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Awix (3310 KP) rated Fifty Shades Darker (2017) in Movies

Feb 15, 2018 (Updated Feb 15, 2018)  
Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
2017 | Drama, Romance
A Crime Against Passion
Another attempt by E.L. James to solve the global overpopulation crisis by putting people off the idea of having sex. More deeply uninvolving shenanigans between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey: will he win her back? Will she be able to make him commit to a proper relationship? And why the hell should anyone else care?

Very little discernible plot; mostly resembles a blandly aspirational soap opera, or possibly commercial for kitchen design. Scenes of rumpo are occasionally unintentionally funny, never actually erotic. Fifty Shades Darker? Fifty Shades Duller, more like.
  
Salvage Trouble (Black Ocean Mission 1)
Salvage Trouble (Black Ocean Mission 1)
J.S. Morin | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
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Almost Firefly fan fiction (0 more)
Firefly Meets Wizards
This book was advertised as Firefly with wizards, and that's pretty much what it is. There is almost a one-to-one correlation between the characters in the book and the characters in Firefly. That being said, I love Firefly and enjoyed the story very much. It's a fast-paced space opera. The story felt a little short to me, more like a TV episode verses a movie. The book was self-published and had some editing problems (specifically typos).
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Quadrophenia by The Who in Music

May 28, 2020  
Quadrophenia by The Who
Quadrophenia by The Who
1973 | Rock
8
4.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 267th greatest album of all time
I haven't seen Quadrophenia so this was a new experience for me. The soundtrack album had a bit of a Bat out of Hell feel to it, very "rock opera" in style. Great songs telling a story, which means at times the song gets a little abandoned for the sake of the story. But with Townsend writing it all, this was less of an issue here. Great songs well performed. A nice change to have Townsend on vocals at times.
  
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Adam Lambert recommended track Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen in Live at Wembley Stadium by Queen in Music (curated)

 
Live at Wembley Stadium by Queen
Live at Wembley Stadium by Queen
1990 | Rock
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Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

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"The connection is kind of obvious! Obviously, I sing for the band and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was the reason why I got asked to sing for the band. I sang this song for my American Idol audition about nine years ago and it has a personal significance in that way. “I remember hearing it for the first time. I grew up doing musicals and the theatricality of it resonated with me at a young age, hearing a song that was considered a rock classic but that was theatrical and so vocal, it just really appealed to me. It felt like something and I connected with it. ""I love the different sections of it. Just when you think you've got the song figured out, it switches gears and goes in a totally different direction, or it goes to the opera section - which is totally insane and out there. Then they finish it off with the searing rock section of the song and then it finishes up again, back into the piano-driven, melodic, quiet place. “Much like a play or an opera, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has acts, it has different sections and being a performer, I think that just really appealed to me."

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Murder for Choir (Glee Club, #1)
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Paige Marshall has taken a job coaching a show choir until her big break singing opera comes through. But when a rival coach is murdered, she starts trying to clear one of her students of the crime. The book is fun with great characters, fast moving plot, and gentle humor woven in. Paige took a couple more risks than I felt like she should have, but I enjoyed it and definitely plan to read the sequel.

My full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-of-choir-by-joelle.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.