Last week we featured the biopic of martial arts legend Bruce Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and today we pay homage to his son Brandon Lee who appeared in his final film – The Crow. Dragon was less…
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All Over You (1994) – Live
I remember when Live‘s outstanding record Throwing Copper came out in 1994. It was the bee’s knees and played everywhere. I didn’t hear any other music by them except from this album. Today’s song transports me to where I lived…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 46) – Pleasure Chemicals, The Renaissance & Carbohydrates
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Dopamine and Serotonin Dopamine and Serotonin are neurotransmitters (chemical messengers that communicate via neurons) that help regulate many bodily functions and emotions.…
Tagged with: carbohydrates, chemicals, dopamine, european history, neurons, serotonin, The Renaissance
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
Auto Rojo (1993) – Vilma Palma e Vampiros
We are turning the heat up a good notch with today’s cheeky and raunchy track Auto Rojo (Red Car). It is by Argentine rock band Vilma Palma e Vampiros. This song sounds like it took a serious nosedive into the…
23/10 – 29/10/23 Stay Young, Kicking and Screaming & Ol’ Halloween!
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Stay Young Forever: Peter AttiaVideo interview by Dr Rangan Chatterjee Ex surgeon and ex marathon swimmer Dr Peter Attia is a physician focused on…
Tagged with: exercise, Halloween, kicking and screaming, longevity, Nutrition, Peter attia, reely bernie, Sharon, Sharon's Writers Tidbits
Posted in Health, News, Reading, Science
Posted in Health, News, Reading, Science
At My Window Sad and Lonely (1998) – Billy Bragg & Wilco (written by Woody Guthrie)
Billy Bragg and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy alternated lead vocals on Mermaid Avenue; the iconic album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. Today’s song At My Window Sad and Lonely was sung by Jeff Tweedy and it comes a year…
Tagged with: at my window sad and lonely, Billy Bragg, jeff tweedy, Mermaid Avenue, Nora Lee Guthrie, Wilco, Woody Guthrie
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Amor de Loca Juventud (1997) – Buena Vista Social Club (written by Rafael Ortiz)
Amor de Loca Juventud (The Love of Crazy Youth) is the second song to feature here from the music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Director Wim Wenders and guitarist Ry Cooder teamed up again (after Paris, Texas) to celebrate Cuba’s…
Tagged with: Amor De Loca Juventud, bolero, Buena Vista Social Club, Pepe Sánchez, Rafael Ortiz Rodríguez, Ry Cooder, Win Wenders
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) – Rob Cohen (Friday’s Finest)
My first encounter with the phenomenon that is Bruce Lee was when I was in my early-teens visiting my cousins in Sydney back in the mid-eighties. My older cousin Anthony was a Rugby league prospect for the North Sydney Bears…
Bright Eyes (1978) – Art Garfunkle (written by Mike Batt)
I am still elated by the video-call my kids and I had with my brother last night. Like Dylan sang in Long and Wasted Years: ‘It’s been such a long, long time‘. Any-hows, today’s featured track Bright Eyes couldn’t be…
