Naked is a dark and confronting black-comedy film about a violent sex offender in London. This vagabond Johnny who wanders the streets expounding his world view at length to anyone who will listen is a detestable, but loquacious intellectual. I…
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Did I Ever Love You (2014) – Leonard Cohen
This song demonstrates what is so damn good about Cohen’s music especially in the latter epoch of his career. I could have Did I ever Love You on repeat and never tire hearing it. The contrasting musical interlude between the…
Diamonds & Rust (1975) – Joan Baez
The introspective self-emboldening Diamonds and Rust is the first song to appear here from the phenomenal talent that is Joan Baez. It is so well-renowned because it tells of her turbulent relationship with fellow singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Diamonds and Rust…
Once Were Warriors (1994) – Lee Tamahori (Friday’s Finest)
The movie now glorified as the big cinema game changer in 1994 is the Cannes Palme d’Or winner Pulp Fiction, but Once Were Warriors released the same year had a much bigger impact on me. After multiple viewings extrapolating the…
Desolation Row (1965) – Bob Dylan
I’ll admit I was more daunted to write about this song than any other. I’m still none the wiser where to go with this phenomenal piece after letting it sit with me a number of days. To subject your interpretation…
The Castle (1997) – Rob Sitch (Friday’s Finest)
This contains one of my all-time greatest comedic lines in Australian cinema history…Dad says to son Steve: ‘Oh Steve could you move the Camira, I need to get the Torana out so I can get to the Commodore‘. Steve –…
Democracy (1992) – Leonard Cohen
Back when Cohen released Democracy I was just out of high school and learning to fly from the nest. If someone had asked me what Democracy was I may have scolded them for eating into my time trying to serenade…
Delia (1993) – Bob Dylan
This is the first song to appear here from Dylan’s 1993 traditional-folk record World Gone Wrong (WGW) and kicks off side two of the record. This album was a follow-up to his other acoustic guitar and harmonica record – Good…
Halloween (1978) – John Carpenter (Friday’s Finest)
Halloween has nearly been rebooted more times than Britney Spear’s articles have appeared on the BBC home page. From that, you get a sense of the horror theme which coarse through both franchises. Despite the numerous attempts to replicate or…
When You Realise the Western Media is corrupt and is Anti-US for the first time in your life.
I realised this when I read this article on abc news Australian website: The ABC news Australia article didn’t mention the US military killed in this bombing in its title. When has that ever happened with an ally or previously…
