Those days of going to the cinema to just see a film and nothing else have really fallen by the wayside, these days we get operas, sports events, concerts and much more.

And today I found out that my local haunt, Rhyl Apollo Cinema, is having a special “for one night only” event and beamed direct from Broadway to the Sony 4K Digital cinema screens, now how cool is that!

Memphis  - Direct from Broadway for ONE NIGHT ONLY!

The foot-tapping, Tony Award-winning Musical – direct from Broadway for the very first time! In 1950s Memphis, a young white man named Huey (Chad Kimball) visits the underground Beale Street Club to soak up the sounds of rhythm ‘n’ blues.

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As the misheard song states, ‘Waking Up Is Hard To Do’, so we have put together the top 10 songs that are going to help you get out of bed. Some of these songs are loud, others are more fun, but all relate to getting your butt out of bed.

Also, you should recognize that if you need to just wake up without having a song related to mornings, take any track off of a death metal album, and set your volume to max. With this list, we’re going for a little bit more style than just sheer terror!

So in no particular order, here are the ten greatest wake-up songs:

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Shocking news today as police confirm that singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her Camden home in London at the young age of 27.

It appears that earlier today the police were called to the address in London at around 4PM upon arrival to the property, the police officers found the body of a 27-year-old female at the scene.

Amy Winehouse was born on 14 September 1983 and shot to fame with her critically successful album Frank in 2003 and nominated for the Mercury Prize for her follow-up album Back To Black in 2006.

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Sometimes we need just a little motivation, whether its whilst on a summer morning run that we want to push that little bit harder to that essay that you are making no headway with.

This music had helped the no number of different people, from basketball playing werewolves to heavyweight boxers, from spoilt teen dancers to drug trafficking overlords. A montage is for everyone. Here are some of the best montage videos to come out of the 80’s;

Gonna Fly Now – Bill Conti

Who can forget the Rocky training montage scenes throughout the spectacular career of Rocky Balboa, the videos still bring a tear of emotional ‘you can do anything’ inspiration. The Rocky movies will never be remembered for their spectacular acting or superior scripting, but no one can dispute the heart of the movie.

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What’s this another music review, yes indeed folks they are coming in now aren’t they, you remember the other day I reviewed an album by Pink Floyd Floydhead which was Pink Floyd with an electronica twist, so this week I’m brining you an electronica EP that was brought to my attention whilst reading my Twitter timeline and was mentioned by my good friend @Dave_Radcliffe the 7 track EP in question is Mono by S13.

So I shot by the S13 website to check out the album and boy oh boy, it’s just the kind of music I love, so after paying the £1.50 for the download, yes I know that’s so cheap, I added it to my iTunes and started playing it through my sound system. It sounded even better!

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Cover of The Floydian Propulsion Project

If you’re like me when it comes to music, then there are usually that many albums that you want to get your hands on that on the odd occasion, you let one slip by, you’ve simply not got enough cash to get it or, as this one did with me, you just completely forgot about it.

So the other day, while going through my personal wish list of albums that I wanted to get my hands on, I came across The Floydian Propulsion Project by Pink Floyd Floydhead, an album which had been overlooked and quite frankly it shouldn’t have been.

I’m a big fan of Pink Floyd and have nearly every album, except the compilation ones, so this album, though not by Pink Floyd, was one that I was really looking forward to getting hold of.

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A recent study entitled “The Do Re Mi’s of Everyday Life: The Structure and Personality Correlates of Music Preferences” found that there is a direct correlation between one’s musical preferences and his personality type. They categorized music personalities into four groups – Reflective and Complex, Intense and Rebellious, Upbeat and Conventional, Energetic and Rhythmic. Combining this information with the Myers Briggs Personality Types, which guide career choices based on one’s personality traits, one can correlate musical preference with occupation. So, while you may be considering a nursing degree, criminal justice degree, or it degree, think about what kind of music you like and how that may relate to a possible career path.

Top careers for Reflective and Complex individuals include communications, counseling, and designing. The music that inspires these individuals includes Classical, Jazz, Blues, and Folk:

• Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
• Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
• Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro
• Don’t Know Why by Norah Jones
• What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
• Feeling Good by Nina Simone
• At Last by Etta James
• Shelter Me by Tab Benoit and Louisiana’s LeRoux,
• Dust Bowl by Joe Bonamassa,
• Mr. Tambourine Man by the Byrds
• Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan
• California Dreamin by the Mamas and the Papas

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