Stuey's News: Roms Feature STILL Happening, More Reviews Planned & More...

Hello everyone!

I trust that you have been making the most of this warm weather that we've been having. I have.

Today, I just wanted to post a quick update to let you know that I have not forgotten about my promised ROMs feature. It's had to slip down the pecking order whilst I focused on getting Easter weekend right for myself. I will still be reviewing the emulators I am using, along with looking at some of the games I've been reliving, talking about whether nostalgia really has coloured my opinion of them or not.

Stay tuned for more reviews too, I'm just getting the content together so will release them as and when I can. In addition, I have had to put my "lifestyle" posts on the backburner for a while, but don't worry because I will pick up the baton as soon as I get content that's worth writing. I'm no longer just writing for writing's sake; it has to serve a purpose.

Stay patient & faithful to the cause!

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Off the Scale #73 - And the Waltz Goes On by Anthony Hopkins

Hello everyone!

My how time has flown by in this André Rieu special throughout the month of April.

Next week we will be back to normal, celebrating all things classical music, but for now, for one final time, let's celebrate all things André...

Off the Scale #72 - My Way by Paul Anka

Hello everyone!

Hopefully, you have been enjoying André April celebration since it began at the turn of the month.

Things have been busy for me lately, too busy for me to make time to update my blog a little more regular than I would like, but it happens.

This time, I want to get to the penultimate episode in this series by celebrating one of my all time favourite songs; My Way made famous by Frank Sinatra yet written by Paul Anka...

My Way

His emotive playing is what captures me so, as I am sure I have said already and I'm hoping that this month I'm winning over more Rieu fans thanks to my "Off the Scale" series.

Coming up next week will be the final episode in the series celebrating the Dutch violinist & conductor.

Stay tuned...

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Off the Scale #71 - My Beloved Limburg by André Rieu

Hello everyone!

This is the third week of my André Rieu April celebration and for this week I have chosen "My Beloved Limburg" and, sadly, could only find an audio-only link to this one.

It shouldn't stop you from enjoying it, though...

Off the Scale #70 - Tales from the Vienna Woods by André Rieu

Hello everyone!

I hope you are enjoying André Rieu month here.

Today, as promised, is another of André's creations; entitled 'Tales from the Vienna Woods', which is available today on Amazon, so I suggest you buy yourself a copy. You won't regret it.

Off the Scale #69 - Music of the Spheres by André Rieu

Hello everyone!

It's April so it's André Rieu month here!

Each week throughout this month, I will be celebrating my favourite violinist/conductor. As you can see from the history of this series, I am quite a keen fan of André's music thanks to his effervescent stage presence. The way he can light up the stage with his demeanour and yet not steal any of the spotlight from the featured artists of his Johann Strauss Orchestra shows to me the true mark of a professional knowing it is not just about them.

For week one in April we are going to be listening to Music of the Spheres...

Stuey's News: Off the Scale to Suspend at 100, Roms Feature Coming and More...

Hello everyone!

Thank you for your kind patience and support whilst I have worked through the issues that have been pressing against me for quite some time now. I am now in a far better place than I have been so will be looking to take full advantage of this by continuing to make the changes I have mentioned already.

First up, I am saddened to announce that come edition 100, I will no longer be continuing my "Off the Scale" classical music feature.

Thank you for sticking with it because it has been an absolute blast trawling through the archives for classical music that I think you will enjoy. It's just that I think 100 episodes is a very reasonable target to achieve and want to move on.

This whole series has caused me to grow my writer's voice even more by quite some measure since it's inception, but I can no longer sustain the commitment if I want to push through the changes I am planning on making.

Follow me to find out some more things that are coming...

Off the Scale #68 - Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the sixty eighth edition of Off the Scale where this week we will be taking another look at Tchaikovsky, this time we will be focusing on part of the Swan Lake ballet.

This particular piece has always been a favourite of mine, though quite how many CD's my "favourites" would end up taking up is as much a mystery to me as it is to you. It just goes to show that you can like something yet to be always willing to expand your boundaries, allows you to open your mind that little bit more to broaden your tastes...

Off the Scale #67 Scheherezade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Hello everyone!

This week it's the turn of a composer I don't feature anywhere near enough, yet this particular piece is one I have heard quite a lot over the last year.

I am, of course, referring to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and his take on One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales...

RV004: Captain Marvel - A Marvel-lous Film!

 

Hello everyone!

I've just finished watching Captain Marvel not so long ago and wanted to rush out a review before I either forget or get sidetracked with other project work I'm currently doing.

This film is the latest outing in the closing stages of Marvel's third phase of movies and is designed, I believe, to lay the final groundwork before we are brought to Avengers: Endgame in the summer which is a cinematic event that will no doubt upset as many comic book fans as it pleases.

I, personally. could care less about the whole idea of a "cinematic universe" because I am just not interested in investing more of my time into following stories from one film to the next with a view to just understand the basic plot. If you cannot sell me on the plot from the get-go, I don't really care...