Tag Archives: Eminem

Lose yourself in the (banjo) music: Kasey Chambers’ cover is a cover in name only

Posted on July 15, 2023 by sheila

There are many stories behind Kasey Chambers’ cover of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” … but you can look all that up if you are so inclined. Which I imagine you might be after you watch the above clip. Australia’s mega-star Kasey … Continue reading →

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After a long break: Let’s iTunes Shuffle

Posted on September 5, 2022 by sheila

I work from home. It’s a busy job, lots of meetings and Zoom calls, and then there’s my writing work, as well as family stuff and having a personal life, and in the last 3 months I have been – … Continue reading →

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Eminem’s Jack and the Bean

Posted on July 7, 2022 by sheila

In Eminem’s song “The King and I” – which plays over the credits in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, with Cee Lo Green doing the raucous chorus (an exact echo of Jailhouse Rock), early on comes this verse: Modus operandi, bottle-a blonde … Continue reading →

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Guess who’s back. Back again. Shady’s back. Tell a friend.

Posted on May 26, 2022 by sheila

Pete Davidson and Eminem, the progression: December 6, 2020: March 28, 2021: May 22, 2022: This past Saturday, Pete Davidson did his third Eminem sketch on SNL, this time a joke about Lorne Michaels wanting to “do a music video” … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on April 7, 2022 by sheila

Reading for pleasure has taken a hit, what with all the research I’ve been doing, for this or that, and so I haven’t done one of these “stuff I’ve been reading” things in a while. I have barely slept in … Continue reading →

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My New Life Music Shuffle

Posted on June 29, 2021 by sheila

This has been going on for two months. It’s been a very busy and yet very strange time. Lots more driving than I normally did in my “old” life. Music has helped me stay grounded.

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Color-Coded Rhyme Scheme

Posted on June 23, 2021 by sheila

TRIGGER WARNING: very graphic and disturbing lyrics. VERY. TRIGGER WARNING for mentions of rape and murder and stalking. If you watch/listen and are shocked by it and turned off … 1. I don’t blame you but also 2. don’t say … Continue reading →

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January/February/March 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on April 11, 2021 by sheila

Better late than never. I moved at the end of January – a big interstate move – so I’ve been a bit, how you say, busy. Not too busy to keep up my viewing schedule but too busy to put … Continue reading →

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Music Shuffle for a New Era

Posted on March 10, 2021 by sheila

If you follow me elsewhere, you know there have been huge changes in my life in the last 4 or 5 months. Changes tragic and changes new. I have moved. I now live by the ocean in a house surrounded … Continue reading →

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Anxiety, Eminem-style

Posted on January 4, 2021 by sheila

Eminem is insane and this makes me laugh. His latest album just dropped about three weeks ago and I am still enggged in it, trying to absorb it. There’s a song “Discombobulated”, and it’s all about how he doesn’t know … Continue reading →

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