Learning to Fly is my joint favourite Pink Floyd song and the second to appear after Comfortably Numb. I never grow tired of hearing it because it always expands my senses. To me the experience is cognizant to a magical…
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6/3 – 12/3/23 – Master Time, China & Lullabies
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Master TimePoem by Sharon Master time, I entreat yougive me more timeto steady my breath, to calm the beating of my heartas you weave…
Tagged with: China, Cold War, lullabies, Mao, Master Time, Sharon, you mean the whole wide world to me
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Posted in Reading
Learning to Fly (1991) – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
I remember in the weeks following Tom Petty’s sudden departure from this great play we call life; I heard Bob Dylan paying tribute to Petty singing today’s featured song Learning to Fly. This song follows the same basic 4 chord…
Leaps and Bounds (1987) – Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
On October 1st, 2019 I wrote an article to celebrate my beloved Richmond Tigers win of the AFL Premiership 2019. I quoted today’s song ‘Leaps and Bounds‘ to express my exhilaration. Going to the footy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (2004) – Iris DeMent
I first heard this entrancing song at the end credits of the Coen Brothers film True Grit. The True Grit soundtrack is magnificent and other compositions from the film will feature here. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms was released on…
Tagged with: Iris Dement, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, the carter family, true grit
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 35) – Gilgamesh, Second World War & White Dwarf Stars
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. The World’s Oldest Poem / Text Gilgamesh is a 2100 BC Babylonian poem written in Akkadian. It is from one of the…
Tagged with: Chrysler, Ford Motors, General Motors, Gilgamesh, Henry Kaiser, Second World War, sun, white dwarf stars
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Posted in Reading
Lay Me Down (2000) – Badfinger
I became familiar with this band from Max’s articles at Powerpop. I really like listening to this song and it should have been a big hit. It’s just a great pop-rock tune. I am in wonderment at the part of the…
Lay Me Down (2001) – Glen Hansard (The Frames)
Glen Hansard is no stranger to this blog. I saw him (The Frames) open for Bob Dylan in Melbourne August the 17th, 2007 (see set list) and on the February 24, 2008 Hansard and Markéta Irglová won the Academy Award…
Joe Biden AI Voice Speech
I found the following Audio manipulated video (political satire) while watching the latest Joe Rogan and Russell Brand podcast. Rogan warns how AI editing could convert narratives where the public might be unable to discern what is real from unreal.…
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