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Friday Fun Link – King of Staten Island Trailer

Everything’s changing due to Covid and Hollywood is no different. This is a movie that would’ve had a fairly traditional release – film festival then widely in theatres then to video-on-demand – but it is now being released today directly to various video streaming services where you can “rent” it for $20 USD (more expensive […]

¶ Posted 12 June 2020 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, movies

Nashville Public Library “Curb Side, Baby” Promotional Video

This is amazing…

¶ Posted 09 June 2020 § Humour § Library § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, music, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Blackbird singing in the dead of night/Take these broken wings and learn to fly/All your life/You were only waiting for this moment to arise”

“Blackbird” – Paul McCartney

¶ Posted 08 June 2020 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Coteau Books Board of Directors (January 2016)

I joined the board of Coteau Books in early 2012 but this photo of the board is from January 2016. Coteau entered bankruptcy earlier this year so this is from happier times and what happy times they were. During my many years on the Coteau board, I met such a wide range of great people […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “I stand before this faceless crowd/And I wonder why I bother/So much controlled by so few/Stumbling from one disaster to another”

A day or a week or a month ago, there was a COVID benefit concert featuring Canadian artists. It was a great show except I took exception to the use of “Lean On Me” as the final group song. Great song, classic for a reason – sure. But it just felt misplaced to have a […]

¶ Posted 25 May 2020 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, language, music

Music Monday – “Thought I was alone in the world/Until my memories gathered ’round me in the night/Thought I was strong/Until I finally had to fight”

Jason Isbell, one of the greatest living songwriters today, did a free concert to promote the release of his new album, “Reunions”, and though lots of artists are doing live streams from their living rooms and their music rooms and so on, this might be the first one I’ve seen that’s tried to re-create much […]

¶ Posted 18 May 2020 § Jobs § MusicMonday § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, music

Donald Trump Sings R.E.M.

This is too funny to wait for Music Monday…

¶ Posted 13 May 2020 § Humour § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, music, unitedstates

Coteau Books Auction – May 20, 2020 #yqr #sasked #saskedchat #yxe #sask #sk

This had been a shitty year for me, even before the COVID pandemic hit. Coteau Books, which was a long-standing literary press in Canada for nearly half a century, and which I’d served on the board of directors of for nearly a decade, entered bankruptcy protection in late February. I’ll likely do a longer post […]

¶ Posted 12 May 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, history, saskatchewan

Guitar Teacher Reacts To…

Stumbled on this YouTube series where a guitar teacher listens to a recommended song by his fans and then provides commentary. He’s often never heard the song before but provides a lot of great insight, even on a first reading (er, hearing)… Sometimes the power of music is in the lyrics and delivery… Metalhead turned […]