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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 […]

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 […]

¶ Posted 05 May 2020 § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Star Wars/If they should bar wars/Please let these Star Wars/Stay”

Happy May the Fourth to you! “Star Wars Theme” – Bill Murray

¶ Posted 04 May 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, movies, music, television

Saturday Snap – Dogs Playing Poker (Quarantine Edition)

One of Pace’s virtual school assignments was to recreate a famous painting. Shea suggested one of the most famous paintings of all-time “Dogs Playing Poker” and I think the results were quite good…

¶ Posted 02 May 2020 § Family § Pace § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education

Friday Fun Link – Honest Trailers: Tiger King

The perfect show at the perfect time…

¶ Posted 24 April 2020 § FridayFunLink § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: television, unitedstates

Five Lists of Five Things I’m Thinking About As Scott Moe Prepares To Release His Five Phase Plan for Reopening Saskatchewan

Premier Scott Moe had a press conference tonight to announce that…he will be having a press conference tomorrow night to talk about how his government has a five point plan for reopening the province now that we’ve flattened the curve…maybe. There’s no doubt that Saskatchewan has done very well during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to […]