Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Beyond the Box Poem at Intellectual Shaman insidewe findstuffwe knowour boxfull of stuffthe wide world is waitingwaiting for us to share.….…(Read entire poem). #142–…
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City of Stars (2016) – Justin Hurwitz
City of Stars is the third song to appear here from my favourite musical La La Land. It won the Academy Award for Best Music (original Song). The music of the song was composed by Justin Hurwitz while the lyrics…
Buena Vista Social Club (1999) – Wim Wenders (Friday’s Finest)
Director Wim Wenders and guitarist Ry Cooder team up again to present this marvellous music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Cooder did the slide guitar soundtrack for Wender’s Paris, Texas 1984 which featured here recently on Friday’s Finest. Buena Vista…
Chelsea Hotel (1974) – Leonard Cohen
(Reader discretion is advised)This is Leonard Cohen’s musical attempt of ‘Sex! Now I have your attention.’ Well, not really, but kind of. This infamous song of Leonard’s escapades with Janis Joplin at the Chelsea Hotel will be the discussion of…
Circle of Life (1994) – Elton John
I was iffing and butting as to whether to include today’s song just because of how commercial – certainly for its time and mainstream it is. So I listened to it again and it pricked my ears as it has…
A Snorer is Outsnoored – Earthly Powers (Anthony Burgess)
This week on Wednesday’s literature piece we will continue with Anthony Burgess’s panamoramic saga novel of the 20th century Earthly Powers. The novel appeared on the shortlist for the Booker Prize in the year of its publication but lost out…
Changing of the Guards (1978) – Bob Dylan
Changing of the Guards is one of Dylan’s many masterpieces as is the album it opens – Street Legal. Both are underrated outputs of Dylan’s astounding discography. If I had to choose just one album from Dylan’s catalogue to have…
12/4 – 18/4/21 Organ Transplantation – Chris Sonnenday
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Today’s article unlike others on News On the March will be dedicated to just one podcast. Peter Attia – The Drive Podcast -#155 –…
Chaflan (1993) – Jorge Ariza
It has been a bit more than a quarter of a century since Colombian Jorge Ariza passed away. He is renowned as the King of the Requinto here and is somewhat a national folklore in Colombian music. The Requinto is…
Moonstruck (1987) – Norman Jewison (Friday’s Finest)
Loretta Castorini: Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been two months since my last confession. Priest: What sins have you to confess? Loretta Castorini: Twice I took the name of the Lord in vain, once I slept…
