This is simply one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. It made such a huge impression on me as an adolescent that I tried writing the lyrics of it to give to a girlfriend. My first ever girlfriend was…
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Muriel’s Wedding (1994) – P.J. Hogan (Friday’s Finest)
Someone asked me the other day, who are your favourite actresses? Last week’s protagonist Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine is one and the Swedish blonde lass with sunglasses who heads this blog – Bibi Andersson in one of the all…
Emotionally Yours (1985) – Bob Dylan
(In the year this song was written..a singer-songwriter steadfast in their conviction and humble in their manner, see above) This is the second song to appear from Dylan’s maligned 1985 record Empire Burlesque. I reviewed the last track Dark Eyes…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 5) – Monolith, Neo-Liberalism & Microbes
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. You can find more information about Ankidroid in my post – Learning a Second Language and Ankidroid. Monolith A large impersonal, political, social or corporate object regarded as indivisible and slow to…
El Niágara en Bicicleta (1998) – Juan Luis Guerra
El Niágara en Bicicleta (Niagara Falls on a Bicycle) is a song written and performed by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra. It is the fifth song to appear here so far from this immensely popular Latin music-artist. El Niágara en…
29/11 – 5/12/21 Systemic Racism, Irish Hair & Vaccine Mandate
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Systemic Racism’s Greatest Hits – Glenn Loury and John McWhorter – The Glenn ShowVideo interview by the The Glenn Show I have been a…
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Posted in Health, News, politics
El Mismo Cielo (2009) – Marcela Gandara
El Mismo Cielo (The Same Sky / Heaven) is from the outstanding Mexican – Christian singer Marcela Gandara who has featured here twice before. Marcela’s music is so popular here, I hear people singing it outside my door in the…
Blue Jasmine (2013) – Woody Allen (Friday’s Finest)
This is Woody Allen at the top of his A-game in terms of writing and directing. I’d be embarrassed to mention how many times I have seen this movie and even if it popped on now I would lay down…
Egmont Overture Op 84 – Ludwig van Beethoven
This piece was incidentally set for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It’s light in the beginning and gorgeously drawn-out and then becomes a swash-buckling finale. It was written between 1809 and 1810. It…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 4) – Stoicism, the Druze People & Agrarian Societies
Today continuing with the Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. You can find more information about Ankidroid in my post – Learning a Second Language and Ankidroid. Stoicism A school of Hellenistic philosophy about personal ethics informed by…
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