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Music Monday – “Shining up above me the jet fuel/Down the road/Lots above with the money/And the silence sing.”

One of my all-time favourite Britpop bands, Blur, has a new single out:

Posted 16 July 2012 § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Heading down to the land of the pines/I’m strumming my way into North Caroline”

Back from an excellent week of camping in Cypress Hills so back to the grind in all manner of ways including here on the blog.  A quick and easy update with one of my most played songs during the trip (which I think I’ve posted before but it’s worth posting again)…  

Posted 09 July 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Can you track the deer/Can you dig the well/Couldn’t quite hear your answer/Couldn’t quite hear your answer/Think I see a rip in the social fabric/Brother, can you spare some ammo?”

Going camping so may be out of radio contact for the next few days.  (Also hoping to get some new drywall and paint on this blog via a contractor while I’m away.) In the meantime, some post-apocalyptic blues…

Posted 02 July 2012 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I don’t go in for ancient wisdom/I don’t believe just ’cause ideas are tenacious/It means that they’re worthy.”

Saw this meme on Facebook and thought I’d share since June 25 is halfway to Christmas and since it fits with Music Monday, why not post a Christmas song today? I’ve posted this one before but every time I listen to it, I just love it more and more. So sweet and funny and perfect. […]

Posted 25 June 2012 § Family § PopCulture § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Maybe a lonely man/Who’s in the middle of something/That he doesn’t really understand.”

Happy 70th Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney (or is it?) Some of my personal faves of Sir Macca’s songs through the years with the Beatles, Wings and solo…

Posted 18 June 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I need to be myself/I can’t be someone else/I’m feeling supersonic/Give me gin and tonic/You could have it all/But how much do you want it?”

Yet another example of the “slow an up-tempo song down to make it new” music trick – this time, by Noel Gallagher on his current tour with his new band, The High Flying Birds:

Posted 11 June 2012 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “6am/Day after Christmas/The smell of cold/Car seat is freezing/The world is sleeping/I am numb”

One of the saddest songs I know…

Posted 04 June 2012 § MemoryLane § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I still look for you in crowds/In train stations and bus stops, on sidewalks/In the middle of the night”

As the person who uploaded this video observes, it’s amazing how Fred Eaglesmith can go from hilarious to heart-ripping in a second.  This is one of my favourite songs of his…

Posted 28 May 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I want to help you lift enormous things/A pinch, a sting/I don’t feel a thing/And as the Earth revolved around the sun”

New Tragically Hip single! And as a Hockey Night in Canada Intro:

Posted 21 May 2012 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Thought you’d do right by me/But who am I kidding/You’re the Sask Party/Shows like Corner Gas/I guess you don’t remember.”

I went to the massive rally by the Saskatchewan film industry at noon today and it was quite the spectacle. In Saskatchewan, when we have protests, it tends to be farmers rolling their tractors up to the Legislature that creates a big scene. But the film community, as you might expect given their skills, put […]

Posted 14 May 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,