtrusive song fragments that lodge in your head and are difficult to rinse out. We recognise the feeling; even if you like the song, it’s stuck on replay and just won’t go away. It acts like an impish spirit like a nasty wasp buzzing around your head or an itchContinue reading “The Playback Power of the Ear Worm”

The First and Foremost One and Only, Aries

It takes a certain umpf to run a mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds but Roger Bannister did that. He was an Aries. It had never been less than 4 minutes before so he was the first. This alpha type who likes to break records would have to be vital, spontaneous, yet very well trained,Continue reading “The First and Foremost One and Only, Aries”