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Music Monday – “Of the powers, the only vote that matters/Silence means security, silence means approval”

“Begin The Begin” – R.E.M. with Eddie Vedder

Posted 13 January 2025 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – “Better Man” Trailer

A very unique take on the musician biopic featuring a massive star from the UK that Shea and I both really like (I was in England in 1995 when his boy band, Take That was big and still remember the girls swooning over bad boy Robbie.) so very excited to see the new movie about […]

Posted 10 January 2025 § FridayFunLink § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – R.E.M. Concert (1984)

Really getting back into R.E.M. lately.  So many good songs and albums that soundtracked some of the most important and memorable moments of my life.  

Posted 06 January 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Bugs on Parade?

using the bugs life speech over this luigi mangione edit was so fucking REAL actually pic.twitter.com/53Q65wuLb3 — jorts!? (@BBC0RPSE) December 23, 2024  

Posted 24 December 2024 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “So I’ll go but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna go/Could be stuck here and happy/So there’s a puzzle I work on endlessly/And I’ve got the sides and all the corners/But there’s a space/Yeah there’s a space/Lost some pieces I can’t replace/So I’ll be but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna be/Just a wasted puzzle piece”

I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning.  Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]

Posted 16 December 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Johnny Cash Christmas Show 1977

Posted 13 December 2024 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

There Ain’t No “You” In “United Health” – Jesse Welles

Not going to wait for Music Monday to post this – so good and timely.  

Posted 10 December 2024 § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “I miss the bad things/The way you hate me/I miss the screaming/The way that you blame me”

“I Miss The Misery” – Lzzy Hale & Halestorm

Posted 09 December 2024 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Your soul can’t be saved for all the sins you’ve ignored/And the devil is well aware he is adored/Never forget the excess of a man/Because the grabbing hands always grab what they can.”

“BLOODMONEY” – Poppy (h/t to DR on FB)

Posted 02 December 2024 § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Too much time on this winding trail of a tale yet to be told/’Cause baby, I’m getting old/And, fuck, I hate the cold”

“Fuck, I Hate The Cold” – Cowboy Junkies

Posted 25 November 2024 § Canada § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,