To celebrate, I’m posting my hiking highlights of the past year.
I got a cheap drone December 2021 and most of the clips are from the drone.
My favourite music of 2022 was by Odesza — so it’s appropriate that the soundtrack is one of their songs: Wide Awake.
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My favourite Christmas carol.
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Bing died just over a month after recording it.
Many tributes have been made, including Colbert & Willie Nelson.
New to me is the Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly – Funny or Die. (VIDEO)
Of many exhibitions and museums I visited in the hometown of the Beatles, best for me was British Music Experience.
Born 1957, it was like walking through a timeline of my life:
Beatles ➙ Petula Clark ➙ Stones ➙ Kinks ➙ The Who ➙ Pink Floyd ➙ Led Zeppelin ➙ Queen ➙ The Police ➙ UB40 ➙ The Clash ➙ The Smiths ➙ Arctic Monkeys ➙ Coldplay ➙ Amy Winehouse ➙ Adele ➙ Ed Sheeran … to name a few artists who had great influence on me.
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I got closer to a hologram than ever before. Local boy Boy George.
The history of popular music in the UK is told through a narrative divided up into galleries with common components. …
There is an interactive timeline in each of the galleries. …
Wikipedia
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I love the Pharrell Williams classic. It makes me HAPPY.
But this version is even better. 😀
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Original and excellent song and video.
“Work Song” (2014) possesses gospel backing vocals and church-like hand-claps, with literary themes of love, sin, and religion returning to the record. …
Hozier shot the video the day after the Grammy Awards, and reportedly woke up with an “outrageous hangover” during the shoot.
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Steve Vai is often listed one of the greatest guitarists all time.
And he fits right in with Polyphia.
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I never loved Elvis. Never listened to his music.
I did go to Graceland once — but only to make fun of the kitsch. 😀
Due to great reviews, I finally did see the new film ➙ Elvis.
Austin Butler did channel Elvis well.
At times it was edited more like a YouTube video than a Hollywood blockbuster. That was a brave choice. A modern twist on an American icon.
It is long at 2-hour-and-39-minutes. But they started with a four-hour cut including scenes of Presley with his first girlfriend, Dixie, and his meeting with President Richard Nixon in 1970.
I suspect the next future Elvis biopic will be darker. More realistic. And the role of Colonel Parker will be less prominent.
Thumbs up from this critic.
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Imagine all the people living life in peace
You, you may say I’m a dreamer (Dreamer)
But I’m not the only one (Not the only one)
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
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Odesza are genius.
They are increasingly finding ways to marry electronica with real instruments and passionate vocals.
Collaborations.
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“Mexico” was the opening track of his 1975 album Gorilla. …
Graham Nash and David Crosby sing backup vocals.
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It’s been covered by many, many others. Jimmy Buffet OFTEN. 😀
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Rick McCharles 