People, for the most part, love rituals. They provide certainty and comfort, an added sense of richness to day-to-day life and a feeling that you are part of something much bigger than yourself. That is, of course, when they function as intended, which is as outward expressions or affirmations of Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs: ABBA and five songs of energetic defiance
There is a popular perception of ABBA out in the general public of a Swedish group who were perpetually upbeat and sunny and whose music, composed of rich melodies and luscious harmonies, courtesy of the combined superlative vocal talents of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, was the stuff of endlessly Continue Reading