For the launch of my Music Library Project on July 25, 2019, I wanted to present a single song that could encapsulate the breadth and depth of the music I planned to feature. I ultimately chose the track Wenn Du…
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Telephone Line (1977) – Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
The scenario seems innocuous doesn’t it? Even perhaps a snore fest – A man listening to the ringing on his telephone waiting and hoping for a girl to answer his call and imagining what he would say if she answers.…
Tagged with: Electric Light Orchestra, jeff lynne, New World Record, Telephone Line, Traveling Wilburys
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Take One Last Look (2015) – Tom Waits
It’s amazing how nice folks are to you when they know you are going away. – Tom Waits interview on the Late Show with David Letterman Take One Last Look is the 22nd song from Tom Waits to appear here…
Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here) 2024 – Walter Salles (Friday’s Finest)
Not since the Mexican masterpiece Roma (2018) and Colombia’s El Olvido Que Seremos (Forgotten We’ll Be) (2020) have I seen a Latin American film so deeply imbued with naturalism and grace. Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here) is exquisitely photographed,…
Tagged with: Ainda Estou Aqui, brazil, Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here, Walter Salles
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Strawberry Fields Forever (Demo Sequence Anthology 2 Version) 1966 – The Beatles
“There was something about the place that always fascinated John. He could see it from his window … He used to hear the Salvation Army band [playing at the garden party], and he would pull me along, saying, ‘Hurry up,…
Daddy Rollin’ (In Your Arms) 1968 – Dion
We are well and truly a long way from the teenage heartthrob doo-wop song – Runaround Sue (1961). That same artist Dion Francis DiMucci – better known simply as Dion had by the late 1960s spent years battling heroin addiction,…
Telegraph Road (1982) – Dire Straits
I challenge you to read the lyrics of Telegraph Road as a standalone document and not be impressed by the vision and world-building in Mark Knopfler’s writing of this epic rock song. The music is amazing as well. Knopfler is…
17/2/25 – 23/2/25 – Swamp Creatures, English Football & A Thousand Years
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Swamp CreaturesShort Story by Bruce Goodman at Weave a Web Fellow blogger Bruce Goodman and I go way back and I consider him a…
Tagged with: a thousand years, Bruce Goodman, Christina perri, english football, stuntPegg, swamp creatures, Weave a Web
Posted in News, Reading, Sport and Adventure
Posted in News, Reading, Sport and Adventure
Tears of Rage (1967) – Bob Dylan & The Band
To me Tears of Rage always seemed one of the most haunting and lamenting songs Bob and The Band had recorded. It captures in both the sorrowful lyric and mournful melody – a deep sense of betrayal, disillusionment, and mourning…
Team (2013) – Lorde
I first heard snippets of Lorde’s song Team in ESPN commercials promoting women’s sports. Its rousing, hypnotic rhythm and beat amplified the energy and appeal to me of both the individuals and their given pursuit. I just had to find…
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