Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Philodemic ‘Philodemic’ is characterised by a love for the ordinary person (Love for the people). It also relates to the name of…
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Fly (1971) – Nick Drake
Thanks Wes Anderson for putting this song in your movie! I first heard today’s featured song in The Royal Tenembaums which has one of the finest, but non-standard soundtracks I have heard. That reminds me…I must review this movie in…
2/05/22 – 8/05/22 Stephen Kotkin on Stalin, Brain Waves & Richmond Tigers
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Stephen Kotkin, ‘Stalin: Volume 1’ Bookstore presentation at Politics and Prose Stephen Kotkin lectures are my latest addiction online. He is one of the…
Tagged with: Brain and Consciousness, James Cross, Richmond tigers, stalin, Stephen Kotkin
Posted in News, politics, Science, Sport and Adventure
Posted in News, politics, Science, Sport and Adventure
Desde el Dia en Que Te Fuiste (2015) – ChocQuib Town
Desde el dia en que te Fuiste (Since the Day you Left) was recommended to me by someone here in Colombia. Hiphop is not my preferred genre of music, but I really liked this song from first hearing. ChocQuibTown (sometimes written…
Against The Wind (1980) – Bob Seger
Against The Wind is the title track from Bob Seger’s 11th Studio Album released in February, 1980. It is Seger’s only number 1 album to date. The album spent 6 weeks at number 1 and knocked off Pink Floyd’s The…
‘The Prescription of Happiness’ – Love and Other Demons (Final) – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Prescription of Happiness is the second and final book extract from Gabriel Garcia’s short novel Love and Other Demons. More information about the author and book can be found in my first article. Sierva Maria de Todos Los Angeles…
A Salty Dog (1969) – Procol Harum
For the next month or so we will be backtracking alphabetically in the music library project to discuss new songs added to the collection. What entails the ‘Music Library Project’?Most of these songs were presented in other bloggers’ Word Press…
25/04/22 – 1/05/22 War on the West, Farthest Galaxy & Invisible Universe
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Douglas Murray: The Gullable Right has Fallen for Putin Video interview by UnHerd I recommended this video to a few of you during the…
Tagged with: David Wolpe, judaism, Lex Fridmen, mark Knophler, Russian and Ukrainian history
Posted in News, politics, Science
Posted in News, politics, Science
Guaranteed (2007) – Eddie Vedder
Sean Penn’s Into the Wild (2007) had a a big impact on me when it first came out and so did the soundtrack by Eddie Vedder. Today’s track “Guaranteed” is the last song on the soundtrack performed by the Pearl…
Ex Maquina (2014) – Alex Garland (Friday’s Finest)
The warnings about AI (Artifical Intelligence) from the likes of Elon Musk (see this clip) and Sam Harris are in some respect pretext of what we see eventuate in today’s featured movie Ex Maquina. Apart from Sci – Fi exemplars…
