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Music Monday – “You can’t jump a jet plane like you can a freight train/So, I’d best be on my way in the early morning rain”

“Early Morning Rain” – Gordon Lightfoot (RIP 1938 – 2023

Posted 01 May 2023 § Canada § News ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “I get eaten by the worms/And weird fishes/Picked over by the worms/And weird fishes/Weird fishes/Weird fishes”

“Weird Fishes/Arperggi” – Radiohead

Posted 24 April 2023 § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Clicking sticks three times/Drawing ‘er back to your own line/Top shelf and we’re up by one/Ringing ‘em off the crossbars/Moving our nets for the cars/And all together we’d yell ‘Game on!’/And then our folks would call us in/And we all agreed ‘Next goal wins'”

“More Than A Game” – Mike Plume Band I didn’t put a lot of thought into this (well, except picking whoever was against the Oilers and Leafs!) but here’s my picks for this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs…

Posted 17 April 2023 § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Money don’t get everything, it’s true/What it don’t get, I can’t use/Now give me money, (That’s what I want)/That’s what I want”

“Money (That’s What I Want)” – The Beatles

Posted 10 April 2023 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Living the Dream” (Sask Musician Gets Golden Ticket on “American Idol”)

“Livin’ The Dream” – Brayden King  

Posted 03 April 2023 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I can tell you’re a sad boy just like me/Baby, don’t deny what your poor heart needs/Been so long since he called your name/On the run from a losing game/Just bat your eyes, baby, let me feel the pain”

“C’mon Baby, Cry” – Orville Peck  I think we’ve established that I am neither hip nor cool. So I am reliant on younger coworkers to inform my musical choices and this one was perfect: “He’s like this gay guy from a punk rock group singing awesome country songs.  He’s Canadian and we’re going to see […]

Posted 27 March 2023 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “You’ve got your mother in a whirl ’cause she’s/Not sure if you’re a boy or a girl/Hey babe, your hair’s alright/Hey babe, let’s stay out tonight”

“Rebel Rebel” – David Bowie

Posted 13 March 2023 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – Rush E

My daughter told me about this song which is apparently the hardest piano song in the world and impossible for a human to play (although the one video below claims to do it).  

Posted 06 March 2023 § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Sheets of empty canvas/Untouched sheets of clay/Were laid spread out before me/As her body once did/All five horizons/Revolved around her soul/As the earth to the sun”

“Black” – Pearl Jam

Posted 27 February 2023 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I just wanna feel real love/Feel the home that I live in/’Cause I got too much life/Running through my veins/Going to waste”

When Shea and I got married on the beach in Mexico in 2003, this song was in heavy rotation on one of the music channels in our hotel room. (In fact, I briefly thought she might call off the wedding to pursue Robbie Williams.  Or if she didn’t, I might as he’s just that damn […]

Posted 13 February 2023 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,