Maria Doyle Kennedy – Am I Choosing Right Single Review
June 29, 2012 by admin
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Artist: Maria Doyle Kennedy
Single: Am I Choosing Right
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Rating: 3.5/5
Maria Doyle Kennedy has made a bit of a splash with her acting work with roles in the likes of The Tudors and Titanic but this week she shows off another string to her bow with the release of her debut UK single Am I Choosing Right.
Kennedy has already released four albums in her native Ireland and she brings her folk style and great song-writing to a wider audience.
Am I Choosing Right is the first track from her new album Sing and it is an incredibly soulful record and really shows off the great voice that Kennedy has.
There is a very sensual feel to her vocal and the upbeat nature of the record suits her voice incredibly well as she brings real life to the lyrics.
There is also some great instrumentation on this record from the guitar to the harmonica and it all just supports her vocal so beautifully.
Am I Choosing Right is a reflective song that has real heart and Maria’s vocals are packed with this great emotion from start to finish.
The UK may not know Maria Doyle Kennedy as a singer but all that is set to change with this single and her forthcoming album.
Maria Doyle Kennedy – Am I Choosing Right is out now
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The Lingerie Football League Video Game Isn’t Just Degrading to Women
June 29, 2012 by admin
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Well folks, I’m at a loss for words. I didn’t think that it could get any worse than the LFL, the Lingerie Football League. I was proven wrong this morning when WWE developer, Yuke’s announced a video game using the LFL license. We need to recognize this upcoming game for what it is: Degrading to female athletes and degrading to gamers.
Let’s face it, people don’t but Leisure Suit Larry for the rich gameplay or the compelling story; in the same way, people don’t watch the Lingerie Football League for the football. The League, in which women wear only underwear and football pads, began in 2003 as a pay-per-view event airing annually on Super Bowl Sunday. In 2009, the LFL had its first 20-week season and has been growing since then. Businessweek estimates that it is one of the fatest growing sporting events in North America. Despite its success, the league does not provide health insurance for the players and, since 2011, does not pay them. Most of the athletes just want to play football and will do or wear anything to participate professionally in the sport they love. The LFL makes women into sex objects, does not compensate them for injuries sustained in a full contact sport, tells them that the only way for a sport to be interesting is to play in their underwear, and now, after all of that, hopes that lingerie football will be considered a legitimate sport by releasing a video game.
The upcoming game degrades its target audience almost as much as the LFL degrades its athletes. First and foremost, I can only imagine what the multitude of female gamers will think of this title; I imagine that they will feel isolated and embarrassed. In addition, associating the LFL with video games supports the stereotype of gamers as being sex-crazed adolescents or socially awkward losers. This game will simply tarnish the public perception of people who play video games; we do not need to give our critics another reason to look down on us. So many people have fought to bring video games to a wider audience and, thereby, eliminate the stereotypes brought on by games like Leisure Suit Larry and Custer’s Revenge. We are better than this.
I can see no good that will come from the LFL video game. It supports an organization that insultes its players, it supports a long-held stereotype associated with gamers, it isolates female gamers, it sets back video game culture and prevents it from being accepted by the public at large, it tells female athletes that the only way to make a sport interesting is for them to take their clothes off. Gamers, I ask you, please do not stand for this. Do not support the Lingerie Football League Video Game.
(LFL 360 via gamesradar)