Fickle Felix

Electronic music has had its fair share of criticism and that's understandable. Some may say it is soulless and noisy. But during my carpool days, I found that there are numerous artists who can make electronic music which is joyful, emotional and catchy. Metronomy is one band who excels in making such music. Metronomy originally started with Joseph Mount, his cousin Oscar Cash and school friend Gabriel Stebbing. They released their first album, Pip Paine (Pay the £5000 you owe) back in 2006. Despite starting their career, I hold no love for it. I found the album too strange. It just wasn't enjoyable for me at all. I'm sure most people agree with me since it's the only album that is not available on the Google play store and it has very few views on YouTube, thereby indicating it's lack of popularity. The only song worth mentioning is 'You Could Easily Have Me' and even that has a really messed up music video. Fortunately for them, the only direction...

Ever since I was a child, I was fascinated with food, but only for its consumption. Regardless of any situation, the desire for a tasty dish is always on my mind. But it wasn't until recently I realised that there are consequences to my eating habits. And I credit this self discovery to Food Inc. Food Inc. is a documentary about the behind the scenes look of the manufacturing and production of all our daily essentials. But it's also a dark perspective on the methods used to supply food on a massive scale while trying to cut costs. As a business student, I understand the need to maximise profits. Profits are what keep a company afloat, but companies need to follow ethical practices without causing harm to society in the process of obtaining their wealth.  Food Inc. helped me realise that there is a vast and intricate system behind the food industry and it doesn't just involve food manufacturers. For example, a labourer with diabetes spends most of his income on medi...

If you're wondering what's up with the GIF above, let's just say that's how I feel about 2017. While 2017 was horrible for many people, I think it's fair to say the year wasn't very kind to me. My longtime crush rejected me, both my siblings have grown distant from me (both physically and mentally), and worst of all, my cat died. But despite my misfortune, I was able to ease my troubles thanks to the world of television. The Golden Age of television is the gift that keeps on giving and 2017 gave us some of the best shows to grace our screens. Good TV has been a positive constant in my life and so dear reader, I wish to share with you my top 5 shows of 2017: #5. Patriot (Amazon) Patriot is one of those shows the critics love but no one watches. It's a damn shame really because it's one of the only spy comedies (and by default the best) on air right now. At first glance, the show looks like a standard spy comedy about an incompetent spy who fai...

Since the start of the 2010's, we have had more superhero shows than ever. We have the DC multiverse on the CW, the MCU on Netflix and Marvel is expanding to Freeform and Hulu. It wouldn't be surprising to hear about FX trying to join this fad but FX decided to go against the standard superhero norms and give us a new experience. And that my friends, is Legion. FX Legion follows the story of David Haller, an alleged schizophrenic who discovers he has powers. After escaping a mental hospital, David gets recruited by a group of mutants to help them take down Division 3, a mutant hunting government task force. But David ends up creating more problems than helping due to his instability. First of all, I just want to say Legion really surprised me. I was initially disappointed when I found out that David isn't exactly like in the comic books. When I first heard about Legion I was mildly interested since it was part of the X-Men franchise. As I started reading up on th...

When Breaking Bad left the airwaves in 2013, it left behind a legacy which impacted the television industry as a whole and had set up a rich mythology worth exploring. Naturally, AMC wanted to tap into that universe to further explore the world of Walter White with Better Call Saul. AMC Better Call Saul may be considered inferior by many of its predecessor's fans but it is by no means a low-quality television program. Instead of trying to milk Breaking Bad for nostalgia, Better Call  Saul manages to build its own story while having tidbits of the BB sprinkled in various episodes, either as small references or character appearances.  If it wasn't for the Breaking Bad connection I probably wouldn't have watched this show. Network TV is constantly throwing law show after law show on air and it doesn't seem like that's gonna stop anytime soon and the idea of watching another show about an unorthodox lawyer just didn't seem too appealing at the time. But t...