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Take her wrap, fellas. Let me set the scene for you. It’s 1926, and you’re in a speakeasy. You’re dying for a cold one, but a bit jittery that the cops could arrive any second.  Smoke from petite cigarettes and burly cigars clouds the room. You can hardly see to appreciate the stylish raccoon coats and sequined dresses. The most visible is the sheen of a polished grand piano and a set of four beaming lights projecting onto a worn, but looked after, mustard coloured velvet curtains — yes mustard, not red, what’s it to you?. You’re waiting for your drink when a croaky New York accent projects “ladies and gentlemen, George Gershwin , with That Certain Feeling”. You think, “surely not, George Gershwin is a hitmaker for Broadway. I mean, this song is from Tip-Toes the musical, the bigwigs were annoyed , but I really wanted to see it!”  You’re certain it’s not Gershwin, but you go along with it anyway because you’re a massive fangirl for jazz. The...

"Everyday be listening to 90s music!" Could this BE any more nineties? (Credit to  Gina Ekiss ) Ah 90s Music, the soundtrack of my childhood and school discos. Spice Girls, Nirvana, Oasis, Britney Spears, Radiohead. The list goes on. This could be a one hundred part blog post, so hold onto your hat or frosted tips. Hai Si Ja, Hold Tight ! Oh, wait, this is a single by New Zealand artist, Kimbra, released in 2014. My bad. You might also know Kimbra through her featured performance on Gotye’s “ Somebody That I Used to Know ”. This seems like quite a jump from a rather melancholic song to a much more jarring, and frankly incoherent song in “90s Music”. With this incoherence — or described by some as “ eclectic ”, “ eccentric ”, even “ demented ” — it might be good to find out what Kimbra was thinking when she co-wrote this song. “Nostalgia is a common theme for me. I have a strong connection to my teenage years so I wanted to capture that boistero...

This is what Click Random is all about. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Eat too much honey, Mr. Tooth Decay comes after thee. I think we’ve stumbled upon a gem here today, guys! This truly is a knockout. In the blue corner, it’s the malevolent Mr. Tooth Decay *boos from the crowd*. In the red corner, accompanied by his gang, “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali! Let’s get ready to rumble! Given the seal of approval by the American Dental Association, The album begins with Ali’s historically accurate theme , — it’s quite the earworm — which includes an appropriate chorus: “Ali’s always getting blamed for things he didn’t do. Just because he likes to scrap, and maybe sometimes you. People wanna blame that man, although he wasn’t there. Maybe we should take a look, the blame could well be shared! Sounds like someone doesn’t want to take responsibility for his own album. The forty minute album continues with an appearance of Ol’ Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra. P...