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Terry Fox: Courage (by the Tragically Hip)

A perfect video at a time of Canadian unity and patriotism in the face of Trump’s tariff threats that’s unmatched since maybe the 1972 Summit Series?  

Posted 04 February 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “The head of state, has called for me, by name/But I don’t have time for him/It’s gonna be a glorious day!”

“Lucky” – Radiohead

Posted 03 February 2025 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “20 degrees and the hockey game’s on/Nobody cares, they are way too far gone/Screamin’, “Boat drinks’/Somethin’ to keep them all warm

“Boat Drinks” – Jimmy Buffett

Posted 27 January 2025 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I’ve slogged in dear old Montreal/I’ve never known cold like this/35 men lost to a squall/I’ve never known cold like this/Should I hear the banshee sing/You can thaw my body by the turn of spring/Death would be such a beautiful thing/I’ve never known cold like this”

“Cold Like This” – Rumjacks with Ken Casey of Dropkick Murphys

Posted 20 January 2025 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

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: ,