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Music Monday – “We only said goodbye with words/I died a hundred times/You go back to her/And I go back to black.”

Now she’s gone and joined that stupid club. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 25 July 2011 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – All Space Shuttle Missions In Eight Minutes

Posted 22 July 2011 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “Please could you stop the noise, I’m trying to get some rest/From all the unborn chicken voices in my head/What’s that, what’s that?”

Pretty cool story of how this video was made… (via MetaFilter)

Posted 18 July 2011 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Sonny carries a load, he is barely a man/There’s not all that much to do, still he does the best he can/And he lives in a room, at the top of the stairs/And the sea keeps on rollin in, it’s done that for years.”

Yet another Newfoundland classic guaranteed to get everybody in the pub singing along…

Posted 11 July 2011 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Newfoundland Trip – Music Monday – “To wake in the early morn/To the sound of the old fog horn/And wait for the men to return/With their boats in the bay”

Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces.  Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming.  I couldn’t name a single folk song that unifies the people of Saskatchewan (does “Last Saskatchewan Pirate” count?) whereas I’ve heard the song below probably half a dozen times in […]

Posted 04 July 2011 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “But now we’re bound for ol’ St. John’s/Where all the girls are dancing/Heave away, me jolly boys/We’re all bound away!”

Hmm, do other provinces have a distinctive musical sound in the same way that the Maritime provinces do?  In a very stereotypical way, I’d say that the music of Quebec is probably linked by the fact that it’s…sung in French.  For the prairies (well, Alberta at least) I think of traditional country & wesetern music […]

Posted 27 June 2011 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – GOOOAAAAALLL!!!

Not even sure what game/league this is from but anytime Canada can score a goal like this with a couple minutes left in a soccer game to tie England, life is good!

Posted 24 June 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Social Media Revolution

Posted 22 June 2011 § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “So serene/The world turns blue/Heads are spinning/It feels so good”

One of my favourite British bands (I consider them Britpop but not sure everyone defines them that way) does a piss-take version of the typical Ibizia club anthem (love the refrain!)

Posted 20 June 2011 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Pace’s Thoughts On How You Should Treat Your Kids

Pace gives me some advice on how to treat your kids after I tell him I won’t buy him a toy. 😉   Perhaps in 20-30 years I’ll find out if he follows his own advice! Happy Father’s Day!

Posted 18 June 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,