(MacNaughton 1975) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Winner 1988) Appointment with Death
(Leifer 2019) Plebs: Ep.1 ― The Orgy
(Jones 1979) Monty Python’s Life of Brian
(Delacroix 1952) Le rossignol et les cloches
(Hall 1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(Lewin 1959) Journey to the Center of the Earth
(Teuschl 2017) Highway to the Arctic [Highway zum Polarmeer: Kanadas Eisstraßen]
Author Archives: Phil Paine
FILMS — JANUARY 2025
First-time listening for JANUARY 2025
26818. (Irving Berlin) “Putin’ On the Ritz”
Grosse Point Blank Soundtrack:
. . . . 26819. (Violent Femmes) “Blister in the Sun”
. . . . [781] (Clash) “Rudie Can’t Fail”
. . . . 26820. (English Beat) “Mirror in the Bathroom”
. . . . [14894] (David Bowie & Queen) “Under Pressure”
. . . . 26821. (Johnny Nash) “I Can See Clearly Now”
. . . . 26822. (Guns N’ Roses) “Live & Let Die”
. . . . 26823. (Faith No More) “We Care a Lot”
. . . . 26824. (Specials) “Pressure Drop”
. . . . 26825. (Jam) “Absolute Beginners”
. . . . 26826. (Clash) “Armagideon Time”
. . . . 26827. (Fabulosos Cadillacs) “El Matador”
. . . . 26828. (Pete Townshend) “Let My Love Open the Door” [E. Cola mix]
. . . . 26829. (Violent Femmes) “Blister 2000”
26830. (Gérard Barbeau) “La mer”
26831. (Gérard Barbeau) “Villanelle”
26832. (Gérard Barbeau) “Sérénade”
26833. (Gérard Barbeau) “Maman”
26834. (Gérard Barbeau) “Sainte nuit”
26835. (Gérard Barbeau) “Adeste fideles”
26836. (Gérard Barbeau) “Ave Maria”
26837. (Gérard Barbeau) “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”
26838. (Gérard Barbeau) “Tristesse [Tout est fini]”
READING — JANUARY 2025
25358. (Allen Hodges Lindley-French) Future War and the Defence of Europe
25359. (Jared Yates Sexton) The Midnight Kingdom ― A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming
. . . . . Crisis
25360. (Magdelina Kitanova) Youth Political Participation in the EU: Evidence from a Cross-national
. . . . . Analysis [article]
25361. (T. Mannarini, M. Legittimo & C. Talò) Determinants of Social and Political Participation
. . . . . Among Youth [article]
25362. (Ted Anthony) Chasing the Rising Sun ― The Journey of an American Song
25363. (Clifford C. Richey) Ancient Fish Depictions [article]
25364. (Anne Applebaum) Autocracy, Inc. ― The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
25365. (Agnieszka Szymczak) Qumayrah Valley, Northern Hajjar Mountains, Oman: Late Islamic Period
. . . . . Remains in the Archaeological Record [article]
25366. (Henry A. Giroux) Democracy’s Promise and Education’s Challenge [article]
25366. (Christina Sunley) The Tricking of Freya
25367. (Elle Reeve) Black Pill ― How I Witnessed the Dark Corners of the Internet Come to Life,
. . . . . Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
Churches Should Pay to House the Homeless
It’s estimated that churches in Canada own approximately $26,406,700,000 in land and buildings that they pay little or no taxes on. In 2018 alone, they were exempted from $881,838,422 in municipal taxes, and that is a typical yearly figure [source: Centre for Inquiry Canada report for 2021]. In order to maintain their ridiculous privileged status, every church should be required to pay for the housing and care for an appropriate number of homeless people —- and this should be carried out by secular officials so that they don’t use this as an opportunity to impose their religion on helpless people. This is simple justice. Any religious organization that opposes such a measure would only reveal that their religion is phony, and that their operations are a scam. If they do not agree to this, they should be treated as the commercial enterprises that they really are.
FILMS — DECEMBER 2024
(Kaufman 1978) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(Hooper 1986) Invaders from Mars
(Young 1956) Zarak
(Landis 1980) The Blues Brothers
(Capra 1946) It’s a Wonderful Life
(Hitchcock 1963) The Birds
(Iannucci 2017) The Death of Stalin
(Cheslick 2022) Hundreds of Beavers
(Powell 1941) The 49th Parallel
First-time listening for December 2024
26800. (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cantata #109 “Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben”, bwv.109
26801. (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cantata #110 “Unser Mund sei voll Lachens”, bwv.110
26802. (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cantata #111 “Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit“, bwv.111
26803. (Arrogant Worms) Gift Wrapped
26804. (Swindle) Long Live Jazz
26805. (Blackpink) The Album
26806. (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cantata #112 “Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt”, bwv.112
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READING — DECEMBER 2024
25347. (Elwin W. Midgett) An Accounting Primer
25348. (Jared Yates Sexton) American Rule ― How a Nation Conquered the World
25349. (David Gilmartin) Towards a Global History of Voting: Sovereignty, the Diffusion of
. . . . . Ideas, and the Enchanted Individual [article]
25350. (Rick Mercer) Rick Mercer Report ― The Paperback Book
25351. (Filippo Zimmaro, et al) Emergence of Cooperation in the One-shot Prisoner’s Dilemma
. . . . . through Discriminatory and Samaritan AIs [article]
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