A.C. Weir
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THe Velvet Path of Glory
Thouhts From a Trench
Back To The South
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Glaswegian A.C. (Alex) Weir releases his debut album at 77 years of age!The music business has been transformed in the last couple of decades, but one of the plus points of the new digital landscape must surely be that tec.
more »hnology makes it possible now for a man of 77, who had only previously performed at family gatherings, to release his debut album. All the songs on This has been me since yesterday were written by Alex Weir, a Glaswegian who in his spare time, accumulated a significant body of work over the years. Original versions of his songs were recorded on an old reel to reel tape recorder at various points from the mid-60s to the early 90s, but were never designed for public consumption. The decision to re-create them in a modern studio setting was taken after a conversation between Alex and his two sons in the autumn of 2016; the subsequent r
Ministering to the hurting flock
A husband and wife were looking forward to the birth of their first child. The birth of the baby was a joyful event, but that joy evaporated quickly. A few days later, the father, mother, a few close relatives, and I were standing in a cemetery, looking at a tiny casket. Their baby had died. All were grief-stricken.
What was I to say to the parents? “Trust God, everything will be all right”? I read Scripture, prayed, and stood with the parents. What would you have said? What would you have done?
And then there was the student from England who came to the United States to pursue graduate studies. During the Christmas break, she came to New York City to spend the school break with some of the youth from our church. One Saturday night, she, along with church youth, was collecting funds for community projects. She started crossing a street and was hit by a car. A few hours later, she died. We knew what happened. In England, vehicles travel on the l
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Oscars Break Another Record With 105 Eligible Songs, But Trent Reznor’s ‘Mank’ Tune Isn’t One of Them
Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “(If Only You Could) Save Me” was written for David Fincher’s film, but it didn’t make the Academy’s largest-ever eligibility listSteve Pond | February 4, 2021 @ 5:16 PM Last Updated: February 5, 2021 @ 5:27 PM
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This year’s Oscars have set a new record for the largest number of entries ever in the Best Original Song category, but the 105 eligible songs do not include Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “(If Only You Could) Save Me,” a 1930s-style big band song from “Mank” that was recently nominated for the second annual Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards.
The not-singing bird
With endless silence. David Olney
People say it was a poetic exit. I assure you, NOBODY wants to die onstage figuratively or literally. On Jan. 18, Americana pioneer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, pre-pandemic streamcaster, actor, and my longtime client and good friend David Olney died of an apparent heart attack midsong. He was center stage between Amy Rigby and Scott Miller at the 30A Songwriter Festival in the Florida panhandle. His last words: “I’m sorry.” His mantra, however, was, “Always be true to the song.”
Understanding the covenant between the audience and performer, David earned rapt attention from folks wondering how to classify what they were witnessing. Was it country? Folk? Blues? Vaudeville? Scottish newspaper
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Investor Kevin O’Leary presented at the inaugural Benzinga Global Small Cap Conference. Among the many topics he covered in his presentation was his thoughts on SPACs.
O’Leary On SPACs: SPACs are a competition to private equity, O’Leary told Benzinga s Jason Raznick on Wednesday.
“The key to SPACs is the sponsor,” O’Leary said. Among the SPACs that O’Leary has bought are ones from Bill Ackman, Michael Klein and Alec Gores.
“I only buy the deals where I know the sponsor has been a player successfully in private equity.”
The team at Ackman’s SPAC, which is