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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:

Camping Stereotypes

The camping season’s over but I can’t help but share this funny video…  

Posted 01 October 2019 § Humour § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “All the flowers that you planted mama/In the back yard/All died when you went away”

This song has always been incredibly powerful from when it became a worldwide smash in 1990 but it might even be more powerful to hear it now, nearly thirty years later, after Sinead O’Connor has led a life full of controversy and pain.   “Nothing Compares 2 U” – Sinead O’Connor

Posted 30 September 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Now in the pouring snow, sad, but swift/I headed down the highway/Hoping that the burden of my blues would lift/And praying that the whiskey would keep me brave”

Easily my favourite song of the year (I can’t believe I haven’t posted it before!) “Letter to Madeline” – Ian Noe

Posted 16 September 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,