Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Plato’s Philosophy – From Socrates to Sartre (1978)Video presentation at Philosophy Overdose I was fascinated listening to this powerhouse of a presentation. I will…
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7/10 – 13/10/24 – Plato, P Diddy, Asteroid & Communism
Tagged with: asteroid, BBC news, Communism, Dinosaurs, Giles Udy, P Diddy, plato, soft white underbelly, tanea, Thelma Z. Lavine, Triggernometry
Posted in News, politics, Reflections, Science
Posted in News, politics, Reflections, Science
So long, Marianne (1967) – Leonard Cohen
Now we are getting to the cream of Cohen’s crop. Marianne and Leonard stayed in touch until the very end, almost literally. He sent her a letter on her death bed in 2016. “I’m just a little behind you, close…
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So Far Away (1985) – Dire Straits
So Far Away is the opening track on British rock band Dire Straits‘ 5th studio album Brothers in Arms. It is one of the world’s best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies. So Far Away became the band’s…
Slow (2014) – Leonard Cohen
Slow is from Leonard Cohen’s penultimate and 13th studio album Popular Problems (2014). It is the fourth song to be presented here from the record after his previous entry – Samson in New Orleans. Slow is one of those tracks…
Better Off Dead (1985) – Savage Steve Holland (Friday’s Finest)
Better off Dead is the first of three 1980’s teenage romantic comedies starring John Cusack that I watched a lot in my youth. The second as Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything which I mentioned in my article on Steely Dan’s Rikki…
Tagged with: better off dead, John Cusack, Savage Steve Holland, say anything, the sure thing
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
‘A Complete Unknown’ (Bob Dylan ft. Timothée Chalamet) – The Latest Trailer
Below is the new trailer. I wrote in the article of Bob Dylan’s Saving Grace on August 15 the following: In case you haven’t seen it already, I would like to present the new trailer for the Dylan biopic due…
Sloop John B (1966) – the Beach Boys
Brian was at the piano. I asked him if I could sit down and show him something. I laid out the chord pattern for ‘Sloop John B.’ I said, ‘Remember this song?’ I played it. He said, ‘I’m not a…
Sisters of Mercy (1967) – Leonard Cohen
Sisters of Mercy is a gentle, poetic ballad from Cohen’s 1967 debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen. It’s the second song to feature here from the record after his previous entry – Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye. Cohen…
Sing Me Back Home (2014) – Don Williams
I don’t know who put me onto Don William’s version of Merle Haggard’s classic of Sing Me Back Home a few years ago, but I sure would like to thank them. My friend Max at PowerPop wrote in July this…
30/9 – 6/10/24 – Music, Impulse & Shipwreck
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting WorseVideo presentation at Rick Beato Richard John Beato is an American YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and educator. Since…
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Posted in Music, News, Reading
Posted in Music, News, Reading
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