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…
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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
It Ain’t Me Babe (1964) – Bob Dylan
I like this photo of Bob. You know that standard Elizabethan image of Shakespeare we all see (with the large lace collar which encircles his neck – called a ‘ruff’), well I could imagine something like the above being the…
Tagged with: a complete unknown, Another Side of Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, It Ain't Me Babe, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, june carter
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Posted in Music
It’s In The Rain (2005) – Enya
Please excuse my recent hiatus from WordPress, but I went on an impromptu vacation for four days with my daughter Katherine Rose to Melgar, Tolima – jungle country, not too far from here – Bogotá, Colombia. Oh and also forgive…
Tagged with: Amarantine, enya, it's in the rain, katherine, melgar, Piscilago, tolima
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Posted in Music
The Book Thief (2013) – Brian Percival (Friday’s Finest)
The Book Thief is a rare kind of film for its day. It gleams like the sun, glistens like rays on the surface of water – for here is a dark tale that lights up the very soul. The Book…
Tagged with: Brian Percival, geoffrey Rush, Marie-Sophie Nélisse, the book thief
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
[Nothing But] Flowers (1988) – Talking Heads
My friend Nancy over at The Elephant’s Trunk postscripted her January 10th article: ‘By The Side Of The Road‘ with today’s featured song [Nothing But] Flowers by Talking Heads: I don’t know whose idea it was and I don’t care but having Dunkin…
Tagged with: David Byrne, Johnny Mar, naked, talking heads, the smiths, [Nothing But] Flowers
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Posted in Music
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