It is befitting Not Dark Yet is the first song to appear from Bob Dylan’s 3-time grammy award winning Time Out of Mind since for me it is the highlight of the record and in my top 20 all –…
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Plato’s Republic – John Hamon (Centre Place)
Exploring Plato’s RepublicLecture at Centre Place Exploring Plato’s Republic is the second lecture to appear here from John Hamond at Centre Place (the Toronto congregation of Community of Christ). The first lecture entailed The Flood Myth which I wrote about…
Absolute Beginners (1986) – David Bowie
Absolute Beginners is a song about unrequited young love, but there’s so much to listen to in this. It’s very broad sounding – eclectic music at its best. It’s theatrical as most of Bowie’s music I find. Absolute Beginners is…
All I Want is You (1988) – U2
All I Want is You was released in the era of U2 I enjoyed the most; namely between years 1987 and 1991 when the successive albums: The Joshua Tree, Rattle and Rum and Achtung Baby were produced. The last time…
Dead Poets Society (1989) – Peter Weir (Friday’s Finest)
The second time I saw Dead Poets Society was with my family in Camden Haven on the mid-north coast, New South Wales, Australia (see image inset). That’s where we went to visit my grandmother on school holidays and where my…
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Posted in Movies and TV, Reflections
Adagietto (4th Movement) from Symphony No 5 (1901) – Gustav Mahler
Put Adagietto on in the background while you’re doing chores or whatever and believe you me, you won’t regret it. According to Merriam Webster the first known use of adagietto was in 1841. Adagio is an Italian musical term that means “slowly”…
Not Alone Anymore (1988)- The Traveling Wilburys
I did warn you folks I would present nearly all songs from The Travelling Wilburys Volume 1 record and it’s fast approaching the finale. This is the eighth song (of 10) presented so far from this stand – out record.…
Charcoal Lane (1990) – Archie Roach
‘I’m a Survivor of Charcoal Lane’ Archie Roach Australian Aboriginal singer Archie Roach can certainly tell a good yarn through song and Charcoal Lane is evidence of that. This title track is the third song to appear him from his…
Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (1832) – Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne op.9 No.2 is the third composition from Chopin to be presented here after the last entry – Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15. A friend sent me this piece a few years ago and I was captivated. For that reason,…
No Time to Think (1978) – Bob Dylan
No Time To Think is the fourth song to appear here from Bob Dylan’s 18th studio album Street – Legal. I wrote in the last entry New Pony – ‘To say, Street – Legal is ‘complex’ is an understatement. To…
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