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Gimme Shelter (1969)- The Rolling Stones

I’m not a big Stones fan, but I’m a fan of this track. As seen below Gimme Shelter was used brilliantly in Scorsese’s The Departed film. Warning: This movie extract contains disturbing scenes and offensive language. My blogger friend Max

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21/03/22 – 27/03/22 Russian and Ukranian History, Mark Knopfler & Judaism

Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Some history possibly related to Russia’s invasion of UkraineBlog post by Self Aware Patterns ‘…The history here is interesting. The beginnings of the Rus’

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Posted in Music, News, politics, Reflections

Gȁthu Mȁwula (2008) – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Gȁthu Mȁwula is the third song to feature here from Geoffrey from his debut album Gurrumul. It is the best-selling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music album in Australian history, launching Yunupingu’s international solo career and establishing him as one

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Carlito’s Way (1993) – Brian D Palma (Friday’s Finest)

Warning: The following contains offensive language. Benny Blanco: I don’t know, but there may be some mis-fuckin’-understanding, I don’t know man, but maybe you don’t remember me, my name is Benny Blanco… Carlito: Maybe I don’t give a shit. Maybe

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Posted in Movies and TV

Galleon Ship (2019) – Nick Cave

This is the second song presented here from Cave’s Ghosteen. The first article Bright Horses continues to mount up the views. It’s by far the most viewed article here on Observation Blogger and I am very humbled by that given

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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 12) – Unitarianism, Megalomaniac & Antiquarian

Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Unitarianism Unitarianism is often associated with a non-trinitarian Christian theological movement that believes the God in Christianity is one singular entity. It

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Posted in Reading

Violin Concerto in D Mayor (1878) – Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The piece was written in a Swiss resort on the shores of Lake Geneva, where Tchaikovsky had gone to recover from the depression brought on by his marriage to Antonina Miliukova. In June 1877, Tchaikovsky proposed marriage, in order (according

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14/03/22 – 20/03/22 Geopolitics & Richmond FC

Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Samo Burja: Sanctions Will Divide CivilisationVideo podcast by UnHerd On March 6th, I presented a special edition of News on the March focusing on

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Posted in News, politics, Sport and Adventure

Rap Das Armas (2007) – MC Cidinho and MC Doca

This is different territory, but this rap song from Brazil was sent to me in Australia to help me pronounce the ‘R’ in Latin Spanish even though this song is sung in Portuguese. The Latin pronunciation is with a palpitating

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Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (1973) – Elton John

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is one of the greatest contemporary music records ever made. Funeral for a Friend introduces the record in no uncertain terms and blasts the ears with an organ like synthesizer tune (performed on an ARP synthesizer

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