Another winter is passing and on a dark and stormy night, we built a fire, poured a healthy measure of a decent fiery spirit and settled down to watch Kenneth Branagh in the first two series of Wallander.

While I found the series itself interesting and entertaining, by the time I had watched just a couple of episodes, I was much more intrigued by the theme tune; a haunting folk arrangement which even reduced to only a few bars for the opening credits, made every hair on the back of my neck stand up straight.

More ... »]]> http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2012/08/29/emily_barker_bliss/feed/ 1 http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2010/07/22/flip_grater_poetry_in_music/ http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2010/07/22/flip_grater_poetry_in_music/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:51:50 +0000 Phil http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2010/07/flip_grater_poetry_in_music/ Television in New Zealand can be largely summed up in 4 words: seven channels of shite.

It's full to the brim with loud, brash, unfunny American and Australian crap, interspersed with even louder and brasher ads for half-price sales at Harvey the Rabbit or some such, about every 10 minutes. It's basically a noise factory that in a very short period of time leaves the viewer numbed to the seemingly endless flow of static it spouts.

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