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Category Archives: Music
Leaving our flag behind
Leaving Our Flag Behind Maybe in 2018 we’ll turn on the news and hear that there’s been an outbreak of peace. Everywhere. Wow.
Posted in Music, Personal
Tagged Leaving Our Flag Behind, piano, song
Happy Christmas!
Happy Christmas to all my readers! My gifts to you for Xmas 2013 are exclusive previews of two new songs by my wonderfully talented daughter, Lisa: Judgement Day [audio:http://speedofdarkblog.com/audio/judgement_day.mp3] In A Mother’s Eyes [audio:http://speedofdarkblog.com/audio/in_a_mothers_eyes.mp3]
Posted in Music
Tagged In A Mother's Eyes, Judgement Day, lisa winship
What do feelings sound like?
Music has a way of touching the soul like nothing else can. It can be a therapeutic way to work through all kinds of emotional trauma including the loss of a loved one. This year’s Song of the Year at … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Connie Harrington, Country Music Awards, Jared Monti, Lee Brice, Medal of Honor, Paul Monti
Black Christmas
In keeping (loosely) with the theme of this website, here’s the Speed Of Dark’s featured Christmas music video for 2012. Poly Styrene passed away on April 25th 2011. She was a bi-racial feminist singer who fronted X-Ray Spex, a London … Continue reading
Make a list this Christmas
Heinz Frozen UK has announced that ‘Fairytale Of New York’ by The Pogues (featuring Kirsty MacColl) is the nations’ “favourite Christmas song to cook to”. The song, first released in 1987 , is also top of the list as far as drivers … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Fairytale Of New York, Garmin, Heinz Frozen UK, Kirsty MacColl, lisa winship, Make It Snow This Christmas, Pogues
Problems caused and solved by alcohol!
So the Royal College of Psychiatrists has issued a report recommending that the safe limits for drinking alcohol by older people should be drastically cut. Yet another unwarranted intrusion into our lives by the nanny state. Hardly a day goes … Continue reading
Celebration, Florida
Celebration, Florida, the new album by The Felice Brothers – the first sonic masterpiece of the 21st century?
Posted in Music
Tagged Celebration, Celebration Florida, Ponzi, The Felice Brothers
Sweet and dandy
A remake of “The Harder They Come” is scheduled to hit the big screen in the summer of 2012. The 1972 classic film featured Jimmy Cliff in the story of Ivanhoe Martin, a poor Jamaican who becomes a reggae singer … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Jimmy Cliff, reggae, Rhyging, Sweet and Dandy, The Harder They Come, Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert
