I love opera. You have voices singing in unnatural cadences, laterally challenged men and women earnestly pretending to be dashing gay blades and gazelle-like femmes fatales, plus scenery from ancient China, Egypt or Valhalla. It is the campest of musical forms, and, like drag, it involves suspension of disbelief and immersion in a pre-arranged fantasy. […]
A primer on Hungarian pop
As Hungarian pop is isolated from the rest of Europe, especially Britain because of its language (though many groups sing in English) and, frankly, because of pure laziness from our part, I thought I’d give everyone a small sample of its output. I’ll start with this Hungarian indie track which was a big hit there, […]