I think of Eugene O Neills words when I think about Gerry Rafferty a beautiful songwriter who wrote upbeat groovy tunes. Like many of my favourite artists he was a perfectionist socially awkward who had been disillusioned by the music business and its pernicious grip on your spirit after legal...
These artists not only have the abilty to spit, but they can vocally sing as well. They are a double threat that are dared to be matched. This is The Greatest ...
Beyond her music, Spears ventured into acting with the lead role in the movie Crossroads and served as a judge on the reality TV show The X Factor. Her influence extends to fashion and perfume lines, solidifying her status as a versatile entertainer. Despite her professional success, Spears'...
The Robert Johnson legend goes that he gained his guitar virtuosity from the Devil after a midnight meeting at a Crossroads, as described in the song he recorded back in the 1930s – and rejuvenated nearly 40 years later by Eric Clapton and Cream. The 29 songs he recorded (plus 12 alterna...
01 – Clive Swift, Actor (UK) – played Richard Bucket on the BBC soap opera “Keeping Up Appearances” (1990-’95) – age 82 03 – Julie Adams, Actress – starred in “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954), Eve Simpson on “Murder, She Wrote” (1984-’96) – age 92 03 – ...
“I saw millions of refugees from once proud and wealthy (or from potentially wealthy) countries that were ruined by the West”, he wrote. The current world order, Vltchek observed, is that of total supremacy of western civilisation, of white Americans and white Europeans, and every act of ...
The Band (1969):The Band's second album somehow manages to sound like its famous sepia-toned cover: dusty, ancient and infused with timeless classicism. Robbie Robertson wrote like he was reporting from the Civil War's front lines; the rest of the group played like they were coming from ...
( I wrote this memory of a barracks Christmas when I first started blogging, and expanded it for my memoir –from which this long reminiscence is pulled. I was stationed in Japan, then, a junior airman assigned to the FEN detachment.) All during the year, Thea and I had not given up...
If I wrote only one book review this month (that is now looking fairly certain) the book review I had to write was this one. Despite having another terrible month in blogging terms, I have enjoyed what I have been reading, and the highlight of the month has been this long awaited biog...
The Band (1969):The Band's second album somehow manages to sound like its famous sepia-toned cover: dusty, ancient and infused with timeless classicism. Robbie Robertson wrote like he was reporting from the Civil War's front lines; the rest of the group played like they were coming from ...