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Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen – IMDB Page I can’t think of a more charming and thought provoking movie about dating and relationships than Manhattan. It possesses such rich dialogue and probing commentary on the desperate…
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Manhattan – A stupendous movie about dating and relationships
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A little known Australian movie called ‘Candy’ and Tim Buckley’s ‘Song to the Siren’
Heath Ledger was at the peak of his acting prowess when he sadly departed from this great play we all take part called ‘Life’. He was posthumously awarded the Oscar for best supporting actor in his role as the Joker…
Tagged with: Brokeback Mountain, Candy, Daniel Day Lewis, easydiet.blog, Heath Ledger, Lincoln, The Dark Knight, Tim Buckley
Posted in Music, Movies and TV
Posted in Music, Movies and TV
Leonard Cohen’s ‘Come Healing’ and 5 other contemporary spiritual masterpieces
As far as musical sub-genres go, contemporary-spiritual music doesn’t get its just-deserts! Heck, we might have got into the weeds professing our love for folk-rock and alternative seattle music, but when did you ever hear people spout on about ‘contemporary-spiritual…
Tagged with: archie roach, Blowing in the wind, Bob Dylan, come healing, Djarimirri, Geoffrey Gurrumul, hallelujah, leonard cohen, nick cave, Rufus Wainright, the ship song, there is a garden
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
The Liam Neeson farce. Why is psychological insight of this nature being scorned?
I thought it was good for men ‘to talk about their feelings’? What surprised me was how the interviewer stated his remarks have offended people of colour. How on earth could his remarks be interpreted as a racial slur or…
Tagged with: identity politics, Liam Neeson, modern left, psychology, racism, violence
Posted in News, politics
Posted in News, politics
The Higgs Boson and the Fundamental Nature of Reality – Sean Carroll
I am an avid viewer of science lectures especially those relating to cosmology, the origins of the universe and quantum mechanics. I found the above lecture by Sean Carroll engrossing and challenging; so much so, I felt compelled to write…
Tagged with: cosmology, Higgs Boson, Particle physics, quantum field theory, Sean Carroll, Standard Model, The Large Hadron Collider
Posted in Science
Posted in Science
Why isn’t the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) finding much traction?
For information about what and whom consist of the IDW, visit this web site. I was reflecting on Eric Weinstein’s discussion above about the IDW on Rebel Wisdom. His suicide bomber analogy at the ‘diversity’ dinner was a real stand…
Tagged with: Eric Weinstein, Intellectual Dark Web, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, reddit, sam Harris
Posted in politics
Posted in politics
Is this Joe’s most illuminating ‘Science’ podcast yet? Ladies and Gentlemen, Professor Brian Fox
Brian cox is an English physicist who serves as professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. Brian Cox is one of the best speakers when it comes to communicating science to…
Thought policing now operational in the UK
Man investigated by police for retweeting transgender limerick – The Telegraph Police are being deployed by Humberside Police in the UK to call up social media users to ask them to explain their thinking behind their controversial posts/likes. He added:…
Crikey! ‘That’s a tough mother bleepin’ wooden door’
A fellow Aussie’s commentary on the greatest police ‘fail’ ever. Related Articles: 1. Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson 2. Gillette is on point 3. Movies and TV menu
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