Irish indie rock band Pillow Queens were formed in Dublin in 2016. Their members are Pamela Connolly (vocals, guitar), Sarah Corcoran (bass, backing vocals, pump organ), Cathy McGuinness (guitar, backing vocals) and Rachel Lyons (drums, backing vocals). After a series of singles, they released their debut album In Waiting in September 2020.…
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Light Of My Life (2024) – Asgard Raven
(Light of my Life) It’s a very meaningful song to me written about my wife – Joe (singer – songwriter) of Asgard Raven The 26th of January, 2024 saw the release of today’s featured song Light of My Life from…
Society (2007) – Eddie Vedder
Luke 9:3: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.” It has taken me almost all of my life to grasp the profound simplicity of this directive from Jesus to his disciples. But…
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (1963) – Bob Dylan
(Beautiful shots from my all-time favorite album cover. Mike Batt’s Tarot Suite may be a close second, but The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan is iconic. I’ve always said that if I ever had the chance, I’d do a Dylan pilgrimage across…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, Suze Rotolo, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Come On, Let’s Go (1958) – Ritchie Valens
Come On, Let’s Go by Ritchie Valens is a high energy and bouncy rock ‘n’ roll classic that emerged during a period when the genre was still in its relative infancy. The song perfectly captures the carefree spirit of teenage…
7/10 – 13/10/24 – Plato, P Diddy, Asteroid & Communism
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…
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…
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Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
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