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Music Monday – “I will come back here, bring me back when I’m old/I want to lay here forever in the cold I might be cold but I’m just skin and bones/And I’ll never love England more than when covered in snow”

One of the single saddest moments of my life was leaving England a couple days before Christmas after a four-month college exchange. I still consider the single most joyful stretch of my entire life – the people, the sights, the experiences – just pure living in the moment and openness to the world that greatly […]

Posted 08 December 2025 § MemoryLane § Sad § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Some folks light a candle, some hang a wreath/Some folks got a god, some don’t believe/Some folks meditate, some go to church/And some poor folks can’t get the day off work”

“Merry Happy Whatever” – Doohickeys (featuring Wolves of Glendale)

Posted 01 December 2025 § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And now, maybe now I should change/Because I’m starting to lose all my faith/While those around are beaten down each day”

One of the coolest things about being in England during the height of the mid-90s Britpop era was being exposed to so much great music.  Obviously Oasis was one of the biggest bands of that era and paid homage to the Beatles in various ways – mostly looks, lyrics and musical references. “Lazarus” – Boo […]

Posted 23 November 2025 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I don’t know what you think you’ve been told/If I ever was for sale, I never sold/And it’s short on flashing lights and rhinestone clothes/1800 miles from Music Row”

“1800 Miles” – Colter Wall

Posted 17 November 2025 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Sing us a song/A song to keep us warm/There’s such a chill/Such a chill.”

Oasis is having a massively successful reunion tour and from the complete opposite end of the Britpop spectrum, Radiohead has also just begun their own reunion tour with a very different vibe – performing in the round, changing setlists every night – compared to Oasis. Radiohead Concert – (Madrid Night Two)

Posted 10 November 2025 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “You don’t know what it means to win/Come down and see me again/Been down one time/Been down two times/I’m never going back again

“Never Going Back Again” – Fleetwood Mac

Posted 03 November 2025 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “There’s room at the top they are telling you still/But first you must learn how to smile as you kill/If you want to be like the folks on the hill.”

Being told I have a “Working Class Heart” is definitely up there with some of the best compliments I’ve ever received.  And if it evokes John Lennon, I’ll take it! “Working Class Hero” – John Lennon

Posted 27 October 2025 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “You’ve got a diamond/You’ve got nine men/You’ve got a hat and a bat/And that’s not all”

“OK Blue Jays!“

Posted 20 October 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Take me to the place where you go/Where nobody knows/If it’s night or day/Please don’t put your life in the hands/Of a rock ‘n’ roll band/Who’ll throw it all away.”

“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” was released thirty years ago this week and after years of acrimony, Oasis is in the middle of a massive reunion tour with rumours that it’s going to be extended into 2026. One of the major highlights of my entire life was being in England in fall 1995 during the […]

Posted 29 September 2025 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “out in the bloodshed the cycle begins/and everyone dies/spin the wheel, if you don’t get killed/you wind up dead inside”

“Charlie” – Jesse Welles

Posted 15 September 2025 § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,