Head Tale - PopCulture

Category Archives: PopCulture

“Blackbird” by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq

This is a very cool cover by a Cape Breton teen that even got a shout-out from Macca himself!

¶ Posted 04 June 2019 § Canada § Meme ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: beatles, education, language, music

Friday Fun Link – A People Map of the Most Wikipedia Searched Person in Each Major City in the US

Who is the most searched resident of each city in the US on Wikipedia?

¶ Posted 31 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § List § News § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, unitedstates, wikipedia

Music Monday – “I’m up after midnight, cooking/Trying to make my rent/I’m rough but I’m pleasin’/I was raised on robbery”

“Raised on Robbery” – Joni Mitchell

¶ Posted 27 May 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, music

Music Monday – “You can set my house on fire, baby/You can turn it into cinder and smoke/’Cause this house is mighty cold and I feel like/Melting all the snow away”

The first single from Tyler Childer’s upcoming album was my most played track of the long weekend… “House Fire” – Tyler Childers

¶ Posted 20 May 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, music

Friday Fun Link – Hell’s Bells (Game of Thrones Spoilers)

They don’t match perfectly but this is still pretty cool…

¶ Posted 17 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music, television

The Best Thing I’ve Read About Game of Thrones S08E05?

The penultimate episode of “Game of Thrones” has aired and, as usual, there have been all sorts of reactions – positive, negative, questioning, sentimental, memetic. Of everything I’ve read since watching the episode, this post on Reddit which speaks to how so much of how we respond to art (books, movies, television, etc.) is based […]

¶ Posted 14 May 2019 § Meme § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, television

Music Monday – “I want you, I need you/But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you/Now don’t be sad/’Cause two out of three ain’t bad”

If I post a single song from Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” album, I feel like I should post every song from the album since they’re all so interconnected. But instead, I’ll just post a few of the album’s biggest tracks instead of a single song I usually do for “Music Monday”. (And as a […]

¶ Posted 13 May 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, youtube

Music Monday – “Don’t fill out any forms/Don’t compensate/Don’t cower/Don’t crawl/Don’t come around late/Don’t hover at the gate”

“Numb” – U2

¶ Posted 06 May 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Randomness § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, music

Friday Fun Link – What’s the Secret of the Most Successful Jeopardy Champion of All-Time? The Children’s Library!

James Holzhauer hasn’t caught Ken Jennings in terms of number of victories in a row but he’s setting records for most money won per game which is arguably a more impressive achievement? His secret? Studying easy-to-read introductory books on a wide variety of subjects at the children’s library!