This Is England is a historical fiction coming-of-age drama set in Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s England. It centres on a troubled 12-year-old boy, Shaun, who lives with his widowed mother, Cynthia, in the East Midlands of England. Both are trying to…
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This is England (2006) – Shane Meadows (Friday’s Finest)
Tagged with: Ludovico Einaudi, Shane Meadows, Stephen Graham, this is england
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
It Never Rains (1982) – Dire Straits
It Never Rains is another long rock epic for which Dire Straits became known. It follows a familiar pattern: a slow, spacious opening built around piano and organ chords, then a gradual build toward extended guitar work near the end.…
Before We Were Free (2002) – Julia Alvarez
My Wednesday literature segment returns, featuring an excerpt from Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, which I finished reading yesterday. If you enjoy dabbling in books, feel free to join me on Goodreads [here]. My reading has been slow…
Tagged with: before we were free, dictatorship, Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez, Rafael Trujillo
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
After the Gold Rush (1970) – Neil Young
After the Gold Rush is a moving piano ballad and the title track from Young’s third studio album. Not to take anything away from some of Neil Young’s more epic and guitar-driven songs, but I have always found that when…
Northern Star (1999) – Melanie C
My favourite Spice Girl is back after a short break. Known as Mel C (Sporty Spice) in the Spice Girls, she records as Melanie C as a solo artist. The last song I featured here, Never Be the Same Again,…
Too Low For Zero (1983) – Elton John
The title track is not only my number one from the record, but one of my all-time favourite Elton songs. Having my own dips and doubts, I relate to it a lot and I like where it takes me. You…
I Give It All To You (1982) – Kenny Marks
If I could journey back through timeAnd gather all I once called mineI know today that You would findIt all belongs to You I Give It All To You is a contemporary Christian song from the late American Christian singer-songwriter…
War Scenes from ‘Saving Private Ryan’ – A Friday’s Finest Special
It’s said that Steven Spielberg’s war film Saving Private Ryan is one of the greatest war films ever made. The opening scene at Omaha Beach, in particular, is often cited as the benchmark for throwing the audience headfirst into what…
It Don’t Come Easy (1971) – Ringo Starr
In a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone, Paul McCartney recalled Keith Richards saying to him: “Do you know the difference between your band and ours, man? You had four frontmen, and we only had one.” After The Beatles split in…
Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972) – Van Morrison
Saint Dominic’s Preview begins as a rich, piano-driven piece before gradually unfolding into a folk-rock song with strong elements of soul and jazz. It moves forward as a loose, stream-of-consciousness narrative, giving Van Morrison’s voice plenty of space to shine.…
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