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Music Monday – “And the saddest thing would be/Is if you up and said to me/That you’re tired of running scared/And you really don’t care/About the ice age, baby”

I’m suddenly very interested in end-of-the-world songs for some reason… “Ice Age” – Hawksley Workman

Posted 23 March 2020 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “That’s great it starts with an outbreak/From birds and bats to airplanes/Donald Trump is not afraid”

Great rewrite! “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – COVID-19 Remix” – R.E.M.  

Posted 16 March 2020 § Humour § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “From the last survivors of those terms/To the bona fide embodiment/Of an endless emergency without end”

“Emergency” – Tragically Hip

Posted 09 March 2020 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa/Ma ma se, ma ma sa/Ma ma coo sa”

Back from a week in Mexico and will likely do some resort-themed posts over the next few days starting with this one… And my big thought of the day is – I really have no idea why most Cancun resorts have a Michael Jackson impersonator as one of their nightly shows when you never see […]

Posted 02 March 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I can almost smell the perfumed nights/And see the starry sky/I wish you comin’ with me baby/’Cause right before my eye”

Isn’t the Internet amazing? I heard this song on my random “Flow” playlist the other day.  It’s a song from 1977 by an obscure New Zealand band that I’d never heard before but it felt fitting even though we’re going to Mexico instead of Cuba, leaving in February instead of April, but hoping for sun […]

Posted 17 February 2020 § Randomness § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “It’s over/You don’t need to tell me/I hope you’re with someone who makes you feel/Safe in your sleep, being tonight/I won’t kill myself trying to stay in your life/I’ve got no distance left to run.”

“No Distance Left To Run” – Blur

Posted 10 February 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “We’re all gonna die someday lord/We’re all gonna die someday Mama’s on pills daddy’s over the hill/But we’re all gonna die someday”

“We’re All Gonna Die Someday” – Kasey Chambers

Posted 03 February 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Every whisper/Of every waking hour I’m/Choosing my confessions”

Recommended by a patron at my branch… “Losing My Religion” – Lacuna Coil

Posted 27 January 2020 § Library § Randomness § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I was takin’ everything they had to give/It wasn’t all that bad a way to live/Well I’m in this desert town and it’s hot as hell/But no one’s buyin’ what I got to sell”

“Jerusalem Tomorrow” – David Olney

Posted 20 January 2020 § News § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Good job getting the bags ready/Take your time/Take your time”

A big cold snap in Saskatchewan has got me thinking about Mexico and all our previous trips… Here’s a montage someone made of Cancun and Isla Mujeres… “Shlow Motion” – Oomiee

Posted 13 January 2020 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,