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Music Monday – “She makes the sign of a teaspoon/He makes the sign of a wave/The poor boy changes clothes/And puts on aftershave/To compensate for his ordinary shoes”

Reading a new book about the recording of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and rediscovering an amazingly influential and controversial album: “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Posted 24 August 2026 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Don’t Look Back in Anger” IMAX Trailer

I’ve been an Oasis fan since I was in England in 1995 during the height of Britpop.  When they reunited, I was disappointed that the closest show was Toronto (though I did think about it!) For now (but with rumours of the tour coming back in 2027), this documentary will have to do…  

Posted 17 August 2026 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “All this talk of getting old/It’s getting me down my love/Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown/This time I’m coming down”

If you’re in a British band called “The Libertines” and have a lifelong history of battling drug addiction, this is a perfect song to cover in a stripped down acoustic form… Peter Doherty strips “The Drugs Don’t Work” back until there is almost nowhere for the song to hide. Richard Ashcroft wrote one of The […]

Posted 10 August 2026 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “My therapist said not to see you no more/She said you’re like a disease without any cure/She said I’m so obsessed that I’m becoming a bore, oh no/Ah, you think you’re so pretty”

“Laid” – James (with Johnny Marr)

Posted 03 August 2026 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “But hope to fix the game for none but self and kin and clan/you’ll falter as you tread upon the back of common man”

“Beware” – Wax Mannequin

Posted 27 July 2026 § Canada § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “There’s no time to cry, happy, happy/Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines/Gold and silver shine.”

“Shiny Happy People” – R.E.M.

Posted 20 July 2026 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “You’re looking for a lapdog, I could be the one but I’ll bark at you/You’d be better off with some, yeti cup, laptop/Met her at coffee shop, start laughing/Everything’s funny till she talks to you, baby”

“Scoreboard” – Gabriella Rose 

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Music Monday – “Be a farmer or a preacher and look a little meeker/Don’t tell anyone about your blues/Submit and obey and thank the Lord every day/That you can’t live a life that you choose /’Cause someone’s gotta fill your daddy’s shoes.”

“Be A Farmer of a Preacher” – Jake Vaadeland and the Sturgeon River Boys

Posted 15 June 2026 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I hate Shakespeare and Gosling and cakes with white frosting/Two names in a heart-shaped tattoo/I think Cupid is stupid and violets are purple not blue.”

“I Hate Love Songs” – Kelsea Ballerini

Posted 08 June 2026 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Think of you with pipe and slippers, think of her in bed/Laying there just watching telly, then think of me instead.”

Going through a bit of a Beautiful South phase right now.  Discovered them while on exchange in England and have fond memories of singing their sarcastic lyrics over beautiful melodies in the hallway with my dormmates. Even had “Prettiest Eyes” as Shea’s and my first song at our wedding dance! “Don’t Marry Her (Fuck Me)” […]

Posted 01 June 2026 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: