Showing posts with label CDs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CDs. Show all posts

Friday, November 11, 2022

Senses working overtime #392

1 Hollow City




Edward Hooper's portraits of urban alienation.


2 The Beatles' Revolver redux.



An article cunningly title 'How Peter Jackson broke up The Beatles'


3 Too many songs, not enough hits

And no stars. What's wrong with today's pop world!





4 Awareness and acceptance



Why it's important to build a bridge.


5 The CD revival





Overtime: Commitment

"One good day does not mean you can coast tomorrow. You never have it fully licked. Making good choices is an endless process. Many areas of life that we value most—our relationships, our fitness, our craft—require a continual commitment."

James Clear

Friday, December 24, 2021

Senses working overtime #346

1 That prince of food - the donut




2 The power of the CD




Tagline - 'If vinyl is for hipsters and streaming is for everyone else, maybe the forgotten format is for you'.


3 RIP Joan Didion

“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.”

 

4 Water

Margaret Atwood on being like water:

"Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does."


5 How Christmas has evolved over the centuries




Overtime: More Joan

“…quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean “love” in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in love with the city, the way you love the first person who ever touches you and you never love anyone quite that way again. I remember walking across Sixty-second Street one twilight that first spring, or the second spring, they were all alike for a while. I was late to meet someone but I stopped at Lexington Avenue and bought a peach and stood on the corner eating it and knew that I had come out out of the West and reached the mirage.”

― Joan Didion

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Senses working overtime #168

1 Perceptive essay on Star Wars anyone?


This one is worth reading (thanks James for the heads up)

2 Romelu Lukaku



Excellent autobiographical piece by the Belgium striker.

3 Goodbye CDs and downloads, welcome back - vinyl!

I have a lot of CDs, but I have even more records! I'm not sad about the prospect of buying less CDs and more vinyl!

4 Open offices? Hmmmm...


Interesting article.

5 Margalit Fox
Terrific piece on her retirement as an obit. writer.

Overtime - Candelas (thanks to Eleri)