This Danish Drama had a big impact on me when I first saw it. It presents a most compelling moral dilemma and unveils how a small Danish village comes to terms with it. I have been fascinated with Danish culture…
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Cold as Christmas (1983) – Elton John
I’m a huge fan of Elton John’s Too low for Zero album and Cold as Christmas brings the temperature down, way down as only John can do to open the album and lead us into the title track. This song…
AnkiDroid – Hedonism, Euphemism & Malinchism
Last Wednesday, I discussed how I came in touch with AnkiDroid and the wonders it has done for bolstering my daily learning of Spanish and English. Today I present just 3 cards that I added to my Anki. It requires…
Clouds (1988) – The Go-Betweens
I could write a 10 thousand word essay about this song, but I’m a lazy tard. It incorporates Dylan’s Love Minus Zero in the concert version below and I find it captivating. I have written before and I’ll say it…
26/4 – 2/5/21 incl. Meaning 3.0, Simulation & Corrupted Science
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. DarkHorse Podcast with Jamie Wheal & Bret Weinstein Video podcast at Bret Weinstein The slogan of my blog is the quote from Michel Legrand…
Closing Time (1992) – Leonard Cohen
Closing Time is the second song to feature in the Music Library Project from Cohen’s critically acclaimed The Future album. The other song already discussed was Anthem. What entails the ‘Music Library Project’?The Future was the ninth album written by…
Color Me Kubrick (1999) – Brian Cook (Friday’s Finest)
This film is scarcely known and I’m not sure why. It has just 35 reviews on the IMDB website. Geez Louise! I love the exuberance and frivolity of John Malkovich’s performance here. He seems to go all broke in his…
Clarinet Concerto in A Mayor K622 (1791) – Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, was written in October 1791 just two months before his death. It was written for his friend – the clarinetist Anton Stadler and consists of three movements, in a fast–slow–fast succession. It is…
Learning a Second Language and AnkiDroid
If I remember rightly the three principal components I highlighted as integral to learning a second language were as follows: Establishing Key relationship connections in the second language Receiving sufficient comprehensible input, and Immersing oneself into the culture and creating…
Civil War (1991) – Guns N’ Roses
Civil War is my preferred song from Guns N’ Roses. Sure, I liked Sweet Child of Mine, November Rain, and Knocking on Heaven’s Door when I first heard them, but they get played to death even to this day in…
