This is pretty cool – somebody created an old-fashioned on-screen TV guide featuring channels pulled from YouTube… SOMEONE TURNED YOUTUBE INTO OLD-SCHOOL CABLE TV. YOU FLIP CHANNELS AND WATCH WHAT’S ON. it's called Channel Surfer ? https://t.co/RzXaWra5EL you open the tab and YouTube stops feeling infinite. no algorithm spiral.no thumbnail shouting at you.no sitting there […]
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Music Monday – “Do you remember/The 21st night of September?/Love was changin’ the minds of pretenders/While chasin’ the clouds away”
A much younger, hipper coworker saw me in the hall before the library opened and said “Happy September 21st to all who celebrate!” I was like “Huh?” and she started singing this song which made me realise this young whipper snapper was referring to one of the 70’s (and really, all-time) greatest uplifting positive songs […]
Music Monday – “Come down, and waste away with me/Down with me/Slow, how you wanted it to be/I’m over my head, out of her head, she sang”
Sad we have to wait seven years between major concerts at Mosaic Stadium but I’m sure this one will be worth the wait! “Everlong” – Foo Fighters
Music Monday – “We’re told to run towards the future/While they’re standing on our feet/And be content with the scraps that they throw us/After promising a feast”
“Free Huey” – Boo Radleys
Friday Fun Link – I Wish I Cared About Something As Much As These Russian Grandparents Care About Classical Music!
This is the ORIGINAL video of my grandparents that went viral – and honestly, we were completely shocked by the response! What a wonderful surprise, to go viral in your 80s! A bit of context: these are my grandparents, Emil Finkelshtein and Eleonora Fradkina (on the left),… pic.twitter.com/Kt0N8RgVUI — Emil Finkeshteyn (@muzikoded) September 5, 2026
Bear Grease: The Musical
Sad I missed this when it came to Regina in April…
Music Monday – “Her husband, was a hard working man/Just a mile and a half from here/His head was found in a driving wheel/But his body never was found”
Hard to pick the most “pure” moment of Dolly Parton but this one is right up there – on a TV variety show, singing with her entire family, likely exactly the way she did growing up in Appalachia. This one is far from the celebrity you know but it is so much the Appalachia that […]
Friday Fun Link – Vive Le Canada #Elbows Up
Dear Canada, I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light & heart. It's made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada ??????? https://t.co/UNXJ0UusP1 — Tim Thompson (@b0undless) March 12, 2025
Music Monday – “She makes the sign of a teaspoon/He makes the sign of a wave/The poor boy changes clothes/And puts on aftershave/To compensate for his ordinary shoes”
Reading a new book about the recording of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and rediscovering an amazingly influential and controversial album: “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo