Burn After Reading in much in the same vain as last week’s showcased film The Men Who Stare At Goats is a publicly panned and maligned film. Also both films have a star studded cast who venture into unfamiliar territory…
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Black Muddy River – Bob Dylan (April 6, 1992 – Melbourne, Australia)
The moment I heard this Never Ending tour performance of the Grateful Dead’s Black Muddy River from Bob Dylan I knew I had to add it to my music collection. It’s one of the few songs I can listen to…
The Story of an Impertinent Curiosity (Part 1) – Don Quixote
This week in Wednesday’s literature piece we turn our attention back to Don Quixote. You can familiarise yourself with this most influential work of literature by reading Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes (Introduction). The next few Wednesdays will be dedicated…
Black (1991) – Pearl Jam
This is my Desert Island Pearl Jam song choice. If I was restricted to choose just one Pearl Jam song to take with me for the rest of my life, then Black would be it. I also consider it one…
4/02 – 10/02 incl. Rocky Marciano, Mr G and Anna Khachiyan
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Overlutchting – before the dawn Article by Nadine at Bloomwords: The clothes hanging over the edge of the laundry hamper in her closet were…
Bird on the Wire (1969) – Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire is a song by Leonard Cohen from his 1969 album Songs From a Room. It is one of my favourite early Cohen songs and one of his signature tracks. Leonard was living on an island called…
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) – Grant Heslov (Friday’s Finest)
Do you find there are just some movies that despite their apparent mediocrity and critical drubbing you find yourself wanting to revisit? Well, The Men Who Stare at Goats is one such movie I enjoy watching because it doesn’t take…
Ain’t Got No, I got Life (1968) – Nina Simone
Originally posted on Observation Blogger:
Ain’t Got No, I got Life is my favourite song from Nina Simone and it also includes my favourite performance of her at the end of this post. I’ve listened to and watched this performance…
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Day For Night (2016) – Stacey E. Bryan
Day For Night is the debut novel by my good friend Stacey Bryan who is a regular contributor to my blog article discussions and maintains a blog site of her own called Laughter Over Tears. Day For Night is a…
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Billy 1 (1973) – Bob Dylan
Billy 1 is a track from Bob Dylan’s underrated soundtrack album ‘Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid‘. Billy 1 builds on the instrumental Main Title Theme (Billy) which opens the record. Most people will be familiar with the second song…
