In “The Downeaster Alexa’”, Billy Joel sings of my beloved Montauk where we vacationed for 34 consecutive summers until Covid hit. Sadly, for various reasons, we have not returned since then. The references in the song to actual places, nautical and…
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Sweet Jane (1970) – The Velvet Underground
I had Sweet Jane in my collection, but inexplicably rendered it obsolete for use here. Then when I heard it again yesterday while doing chores I made note to make amends. So here we are today with what Rolling Stone…
The Devil’s Been Busy (1990) – Traveling Wilburys
The Devil’s Been Busy might be one of the lesser known Traveling WIlbury tracks, but I’m a big fan of it – just as I am of nearly everything they released. The subject matter is both clever and unsettling. The…
The Desert Babbler (2013) – Iron & Wine
Today’s featured track The Desert Babbler was recommended to me in my last post on Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth. Samuel Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974), better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, is an…
Hymn for the Carnies (2007) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
The Carnie’s show is in town..With its neon blinding shining lightsIt’s got a one-legged stripper, a drunken clown… The bloke who works the fancy dodgemsHe jumps with grace from car to carThe electricity sparks the flame when the hanging wire…
Night (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
Night might not be the most celebrated track on Born to Run, but it embodies the raw energy and unrelenting spirit that define Bruce Springsteen’s breakout album. While many of the songs on Born to Run are wrapped in sweeping,…
24/3/25 – 30/3/25 – Trump and Musk, Radiohead & The Godfather
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Claire Lehmann: The threat to free speech from the RightVideo Interview by Freddie Sayers at UnHerd This interview is such a salient and informative…
Million Dollar Bash (1967) – Bob Dylan & The Band
You’ll notice on the cover above that Dylan & The Band’s Million Dollar Bash is paired with Tears of Rage, which featured here just over a month ago. I almost let Million Dollar Bash slip through the cracks of my…
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Sheena Easton
I took a nostalgia trip last night and revisited Live and Let Die – a James Bond movie I hadn’t seen in decades but was fond of as a child. Roger Moore was the Bond of my generation, so his…
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