Category Archives: PopCulture

Music Monday – “Girl I saw on Facebook that Mike proposed/That’s bullshit baby, I know you know/I know my chances are getting right slim/You ain’t gotta marry me, just don’t marry him”

“I Saw On Facebook (That Mike Proposed)” – Donovan Woods

Friday Fun Link – The Beatles Handwritten Lyrics (A Thread)

the beatles original written lyrics (a thread) — ? mat ? (@CUNTHARRISON) May 18, 2022  

Friday Fun Link – Six Straight Minutes of SNL Cast Members Breaking Character

 

The New Corporation – Documentary

It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…

Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

Friday Fun Link – 1980s WWE Interview Outtakes

Some inappropriate jokes and banter here but still interesting to see wrestlers dropping their characters and joking around…

A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”

“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book.  So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]

Music Monday – “The last goal he ever scored/Won the Leafs the Cup/They didn’t win another till 1962/The year he was discovered”

  “50 Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip

Friday Fun Link – 1953 Pro Wrestling Match

Fascinating to see how pro wrestling used to be presented… It’s not really fair as a comparison since it’s a compilation of his “greatest hits” rather than a single match.  But here’s a clip of some highlights from one of the most dynamic, innovative wrestlers competing today…

Music Monday – “She got a six-six-six/I’ve got my crucifix/She’s got a spinning head/Like seeing grateful dead”

“Greedy Soul” – Liam Gallagher