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Music Monday – “Wake up, it’s a beautiful morning/The sun shining for your eyes/Wake up, it’s so beautiful/For what could be the very last time”

Obviously an impossible question but whenever there’s a “What’s your favourite song of all-time” question, I always pick “Find The River” by R.E.M. I love how melancholy and poetic and longing that song is. There’s another song that’s in my Top 10 and which is probably a contender for number one – “Wake Up Boo!” […]

Posted 13 June 2022 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – The Beatles Handwritten Lyrics (A Thread)

the beatles original written lyrics (a thread) — ? mat ? (@CUNTHARRISON) May 18, 2022  

Posted 20 May 2022 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “She got a six-six-six/I’ve got my crucifix/She’s got a spinning head/Like seeing grateful dead”

“Greedy Soul” – Liam Gallagher

Posted 25 April 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Best Cover of Every Beatles Song

Is there another band that’s had every song across their entire discography covered completely by other artists? Impossible to post a single favourite… A classic Beatles tune… This song has been covered 2200 times and they picked one of the best covers… An East Indian band via the UK reclaims the sitar (and the language!)… […]

Posted 18 March 2022 § FridayFunLink § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Secular Atheist Train Conductor Wins Wrongful Dismissal Claim After Being Fired For Social Media Post

I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]

Posted 28 November 2021 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Conspiracy Chart

Posted 24 November 2021 § Infographic § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “You shut your mouth/How can you say/I go about things the wrong way?/I am human and I need to be loved/Just like everybody else does”

  “How Soon is Now?” – Johnny Marr

Posted 08 November 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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: