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I Think Neil deGrasse Tyson Just Invented Intellectual Porn
Tagged with: astrophysics, Black holes, Intellectual Porn, Interstellar, Neil deGrasse Tyson, pink holes, Pornography, science fiction
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
The Greatest Cover up in History – The Unheralded Robert Zimmerman
Few Hollywood insiders know that Robert Zimmerman’s nuanced acting performance in The Night We Called It a Day landed him a tonne of movie scripts. If you have seen Robert in this short music video; his manner holding the gun…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Cecil B DeMille, Don't Look back, Masked and Anonymous, Nobel Prize in Literature, oscars, Renaldo and Clara, Robert Zimmerman, Sidney Poitier
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Did the RIO Olympics Deliver?
Just finished reading this article on BBC about Rio Olympics 2016: Did the IOC’s gamble pay off or did Brazil fail to deliver? What are your thoughts? I personally feel the Olympics didn’t pay off. Sure there are always stellar…
Tagged with: Athletics, catholic, corrupption, IOC, latin america, marathon, rio olympics, south americ
Posted in politics, Sport and Adventure
Posted in politics, Sport and Adventure
Fallen Angels – Bob Dylan
Like its predecessor, the masterpiece Shadows in the Night ( my review here), this album is enticing a whole new audience to the Bob Dylan musical repertoire; the type of audience which lounged their music away and didn’t think twice,…
Colombian Police are Just Doing Their Job
I was stopped by Colombian police on the street today because I looked like a delinquent and was asked to show my ID. As they ogled my ID, I removed my sunnies from below my hoodie so they could match…
Meandering Thoughts about the Beatles Anthology
In Australia, my first recollection of hearing The Beatles was at the tender age of six. In primary school we danced incessantly to Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Yellow Submarine. It was a daily exercise ritual and I became increasingly disheartened and…
Tagged with: anthology, Bob Dylan, england, episodes, george harrison, help, john lennon, love me do, Ob-La-Da, Ob-La-Di, paul mccartney, the beatles, Yellow Submarine
Posted in Music, Reflections
Posted in Music, Reflections
Dylan’s Desert Island Revue – Final Compilation Release
On the 4th September this year I initiated a project on the Bob Dylan Expecting Rain – Rare Recordings forum. The project entailed compiling Bob Dylan’s greatest live recordings, which are felt by members as superseding their original. One member…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, discussion, Dylan's Desert Island Revue, Expecting Rain, rare recordings, unreleased live recordings
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Bridge of Spies (2015) – Steven Spielberg
Bridge of Spies is a highly engaging political-adventure based on a true story about a highly covert Spy swap deal between the CIA and KGB during the cold war. Lawyer James Donovan played by Tom Hanks is tasked to provide…
Tagged with: Bridge of Spies, Coen brothers, Cold War, Tom hanks. Steven Spielberg
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
The Screen
It seems all I do these days is stare at the bright white screen. The computer has the gall to stare right back at me as if it knows better. It flickers to black … in the reflection I notice…
