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Bear Grease: The Musical

Sad I missed this when it came to Regina in April…

¶ Posted 01 September 2026 § Canada § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, history, movies, music

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 […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2026 § MusicMonday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, parents, unitedstates

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

¶ Posted 28 August 2026 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, education, health, history, television

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

¶ Posted 24 August 2026 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Politics § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, history, music

Music Monday – “Don’t Look Back in Anger” IMAX Trailer

I’ve been an Oasis fan since I was in England in 1995 during the height of Britpop. When they reunited, I was disappointed that the closest show was Toronto (though I did think about it!) For now (but with rumours of the tour coming back in 2027), this documentary will have to do…

¶ Posted 17 August 2026 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, music

Secular Sunday – Cults

Got to see this Fringe Festival play in Saskatoon and it was pretty good!

¶ Posted 16 August 2026 § Censorship § Humour § News § Sad § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

Saturday Snap – A Cabaret of Legends

Got a free ticket to see a Saskatoon Fringe Play while passing through to drop Sasha off at the SFL Summer Camp and it was an amazing show!

¶ Posted 15 August 2026 § Photo § Randomness § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Ordinary Abundance

As always, there are threats, worries and stresses. But we live in a magical time and I’d encourage you to click this link and read the whole list!

¶ Posted 14 August 2026 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, science, travel

Music Monday – “All this talk of getting old/It’s getting me down my love/Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown/This time I’m coming down”

If you’re in a British band called “The Libertines” and have a lifelong history of battling drug addiction, this is a perfect song to cover in a stripped down acoustic form… Peter Doherty strips “The Drugs Don’t Work” back until there is almost nowhere for the song to hide. Richard Ashcroft wrote one of The […]