The year was 1995. Scorsese, De Niro, & Pesci teamed up in CASINO (and GOODFELLAS in 1990) and De Niro & Pacino in HEAT. And now all four have finally come together in Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’. Arguably the greatest cast…
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‘A Morning Inspiration’ – James Joyce
I thought it nigh impossible someone could adequately describe the spirit and unfettered freedom the instant upon waking in the morning just prior to awakening wholly, but I believe James Joyce in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young…
Tagged with: A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce, Morning Inspiration
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
2 x 2 – Bob Dylan
Anyone that has followed my blog for some time is probably aware that I am a Bob Dylan fan. There are varying degrees of Bob Dylan appreciation ranging from those who listen occasionally to his greatest hits package all the…
(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night – Tom Waits
(Looking for) the Heart of Saturday Night comes from Tom’s second studio album called The Heart of Saturday Night. It was released 10 months after I was born in October 1974 which makes Tom pretty frickin’ old. Not really, he’s…
Tagged with: (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday night, Charles Bukowski, Rolling Stones, The Beats, Tom waits
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Inauguration of the Music Library Project
This project is literally all my life in the making, in the sense that I have always felt compelled to safekeep songs (even when I was a little tacker) that made an impact on me. The montage above captures those…
Neil Armstrong Narrating his Apollo 11 Moon Landing Using Google Moon
This post is the final in a 3-part series to commemorate the 50th anniversary Apollo 11’s landing on the moon. I found this sensational clip while watching the following interview with Neil Armstrong. Neil of course is as almost well…
Low on Fuel and Off Course. Relive Apollo 11’s Touchdown
As we quickly approach the 50th year anniversary of Apollo 11’s remarkable feat of touching down on the surface of the moon (July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC), I wanted to relay this stunning recreation of the event by the…
Tagged with: 50th anniversary, ABC news, Apollo 11, Touchdown
Posted in Movies and TV, Science, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Science, Sport and Adventure
In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Humankind Landing on the Moon
Note that I didn’t write: “That’s one small step for man”. After returning from space, Armstrong said there was a lost word in his famous one-liner from the moon: “That’s one small step for ‘a’ man.” It’s just that people…
The Sunshine Song – Kundalini Yoga
The Sunshine song is a projected healing meditation. What I want you to do is to mentally pick out a person that you would like to help or heal.
‘Youth is the One Thing Worth Having’ – The Picture of Dorian Gray
When the decadent Lord Henry Wotton warns the irresistible young Dorian Gray that he really should not get sunburnt, his forthcoming remarks regarding youth and beauty are unashamedly brash but correct none the less. In the opinion of this poster…
Tagged with: Beauty, oscar wilde, the happy prince, the picture of Dorian Gray, Youth
Posted in Reading, Reflections
Posted in Reading, Reflections
