The singer/songwriter genre is the most esteemed category of ‘popular’ music. Continue reading
Archive for August, 2014
Billy Joel – ‘She’s Always A Woman To Me.’
Posted in Music, Observation, Real Men with tags Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, easy-listening, Piano Man, She's Always a Woman To Me, The Stranger on August 28, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Congratulations, Mick and Josina
Posted in Observation with tags A Midsummer Night's Dream, Josina Murray, marriage, Mick Valentine, Puck, Shakespeare, wedding on August 24, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Mick Valentine married Josina Murray on Saturday. He’s a lucky man; she’s a wonderful woman. I’m sure they deserve each other. I wish for them all the very best.
“If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended –
That you have but slumbered here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend.
If you pardon, we will mend.
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to ‘scape the serpent’s tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call.
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.”
-Shakespeare,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Hard Hank: My Hero
Posted in Observation, Real Men with tags Henry Rollins, Robin Williams, suicide on August 24, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Henry Rollins has always been one of my heroes. I was disturbed to read the following piece, published in the LA Weekly in reaction to Robin Williams’ tragic suicide.
I was deeply impressed to read his public apology posted on his personal website shortly after.
The man has the courage of his convictions.
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The Ups and Downs: ‘Bangin’ Ben Edwards and the Vicissitudes of Fate
Posted in Ben Edwards, Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Badr hari, Ben Edwards, Bulldog Gym, Ernesto Hoost, Errol Zimmerman, Evolution, Glory International, Jamal Ben Saddik, Jamie McCuaig, Mark Hunt, Nick Boutzos, Paul Slowinski, Peter Aerts, Ray Sefo, Ruslan Karaev, Steve McKinnon, Stuart McKinnon on August 22, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, July/August 2014
The greatest careers are marked by severe vicissitudes of fate. Fight fans talk about the great clashes; Aerts and Hoost, Hunt and Sefo, Hari and Karaev. What they don’t talk about are the ups and downs a professional fighter goes through from fight to fight, like a ship that sails on a stormy sea. Continue reading
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The Dark Side of Unconditional Love
Posted in Observation, Reading with tags Bill Sikes, Charles Dickens, Nancy, Oliver Twist on August 12, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
It is said that unconditional love is the kind of love we should aspire to; it’s the state of loving in which you love someone, regardless of whether they love you in return, or even treat you well. It is to achieve a state of selflessness as a result of your feelings.
It has occurred to me that this is not always a good thing. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 