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Music Monday – “20 degrees and the hockey game’s on/Nobody cares, they are way too far gone/Screamin’, “Boat drinks’/Somethin’ to keep them all warm

“Boat Drinks” – Jimmy Buffett

Posted 27 January 2025 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I’ve slogged in dear old Montreal/I’ve never known cold like this/35 men lost to a squall/I’ve never known cold like this/Should I hear the banshee sing/You can thaw my body by the turn of spring/Death would be such a beautiful thing/I’ve never known cold like this”

“Cold Like This” – Rumjacks with Ken Casey of Dropkick Murphys

Posted 20 January 2025 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Of the powers, the only vote that matters/Silence means security, silence means approval”

“Begin The Begin” – R.E.M. with Eddie Vedder

Posted 13 January 2025 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – R.E.M. Concert (1984)

Really getting back into R.E.M. lately.  So many good songs and albums that soundtracked some of the most important and memorable moments of my life.  

Posted 06 January 2025 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Thinkin’ about the records/Daddy used to play/While we opened our presents/On Christmas day.”

“Truck Stop Christmas” – Grace Askew

Posted 23 December 2024 § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “So I’ll go but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna go/Could be stuck here and happy/So there’s a puzzle I work on endlessly/And I’ve got the sides and all the corners/But there’s a space/Yeah there’s a space/Lost some pieces I can’t replace/So I’ll be but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna be/Just a wasted puzzle piece”

I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning.  Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]

Posted 16 December 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I miss the bad things/The way you hate me/I miss the screaming/The way that you blame me”

“I Miss The Misery” – Lzzy Hale & Halestorm

Posted 09 December 2024 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Your soul can’t be saved for all the sins you’ve ignored/And the devil is well aware he is adored/Never forget the excess of a man/Because the grabbing hands always grab what they can.”

“BLOODMONEY” – Poppy (h/t to DR on FB)

Posted 02 December 2024 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Too much time on this winding trail of a tale yet to be told/’Cause baby, I’m getting old/And, fuck, I hate the cold”

“Fuck, I Hate The Cold” – Cowboy Junkies

Posted 25 November 2024 § Canada § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “With your feet on the air and your head on the ground/Try this trick and spin it, yeah/Your head will collapse, if there’s nothing in it/And you’ll ask yourself/Where is my mind”

“Where Is My Mind” – The Pixies

Posted 18 November 2024 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: