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"Everything changes and nothing remains still, you cannot step twice into the same stream" vs. Occidentali's Karma

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Francesco Gabbani won Festival di Sanremo 2017 with his catchy song “Occidentali’s Karma” (“Westerners’ Karma”) and will represent Italy during Eurovison 2017 song contest. You don't often hear quotes from William Shakespeare and Erich Fromm in the the first two lines of a song: Excerpts from the lyrics: "Internet experts, Honorary members of the selfie-addicted anonymous Cleverness is out of fashion, Easy answers, Pointless dilemmas. Whatever happens, panta rhei And 'Singing in The Rain'." The phrase panta rhei, "everything flows" either was spoken by Heraclitus or survived as a quotation of his. This famous aphorism used to characterize Heraclitus' thought comes from Simplicius, a neoplatonist, and from Plato's Cratylus. The word rhei is the Greek word for "to stream", and is etymologically related to Rhea according to Plato's Cratylus. The philosophy of Heraclitus is summed up in his cryptic utterance: "Ever-newer waters fl...

The Corrs are back with a new album

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The Corrs are back with a new album, here is one of the singles: The Corrs - I Do What I Like - recorded at Church Studios: The first single from the album: The Corrs - Bring On The Night - recorded at Church Studios:

Drummer Leonard Haze's thoughts on old age and dying

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Leonard Haze was a great drummer. He passed away in his sleep last weekend at age 61. I saw him on tour with Ian Gillan in 1992 and the whole band was amazing. He had this humongous Ludwig drum kit and was a powerful drummer. Lenny Haze recorded the Toolbox album with Gillan, one of the songs from the album, Don't hold me back, is linked below: Considering the recent deaths of many rock and roll greats, this Facebook post by Lenny from January seems very relevant: Leonard Haze, thinking about a lot of things . January 2: "That's enough. Why is it so hard to get old ? You loose friends as you go. With Bill F rates today that's for me since Christmas a total of 4 people I know passing away. Christmas eve my step daughter Danielle Galvin ' s Aunt & best friend at 36. From something she didn't know about. Lemmy two days after Christmas something he just discovered. Bill Frates today. I heard he was very I'll but still. You add on Mark Weaver & I am sorr...

"We'll just go in and do some work."

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Angus Young from AC/DC in Rolling Stone : "Malcolm was always one to battle through. He would look at me in times of crisis and go, "We'll just go in and do some work. We'll sit and write some songs." He had that drive, and I feel obligated to keep it going, maybe because I was there in the beginning with him. When you sign on and say, "I'm gonna do this and that," it's always good to say at the end of it, "I've done all I said I would do." That was always the idea, especially when we were younger – me, Malcolm, Bon. You had to show up and be on time." It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll, AC/DC: Read more here: AC/DC's Angus Young Talks Retirement, Malcolm Young Health Update http://buff.ly/2ctJepx

Prince, June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016

"Prince recorded the great majority of his music entirely on his own, playing every instrument and singing every vocal line." - NYTimes . "Musicians who worked with Prince came away stunned by his near-maniacal work ethic and rare energy. He was known for only needing about three hours of sleep a night. After finishing multi-hour shows on tour, he would peel off to a local club and continue playing until nearly dawn. It’s one reason, he said, that he handled so many of the instruments on so many of his albums — he’s the only guy up at 5 a.m. recording. “The curse part of it is that it physically drains you,” Prince told The Post in 2004, “when you try to do everything that comes into your head. Like right now, I could write a song. If I go over there,” he said, gesturing toward the instruments, “and start noodling around, I’ll write a song. Because I hear stuff all the time. I can make something out of nothing.”- Wash Post .