Five Playlists
Here's a top tip for blogging: don't commit to a schedule of two posts a week the day before you exchange contracts to move house. With the move happening later…
Tag: Music
Playlist: Good Vibrations
I'll be the first to admit that this playlist didn't have the same thought and consideration put into it as Driving or Resistance - it was more about throwing some…
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Christianity in Runrig’s music
One of my favourite bands is the Scottish folk/rock band Runrig. They primarily sing songs about Scotland, occasionally with an overtly nationalist bent but more typically about the Scottish landscape,…
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Two Misunderstood Works
This post examines the way Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' and Kipling's 'The Ballad of East and West' are often misinterpreted through a literal reading of their most famous lines…
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Five Questions Meme
With thanks to liv for posting the meme and for setting me the questions below. For those not familiar, the way it works is that anyone who would like questions…
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On the Categorisation of Hymns
NB: This is intended to be a light-hearted and not entirely serious piece. I do not consider the classification below to be based on far reaching principles or to have…
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Driving Music
A driving playlist I created a few weeks ago. I was doing a lot of motorway driving at the time, so this primarily consists of upbeat, energetic tracks; the sort…