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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Half Nelson (2006) – Ryan Fleck (Friday’s Finest)
One description of the movie Half Nelson I related to was ‘unsentimental’. This movie does not offer answers instead it reflects what the actor Gosling does in his role as a middle-school history teacher (as seen in the video below)…
Hay Poder – Generacion 12
This song ‘Hay Poder’ (There is Power) was written by Generation 12 from the International Charismatic Mission Church in Bogota. Even after reading their web site, I was unable to ascertain what the ‘MCI’ logo meant. Thank God for wikipedia…
Nirvana – Tom Waits reads Charles Bukowski
Today’s Wednesday literature post features a reading by Tom Waits of Charles Bukowski’s poem Nirvana. Jordan Peterson uses it in his presentation below to great effect. If you want to just listen to Tom’s narration you can watch it from…
Hard to Say I’m Sorry (1982) – Chicago
Along with ‘If You Leave Me Now‘ and ‘You’re the Inspiration‘, ‘Hard to Say I’m Sorry‘ is in my trilogy of favourite power ballads by the American rock band Chicago. I remember their music being played a lot at family…
30/05 – 5/06/22 Volunteer Work, Elvis & Fracturing of the Human Mind
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Bret and Heather 128th Podcast Livestream: Life, Death and Meaning Podcast at Bret Weinstein The reason for the inclusion of this podcast into this…
Tagged with: Bret Weinstein, Coleman Hughes, Elvis Presley, Jonathan Haidt, Viktor Frankl
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, politics, Reading, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, politics, Reading, Reflections
Hard Times (1992) – Bob Dylan
Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tearsWhile we all sup sorrow with the poorThere’s a song that will linger forever in our earsOh, hard times, come again no more‘Tis the song, the sigh of the wearyHard…
The Jazz Singer (1980) – Richard Fleischer (Friday’s Finest)
I watched this movie a lot in my youth and played the soundtrack on cassette to death. I watched The Jazz Singer again a few years ago and thought it held up well. Neil Diamond holds his own in the…
Happy Unhappy (2018) -The Beths
This song was a Friday Powerpop song added by Max at his site. Happy Unhappy is a hip, breezy tune which I’m glad to have in my collection. For more information about the song and band click on Max’s link…
Healing Rain (2004) – Michael W Smith
Michael W Smith is one of my favourite Christian singer-songwriters and has featured here a few times. Healing Rain is the title song from his 19th studio album. It debuted at No 11 on the Billboard charts and some of…
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