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Music Monday – “The boys of the NYPD choir were singing ‘Galway Bay’/And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day”

“Fairytale of New York” – A Crowded Street in Dublin

Posted 29 December 2025 § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Good people all, this Christmas time/Consider well and bear in mind/What our good God for us has done/In sending His beloved Son/With Mary holy we should pray/To God with love this Christmas Day/In Bethlehem upon that morn/There was a blessed Messiah born

The Wexford Carol, music from 12th century Ireland, the oldest Christmas Carol still sung today. Happy Christmas from the west of Ireland ? pic.twitter.com/5nNOZU3mok — Patrick Dexter (@patrickdextervc) December 22, 2025 “The Wexford Carol” – Libera

Posted 22 December 2025 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “He Ao hara, he Ao Aroha kore/T? mai r? koe hei whaka-tau I au/Ng? t?manako O te Ao Katoa”

“Tapu Te P? (O Holy Night)” – Marlon Williams, Dhungala Children’s Choir, Paul Kelly

Posted 15 December 2025 § News § Politics § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

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: , , ,