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Human Touch (1992) – Bruce Springsteen

Human Touch is the second song to feature here from his double release albums Human Touch / Lucky Town. I always agreed with the Rolling Stones review of the double release that argued ‘the aims of the two albums would

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Human (2013) – Christina Perri

I mentioned Christina Perri on this blog before because I am so enamoured with her single Jar of Hearts. Whence I gathered my senses after absorbing that immense track, I searched other songs from her, and I was impressed by

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Duel (1971) – Steven Spielberg (Friday’s Finest)

This cult-classic and Spielberg’s second feature-length film as Director – Duel is one of the first movies I remember having seen and it made a lasting impression. It is renowned as one of the greatest made-for-television films ever made. The

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Huck’s Tune (2007) – Bob Dylan

This unheralded later day mystical tune from Dylan was released on the movie Lucky You directed by Curtis Hansen and also appeared on the above Tell Tell Signs (1989 – 2006). Dylan and Hurtis had previously worked together for the

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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 22) – Satyagraha, Cosmology & Tonsure

Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Satyagraha Satya – Truth, Graha – Insistence Gandhi described it as holding firmly to truth or truth force (and was represented to

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How Soon Is Now? (1984) – the Smiths

In my last post about The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, I listed my ‘Desert Island‘ favourite 5 songs of them. Today’s song How Soon is Now also made that short list. In fact it’s in my top

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8/08 – 14/08/22 – Tyson Fury, Racial Stereotypes & The new Jordan Peterson

Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Tyson Fury’s Speech Will Leave You SpeechlessSpeech excerpts at Wealth Motivation As a small-time boxing aficionado, I was astounded by Tyson Fury’s recent efforts

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Otherside – Red Hot Chili Peppers

This is the second song to feature here from The Red Hot Chili Peppers but the first from their seventh album, Californication (1999), which became their biggest commercial success, with 16 million copies sold worldwide. In 1998 just prior the group was

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Hotel Radio (2003) – David Bridie

Today’s song is the title track from one of my favourite Australian albums Hotel Radio. David Bridie’s music has featured extensively here at Observation Blogger. Bridie is hardly known in my home country, but he has had a great influence

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I Hope I Don’t Fall in Love With You (1973) – Tom Waits

I’m a huge fan of this song from Tom which has an alluring James Taylor-esque sound. It is from Tom’s pre-minstrel days and is hopelessly romantic. I’m going to go out on a limb and declare, ‘I don’t know how

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