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Both have their pluses, but I have always leaned to Fall for some reason.
Listen to an old favorite album or try something new?
I have noticed that I often lean before I fall... oh, sorry, did you mean Autumn? 😋
I am always open to something new. One can listen to an old favourite anytime, but what if you missed something new and it never found you again?
Beethoven or Berlin?
If it's not windy, an umbrella (I have a light-up one, like in Bladerunner!)
Dismal, rainy winter evening (not windy), or sun-drenched summer day?
I was listening to a little Rachmaninoff. Not a composer that I have really listened to, to be honest. Although I am very fond of his Variations on a theme of Paganini.
Anyway, I was listening to this piece, Piano concerto No.2, 2nd movement, when I suddenly realised that it was extremely familiar. I am sure that the music buffs among us will know the song from way back in 1975... don't you?
Whisky in the Jar was a great song by Thin Lizzy, Here, Metallica does it no harm at all.
I have just watched a couple of films on Netflix. The first, Hurricane, is a tale of the Polish airmen who fought in the Battle of Britain. It is absolutely dire! The CGI is like a low-grade video game and the portrayal of the RAF and Poles is ridiculous.
In contrast, the second movie is called The War Below. Apparently made with a budget of only £500,000, the photography and acting are superb. It is about a group of miners who tunnelled beneath the German Trenches at Messines Ridge in 1917. Whilst not entirely historically accurate due to the limitations of the budget, it depicts the true story of the biggest man-made explosion ever before experienced. It is said that the explosion was heard in London some 140 miles away. I highly recommend it.
Music, on the rare occasions that I listen to the radio.
Local radio or National radio?
I can say that I am not a fan of Ed Sheeran by any stretch of the imagination. However, here is a more than passable cover of I See Fire by German band, Feuerschwanz.
The song that inspired my story. Ticket to the Moon - ELO
I'm good with a live stream. Concerts are too peopley.
Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell?
