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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:

Music Monday – “I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane, it comes around every June/The high black water, the devil’s daughter/She’s hard, and she’s cold and she’s mean/But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water/To wash away New Orleans”

“Hurricane” Castellos (Levon Helm cover)

Posted 14 October 2024 § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon/No one wants to be lonely, no one wants to sing the blues”

Happy birthday to one of my favourite singer/songwriters… “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” – John Mellencamp

Posted 07 October 2024 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “We took their land, dilute their nations/Force them on to reservations/Corporate interest won’t stop there/Take the trees and leave this homeland bare, oh no”

“Homelands” – Jack’s Rake (Spirit of the West cover) Original:  

Posted 30 September 2024 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “Daylight licked me into shape/I must have been asleep for days/And moving lips to breathe her name/I opened up my eyes/And found myself alone”

“Just Like Heaven” – Eddie Vedder

Posted 23 September 2024 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – Living Colour/Extreme Double Bill at Casino Regina

Instead of a single video, I’ll post a couple samples from two of my favourite bands from high school/early college years that are playing a double-bill at Casino Regina tonight, an offering enticing enough to get me to leave the house on a Monday night *and* stay up past my bedtime! Living Colour probably influenced […]

Posted 16 September 2024 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “Many people coming from miles around/To see you play hockey when the sun go down/Maybe someday your name will be in lights/Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight”

George Canyon with a beautiful rendition of 'Johnny B. Goode' at the vigil for Johnny Gaudreau tonight ??? (via @NHLFlames) pic.twitter.com/3nQf7Nm17r — Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) September 5, 2024 “Johnny B. Goode” – George Canyon

Posted 09 September 2024 § PopCulture § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: