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Bittersweet (1993) – Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Time to head to the ’90s with a neat track by Big Head Todd and The Monsters, which is right up my alley and hopefully yours as well. This Colorado rock band was formed in 1986. After two albums in 1989

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Golden Brown (1982) – The Stranglers

I was reminded of how much I like this song when I was watching the 2000 film Snatch in which this song appeared. I always found the unconventional harpsichord sound in Golden Brown alluring, but at the same time slightly

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Concrete Utopia (2023) – Um Tae-hwa (Friday’s Finest)

Concrete Utopia (Korean: 콘크리트 유토피아) is a 2023 South Korean disaster-thriller film which I had the good fortune to see at the cinema here in Bogota, Colombia. The premise was one of the best I had heard as far as disaster movies go, so

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Political World (1989) – Bob Dylan

“One night when everyone was asleep and I was sitting at the kitchen table, nothing on the hillside but a shiny bed of lights – all that changed. I wrote about twenty verses for a song called ‘Political World’ and

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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 52) – Ephemeral, Autophagy & Masochism

Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Ephermeral (adjective) It’s temporary, its transitory. Examples: There’s an insect we call the Mayfly and this has an ephemeral life which lasts

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Dream (2008) – Priscilla Ahn (Alex and Jo Music)

Hi! Here’s our new cover of wonderful song I Had a Dream by Priscilla Ahn. This song means so much to us and holds special place in our hearts. When we listen to it we always come back to nostalgic

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Plymouth Chorale (Manchester by the Sea) 2016 – Lesley Barber

For inspiration for the a cappella pieces and the harmonies, says Barber, she reached into the past. “I looked at the earliest melodies that came over from Plymouth. I thought of that trauma of starting over — how do you

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Please Please Me (1963) – the Beatles

I was more than likely rekindled with this song from Max; a huge Beatles fan; at his PowerPop blog page. I admire so many of the earlier hits of the Beatles including today’s featured track – Please Please Me. It

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Please Mr. Kennedy (ft. Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver) 2013 – From Inside Llewyn Davis

Please Mr. Kennedy is the fourth song to be presented here from the Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack. In the scene below, Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is roped into performing on a recording session with fellow folksingers played by Justin Timberlake and Adam Driver.

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American Beauty (1999) – Sam Mendes (Friday’s Finest)

Ricky Fitts: It was one of those days when it’s a minute away from snowing and there’s this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid

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