Renaissance 2.0
I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since the Band Aid project released “Do They Know It’s Christmas”! It involved many of the most popular American and British music artists of the time. The song was written by Bob Geldof (from BoomTown Rats) & Midge Ure (from Ultravox) with all proceeds going to feed Ethiopia…
I’ve always been a big Jim Croce fan and one of my favorite songs he did was “I Got a Name” which isn’t as well known or played as often as his other classics “Time in a Bottle” or even “Operator”. I really like the feel of the song and the message. Favorite parts And…
Here’s another post about my favorite movie of 2009 “500 Days of Summer”. This time, I’m highlighting the beautiful song called “US” by the incredible Regina Spektor whom I’ve loved for years. This song is such a perfect way to begin the movie as they show home movies of the two leads as kids growing…
I loved 500 Days of Summer and its wonderful soundtrack, especially “Sweet Disposition”. It’s a perfect selection for this unique and thoroughly enjoyable story. Here’s the song along with scenes from the film followed by a live version and the poignant lyrics. sweet disposition never too soon oh reckless abandon like no one’s watching…
First, I must be upfront and confess my deep fanboy status for Zooey Deschanel, so that will always skew my review of anything she does. There, I said it. However, I will try to be honest enough to admit when something she’s done isn’t that great (for example, The Happening). Well, regardless of all that,…
I’ve always loved Ben Stiller, not just from his popular movies but going way back to the early 1990s with his little TV show called “The Ben Stiller Show” that started on MTV (1990-1991) then spun off to FOX (1992-1993). I could tell even then that this guy was going to be massively successful. His…
Donny Hathaway was one of the best singer-songwriters of all-time, period. I love his music and still feel sad about the fact that he died so tragically young at the age of 34. Fortunately, he was prolific in his decade of recording so we a decent catalog of his amazing work (though not as large…
Here’s a collection of top 10 lists for different sports from the last 10 years I will continue to add more lists as I come across them Please share some in the comments Best hockey games of the decade Most Significant hockey goals of the decade Best Golf shots of the decade (Men) Best Golf…
Here’s a quick and easy way to go to any folder from your windows explorer at a DOS command prompt (CMD). Just follow these instructions here to add a new menu option called Command Prompt that you will see whenever you right-click on any folder in windows explorer. Your other option is to download this…
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What a powerful song “Not Meant To Be” is. It’s not just a good song to hear but the message is so right on the money. We’ve all been in the kind of relationship this story tells… It’s such a helpless feeling when you realize that no matter what you do, your relationship just isn’t…