The key works of Dylan’s canon have invited debate for decades but there is a consensus that ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall‘ represents the first full blossom of Dylan as poet. The song’s “lines of terror” aren’t the finger-pointing literal ballads…
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Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) (1996) – Shania Twain
If foundations made of stone can turn to dustThen the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) is my Desert Island Shania Twain song. My music appreciation for this song is so…
Tagged with: Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore) - Shania Twain, Shania Twain, The Woman in Me
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Atlantic City (1982) – Bruce Springsteen
The first line, “They blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night,” was taken from a newspaper article about a mob hit in Atlantic City. The “Chicken Man” was Phil Testa, number two man in the Philadelphia Mob under…
Piano Concerto No. 2 II. Larghetto (1829) – Frederic Chopin (Ft. Arthur Rubinstein)
Piano Concerto No. 2 is the fourth composition from Chopin to be presented here after the last entry – Nocturne Op.9 No.2. I first heard this exquisite piece in a documentary about Polish – American pianist Arthur Rubinstein (see image…
Pueblo Nuevo (1997) – Buena Vista Social Club
Piano master of the Universe… Trumpet second master…. Pueblo Nuevo (New Town) is the third song to be presented here from the music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Buena Vista (Good View) is a celebration of the music of Cuba.…
The Promised Land (2023) – Nikolaj Arcel (Friday’s Finest)
In Danish and Spanish this film title is translated ‘The Bastard‘. Why the innocuous ‘The Promised Land‘ was chosen for its English title is anyone’s guess, because this film is anything but banal. I saw ‘The Bastard‘ at the cinema…
Tagged with: Danish, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Arcel, the bastard, the promised land
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Be My Forever (2014) – Christina Perri (Ft. Ed Sheeran)
‘Big, big singer songwriters as Christina and I are, have a reputation for singing very depressing songs which is kind of why a lot of you are probably here. Because at some point at 2 o’clock in the morning you’ve…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 57) – Polymath, Christian text & Misanthrope
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Polymath Polymath is the description for an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, draws on complex bodies of knowledge…
Tagged with: Albert Schweitzer, Christian text, I Thessalonians, Leonardo DaVinci, Misanthrope, Moliere, polymath
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
Drift Away (1973) – Dobie Gray
Gray said in an interview that the song’s hook of “Gimme the beat boys and free my soul” has been misheard and incorrectly sung as “Gimme the Beach Boys,” “Gimme the wheat boys” (proposed for a cereal commercial), “Gimme the…
15/4 – 21/4/24 – Apostle Paul, Classic Film & Mr. Hall
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Was the Apostle Paul the Real Founder of Christianity? With Dr James TaborVideo discussion at Blogging Theology I have been wading through a variety…
Tagged with: audrey hepburn, Bible, Daryl Hall, Dr James Taylor, Film, Hall & Oats, Nancy, Paris when it sizzles, Paul, Paul Williams, the elephant's trunk
Posted in Movies and TV, News
Posted in Movies and TV, News
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