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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 […]

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

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: Covid, music

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: music, television

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

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

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: education, history, music

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: holiday, language, music

Most Shocking Moments in the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Interview with Oprah

But of course the experts knew all along that it would be shocking! 😉

¶ Posted 09 March 2021 § Jobs § Meme § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Boxing Day Classic (Multiple Years)

When I was in high school and later, in university, the neighbours across the street hosted a Boxing Day road hockey tournament every year. This was followed by an airing of the latest Don Cherry “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em” VHS tape that one of their two boys got from Christmas, finger foods, basement beers and […]