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Music Monday – “Another summer wasted in the Battlefords/On a banana seat bike with a hockey card in the spokes”

“Battlefords” – Hawksley Workman

Posted 11 March 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Away from these memories, my life I must spend/Adios amigo, adios my friend”

Back from a one week all-inclusive holiday (even from blogging if you can believe it!) but lots to start catching up on – a review of our resort for sure (last year, it took me three weeks to cobble together a review of our resort – I wonder if I’ll be quicker this year?) Also […]

Posted 04 March 2019 § Blog § Family § MemoryLane § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Everybody sour like a lemon tree/I’m just smiling down upon my enemies/Do this shit, I love it on the daily/You say you hate your job, but you’ll never leave, never leave”

“Vacation” – Dirty Heads

Posted 18 February 2019 § Humour § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I don’t practice Santeria, I ain’t got no crystal ball/I had a million dollars but I’d, I’d spend it all.”

“Santeria” – Sublime 

Posted 11 February 2019 § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And there’ll be sun, sun, sun all over our bodies/And sun, sun, sun all down our necks/And there’ll be sun, sun, sun all over our faces/And sun, sun, sun, so what the heck”

Hey look!  I went through an added an “allinclusive” tag to all my posts about various aspects of our all-inclusive holidays over the years to make them easier to find instead of just using the “holiday” tag which is a bit broader. I’m clearly getting excited with three weeks to go (and songs like the one […]

Posted 04 February 2019 § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Stick it up, mister, hear what I say, sir, yeah/Get your hands in the air, sir/And you will get no hurt, you say”

Countdown is on to our Mexico vacation – less than a month now! Plus the temperature is -35 and falling as I type this so our holiday can’t come fast enough. Maybe this song can warm me up? “54-46 – That’s My Number” – Toots and the Maytals

Posted 28 January 2019 § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I am flesh and I am bone/Arise, ting ting, like glitter and gold”

Guest post by Shea who introduced me to this song/artist… “Glitter and Gold” – Barns Courtney

Posted 21 January 2019 § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “She asked me to change the station/Said the song just drove her insane/But it weren’t just the music playing/It was me that she was trying to blame”

“Far From Me” – John Prine

Posted 14 January 2019 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I can’t take my eyes off you/I can’t take my eyes off you/I can’t take my eyes off you”

Goddamn, this is a good song. “The Blower’s Daughter” – Damien Rice

Posted 07 January 2019 § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “It’s Christmastime in Washington/The Democrats rehearsed/Gettin’ into gear for four more years/Things not gettin’ worse”

“Christmas in Washington” – Steve Earle

Posted 24 December 2018 § News § Politics § United States § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,