ÁSGEIR - JULIA - A new Icelandic voice to me... lush introspective songs that will help you chill and surmise your inner soul... it's a lovely thing... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
ÁSGEIR - JULIA - A new Icelandic voice to me... lush introspective songs that will help you chill and surmise your inner soul... it's a lovely thing... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
U2 & HUGH MASEKELA MAKE THE SOUND OF THE KINGDOM - 9 March 87 and Joshua Tree arrived. The song I've talk about and preached on most is I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Here's what I think is the definitive performance...
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my most requested 12 lines... the Stocki Benediction... sstockman.substack.com/p/the-stocki...
my biggest vocational faux pas... and the joy of believing in what seemed like a not very joyous place... sstockman.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
the night U2 signed my Bible. It was 39 years ago this very midnight. Joshua's Tree was released March 9, 1987.... we were there! sstockman.substack.com/p/the-night-...
PILGRIMS - WINTERING - Paul Noonan gets back in the studio with former Juniper and Bell X1 pianist Brian Crosby for a quiet atmospheric set of songs with Noonan usual imaginative lyrics... an Irish Record of 2026 already! open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
THE RELENTLESSNESS - We live in a world that is relentless in its pounding and pressure on our fragile souls... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
A SHORT FUNERAL TRIBUTE & SHORT PRAYER - my cousin Sharon's husband Alastair McNeill passed away. Too young. Here's my short tribute from the Thanksgiving Service... and a prayer sent by test to those left in grief... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
a vocational faux pas... a funeral wit a difference... the joy of believing! sstockman.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
ANNA BURNS - MILKMAN - for World Book Day, here's one of my favourites from a few years ago... a fascinating study of the intense life lived in Belfast through the Troubles... eccentric in grammar, insightful in its content open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
Back on BBC Radio 2 at 5.45 in the morning with a Pause For Thought on the Joy of Believing! See you there?????
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THE STOCKI BENEDICTION - Maybe the best 12 lines I ever wrote... They were the end of a poem from 1990 that have become my most requested words as I continually use them at service... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
U2 turned up... Joshua Tree... signed Bibles... wonderful
My commentary on West Wing's 2 Cathedrals episode...
THE NIGHT U2 SIGNED MY BIBLE - 39 years next week U2 arrived in a Belfast music store to celebrate the release of Joshua Tree that would launch them into the stratosphere... and they signed my Bible... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
WEST WING; Two Cathedrals... TV Series West Wing is for me why God made moving pictures... I learned so much about American politics, the world, God and myself... here's my favourite two parter!
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another Mumford & Sons record... 11 months after the last... full of collaborations... free flowing... sstockman.substack.com/p/mumford-an...
Book Of The Week... Charlie Peacock's memoir... sstockman.substack.com/p/charlie-pe...
whatever the Naysayers say… this is a good piece of work… and vital for these mad times… U2’s Lenten prophecy… Days Of Ash…
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PEACE BEYOND... For those suffering life's tragic injustices... prayers for a peace beyond understanding... a God beyond us... among us...
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Andy White In Conversation with me at this year's 4 Corners Festival Belfast... have a wee look... it is fascinating where it goes... www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Rh...
my thoughts on the brand new Mumford & Sons record, Prizefighter... sstockman.substack.com/p/mumford-an...
MUMFORD & SONS - PRIZEFIGHTER - Marcus Mumford calls it his fave Mumford & Sons record and the one where he is happiest with its statement... I surmise what the album is like and what that statement might be...
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GEORGE HARRISON - LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - For George Harrison's birthday, my personal. review of his 1973 record Living In The Material World... praying one minute... sueing you the next... fascinating stuff... I am even wearing the t-shirt! open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
my thoughts on U2's song The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)...
My personal reflection on Charlie Peacock's new memoir...
CHARLIE PEACOCK - ROOTS & RHYTHM; A LIFE IN MUSIC - Charlie Peacock, artist, producer, thinker, family man, friend... CCM, Switchfoot, Civil Wars etc...it's all here in a music memoir that gives you more than most...
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50 For U2@50 - #1 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) - with U2's 50th birthday as a band coming up in September I will over the months blog about 50 songs... let's start with the one that is most about that start... a miracle indeed...
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EP of the Week… U2 unleash their comment on world events… with prophetic punk and pop… their relevance 50 years in is hard to argue… Days Of Ash in Lenten purple…
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