My mother was brought up in a #coalmining community near Big Pit, Blaenavon, where her father worked all his life. The miners’ skin was black & many had respiratory problems.
This is the subject of my #fragmentsfriday poem with thanks to @MatthewMCSmith@blackboughpoems#poetry
TFI Friday in 1999 features The New Radicals as they perform “You Get What You Give”, released on Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too in 1998. One of the defining pop hits of the era, it captured their brief but impactful rise.
The Wire ended 18 yrs ago today. It’s been taught in Ivy League schools, law schools & film schools. David Simon was interviewed by a sitting president about its lasting impact. Cited in a State Supreme Court ruling. Often hailed by critics as the best ever. Never won an Emmy.
On February 24, 1989, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived at the wonderful town of TWIN PEAKS to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer. The events that he would live there from that moment would mark the course of his life forever. #TwinPeaksDay
Afternoon all. The world is in a terrible place right now and at a real crossroads. We have a regime in power in the US who think it’s child’s play and it’s sickening to watch even being so far away. Thanks to @TopTweetTuesday for providing the weekly platform.
@ITattum@TopTweetTuesday Wow Ian. I really like this from how you set the scene in the first stanza and how it develops like a film short. Interesting use of Cotton Mather.