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Popdown Podcast Episode 9 – Infinity League Wars [SPOILERS!!!]

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And we’re back! After being on hiatus for about half of the year, Popdown Podcast has returned with our reaction to the Infinity War trailer, our discussion of Justice League and our predictions for The Last Jedi [yes, we know the film is out already but the podcast was recorded about two weeks ago. Life happened so it’s late. Life is also why we were on hiatus in the first place].

So settle in for a fairly long episode of Popdown Podcast and share your thoughts on everything we discussed in the comments.

 

26 Secular Christmas Songs To Listen To This December

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Show of hands: Whose favourite time of the year is December? Mine is! Despite living on an island in the Caribbean and never having experienced a white Christmas (it gets very cold – for us – though), Christmas is my favouritest holiday and season and a big part of that is the music. As December creeps up, my favourite seasonal songs start playing in my head and I can’t wait for Christmas day to arrive. If you hate Christmas and its music, this is not the place for you.

This is not a ranked listed. The songs are placed according to the year their first recording was released. To keep it short(ish), there are no carols on the list and it’s limited to songs that I actually know (and even some of those aren’t here). So if your favourite Christmas song isn’t here then chances are I don’t know it. Feel free to let me know what it is in the comments though!

This list is about the songs in general and not specific versions of them by particular artist. The versions used here are just the ones I know and/or love. So with all of that out of the way, let’s get to the list!

For the TL;DR version of this list, watch the video above.


1. Jingle Bells

Originally Recorded By: Will Lyle
Originally Released: 1889

2. White Christmas

Originally Recorded By: Irving Berlin
Originally Released: 1942

3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Originally Recorded By: Judy Garland
Originally Released: 1944

4. Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Originally Recorded By: Vaughn Monroe
Originally Released: 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodOZ5BZE8c

5. The Christmas Song

Originally Recorded By: Nat King Cole
Originally Released: 1946

6. Merry Christmas Baby

Originally Recorded By: Johnny Moore’s 3 Blazers
Originally Released: 1947

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi9kvO2zL2E

7. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Originally Recorded By: Spike Jones And His City Slickers
Originally Released: 1948

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WQr-fx4Azk

8. Winter Wonderland

Originally Recorded By: Frank Sinatra
Originally Released: 1948

9. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Originally Recorded By: Gene Autry
Originally Released: 1949

10. Frosty the Snow Man

Originally Recorded By: Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys
Originally Released: 1950

11. Silver Bells

Originally Recorded By: Bing Crosby and Carol Richards
Originally Released: 1950

12. Sleigh Ride

Originally Recorded By: The Andrews Sisters
Originally Released: 1950

13. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Originally Recorded By: Jimmy Boyd
Originally Released: 1952

14. Santa Baby

Originally Released By: Eartha Kitt
Originally Released: 1953

15. Jingle Bell Rock

Originally Recorded By: Bobby Helms
Originally Released: 1957

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PvLPMHa2fQ

16. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Originally Recorded By: Brenda Lee
Originally Released: 1960

17. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Originally Recorded By: Andy Williams
Originally Released: 1963

18. You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch

Originally Performed By: Thurl Ravenscroft
Originally Released: 1966

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t71X4TfudpE

19. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Originally Recorded By: Harry Reser and Tom Stacks
Originally Released: 1970

20. This Christmas

Originally Recorded By: Donny Hathaway
Originally Released: 1970

21. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

Originally Recorded By: Elmo & Patsy
Originally Released: 1979

22. Hard Candy Christmas

Originally Recorded By: Dolly Parton
Originally Released: 1982

23. Last Christmas

Originally Recorded By: Wham!
Originally Released: 1984

24. Sleigh Ride

Originally Recorded By: The Chipmunks
Originally Released: 1990

25. All I Want For Christmas Is You

Originally Recorded By: Mariah Carey
Originally Released: 1994

26. Every Year, Every Christmas

Originally Recorded By: Luther Vandross
Originally Released: 1995

PRESS RELEASE: Leigh Phillips Chosen To Represent Barbados For Canadian TV Music Series!

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Photo provided by Honey Jam Barbados.

Christmas came a little early for Leigh Phillips who received the news on December 12 that she will be the Barbadian representative for the Club One New Releases Canadian TV  series! Leigh was chosen to represent Barbados on Season 5 of the show which has created a platform that showcases musical performances, exclusive interviews, the songwriting process and more.

Upon getting the word that she was selected Leigh said “I am so excited and grateful to be chosen out of so many talented artists! I can’t wait to represent Barbados, make new connections, expand the reach of my brand and learn from the experience. Performing outside of Barbados, and getting the opportunity to create something special with another band, is definitely going to be one of the highlights of 2018 for me!”

Each season a select few musicians are chosen from Canada and the Caribbean to take part in international musical fusion. Organizers worked with Anies Jordan of the Association of Music Entrepreneurs to identify the local artists to be considered to represent Barbados.  As part of the qualifying process, each artist had to perform two original songs and conduct an interview about their musical journey with the producers. There was a week-long voting period, and the results were announced on December 12, 2017.

Photo provided by Honey Jam Barbados.

Leigh, who is a singer-songwriter, performed her self-penned tracks “Burn” and “45” from her debut EP “Leigh” which was released on September 21, 2017. As the chosen representative, Leigh will be traveling with her band to Trinidad and Newfoundland, Canada, in March and April 2018 to perform as a part of the show.  Artists are paired together and asked to write and perform new original pieces of music by fusing their own styles together to create something completely unique. She is following in the footsteps of fellow Honey Jam alum, Adaeze, who represented Barbados on Season 4 of the show.   Kirk Brown and 2Mile Hill have also participated in years past.

Leigh describes her sound as a fusion of Caribbean flavors, with a jazz influenced vocal, over Pop beats. She has been writing since the age of twelve. Her musical influences include Billie Holiday, Anita Baker, Buju Banton and Alicia Keys. Leigh’s three-track EP gives you insight into her life as she tackles the themes of self-love and choices. You can find her EP “Leigh” on several major platforms including Soundcloud, iTunes, Tidal, Spotify and Selecta Charts.

Leigh has been featured in She Caribbean Magazine, LIAT’s Zing Magazine, Gine On Magazine, The Grenadian Voice Newspaper, and several local newspapers in Barbados. Leigh just performed as a guest at the November Honey Jam show, has been performing at The Grapevine in Lanterns Mall, at Norman Centre as a part of their Christmas entertainment, and will be at the Dome Mall on December 18th as a part of their Five Nights of Christmas show. You can also catch her next month at the Honey Jazz Gala January 27 at Frank Collymore Hall.

To keep up with Leigh you can find her on social media:

@leighpmusic (Instagram)

https://www.facebook.com/leighphillips246/ (Facebook)

www.soundcloud.com/leighpmusic (EP)    leighpmusic@gmail.com

ICYMI: ‘Love Isn’t Easy’ for Cover Drive

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The Barbadian quartet consisting of lead singer Amanda Reifer, drummer and backing vocalist T-Ray Armstrong, bassist Jamar Harding and guitarist and keyboardist Barry “Barman” Hill, released their latest music video for the single, “Love Ain’t Easy” this past Sunday. The band recently performed at a wedding in Clifton Hall, St. John.

The video, which was shot in the parish of Christ Church, features Amanda strolling down a beach as she sings sorrowfully about her relationship with her lover. The song is slower than the band’s usual Carib-Pop offerings, as the band doesn’t typically perform ballads. Coupled with the lyrics the song elicits quite the melancholy mood. The band posted a few behind the scenes photos from the shoot on their Facebook page.

The song is available for download through iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify.

Watch the video below.

Outlander S03E12 Recap

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SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

With the way this episode started I thought we’d get a lot more detail into what happened to Young Ian on his way to Jamaica. Apparently nothing happened and it was wholly uneventful, even though one of his captors mentioned giving him to someone as little more than a sex toy. We got to see everyone else’s journey to the Caribbean so why not Ian’s? Would a montage have been too much to ask?

Things got far more interesting, however, when we were reintroduced to none other than Geillis Duncan/Gillian Edgars in probably the best character introduction this show has ever seen, if only because it captured exactly who she is so perfectly. The only surprise that came from seeing her was seeing  her at all. This is a character we’d thought dead since season one (although, book readers would have known better). That she was bathing in goat’s blood was so incredibly Geillis that it was instantly believable that that was something she would do.

Once Young Ian told her that Jamie was his uncle, I couldn’t wait to see her reunite with Claire. As wicked and evil as the woman is and as much as she can’t be trusted, now that Claire knows that she was from the future as well – and farther ahead than herself – I wanted to see the two of them talk about that. I especially wanted Claire to tell Geillis about how she tried to save her in 1968 and about Roger; the descendant of her child. Those were the two biggest things that the women could have spoken about, but Young Ian’s rescue took precedent.

Someone else that Claire and Jamie found themselves trying to save in this episode was Temeraire. This particular plot line felt very unnecessary. The character and his story line had very little impact on the overall story and plot. The only thing he did was tell Claire and Jamie where to find Young Ian and arguably that was something that could have been done without his help. It felt like the only reason he existed within the episode was to make Jamie and Claire look good. Claire more than anything else. It stands to reason that as a woman born in the era that she was, that she would be anti-slavery and that witnessing what she did would affect her. But the story line still come off as someone disingenuous.

Claire’s outburst at the slave auction was just too much. Why does she have to be so anachronistic at the worst possible times? She and Jamie should have been lying low. He was under threat of being arrested for pity’s sake. Making a scene and drawing attention to themselves was the worst and stupidest thing she could have done. But of course there were no consequences. She stood by and watched the woman be branded, but lost it when Temeraire was sexually assaulted?

Not to say that one is worse than the other. They’re both horrific to be sure. But she was able to control herself in one instance and not in the other. I suppose the assault was her breaking point after everything she had seen. She could no longer just stand back and watch. Jamie’s solution of buying him and freeing him later was the only way they could have helped him like she wanted, given the realities of the time period.

I was pleased to see Grey again and learn that he is the Governor of Jamaica. Mostly because it now means, hopefully, that Jamie is in the clear. With Grey being the person Leonard wants to hand Jamie over to, Grey should be able to get him off scot free. After all, he helped him escape Ardsmuir prison and with him holding the highest office in Jamaica it should be even easier for Grey to help Jamie out here. And why wouldn’t he? Again, he’s done it before. Despite Jamie getting arrested at the end, I’m not afraid for him – much – for that very reason.

I was really hoping that Willie had been on the island with him already. It was this first thing I thought of when I saw him. I was so ready for Jamie to see his son again, as a grown man, and for Claire to get to meet him. Although, given how uncanny the resemblance was between them, it was perhaps better that they weren’t in the same room together.

Grey seemed very happy to see Jamie, like he still held some romantic affection for him. It was hilarious how awkward – and a little jealous – Claire looked to be as she watched the two men interact. Especially when Grey pointed out that Jamie had gifted him the sapphire and he mentioned how precious it was to him. And of course, Geillis spotted it as well and quickly got her claws on it. From the preview of the season finale it looks like she’ll at least try to use the stone and maybe Young Ian (she killed her husband for this after all) to pass through the stones in Jamaica.

Random thoughts:

  1. Why does Jamie keep using his real name?!
  2. How does a parasol make you respectable and why is Claire such a bitch about it?
  3. There’s now way he understood what Jamie said.
  4. Geillis is still trying to put a Scot on the throne?
  5. Willoughby is smoother than silk.
  6. I bet Brianna is the child who was 200 years old at birth.
  7. I knew Leonard would be there, but he showed up pretty late.

PRESS RELEASE: Students Rewarded for Good Deeds in The Season of Joy!

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The Joy to Your World Essay Contest winners were announced last Sunday evening at the Searocks Dome Joy! family event.

In this season of giving, leading up to Sunday’s event, in a campaign to encourage young children to have empathy, to be generous and to help others, there was a Joy To Your World Essay Competition where the children were asked: “How are you bringing Joy to your World?  How are you helping your family, neighbour, community?  How can we all make Barbados better?”.

All of the children were honoured at the event and 3 were selected to receive special prizes.

Top prize winner Aijah Robinson with Joy! Producer Ebonnie Rowe.

11 year old Student Aijah Robinson won top prize which included a $500 Scotiabank account, a tablet, Wibisco Gift Basket, Chefette party, a family Atlantis Submarine trip, a Yello pencil case, a free eye examination donated by Eye Q Stylist Opticians and a book of Children’s stories written by Lady Roberta Simpson.  She helps the elderly by assisting them with errands, does recycling, volunteers as schools Slow Foods garden, helps the teacher at school by cleaning the board and writing out the lesson plan, shares her lunch/lunch money with classmates who may not be able to afford a meal that day, answered the hurricane appeal by putting together hampers, taking toys to needy children, received award for most outstanding Brownie, helped her mother when she had an accident and couldn’t use her right hand, wrote a book called First Fears to help small children conquer their first day fears of going to a new school.

Aijah was thrilled with her prizes and said that it takes a lot of discipline to achieve all of her goals.  “I am proud to now be an ambassador for an organization who promotes sharing, love and joy towards our fellow man. We are all winners and Joy! Barbados gives us a platform to be recognized for our achievements.”

Her mother Rhonda Robinson was bursting with pride “I am elated and thankful at this very moment. As a parent, the type of values and discipline which we instill into our child or children, act as a contributing factor towards their outputted success. Organizations such as Joy! Barbados helps to bring recognition to our innovative and talented youth. You are a credit to Barbados and for that I want to commend and encourage you to keep the good work up. The event was amazing!”

The other 2 prizes were awarded to 11 year old Lattrell Browne who helps other students with homework, helps in the school garden, belongs to the Environmental Club and gives flowers and vegetables to other schools and people in the community as well as Salvation Army, and 9 year old Mathiew Carrington who breaks up fights at schools and is trying to stamp out bullying in his school.

AA Top 3 Essay Winners with Host Caroline Reid, Producer Ebonnie Rowe and Rhonda Robinson, parent of first place winner Aijah Robinson.

Donnah Russell, Executive Director of the Variety Club was invited to bring children to the event as invited guests.  “We are grateful for the partnerships that we form with other organizations and events like “Joy!”.  In the spirit of “it takes a village” we are mindful that we cannot always achieve our goals alone.  The invitation to children and their parents from Ebonnie Rowe to attend Joy! is appreciated and a great start to the holiday celebrations for children who might not otherwise have this privilege. The families enjoyed themselves immensely.  We’d also like to say thanks to Sanojah’s who donated refreshments for the children.”

Organizer Ebonnie Rowe said “I’m so inspired by the children’s commitment to being good citizens and positively impacting the lives of others.  It’s also a testament to their parents and the good values they are being brought up with. These are the young people who will shape the future of the Nation, and if they continue on this path we will be in very good hands.  This is just the 2nd year we are doing this and I’m pleased to see the event growing and thriving.”

Joy! Proved to be a fun family afternoon featuring free face painting by Lana Jones, Read for Life Children’s Circle, a drum circle, ending with a Sunset Concert hosted by Caroline Reid and featuring the Mustard Seed Kids, Jaicko, Kenyah Joseph, Chia Scantlebury and Nikita & Family.

Headliner Nikita, fresh from performing at the Rihanna Drive Naming Ceremony, was in full support of the contest and show.  “”What can I say about Joy? It’s amazing! I loved it from the very beginning when Ebonnie brought the concept to me and asked me to be involved. It’s affordable, it’s Christmas, it’s for the kids, the initiative is inspiring so I was on board!   I am happy to support anything like this that is positive, developmental and for the youth.  As long as I am available I’ll try to do it every year with my family and make it a tradition. I was very moved when I heard of the great things these young children are doing who wrote in for the Essay Contest.  We need more wholesome family events like this.  It’s always a fun time and I encourage everybody to come out next year. It was fantastic!”

Nikita surrounded by the Mustardseed Kids.

​Varia Williams, Managing Director of Mustardseed Productions Inc. says ” The Joy initiative is a great! especially around Christmas time, and the Mustardseed Kids are very happy to be a part of the event. It is important for them, and important for us to reinforce to them what Christmas is really about. It’s about sharing and giving and loving; sharing joy with everybody. So we were very happy to participate in the event.  It also made us stop and think, because when I asked them what Christmas meant to them, I suppose most of them would have said presents first and then we really stopped and unwrapped that, until we really came back to joy. I really want to Thank Ebonnie and her team for giving us that.”

Jaicko Lawrence who performed for the children said: “My first impression was ‘Joy’, just walking in and seeing all of the kids. Honestly I didn’t know much about it until I actually got here but I get it, it’s one of those things where you have to come and witness it. To see the kids performing, dancing, singing, having a good time, it reminds me of when I was a kid, that’s great to see”.

Gillian Rowe of Read for life with Chia Scantlebury, one of the 2016 Essay Contest Winners. Photo credit: A3KD Inc.

One of the exhibitors, the Read for Life Organization, was represented by Gillian Rowe who said “Joy is a complete family event and Read For Life was happy to be involved again to display great children’s books, play literacy games and have interactive reading sessions with the children. Joy = Funtimes!”

Head over to Facebook for a full album of photos from the event.

Outlander S03E11 Recap

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I call all kinds of B.S. on the second half of this episode. Seriously. For the entirety of the first half of this episode I was lost as to how, one: Claire was going to get to Jamaica and, two: how she was going to get there before everyone else. And in the second half of the episode, those two problems and, well, all of her problems really (the immediate ones at least), were magically solved. I. Call. B.S.!

By the time she had been found by Father Fogden Claire had lost, at the very least, two days since she’d literally jumped ship. Which was even worse than how much time I thought she had lost judging from the preview of this episode in the last one. If catching up with and passing the Porpoise was impossible then, it was beyond impossible by that point. According to Fogden, it would have taken her three days to get to Jamaica, essentially doubling the lead that the Porpoise had on her. And she still thought that she could do it! Talk about delusional.

I understand that, as a romance series, the whole point of all of this is for it to be sweet and romantic and this grand gesture of how much Claire loves Jamie and how devoted she is to him. Like: “Look how far she went to save Jamie. She almost died!” But it was a dumb ass plan to begin with. Not well thought through at all. Her desperation to save Jamie from the authorities made her incredibly stupid. She put herself at a huge disadvantage that was pretty much insurmountable. There was absolutely no way that she could have done what she had set out to do.

Which is why the second half of this episode was one, giant, ass pull. Seriously.

When Mamacita said that a “China man” had killed their goat and Claire instantly got excited, certain that it must have meant that Jamie was on the island, my first thought was: “First of all Claire, Willoughby is not all of China.”  I know that this series takes place prior to emancipation, so the post-emancipation immigration period hasn’t happened yet, but Willoughby couldn’t be the only Chinese man in all of the New World. So I fully expected her to run to where Mamacita had found the goat and find someone completely different. But nope! It was Jamie and company.

Never before has this show pulled me out of it as much as it did then. Really? They just so happened to land on the exact same island Claire was on, not too far from where she was being nursed back to health? Really? Sure, in the last episode they alluded to the fact that the Artemis was going to run into trouble, freeing Jamie because they needed all hands on deck and all, but really? I know that magic is real in this show, but even that stretches the bounds of plausibility. It was such a plot convenience.

The writers wrote themselves into a corner with Claire’s ridiculous plan and the consequences of her actions. She was never going to get to Jamaica in time to warn Jamie. Not the way the story was going. There was no plausible way for them to get themselves out of that. So, of course, they went with an implausible deus ex machina. It was really the only way to get out of that situation. That doesn’t make it any less absurd, frustrating and annoying. There have been plot contrivances and conveniences in this show before, none of them, however, have been this far and away outrageous. Not for me. I could not with this.

That being said, I was still at the edge of my seat and cheering her on as she ran to the beach, hoping that she would make it to him in time. When Jamie and company got back on to the ship, I thought that was it; that they would sail away and he would never know how very close he got to reuniting with her. But then that one crew member said that they wouldn’t be sailing away until night fall and I knew that all was well. Even more so when Claire took out the mirror to signal to Jamie. Was kind of annoying how he had to row back to shore, though.

One thing that came out of it that we wouldn’t have otherwise gotten was the bonding moment between Claire and Marsali. Laoghaire wasn’t there for Marsali to talk to as she was about to get married, so Claire was all the girl had. It was more than that though. As Marsali said, Claire and Jamie had the kind of marriage she wanted to have with Fergus. Furthermore, the girl doesn’t want to be a mother yet. On both fronts, Claire could help her out. So despite her rudeness immediately before talking to Claire, she sucked it up and asked for help and advice.

It was also very sweet how Jamie gave Fergus his last name. Honestly, I thought that had been done already.

Random thoughts:

  1. The title of this episode and the setting make me thing of the Uncharted games.
  2. How far inland did she really go that she is still waking on sand?
  3. Why is he talking to a coconut?
  4. Is Abandawe another portal?
  5. Does this priest like to get everyone high?
  6. Did Willoughby get Claire high?

Outlander airs Sundays at 10 Pm on Starz.

Lexi Brightens Our Day With ‘Sunshine’

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After a two day delay, local female rapper Lexi released her newest music video for her song “Sunshine.” Originally meant to be released on the 29th of last month – the rapper’s birthday – the song was released on the 1st of this month instead. Lexi apologised for the delay and stated that it was “beyond [her] control.” In the seven days leading up to the original release date, Lexi teased fans with a countdown, promotional art and images and a screenshot from the video.

Produced by Denzil Bovell and featuring trumpeter Kweku Jelani of the NJ30+ Band (who was also featured on Adeaze’s “Hero“, a part of  her Dae+Nate project, and appeared in its music video), the song is about pulling oneself out of your darkest moments and making it to the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. Watch the video below.

Everything We Loved (And Somethings We Hated) About the Avengers: Infinity War Trailer

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The Infinity War trailer is here! For those of us who weren’t lucky enough to have been at San Diego Comic Con when it debuted, it’s been a months’ long wait. With every new Marvel film release since then, we all hoped that that would be the film with which the trailer dropped. Now it finally has.

The fact that it’s broken the record for Most Viewed Trailer in 24 Hours speaks volumes to how much fans have been waiting for this trailer and how hungry they are for this film. So without further ado, here’s a list of the ten things we loved about the Avengers: Infinity War trailer and four things we didn’t.

For the TL:DR of this list, watch the the video above. For the full list with details and explanations behind the choices, continue reading below.

1. The Romance

Ever since they joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers: Age of Ultron, those of us who have even the teensiest bit of knowledge about the characters in Marvel comics and their history, have been waiting – rather impatiently – for Scarlet Witch and Vision to become an item.

We got a bit of a tease for their upcoming romance in their first appearance together when Vision saved Scarlet Witch from a train and again in Captain America: Civil War. Now they straight up live together, it seems. With Scarlet Witch climbing out of bed and gently caressing his face as he cups hers. Could Scarlet Vision shippers squeal any louder?

And for the Brutasha shippers, it looks like there will be a bit more of that ship in Infinity War as well. Forced as their romance was in Age of Ultron, it’s kind of grown on me. Sure, the intimate moment we got between them wasn’t as overt as the one between Scarlet Vision, but smiling at each other is enough. Right?

2. The Science Bros Meet The Magic Bros

Technically science and magic are the same thing in the Marvel Cinema Universe. As Thor said, magic is just science that we mere mortals don’t understand…yet. In any case, we see Tony and Bruce standing with Dr. Strange and Wong. We already have an idea of how Bruce will end up at the Sanctum Santorum – he dropped through the roof – and we have yet to see how Tony will.

Don’t expect a moment similar to when Jane went to Asgard in Thor: The Dark World and geeked out over the “magic” she saw, which, before then, was theoretical science to her. Strange and Wong practise a different kind of magic and Tony and Bruce are different kinds of scientists from Jane. Still, it will be fun to see how the Science Bros and the Magic Bros interact.

3. Peter’s Spidey-Sense

One of the complaints about Spider-Man: Homecoming was the fact that Peter apparently didn’t have his Spidey-Sense. The film’s director, Jon Watts, stated that audiences have “already seen a Spidey-Sense sequence done extremely well in Marc [Webb]’s and [Sam] Raimi’s movies” and that his spider-sense could be developed later in the MCU and done differently. And Kevin Feige confirmed that the does have it. Seeing it cinematically represented here and, as Watts hinted at, differently from how it has been before was pretty cool and should satiate the fans who hated its exclusion in Homecoming.

4. He’s Just Being Loki

Uh…spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok? You really shouldn’t be watching this trailer if you haven’t watched that movie and if you have, it’s already been spoiled for you a tad.

During the final battle of Thor: Ragnarok, Thor sent Loki down into Odin’s vault to join Surtur’s helmet with the eternal flame. Right before he does that, however, we see him pause as he walks past the Tesseract…and then it cuts back to the battle. It was left up in the air whether or not Loki actually took it, but I think we all knew that he did. Now the Infinity War trailer has confirmed that Loki did in fact steal the Tessaract. And thanks to that post-credits scene, I think it’s safe to say that it’s his fault that Thanos came to them in the first place. After all, he’s looking for the Infinity Stones and Loki, unluckily for him and the other Asgardians (I’ll get to them in a bit), he just happened to have one.

5. Bearded Captain America

Cap’s new facial hair has been a topic of conversation – and the inspiration for many a fantasy, certainly – ever since Marvel released that three part, splash page poster featuring everyone in their new looks. Metal Gear fans say he looks like Big Boss (they’re not wrong) and Steve Rogers/Chris Evans fan girls think he’s never been sexier (they aren’t wrong either). Bearded Cap is always a win and seeing him with that facial hair is always a treat.

6. T’Challa

Aside from building even more hype for Infinity War, did this trailer make anyone else want to watch Black Panther that much more? Not only did T’challa have the coolest line in the entire trailer (sorry Thanos), we see him doing hand to hand combat with one of Thanos’ alien soldiers and leading the Wakandan army (with Cap and Bucky in the background at the ready). Black Panther will show us how T’challa becomes this leader, Infinity War will show us him being that leader. Also, he has a new suit.

7. The Hulkbuster Is Back

Tony gets to take his Hulkbuster armour out for another spin! One of the reason why fans were eagerly anticipating Civil War, the armour didn’t disappoint in that film in the least. The fight scene between Tony – in the suit – and Hulk was a spectacle to behold and had its funny moments to boot. With the armour making another appearance in this franchise, would it be too much to hope that we get another scene like that this time around? Perhaps not with Tony fighting Thanos (he’d lose anyway), but one of the members of the Black Order maybe? Twice in the trailer we see the armour in Wakanda so there’s a pretty good chance we’ll see him use it in the battle against Thanos’ army.

8. Thanos Assembles The Infinity Gauntlet?

Now this would be very bad news for the Avengers themselves, but a pretty good thing for us audience members. Think about it; we’ve spent how many films now waiting for this man to make his move? Too many. So after all of that build up and teasing, to not see him get all of the Infinity Stones after all of that anticipation would be kind of disappointing. And imagine the epic fight that will ensue when the Avengers fight him at full strength!

9. Bucky Returns…Again

Stucky shippers rejoice! The other half of arguably the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s biggest same-sex ship is back. And he too is sporting a beard. Other than setting fan girl hearts aflutter every time he and Cap appear in a scene together, Bucky is just, well, hot. So is literally every other actor in this franchise (I’ve been saying for a while now that Marvel seems to want to be the cause of the sexual awakening of an entire generation), but there’s a hierarchy to that and Bucky, for many of us, ranks pretty darn high. It’s like Sebastian Stan gets better looking with every appearance he makes in this franchise.

10. Wakanda’s Army vs Thanos’ Army

The fact that not just Black Panther, but what looks to be the entire military force of Wakanda get involved in the fight against Thanos was unexpected, but delightful. What other military would go up against them, really? Wakanda is the most technologically advanced nation on the planet in the MCU. No other nation would have the resources to take on alien invaders with superior tech. And, come on, for all of us people of colour, especially those of us of African descent, it’s really cool to see a Black, African King leading an army of Black, African soldiers. Power to the people!

Things We Hate

1. The Asgardians Are Dead

After all of the work that Thor did in Ragnarok, all of the talk about Asgard being its people and not a place, evacuating them so Surtur could destroy Asgard and kill Hela in the process…and they still die anyway? Certainly, the dead Asgardians we see in the trailer can’t be every last one of them, leaving Thor and Loki the last of their kind, but still. Even a few of them dying makes what Thor did in Ragnarok feel, in some ways, pointless. This is all Loki’s fault.

These probably aren’t the Asgardians – just look at the people in the background – but the first time I saw the trailer I thought that they were.

2. Bald, Wife-Beater Wearing, Thanos

The first time I watched the trailer, I couldn’t put my finger on why Thanos looked so weird. Then it occurred to me; He’s bald! We’ve never seen the man without his helmet or full armour on, the latter of which is another reason why he looks so darn strange. Not to mention the fact that his design has change…again. Sure, we got a preview of this new look in the aforementioned three-part splash page poster, but either I forgot what he looked like, it didn’t bother me at the time or I didn’t pay that much attention to him (even though he’s in the dead centre of the thing). Either way, his look in his first appearance, the post-credits scene at the end of Avengers, was his best look. And thank you Jeremy Jahns for the apt description of Thanos’s shirt.

3. Vision Dies?

Scarlet Vision just became canon dang it! You’re going to take it away in the very same film in which this gift was given? What a cruel mistress you are Marvel.
Yes, we all expect(ed) Vision to die since it’s almost certain that Thanos will retrieve all of the Infinity Stones and assemble the Gauntlet, and in order to do that, he needs to take the Mind Stone from Vision’s forehead. But still. Brief though his appearances in the films may have been before this point (compared to the cumulative screen time across all of the films some characters, like Natasha, have had) Vision was instantly loveable and Paul Bettany has been a part of this universe for so long. It’d be sad to see him go.

4. The Date

This movie is one hundred and fifty-four days away. That’s one hundred and fifty-four days too far.

Adaeze Drops New Single And Lyric Video On Independence Day

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Musical artist Adaeze today released the lyric video for her new single “Leh Me Teh”, which the artist herself describes as a “Barbadian term used to express the importance of the information that follows or precedes its usage.” Aside from the titular expression, the song also features other Barbadian sayings like “muh back broad” and “cheese on bread.” The video even features Adaeze dressed in all black performing in front of a blue wall and a yellow one.

In a statement to this publication, Adaeze said of the song:

“At the time the song was conceptualized, I had been experimenting with fusing Afro Caribbean sounds with Hip Hop. I wanted to further explore my sound in that direction! While playing the track over and over, the hook came to me. I honestly had no plans of releasing the song (yet)…or ever. It was just an idea among many other ideas. I was asked to feature at Honey Jam and wanted to test it out. The response was so great and so instant, that I immediately got in the studio to finish it. Independence Dae was a perfect dae because it’s the 1yr anniversary of my project Dae 1, and the song is undeniably Bajan! It’s a celebration of our dialect.”

As we said in our review of this year’s Honey Jam, testing out the song on the night “paid off in dividends” and “[t]he crowd response was phenomenal.” It’s no surprise that the audience was so receptive to the song. Aside from having an infectious hook, anyone who has seen her perform knows that she is captivating and energetic. She performed the song live again at the After Five Live event hosted by Gine On?! Magazine.

Listen to “Leh Me Teh” and watch the lyric video below.

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