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What Shakespeare’s English Sounded Like (And How We Know)

 

Posted 28 September 2021 § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I was born in a cross-fire hurricane/And I howled at my ma in the driving rain/But it’s all right now, in fact, it’s a gas”

“Jumping Jack Flash” (Charlie Watts isolation footage) – Rolling Stones

Posted 30 August 2021 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Walking through town is quite scary/It’s not very sensible either/A friend of a friend he got beaten/He looked the wrong way at a policeman”

This song has been going through my head all day for some reason.  (In completely unrelated news, Go Habs Go!)   “I Predict A Riot” – Kaiser Chiefs

Posted 05 July 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

107 Year Old Irish Farmer Reflects on Changes He’s Seen (1967 Interview)

The single best presentation I did in library school was on the evolution of streaming video online and how it’s biggest benefit was how online video eliminates constraints of both time and distance that all previous dominant mass communications mediums – radio, television – suffered from. Like most 70s kids, I was pretty obsessed with […]

Posted 08 June 2021 § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “It was easier to have fun back when we had nothing/Nothing much to manage/Back when we were damaged”

“Once” – Liam Gallagher

Posted 10 May 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Wishing I was kissing/A girl with lips smooth as pearl/Wishing I was pretty/Wish that I could twist the world round my finger/Wishing I had money/Wishing for the time to spend it all”

“Wish I Were Skinny” – Boo Radleys

Posted 26 April 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Oh help me Jesus/Come through this storm/I had to lose her/To do her harm”

Shea and I are now onto “Peaky Blinders” for our latest must-watch TV series (what’s the opposite of binging where you watch one or two episodes a night, slowly, over time?) and part of the appeal is a kick-ass soundtrack… “Down By The Water” – PJ Harvey

Posted 12 April 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Pogues – Live at the Town & Country Club (1988)

Posted 17 March 2021 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Roud Folk Song Index

Doing some quick research about yesterday’s post led to me to discover the Roud Folk Song Index which I don’t think I’d heard of before but which reminds me once again (as if I need reminding!), why librarians and archivists are so vital to society (and also interesting, witty and funny!): The Roud Folk Song […]

Posted 16 March 2021 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And if anyone can aid me ‘t is my brother in the army/If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney/And if he’ll go with me, we’ll go rovin’ through Kilkenney/And I’m sure he’ll treat me better than my own a-sporting Jenny”

  “Whiskey in the Jar” – Irish Rovers

Posted 15 March 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,