Sunshine Playroom

It’s January, and with the new year comes a large number of new tv series. A lot are returning favourites, whilst a few are brand new, so here’s a selection of some of those that I think you should look out for, starting this Saturday with the return of Heroes. Jack is back, so are [...]

When Edward Barton first appeared back in 1984 on Channel 4′s The Tube performing a song called I’ve Got No Chicken But I’ve Got Five Wooden Chairs playing the guitar with a wooden spoon, I’d never seen anything like it, to say the least. Neither had many other people I think, and ever since he’s [...]

Dubstar were a British pop group that first hit the charts in 1995, going on to release three albums before calling it a day. The band comprised of Sarah Blackwood (Vocals), Steve Hillier (Keyboards) and Chris Wilkie (Guitar), blending pop melodies with thoughtful, clever lyrics. I finally got around to purchasing their last album Make [...]

As time for the new decade started, time for the era of the tenth Doctor finally came to an end on New Year’s Day. Concluding the tale started on Christmas Day, and begun ultimately in March 2005 by Russell T Davies, The End Of Time drew the curtain for many people, and characters, as well [...]

Spotify released their music streaming service app for the iPhone a while ago, and I thought it was about time I tested it out to see exactly what it offers. Whilst the app itself is available free from the iTunes store, to actually use it you need to sign up for Spotify‘s premium service at [...]

Time to finish off my rundown of what I thought were the greatest tv shows of 2009. Before I do, as usual I’ll first mention a few other shows that didn’t quite make the grade. South Park had another great year, but I’ve discussed that already elsewhere on Sunshine Playroom. Also close to making the [...]

Everyone loves free stuff, don’t they? And even more so at this time of year, when your budget might be stretched. All the more reason to take advantage of Apple’s forthcoming 12 Days Of Christmas promotion that will run, as it did last year, from December 26th until January 6th. Each day, the iTunes store [...]

At this time of year, we seem to be surrounded by lists. Lists for Father Christmas, Christmas card lists, and lists in the media of the best of 2009. So in the spirit of things, I’ve put together my Top 10 of the best TV shows of the year. All my choices are series, rather [...]

The Guardian newspaper this week launched it’s own iPhone app, priced at £2.39. It joins many of it’s competitors ‘on the shelves’ with apps already available from The Independent, The Telegraph, Daily Star and The Financial Times, although so far all of those are available for free. It does have one feature that it hopes [...]

As The X Factor draws to a close tonight, Amazon are offering some free downloads of other music artists that are expected to be big in 2010. Full tracks from Eliza Doolittle, Local Natives, Little Comets, Lissie and Ghostape, and are now available for a limited period from the Amazon MP3 store. If you’ve never [...]