Musical Musings

Musical Musings: Pop songs in film…love it or hate it?

Oct 21st, 2009 | Category: Blogs, Musical Musings

Welcome back to Musical Musings. Today, I’d like to talk about a personally divisive issue: pop songs in movies.
I’m thinking about it now because, if you have read the new issue of the Reflector, you’ll notice on the CD review page that we’ve (unintentionally) focused on recent soundtracks: Where the Wild Things Are, which is [...]



Musical Musings: A selfish introduction, and Muslim punk

Oct 15th, 2009 | Category: Blogs, Musical Musings

Greetings, casual reader, and welcome to Musical Musings, the new blog for me, the arts editor of the Reflector. I say “for me” because, well…let me start from the beginning.
I’m a huge music nerd. Almost frighteningly so. Ask anyone who knows me, and they will most likely tell you about how I have bored them [...]