This is the first song to appear here from Creedence Clearwater Revival. They were formally named the Golliwogs and I’m not kidding. The band’s most prolific and successful period was between 1969 and 1971 and performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival as…
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Whiplash (2002) – Damien Chazelle (Friday’s Finest)
I mentioned J.K Simmons (image above) imposing bit part in the movie Up In the Air two weeks ago. Today we get to revel in what he is truly capable of as an actor. This independent psychological drama is as…
Tagged with: Damien Chazelle, J. K. Simmons, La La Land, Miles Teller, whiplash
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Lluvia (1970) – Eddie Santiago
We have been going down a path of classic songs from Latin artists and today’s featured track ‘Lluvia‘ (Rain) won’t disappoint listeners. This is pure ‘Salsa Rosa‘ music which means Salsa music romantical which garnered notoriety since the mid-1980s. I…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 39) – Cuplé, Cortisol & The Teacher’s Slogan
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Cuplé The cuplé is a Spanish musical style, light and popular, which could sometimes be risqué and spicy by the standards of…
Tagged with: cortisol, cuplé, Jordan Peterson, la Violetera, margaret mead, Pituitary Gland, sara Montiel, steroid hormone, teacher's slogan
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
La Violetera (Los Goya 2021) – Nathy Peluso
Argentinian Nathy Peluso sings drama, salsa, jazz, reggaeton, boleros, tango, soul, trap, hip – hop. Peluso featured here before with her infamous rap song Nasty Girl which hasn’t won me any friends. I don’t care. I can’t get enough of…
Llorandote (1970) – Luis Felipe Gonzalez
Luis Felipe Gonzalez’s father Pascual was a great musician, composer and serenader dedicated to the music popular in Latin America. He bequeathed all his musical heritage and his artistic influence to Luis Felipe and his brother Nelson. Luis Felipe sang…
Llegaremos a Tiempo (2009) – Rosana
On April 14, 2009 Rosana Arbelo Gopar released her seventh album, ‘A las Buenas y a las Malas‘ (The Good and the Bad). In the words of the Canary Islander, it is her work “more electric, more direct, more pop-rock…
Living Proof (1992) – Bruce Springsteen
Living Proof is lyrically one of my favourite songs from Bruce. It is about the birth of his first son Evan James, born in the summer of 1990. The song also explores the duality of fear versus love, the dusky…
About a Boy (2002) – Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Friday’s Finest)
I had an animated discussion about this movie recently and assumed I had written about it here at ‘Friday’s Finest‘. When About a Boy comes on cable I find myself compelled to watch it. I don’t know how many times…
Live it Up (1985) – Mental as Anything
I was with my Mom in Western Sydney when I was about 13 and we had to go the vet and while we visited I saw Greedy Smith, the lead singer of today’s track Live it Up. I believe it…
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