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Music Monday – “Look up here/I’m in Heaven”

“Lazarus” – David Bowie David Bowie, one of the most influential, durable and creative musicians of the past half century, died today.  He released his final album only a couple days ago on his 69th birthday then passed away after living with cancer for 18 months. One of the songs on his new album, “Lazarus” […]

Posted 11 January 2016 § List § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “From Alto Cedro, I go towards Marcané/I get to Cueto, head for Mayarí”

Back from a week in Cuba and I have this song stuck in my head. (Funny tangent about how things come around – a good friend of mine was a big fan of the Buena Vista Social Club when they exploded in the mid-to-late 1990’s.  But at the time, I was too much into pretty standard […]

Posted 04 January 2016 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “He told his niece/’It’s Christmas Eve, I know our life is not your style,’/She said, ‘Christmas is like solstice/And we miss you and it’s been awhile'”

Happy Solstice! What a perfect song for today’s Music Monday post as this song compares and contrasts traditional Christian holiday celebrations with those who are not… “Christians and the Pagans” – Dar Williams

Posted 21 December 2015 § Humour § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Each Christmas come since World War One I’ve learned it’s lessons well/That the ones who call the shots won’t be among the dead and lame/And on each end of the rifle we’re the same.”

They don’t come much sadder than this one… “Christmas in the Trenches” – John McCutcheon

Posted 14 December 2015 § News § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Just add flour/Salt/A little red wine/And don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce”

My month of unusual Christmas song posts continue with one of Australia’s best known Christmas songs – a song with no chorus about a man in prison wondering what the family Christmas will be like without him… “How To Make Gravy” – Paul Kelly

Posted 07 December 2015 § Family § PopCulture § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Who really needs a gift/When love is meant to give/I can still recall/Carry with me always/Every Christmas dream/They live in you and me”

“Something About December” – Christina Perri

Posted 30 November 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “So let’s open up a bottle of whiskey/And make a toast to better days/Then I’ll crank out a tune and by the light of the moon/I will dance on Stephen Harper’s Grave.

Hard to believe the election was a month ago already.  I had this one bookmarked to post on Election Night but got caught up live blogging the election instead. But now’s just as good as then! “Stephen Harper’s Grave” – John Muller

Posted 23 November 2015 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Je ne tiens pas debout/Le ciel coule sur mes mains/Je ne tiens pas debout/Le ciel coule sur…” (I can’t stand/The sky flows on my hands/I can’t stand/The sky flows on”

This French group was on “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah recently. I thought it was a fitting choice after the week we’ve just had (and I’m usually pretty excited for political discussions on Facebook but the amount of racism and fear and stupidity makes me miss the cat videos!) “Christine” – Christine and the […]

Posted 16 November 2015 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “She’s given up whiskey and takin’ up wine/While she prays for his troubles she’s forgot about mine/I’m a gonna get even I can’t handle the shame/Why last time we made love she even called out his name”

Original video: Live radio performance: “She Left Me For Jesus” – Hayes Carll

Posted 09 November 2015 § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “How long will you chase/This dream that’s so clear from the stage?”

This “In An Empty Room” series from the Creative City Centre that I highlighted last week has lots of other great music you should check out… “Squared Up” – Belle Plaine

Posted 02 November 2015 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,