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Is Ringo Starr The Best Drummer of All-Time?

Really enjoyed the Hawksley Workman drum workshop last night where, after a concert on Sunday that I didn’t make it to, he did a Monday night workshop where he showed a bit of his process in using the drums, was interviewed by a local drummer, and took audience questions. (Hard to believe I’ve been a […]

Posted 29 January 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Stick it up, mister, hear what I say, sir, yeah/Get your hands in the air, sir/And you will get no hurt, you say”

Countdown is on to our Mexico vacation – less than a month now! Plus the temperature is -35 and falling as I type this so our holiday can’t come fast enough. Maybe this song can warm me up? “54-46 – That’s My Number” – Toots and the Maytals

Posted 28 January 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Walk Through of Our Room at Moon Palace, Cancun (February 2018)

So in exactly one month, we’ll be on our way to Cancun…but who’s counting? (Well, I guess I’m counting, especially since the weather’s been -40 recently!) Anyhow, I finally got around to uploading another room walk-through video from our resort last year. I always have intention to do something a bit more professional/polished on our […]

Posted 24 January 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Behind the Scenes in the Calgary Flames A/V Room

Not to turn this blog into “all Flames all the time” (er, suck it, Chiarelli) but came across this video and found it very interesting, especially the behind-the-scenes of switching the Kiss Cam! 😉  

Posted 23 January 2019 § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Calgary Flame’s Unexpected Run To The Top in 2019

Back in October as the NHL season began, I did a post about many of the reasons I was excited for the Flames 2018/2019 season. Coming off a couple very disappointing years (and really, about 15 underwhelming years with only a couple exceptions – unexpected 2003/2004 Cup run, making the second round of playoffs in […]

Posted 22 January 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I am flesh and I am bone/Arise, ting ting, like glitter and gold”

Guest post by Shea who introduced me to this song/artist… “Glitter and Gold” – Barns Courtney

Posted 21 January 2019 § MusicMonday § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “She asked me to change the station/Said the song just drove her insane/But it weren’t just the music playing/It was me that she was trying to blame”

“Far From Me” – John Prine

Posted 14 January 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Beer Me – Advent Beer Calendar Edition

Beer Me! is a YouTube series where a couple hipsters from BC drink half a dozen of a certain kind of beer (they claim in an hour) rating each on things like artwork, taste, reliability, etc. while getting progressively more wasted.  (They also occasionally do a bottle of hard stuff.) There have been some funny […]

Posted 09 January 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

.@aoc_dances Is My New Favourite Twitter Account Today

So you may have heard that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had an “embarrassing” video of her dancing in a college video (which, in turn was a remake of an earlier mash-up) highlighted recently but that it didn’t go as well as the anonymous right-wing troll who tweeted it had hoped. Unsurprisingly, instead of embarrassment and scorn, […]

Posted 08 January 2019 § Humour § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “I can’t take my eyes off you/I can’t take my eyes off you/I can’t take my eyes off you”

Goddamn, this is a good song. “The Blower’s Daughter” – Damien Rice

Posted 07 January 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: