I first heard The Hook on Scott Bunn’s music blog, Recliner Notes. Scott has been running an extensive series on American indie rock musician Stephen Malkmus, and this track caught my attention from the get-go. The Hook is an apt…
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Gewinner (2008) – Clueso
A friend, Tatiana – who has a deep fascination with German culture and language – first introduced me to Clueso back in 2017 with the song Wenn Du Liebst (When You Love). It was love at first listen, truly. So much…
This Magic Moment (1997) – Lou Reed
If you don’t mind, I’ll take the meandering route to today’s song by tracing a little circle of coincidences. The other day there was a small art fair in the bottom floor of the building where I train. As I…
Tagged with: David lynch, Doc Pomus, lost highway, Lou Reed, the drifters, this magic moment
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
This Is The Life (2007) – Amy Macdonald
I was in this kitsch little restaurant near where I live in Bogotá a few years ago, having breakfast, when today’s featured song came on the speakers – and it blew me away. I scribbled down some of the chorus…
Tagged with: amy macdonald, never marry a railroad man, scotland, shocking blue, this is the life
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
This Guy’s in Love with You (1968) – Burt Bacharach (Ft. Herb Alpert)
If there’s one song I’ve learned to appreciate with age, it’s today’s featured track. Heck, I doubt I’d have cared much for This Guy’s in Love with You even ten years ago. It’s from my parents’ time – the kind…
Maudie (2016) – Aisling Walsh (Friday’s Finest)
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem.…
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1987) – U2
This song title might as well be the tagline of my solitary, middle-aged existence and longing. But hey – we’ve got a blog to run here! I’m not about to crumble into some “woe is me” dirge and let that…
Tagged with: daniel lanois, I still haven't found what I'm looking for, the edge, the joshua tree, U2
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Posted in Music
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide (1996) – Douglas Adams
I’m again resuming my Wednesday literature segment, which features an excerpt from Douglas Adams’s The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – specifically from Book Two in the series, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980). If you…
Tagged with: Bogota, Colombia, Douglas Adams, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, library, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
20/10/25 – 26/10/25 – Aging and the Machine
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D. — Protocols for Fasting, Lowering Dementia Risk, Reversing Heart Aging, & MoreVideo interview at Tim Ferriss From someone who has NOT…
Tagged with: Against the Machine, corporate stakeholdership, health, longevity, mass formation, paul kingsnorth, rhonda patrick, the machine, Tim Ferriss, UnHerd
Posted in Health, News, politics, Science
Posted in Health, News, politics, Science
Hey Mickey (1981) – Toni Basil
This article contains descriptions of sex which may offend. Reader discretion is advised. The compilation album Raiders of the Pop Charts (left) was where I first heard, as an eight-year-old, the infamous one-hit wonder Hey Mickey by Toni Basil. Man,…
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