Irish Singer Songwriter Glen Hansard is no stranger to this blog. I first wrote about him when I reviewed the surprise packet 2007 indie romantic film – Once in which he played a music busker who befriends another musician Markéta…
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King Harvest (Has Surely Come) – The Band
As many of you may know, Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band (second from the right above), passed away recently on January 21, 2025. Today’s article is dedicated to one of Canada’s finest musical exports – The…
Life is a Pigsty (2006) – Morrissey
Can you stop this pain?Even now in the final hourOf my lifeI’m falling in love again Some Morrissey fans here regard Life Is a Pigsty as the magnum opus of his solo career, and I can understand why. Over a…
Talk About Love (1996) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Anyone familiar with my blog will know what a huge fan I am of David Bridie (far left above image) and My Friend the Chocolate Cake. I first came across Bridie’s music when he sang with legendary aboriginal singer Archie Roach in…
Maybe (1980) – Thom Pace
We are following our trip down nostalgia lane with the classic television-show theme song Maybe by Thom Pace. I mentioned in yesterday’s article about how John Denver’s Country Roads and today’s featured track conjured memories of childhood and nature. To…
Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971) – John Denver
My son Jesus Mateo and I just got back from a four day holiday in Melgar, Tolima – jungle country, a four hour trip from where we live in Bogotá, Colombia. I’ve sent a video below of a ride we…
Tagged with: john denver, maybe, Take Me Home Country Roads, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
20/1/25 – 26/1/25 – Colombia, Australian Open & Blackouts
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Yesterday, my adopted home country Colombia had the scariest rollercoaster ride because of a diplomatic entanglement with the United States. Yesterday morning the Colombian…
Tagged with: Australian open, Britain, Colombia, COVID, Danielle Collins, Donal trump, electricity, Freddy Sayers, Gustavo Petro, net zero, Novak Djokovic, Tariffs, UnHerd, United States
Posted in News, politics, Sport and Adventure
Posted in News, politics, Sport and Adventure
Take All of Me (2004) – Hillsong
Take All of Me embodies everything I cherish about Christian music – a melody that flows gently like a river, weaving through deeply contemplative lyrics and a choral backing steeped in pure worship. It builds steadily, gaining momentum with Marty…
Tabaco y Chanel (2000) – Bacilos
Tabaco and Chanel inaugurates all songs (approximately 200) starting with ‘T’ in the alphabetical listing of the music library project. I don’t know how the smell of tobacco conjures sweet romantic memories of the smell of someone’s skin, but it…
Dune (2021) – Denis Villeneuve (Friday’s Finest)
I haven’t been as floored or thoroughly transported by a Science Fiction / Fantasy film series since George Lucas’ Star Wars and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. You could even say the Dune films are a mixture between the aforementioned…
Tagged with: Denis Villeneuve, dune, Frank Herbert, lord of the rings, Star Wars, Timothée Chalamet
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
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