One-Liner Wednesday: Better call Sartre
”So, what IS an existential crisis?” – grandson, aged 12 – – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 14 August 2019
Song Lyric Sunday: Famous – ‘Waterloo’
It’s not all time-warp tie-dye here at Brokedown Palace, you know…..although it mostly is, if I’m honest. This week, Jim is looking for a song that name-checks somebody famous. It’s fair to say that Napoleon Bonaparte fulfils that criterion. This was the song that announced Abba to the world in 1974 when it walked away…
Song Lyric Sunday: TV themes – ‘Life On Mars’
The BBC screened an excellent, highly popular and innovative crime series back in 2006. The scenario was that a modern-day detective was involved in a car accident and came round to find himself – still a detective – back in 1973. The series was called ‘Life on Mars’. Nothing else to say, really – just…
Song Lyric Sunday At The Movies – ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’
This week, Jim wants a song that featured prominently in a movie. So this is from ‘Armageddon’, by Aerosmith – and especially for Madame. I could stay awake just to hear you breathing Watch you smile while you are sleeping While you’re far away and dreaming I could spend my life in this sweet surrender…
Song Lyric Sunday: Matrimony – ‘Diamonds In The Mine’
I can see what Jim’s getting at with his prompt words for Song Lyric Sunday this week: ‘Wedding; Marry; Diamond; Ring; Cake’. It must be matrimony, right? Sorry, but I’m not biting on that one – although I have absolutely nothing against the state of matrimony; far from it. However, maybe it says something about…
Weekly Song Challenge: Round 22
Having sat out last week’s round – a consequence of sheer idleness on my part – I’m back on Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge for Round 22. Rules: – Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post. – Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions. – Tag two…
Song Lyric Sunday: Magic and Mystery – ‘Love Potion Number 9’
An intriguing theme set by Jim this week for Song Lyric Sunday: ‘Hamlet/Magic/Mystery/Supernatural/Trick. So lots of scope for artistic interpretation – just like ‘Hamlet’ itself. This song by Lieber and Stoller surely fits the brief and was was originally a hit for US group The Clovers in 1959, but this is the version that I…
Song Lyric Sunday: Chinese Zodiac – ‘White Rabbit’
Jim has set us the task for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday of posting a song that features one of the animals that make up the signs of the Chinese Zodiac Not that I pay much – indeed, any – attention to astrology, but I suppose it is quite cool to have been born in…
Weekly Song Challenge: Round 20
Once again, I’m playing along with the weekly Song Challenge hosted by Laura at lauravent69. Here are the rules: Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post. Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions. Tag two people to participate I’m not tagging anyone, but if you happen…
Song Lyric Sunday: Questions – ‘How Many More Times?’
Jim has selected the broad theme of ‘questions’ for Song Lyric Sunday this week, and this was the first thing that came into my head. Deadheads (guilty) often talk about what’s been called ‘the click of affinity’: the moment when you’re listening to the Dead and you suddenly get it. In my case – should…
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