Music
Susan Boyle
This has to go down as one of, if not the, biggest surprise, live televised auditions of all time! An ordinary middle-aged woman, dressed like Widow Twanky, who had spent all of her life with a dream. A woman with a voice so soft and pure, and yet so powerful.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
We Are The World
This is who we are. This is such an emotional, joyous, roller-coaster celebration of the act of giving to those who most need it. I still get goosebumps watching this video, it is such a powerful expression of not just America, but of the human family at its best.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Live Aid
One idea, sixty world-class artists, ten international venues in ten different countries across six continents, a global audience of 1.9 billion people, 40 percent of the world's population, raised 140 million dollars for one cause, famine relief in Ethiopia. Never have so many done so much for so many needful.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
The Concert For Bangladesh.
A concert organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar to raise funds to assist the war torn country of Bangaldesh. With Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, and Eric Clapton, on board, by the mid-nineties the concert had easily raised over 45 million dollars and helped bring the war to an end.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Charlatan
When they get online, they look to see what they can find. Was their creativity ever there? Is it in decline? Writing isn’t hard. It comes with ease. It takes no more effort than to blow a breeze. Now we question all you’ve created. Was it yours, or just imitated?
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Challenging Yourself to Overcome Writer's Block
A critique challenge? Just 50 words? Not sure about this. Seems interesting but hard. Fifty one words! Gotta cut something. That was fun. Another day. Too many positive ones. Should probably balance it with something else. Let me take it to the extreme, and see how many I can write?
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
National Geographic
What do you do when you don’t have the money to travel? You get a window, that's what you do. Sometimes you buy the window. But when you can't, you borrow it from the library. That’s what National Geographic was for me as a child. The window of my dreams.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
