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Music Monday – “Good people all, this Christmas time/Consider well and bear in mind/What our good God for us has done/In sending His beloved Son/With Mary holy we should pray/To God with love this Christmas Day/In Bethlehem upon that morn/There was a blessed Messiah born

The Wexford Carol, music from 12th century Ireland, the oldest Christmas Carol still sung today. Happy Christmas from the west of Ireland ? pic.twitter.com/5nNOZU3mok — Patrick Dexter (@patrickdextervc) December 22, 2025 “The Wexford Carol” – Libera

Posted 22 December 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I will come back here, bring me back when I’m old/I want to lay here forever in the cold I might be cold but I’m just skin and bones/And I’ll never love England more than when covered in snow”

One of the single saddest moments of my life was leaving England a couple days before Christmas after a four-month college exchange. I still consider the single most joyful stretch of my entire life – the people, the sights, the experiences – just pure living in the moment and openness to the world that greatly […]

Posted 08 December 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And now, maybe now I should change/Because I’m starting to lose all my faith/While those around are beaten down each day”

One of the coolest things about being in England during the height of the mid-90s Britpop era was being exposed to so much great music.  Obviously Oasis was one of the biggest bands of that era and paid homage to the Beatles in various ways – mostly looks, lyrics and musical references. “Lazarus” – Boo […]

Posted 23 November 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Sing us a song/A song to keep us warm/There’s such a chill/Such a chill.”

Oasis is having a massively successful reunion tour and from the complete opposite end of the Britpop spectrum, Radiohead has also just begun their own reunion tour with a very different vibe – performing in the round, changing setlists every night – compared to Oasis. Radiohead Concert – (Madrid Night Two)

Posted 10 November 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Take me to the place where you go/Where nobody knows/If it’s night or day/Please don’t put your life in the hands/Of a rock ‘n’ roll band/Who’ll throw it all away.”

“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” was released thirty years ago this week and after years of acrimony, Oasis is in the middle of a massive reunion tour with rumours that it’s going to be extended into 2026. One of the major highlights of my entire life was being in England in fall 1995 during the […]

Posted 29 September 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “We live in the shadows and we/Had the chance and threw it away/And it’s never going to be the same/’Cause the years are falling by like the rain/It’s never gonna be the same”

Well, after a couple months of minimal posting (hey, summer off like when I was a kid?  Awesome!) and I’ve had some thoughts about how/if I want to keep this blog going as I sometimes struggle to come up with content (even lazy, zero-effort stuff) and/or find the time to post. At the same time, […]

Posted 01 September 2025 § Blog § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “When we woke up that morning we had no way of knowing/That in a matter of hours we’d change the way we were going/Where would I be now, where would I be now if we’d never met?/Would I be singing this song to someone else instead?”

“Something Changed” – Pulp

Posted 09 June 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “We don’t get fooled again/Don’t get fooled again, no, no/Yeah/Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” – The Who

Posted 26 May 2025 § Jobs § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Until Sally, I was never happy/I needed so much more/Rain clouds, oh, they used to chase me/Down they would pour/Join my tears/Allay my fears”

“Sally Cinnamon” – Stone Roses

Posted 12 May 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Not a shaman, or a showman, ashamed I was selling the rights/I took a breather, and decided not to ruin my life/I was conforming to a cosmic design I was playing to type/Until I walked back to the gard?n of earthly delights”

“Spike Island” – Pulp

Posted 14 April 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: