Amor de Loca Juventud (The Love of Crazy Youth) is the second song to feature here from the music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Director Wim Wenders and guitarist Ry Cooder teamed up again (after Paris, Texas) to celebrate Cuba’s…
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Amor de Loca Juventud (1997) – Buena Vista Social Club (written by Rafael Ortiz)
Tagged with: Amor De Loca Juventud, bolero, Buena Vista Social Club, Pepe Sánchez, Rafael Ortiz Rodríguez, Ry Cooder, Win Wenders
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) – Rob Cohen (Friday’s Finest)
My first encounter with the phenomenon that is Bruce Lee was when I was in my early-teens visiting my cousins in Sydney back in the mid-eighties. My older cousin Anthony was a Rugby league prospect for the North Sydney Bears…
Bright Eyes (1978) – Art Garfunkle (written by Mike Batt)
I am still elated by the video-call my kids and I had with my brother last night. Like Dylan sang in Long and Wasted Years: ‘It’s been such a long, long time‘. Any-hows, today’s featured track Bright Eyes couldn’t be…
Old Pine (2012) – Ben Howard
I am at loss how I came across Old Pine by Ben Howard, but I’m sure glad I did. It’s as though it could have belonged on the movie soundtrack Leave no Trace (2018) or co-joined a Richie Valens acoustic…
16/10 – 22/10/23 Dating Advice, Fediverse & ‘Jacked’ Kangaroo
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Matthew McConaughey gives dating advice to Lex FridmanVideo interview extract at Lex Clips I love Matthew’s honesty about finding love late in life, accepting…
Tagged with: Australia, Dating, Fediverse, Kangaroo, Lex Fridmen, love, Matthew McConaughey, Self Aware Patterns
Posted in News, Reflections, Sport and Adventure
Posted in News, Reflections, Sport and Adventure
A Thousand Stars (1960) – Kathy Young & The Innocents
I found A Thousand Stars at Max’s blog – PowerPop. I would encourage you to read his article in the link below: I don’t know how many people know this song but it took me twenty years to find it.…
[Just Like] Starting Over (1980) – John Lennon
[Just Like] Starting Over was released 45 days before John Lennon was murdered on the 8th of December 1980. It was Lennon’s final single released in his lifetime. As my blogger friend Max mentioned in a recent post: Lennon has…
History of Violence (2005) – David Cronenberg (Friday’s Finest)
In the first 15 minutes, History of Violence presents the scenes and events of any town USA: a small-town diner, a baseball game, and a sneering, varsity high school bully. It’s a facade of sorts; the calm before the storm.…
Little Bird (2010) – Kasey Chambers
But I don’t want you that badNo I don’t want you that bad at 00:47 in music video of Litle Bird When Kasey sings these lines above, my heart melts. This is why I listen to and write about music.…
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