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RIP John Mann (1964-2019)

It was a long, inevitable farewell. After announcing his Early Onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, John Mann, lead singer and frontman of the seminal 90’s Canadiana band, Spirit of the West, embarked on a farewell tour with the band in 2014. Shea and I got to see this show and it reminded me of why, […]

Posted 20 November 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “And she told me that she loved me/And I grinned and grabbed her hand and said, “I know”/Let’s get from here/Now darling if we’re going/Let’s go on and go.”

“Good Lord, Lorrie” – Turnpike Troubadours

Posted 18 November 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – ASMR: The Biggest YouTube Trend You’ve Never Heard Of

I hadn’t heard of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) until seeing it referred to on Twitter earlier this week in a joke about how addictive it is. Turns out ASMR is huge!  

Posted 15 November 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Let us stray till break of day in love’s valley of dreams/Just you and I, a summer sky, a heavenly breeze kissin’ the trees

I honestly never knew this song had lyrics until I started putting together this post… “Moonlight Serenade” – Glenn Miller Orchestra

Posted 11 November 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“OK Boomer” Meets Public Enemy

“Ok boomer” has become Generation Z’s endlessly repeated retort to the problem of older people who just don’t get it, a rallying cry for millions of fed up kids. Teenagers use it to reply to cringey YouTube videos, Donald Trump tweets, and basically any person over 30 who says something condescending about young people — […]

Posted 05 November 2019 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Our house, was our castle and our keep/Our house, in the middle of our street/Our house, that was where we used to sleep”

“Our House” – Madness  

Posted 04 November 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Fred Eaglesmith Grand Ole Opry Debut

It took him fifty years to get there but it was worth it!

Posted 23 October 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Arkanoid, Cosmic Avenger, Wayne Gretzky Hockey II

Pace and I have spent the evening watching YouTube videos of the video games I loved as a kid – here are YouTube videos of three of my all-time favourites:    

Posted 18 October 2019 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Genius of John Lennon’s Guitar Playing

Man, I love the Beatles!  

Posted 16 October 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I’m a professional cynic/But my heart’s not in it/I’m paying the price of living life at the limit/Caught in the century’s anxiety”

“Country House” – Blur

Posted 14 October 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: