Philadelphia Freedom is the 10th track to feature here from Elton Hercules John. I listened to him more than any other music artist before I reached the age around 13. To say his early records did the rounds on our…
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Philadelphia (1993) – Neil Young
Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen and sister song Philadelphia by Neil Young are from the Jonathan Demme movie of the same name. Bruce Springsteen won best original song at the 1994 Academy Awards while Neil Young was nominated. Both…
Phar Lap Soundtrack (1983) – Bruce Rowland
If I was to choose just one Australian movie to take away with me on a Desert Island it would be Phar Lap. It is based on the true story of legendary Australian racehorse Phar lap which I showcased on…
8/1 – 14/1/24 – Alvvays, Addiction, One Life & The Bible
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Music representing the dissonance of loss: Molly Rankin and ‘Archie, Marry Me’Blog article at mialondonblog The author at Miolondonblog commented on my post Ones…
Tagged with: Addiction, Alvvays, Anthony hopkins, Archie Marry me, Bible, Joyful moments in Christ, Mailondonblog, Michael Easter, one life, Peter attia, the critical drinker
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
Perfect Day (1972) – Lou Reed
This Lou Reed gem was recommended to me by Blogger friend Tom (ala dylan6111). I had heard Perfect Day in my young adulthood but I let it slip from memory like so many other songs. Thanks mainly to you kind…
Percy’s Song (1965) – Joan Baez (written by Bob Dylan)
This song I wrote is about a friend of mine..it’s called Percy’s Song and I took the tune from a song that a folk-singer by the name of Paul Clayton sings called ‘The Wind and the Rain‘ – Bob Dylan…
Mr. Turner (2014) – Mike Leigh (Friday’s Finest)
Mr. Turner is the second movie to feature here from English writer / director Mike Leigh (pictured above directing Timothy Spall) after his previous entry Naked (1993). This is another movie I saw recently on the Film & Arts channel.…
People Like You (2022) – Christina Perri
People Like You is yet another spectacular song from my favourite balladeer Christina Perri. It is a form of art-music in its minimalist and modest approach, but elicits profound emotions which few music artists even with the luxury of employing…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 50) – Gadfly, Acquiescence & Demisexual
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. Gadfly gadfly \ ˈgad-ˌflī \ noun A gadfly is an irritating person, a nuisance who will often ask too many questions or lob lots…
Any Man of Mine (1995) – Shania Twain
He’s gotta be a heartbeatin’, fine treatin’Breathtakin’, earthquakin’ kind This song is undeniably catchy especially when Shania sings the above lines. Any Man of Mine was a 1995 monster hit for Shania Twain and is considered a country classic by…
