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Music Monday – “Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous/Wicked and able, media-ready/Heartless, and labeled/Super US citizen, super achiever/Mega ultra power dosing, relax/Defense, defense, defense, defense”

Originally about the Reagan years but the sentiment applies to most right-wing governments including Trump’s… “Ignoreland” – R.E.M. (Side note: “Ignoreland” is my least favourite song on probably my most favourite album of all-time.  Wish it had been on “Monster” instead.)

Posted 11 January 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Spent last year like you’re under a curse/Better get better cuz it can’t get worse/Unless you’re riding in the back of a hearse”

“Everything’s Gonna Be Better Next Year” – The Rescues

Posted 04 January 2021 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “It’s been a hell of a year/How did you see/Who I was and who I was gonna be/I could’ve been right was probably wrong/So many nights wishing I could go home”

This is a song about the end of a relationship but man, that title is perfect for the final “Music Monday” of 2021… “Hell of a Year” – Parker McCollum

Posted 28 December 2020 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “Oh I’m/Staying home this Christmas/For friends and for strangers/And for family”

“Staying Home This Christmas” – Dillon Currie

Posted 21 December 2020 § Family § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “But that world is gone/It’s all disappeared/It’s just me and the ponies/For Christmas this year”

With the announcement of stronger Covid restrictions for Saskatchewan, just in time for Christmas, this song has been going through my head non-stop… “Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)” – Corb Lund

Posted 14 December 2020 § Family § News § Saskatchewan § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Mistletoe’s off/Don’t even ask/You won’t be kissing me/Because I’m wearing my mask/But we might as well smile/Because we’ll be here for awhile/On this Covid Christmas”

“Covid Christmas” – Dara Schindelka

Posted 07 December 2020 § Humour § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “I ain’t taking you home, I found a little place that’ll do/It’ll never match the beauty of a Tennessee spring/But it’s something new”

One of my favourite things about listening to music is hearing a song that catches you just right and you like it so much, you end up playing it repeatedly. That was me with this song this past weekend… “One More Night in Brooklyn” – Justin Townes Earle

Posted 30 November 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Angel of Death/Monarch to the kingdom of the dead/Infamous butcher/Angel of Death”

Is it too early to start posting Christmas songs? 😉 “Last Christmas/Angel of Death” – Wham!/Slayer Mash-Up

Posted 23 November 2020 § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – Spike Lee’s “Do It Acapella”

Normally I feature a single song in my Music Monday posts but a recent Twitter thread about how popular acapella was in the 1990’s reminded me of this documentary I happened to catch on PBS when it was first broadcast. Later, I found the CD in a record store, possibly in the States, and it’s […]

Posted 16 November 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “2020, 24 hours to go/I Wanna Be Sedated”

I saw this clever play on words from the lyrics of a Ramones song on Twitter and had to steal it for today’s Music Monday post with 2020 being the craziest year in a century and twenty-fours until we’re watching election returns in the United States… “I Wanna Be Sedated” – The Ramones

Posted 02 November 2020 § Humour § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,