![]() ![]() I've never seen it.īut I won't be going to church regularly, at my age that looks a bit desperate, like cramming for your finals. Someday soon I'll settle in for Dr Zhivago I think. I watch old black'n'white movies from time to time because they were classics of their genre but had gone past me. But I don't.Īt 72 – and I thought this at 22 – I'm allowed to listen to whatever I like.Īnd I surprise myself by what I do like, most of what has appealed in the past few months has been made by adventurous women under 30. I know I should be listening to more EDM, hip-hop and whatever. I listen to jazz which isn't that common – despite my best efforts for decades to get people at least a little curious – and I still love power-pop and guitar-driven music. Currently I'm reading a biography of Benjamin Franklin having just finished books on the occult in New Zealand, one about a Danish explorer of the early 20 th century and a huge book about Paul McCartney in the years when the Beatles broke up and he launched a solo career. I'll also admit that I read stuff which anyone under 25 – if they read at all – would consider fuddy-duddy or just plain stupid interests. I listen with genuine pleasure to music made by people half and sometimes a third my age, although I'll concede there are large swathes of music I'm not interested in. ![]() They aren't old and – aside from the odd ache and certainly some laboured breathing as a result of whooping cough as a child and a recent debilitating bout of RSV – I don't feel old either. which, when you are 72, is quite considerable. I've noticed that some people who write and have an outlet are talking about getting old, and they tend to write in a somewhat affected fuddy-duddy manner as if that is what age has conferred on them.Īnd these people are often considerably younger than me, by that I mean by seven or eight years. So I went to church, to do little more than enjoy the singing of the choir and to take a little time to think, give thanks and – despite not being religious – offer prayers, thoughts a better word, for those I love and especially those currently suffering.Īnd out of intellectual curiosity more than anything, to hear what the sermon might be about. Business which, of course, could never be finished.Īnd thinking that I was coming up on being 72 and he died about five months after his 73 rdbirthday there was just something in the back of my mind. There was never any great schism in life but his death – way back in 1986 – was so sudden that there always seemed to me to be some unfinished business. It was a rare dream about him and an even rarer one where everything was fine between us. Some weeks ago I'd had a dream about my dad in which we held each other in an almost palpably loving embrace. Maybe there was some other reason why I went back, intimations of mortality perhaps. I've said previously that, when traveling, a cemetery is actually a nice place to visit: the grave inscriptions are often interesting and perhaps slightly exotic, and the place is always quiet. I didn't go back to St Andrew's Church in Epsom for any great religious reason, but a few months ago Megan and I went for a long walk around that area I knew so well as a kid and we ended up walking through the cemetery outside. Maybe even some or all of whatever children they might have had. I would guess unless he has excellent genes he is gone by now, his younger wife too no doubt. I mean back as in, just going literally back to the church where more than 60 years previous I had sung in the choir at my primary school teacher Mr Slaney's wedding. Not back as in, rejoining The Church and a faith I'd lost, in the manner of those great English writers who suddenly embrace Roman Catholicism. Written by H.Today, on my 72 nd birthday I went back to the church. In honor of the dearly departed drama, we give you the 13 Great Songs Used On Breaking Bad. Plus, often times, the songs lyrics or message would overlap with the themes of the episodes. The show used a variety of songs to add an additional dimension to the craft of the show. No, it didn’t feature a large amount of current hits like The OC, Gossip Girls or most notably Entourage-but the songs featured on Breaking Bad were great in their own regard. The soundtrack is as equally amazing as its other components. At least Breaking Bad went out on top thanks to the show’s stellar writing and acting.īut, you know what, Breaking Bad was a well-rounded show. (We dare not reveal anything that happened in case you haven't seen it yet.) We plan on mourning its absence by re-watching it until the end of time on Netflix or by simply trying to find another show on-air that’s just as good. Last night, the series finale, aptly titled "Felina," aired and ended the show's incredible run. ![]() ![]() Breaking Bad gave us five seasons of stellar television and now it's all over. ![]()
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