Brian Ferry: Roxy Music Do I ever wonder?More than words can sayHeaven knows it’s hard enough to prayLet me tell you something There’s a change in meEven now you’re gone you’ll always beMy only loveDoes it seem so funny For a fool to cry?Do you know the meaning of goodbye?There’s a river flowingBy a willow… Read More My only love
First posted July 04, 2018 In Chile, a fascist junta in two years, wiped out 30,000 of the population, imprisoned 200,000 and left 22,000 widows and 66,000 orphans…the operation under the management of Augusto Pinochet, was fired off by a collective comprising the CIA, the State Department and American business interests. Read about Milton Friedman’s contribution here.… Read More Victor Jara murder: ex-military officers sentenced in Chile for 1973 death
Mika sings Any other world In any other world you could tell the differenceAnd let it all unfurl into broken remnants Smile like you mean it and let yourself let go ‘Cause it’s all in the hands of a bitter, bitter manSay goodbye to the world you thought you lived inTake a bow, play the… Read More Mika: Any other world
One of the most beautiful songs by one of my favourite bands from the late 1960’s. Dilip Song by The Moody Blues Once upon a timeOnce when you were mineI remember skiesReflected in your eyes I wonder where you areI wonder if you think about meOnce upon a timeIn your wildest dreams Once the world… Read More Your Wildest Dreams
Her debut album Parakou was released in 1990, but it took her hit song Agolo for her to burst into global reckoning and galvanise the world’s dance floors in 1994. In the Yoruba language “agolo” refers to the metaphysical significance of time, a cyclical phenomenon conjoining life with death – life being a gift that must be cherished and… Read More Angelique Kidjo: the diva from Benin carries with her a fierce history
There is always music, that deathless hope First posted January 22, 2013 When Barbara sings “Dis” to an absent lover, she is not just asking when he’ll return. She is showing she can get by without him. Alone is not that bad. There are other consolations. There is always music, that deathless hope. The post-war… Read More ‘But children are the same, In Paris or in Goettingen’: the song that made history. Will someone sing for us?
“I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it’s not some place you can look for. Because it’s not where you go. It’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re a part of something. And if you find that moment…it lasts forever.” Dario Feat – Voices We sailed… Read More Dario G Feat. Vanessa Quinones – Voices
Fade to white A new horizon bathed in light Got to tell you my love, its easy We only have to plant the seed Got to tell you my love, its easy We only have to plant the seed Fade to white A new horizon bathed in light A new beginning You have to believe… Read More The Slow Readers Club: Plant The Seed
Harlem River talk to meTell me what you think aboutHarlem river I’m in love love love loveHarlem River talk to meWhere’ we headed nowHarlem River I’m in love love love loveAll because of you In my pearl and my diamond shoeI climbed a cloudNow i stole the moonHarlem RiverAll because of you And Harlem River… Read More Harlem River
NB: Aaron Sorkin’s film The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a tribute to the people of conscience who resisted the imperialist war on Vietnam. I salute the comrades of our generation for whom the struggle of the Vietnamese people was an emblem of human solidarity against injustice. Over 3 million Vietnamese were killed, and… Read More Celeste – Hear My Voice: from The Trial of the Chicago 7
After the truth-shower 