Winter Solstice: Where The Light Gets In
The ‘holiday’ period represents a long history of transition from an old year into a new one. In the western world, it traditionally starts with Winter Solstice (although there are many other observations that take place earlier), but opens up a period of time when many cultures celebrate the ‘resurrection of the sun’. As the year winds down, what are your resolutions, assuming you get sucked up into that kind of thinking at this time of year?
Own a Piece of Music History
Ian Curtis of Joy Division met an untimely and unfortunate death by suicide on May 18, 1980. While his band members went on to shape the music of the 1980s in the form of New Order, he would never enjoy the fruits of his early labours. Fast forward to today – 40...
Some thoughts on completing Pacifica’s Applied Mythology Certificate
Some thoughts on celebrating the completion of Pacifica’s ‘Applied Mythology’ Certificate.
Some Hindsight for 2020
2020. What a year.
Covid Music: Don’t You Forget About Me
Don’t You Forget About Me is a perfect addition to any 80s soundtrack but almost wasn’t recorded by the band Simple Minds. Anyone that knows anything about the movie Breakfast Club will instantly appreciated the Covid context of waiting.