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Just three more quick notes about my book: 1. If you have any musical ability, several of the poems are just waiting to be song lyrics and you can use them to make some nice music. Please 🙂. No need to ask for permission! Just copy me on the song! 2. In the prose section, “Meditations” near the end of the book, there are several real gems hidden away; I mean REAL GEMS, ideas that only come from 50+ years of intense thinking and that are dying to be extended by thoughtful readers into revolutionary projects, programs , books, etc. I think these are really meaningful but I am too old to carry them forward myself. 3. Thanks to all who have purchased the book. It is off to a good start. Now I hope someone of you steps up and becomes the first to write and submit a review on Amazon. Thanks everybody. P.S. Sorry to self promote the book so much. It’s just that I spent so much time, effort, blood, sweat and tears writing it, I want it to reach a readership. It’s not about money, I just really feel that the book has merit and interesting stuff and ideas that should be exposed. https://lnkd.in/eUequxTi

here's the original, unedited version of the chapter in my book, Gord Downie, where I wrote about the Tragically Hip's unabashed Canadianness https://lnkd.in/ea7t5tD2

My latest book review.

Here is my review of Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention by Greg Prato (also narrated by the author) https://lnkd.in/edQa4qgW #pop #rock #metal #funk #hiphop #audiobook #review

Highly recommend having a new book arrive on World Book Day, wish I could say that was intentional on my part, but I think it might have been for The Do Book Co. as Do/ Conversation is out today! This book dives deep into the world of conversation. It explores and celebrates this essential human skill that we think we’re terrible at, but we’re naturally really good! Through conversation, we connect with each other, develop ideas and make sense of the world. It’s a musical thing, like jazz or birdsong; more ‘call and response’ than question and answer. Rob writes: ‘Later today you will have a conversation of some kind. When you do, you have the precious chance to connect with your own experience and the people you are talking with and, as a result, become more alive.’ Credit: Do Book Co, Robert Poynton, Jim Marsden, James Victore and Helena Dolby I can’t wait to read it 📖 #WorldBookDay #DoConversation #DoBreathe #DoBookCo

Great review of my latest book!

Blue Pencil's Film & Music related books are available at Kunzum Books, 60, Block M Market, GK-2, New Delhi If you are a bookworm who loves to browse bookshelves, here's where you can pick up our titles: * Shyam: A Star Forgotten * Majrooh Sultanpuri: The Poet For All Reasons * Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman * Director's Chair - Hindi Cinema's Golden Age * The Unforgettable Music of Hemant Kumar * Murmurs: Silent Steals with Soumitra Chatterjee * Guide, The Film: Perspectives * The Cinema of Mrinal Sen: A Quest for the Unresolved Enjoy! #books #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm See less

You can read about that, and other interesting books, here: Experiments in style did you know that Queneau had the idea from Bach’s Goldberg Variations? https://lnkd.in/eV-rphPv #Books

Time Has Passed Us By: An extract from our new book https://lnkd.in/guYR-gkA

🌟 Lines of My Life: A Mystical Journey from Birth to Elder Age 🌿🎶 #ZenithApex #Runway #Storybook Get ready for Day 102, with today's prompt: Storybook! Embark on a mystical journey through the life of a traveler, captured in stunning visuals from birth to elder age. Experience the twists and turns, joys and tears, and the hidden stories within. Set to introspective folk acoustic music, this video brings the lyrics of 'Lines of My Life' to life.