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Heartbeat (1958) – Buddy Holly

This is the second track to appear here from Buddy Holly. Heartbeat is an adorably winsome song and Holly makes it his own with his peculiar intonations. The first song to appear here: Everyday was released a year prior to

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The Heart of the Matter (1989) – Don Henley

This is third track by Don Henley (solo) to feature here and the second from his third solo studio album, The End of the Innocence. It is my joint favourite song by Henley along with the title track from the record.

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Heart of Gold (1971) – Neil Young

My estimation of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell (who are good friends) has plummeted since their active-promotion of cancellation culture recently; in particular objecting to a certain commentator appearing on Spotify. Even Springsteen’s E Street guitarist Nils Logren went along

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The Wrestler (2008) – Darren Aronofsky (Friday’s Finest)

I was surprised I hadn’t already featured The Wrestler here at Friday’s Finest. This documentary style – minimalist film gave it a subject with an immense intimacy and as an audience member you felt entirely immersed in The Wrestler’s small

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Heartattack and Vine (1980) – Tom Waits

Heartattack and Vine is the title track from Tom Wait’s 1980 album. What really struck me about the live performance below are the fabulous instrumentals of gutbucket blues with rock edges. Tom’s a great lyricist, storyteller and performer, but the

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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 19) – Vicarious, Paralogy & F.A.C.T

Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Vicarious (adj.) I heard this word mentioned often in the recent conversation between former deputy Prime Minister of Australia John Anderson and

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Heard it in a Love Song (1977) – Marshall Tucker Band

I first heard this song from one of my esteemed blogger enthusiasts; so thank you whoever that was. Heard it in a Love Song is the second track off the Marshall Tucker Band’s record Carolina Dreams. I really admire the

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6/05 – 12/06/22 Dopamine, an actual Top Gun & the Power of Observing

Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Return to a Baseline of Dopamine – Jocko Willink & Andrew Huberman Podcast at Jocko Podcast This week’s News on the March features two

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Some Observations about Space – Time

This short piece presents some esoteric thoughts I observed from readings on Space – Time. I expect these ramblings will be refined with further reading, but this is so far what I could glean. There are two videos below which

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Heading for the Light (1988) – Traveling Wilburys

Stand up comedian Neal Brennan made the following observation about the Travelling Wilburys here: “Was talking with friend about how impossibly old the Traveling Wilburys seemed when they released their music in 1988. “I’ve listed their ages at the time. For some perspective,

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