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Music Monday – “Thinkin’ about the records/Daddy used to play/While we opened our presents/On Christmas day.”

“Truck Stop Christmas” – Grace Askew

Posted 23 December 2024 § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “So I’ll go but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna go/Could be stuck here and happy/So there’s a puzzle I work on endlessly/And I’ve got the sides and all the corners/But there’s a space/Yeah there’s a space/Lost some pieces I can’t replace/So I’ll be but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna be/Just a wasted puzzle piece”

I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning.  Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]

Posted 16 December 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I miss the bad things/The way you hate me/I miss the screaming/The way that you blame me”

“I Miss The Misery” – Lzzy Hale & Halestorm

Posted 09 December 2024 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Your soul can’t be saved for all the sins you’ve ignored/And the devil is well aware he is adored/Never forget the excess of a man/Because the grabbing hands always grab what they can.”

“BLOODMONEY” – Poppy (h/t to DR on FB)

Posted 02 December 2024 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Too much time on this winding trail of a tale yet to be told/’Cause baby, I’m getting old/And, fuck, I hate the cold”

“Fuck, I Hate The Cold” – Cowboy Junkies

Posted 25 November 2024 § Canada § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “With your feet on the air and your head on the ground/Try this trick and spin it, yeah/Your head will collapse, if there’s nothing in it/And you’ll ask yourself/Where is my mind”

“Where Is My Mind” – The Pixies

Posted 18 November 2024 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “The winds have blown over the ocean/The winds have blown over the sea/The winds have blown over the ocean/And brought back my Bonnie to me”

“My Bonnie” – John McDermott (Fun Fact – we don’t get many celebrity sightings in Regina but I saw John McDermott in the lobby of the Hotel Sask in Regina one year around Christmas when he was in town for a concert!)

Posted 11 November 2024 § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “There’s No Way I Can Make It Down That Ramp”

“Trump vs. Ramp (Dance Remix)”

Posted 04 November 2024 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “It’s been too hard livin’/But I’m afraid to die?/Cause I don’t know what’s up there/Beyond the sky

It’s election season and though I’m posting this on Wednesday night instead of Monday like I’d hoped (kinda busy day!) so I know the results of the provincial election, the NDP’s changing fortunes have been on my mind (not to mention various other elections in other provinces, municipally and of course the massive US election […]

Posted 28 October 2024 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – Organize your safe tribal war/Hurt, maim, kill and enslave the ghetto/Each day living out a lie/Life sold cheaply forever, ever, ever.”

“Motorcycle Emptiness” – Manic Street Preachers

Posted 21 October 2024 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: