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Music Monday – “It’s coming on Christmas/They’re cutting down trees They’re putting up reindeer/Singing songs of joy and peace/I wish I had a river I could skate away on”

“River” (acapella) – Joni Mitchell

¶ Posted 18 December 2023 § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Cocky Fighters Getting Humbled By Mike Tyson

¶ Posted 15 December 2023 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Music Monday – “We watched our friends grow up together/And we saw them as they fell/Some of them fell into Heaven/Some of them fell into Hell” (RIP Shane MacGowan: 1957-2023)

RIP to the only performer that ever scared the shit out of me when he appeared on SNL in the early to mid 1990’s. And what a performer he was! “A Rainy Night in Soho” – The Pogues And at this time of year, I have to mention the greatest Christmas song of all-time… “Fairytale […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2023 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Friday Fun Link – How Tarantino Uses Violence

¶ Posted 01 December 2023 § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, movies, music

The Making of NHL ’94: 30 Year Anniversary

¶ Posted 28 November 2023 § MemoryLane § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Music Monday – “How I lived a childhood in the snow/And all my teens in tow/Stuffed in strata of clothes”

“January Hymn” – The Decembrists

¶ Posted 27 November 2023 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Music Monday – “And now, breathe deep/I’m inhaling/You and I, there’s air in between/Leave me be/I’m exhaling”

I’d seen the original viral clip of Maggie Rogers with Pharrell but it didn’t really register at the time. I even told my sister I wasn’t familiar when my sister recently mentioned her and her husband were big fans (“travel the US to see her, name their new dog after her” level fans) and I […]