Category: MusicMonday

Music Monday – “Darlin’ I had the best intentions/But I dug myself a hole/With a modern invention”

Another in the long list of “Things I Should Post About” is a in-depth exploration of my own views on copyright, piracy and the impact & actions of

Music Monday – “Because they’re right in front of you/Because they’re telling you the truth”

Ryan Meili, runner-up to Dwain Lingenfelter in the race for the NDP Leadership Race last year and someone who was seen as a rising star within the party,

Music Monday – “These cruel men keep running ’round/That’s why Charlie’s coming down”

You may be familiar with CBC Radio’s “Great Canadian Song Quest“, a contest where people could write-in votes for different locations in each of Canada’s provinces and territories

Music Monday – “And the tips in a small town/Are so small/You may as well/Just give them back”

This isn’t a Labour Day song per se but those opening lines about struggling to survive on minimum wage and tips captures the struggle of working people as

Music Monday – “Down our long dusty driveway/I set my mind to go/I was eighteen and wild and free and wondering

Any time I spend time at our farm with my dad and Pace as I did this past weekend… …I think of this song. One reason the lyrics

Music Monday – "From the corner of my eye/A hint of blue in the black sky/A ray of hope, a beam of light/An end to thirty years of night"

[Oops, forgot I pre-loaded this Music Monday post after coming across the song in a MetaFilter thread last week.  So, combined with the post below, you get a

Music Monday – "When your infant starts to nurse/Oxytocin's released from the brain with a burst" (Happy World Breastfeeding Week!)

It's World Breastfeeding Week so here's a song, written by a nursing student, about the subject.  I don't usually do a long narrative for my Music Monday posts

Music Monday – "Looked up to the Lord above and said 'Hey man, thanks!'"

I remember watching this performance live when it was first broadcast – I think on MuchMusic back in the day.  At the time the song “Nautical Disaster” hadn't

Music Monday – "We could live/For a thousand years/But if I hurt you/I'd make wine from your tears"

Beck apparently gets together with a group of musicians regularly.  They record a cover of an entire album in a single day then release the results.  Here's their

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