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Music Monday – “I watch the ripples change their size/But never leave the stream/Of warm impermanence ” @rdio #rdio

“Changes” – David Bowie Rdio, a streaming music service similar to Spotify and Pandora but which is available in Canada (at least without requiring you to use a VPN or other sorcery to appear to be an American), recently released a major upgrade to their user interface. This was the second major change since I’d […]

¶ Posted 15 September 2014 § Internet § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Music Monday – “We arrived in December and London was cold/We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road/We never saw nothin’ but brass taps and oak/Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats”

Heard the very sad news today that John Mann of Spirit of the West has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers. Like many people who were college-aged in the 1990’s, Spirit of the West was basically a soundtrack to my life back then. When I went to England on exchange in 1995, the lyric I quoted in […]

¶ Posted 08 September 2014 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: health, music

Music Monday – Fur Elise in Different Tastes

A man sits down to play a piano that’s been put at one of the gates at an airport in Prague. Other passengers who are waiting get a pretty good performance…

¶ Posted 01 September 2014 § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, travel

Music Monday – “Many colours are the jewels that sparkle/Many pleasures I will hold and embrace/Still for all that this world has to offer/It’s here that my heart will remain”

When pressed, I might call “Gone” by Greg Keelor my favourite album of all-time. Here’s one of the songs from that album… “Lucknow” – Greg Keelor

¶ Posted 25 August 2014 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Holiday Weekend Catch-Up

I took a couple days off on Monday and Tuesday to have an extended long weekend to go camping with Shea’s and my folks and to attend Shea’s cousin’s wedding. Which means I need to do another extended weekend catch-up of missed blog posts… Saturday Snap As mentioned, we went to Shea’s cousin’s wedding at […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2014 § Family § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, cute, history, holiday, music, saskatchewan, unitedstates

Long Weekend Catch-Up – Happy, Sad, Funny, Tired

Didn’t do any blogging over the long weekend so I’ll catch up now… Saturday Snap Sappy Sunday Gah…so sad. Music Monday Guitar and Drums at the same time? It’s like The White Stripes in a single body! Tuesday I have a headache and am now going to bed…

¶ Posted 05 August 2014 § Humour § Photo § Sad § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cute, music, science

Music Monday – “If you aren’t real/Then all my prayers aren’t worth a cent/That would mean I can just make up/What my purpose in life is”

Atheistic rap songs? Yes, please… “Ill Mind of Hopsin 7” – Hopsin

¶ Posted 28 July 2014 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, music, philosophy

Music Monday – “Say you got an “I”,”T” Followed by apostrophe “s”/Now what does that mean?/You would not use “it’s” in this case/As a possessive/It’s a contraction”

“Weird Al” Yankovic is pretty much the perfect musician for the Internet age – nerdy mash-up specialist who is no stranger to controversy. So the fact that his latest album has a song about Internet grammar is pretty much perfection (and guaranteed to go viral)… “Word Crimes” – “Weird Al” Yankovic

¶ Posted 21 July 2014 § Humour § Internet § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Music Monday – “Ouzo!”

I remember seeing the New Zealand band, Hobnail Boots (now known as “Hobnail“) when they played the Ness Creek Festival during a cross-Canada tour, maybe in the mid-1990’s? Funny how hearing the opening notes of this song immediately brought back great memories of their entire performance… “Ouzo” – Hobnail Boots