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Music Monday – “Cottonwood fallin’/Like snow in July/Fireflies poppin’/Like the fourth of July.”
Country music always makes me think of summer and camping and all that good stuff wrapped up all in one. Literally…
Music Monday – “So I looked at the scenery/She read her magazine/And the moon rose over an open field.'”
“America” – First Aid Kit
Music Monday – “Take one last look/At the place you are leaving”
Tom Waits with a song that’s a perfect tribute as David Letterman heads towards his final show this Wednesday. Also from Rolling Stone… Top Ten Profound Letterman Moments Six Iconic Letterman Interviews Top Ten Repeat Guests on Letterman Highlight From Each Year of Letterman’s Run …and How David Letterman Reinvented TV. “Take One Last Look” […]
Norm MacDonald Gets Emotional During Final Stand-Up Set On Late Night with David Letterman
David Letterman’s final show is this Wednesday and he’s been having a farewell run of top-notch and personal favourite guests all of whom are paying tribute to Letterman’s innovation and influence (and I definitely don’t disagree – how radical was David Letterman when he first started?) Anyhow, Norm MacDonald’s comments after his stand-up set the […]
Music Monday – “Wishin’ I had money/Wishin’ for the time to spend it all/Wishin’ I was pretty/Wish that I could twist the world ’round my finger”
Stumbled across this folk/Americana version of “Wish I Was Skinny” by 1990’s Britpop band, Boo Radleys, which makes one of my favourite songs possibly even better! 😉
Friday Fun Link – Johnny Gaudreau Dekes Four Ducks
Flames lost but this was awesome.
Hitler Reacts To Alberta NDP Victory
More thoughts later but for now, a laugh or two…
Music Monday – “When the night has come/And the land is dark/And the moon is the only light we’ll see” (RIP Ben E. King)
Is there a better coming-of-age movie than “Stand By Me”? And the title song of that movie is part of the reason it had such an impact on me. I remember seeing “Stand By Me” in the theatre in Indian Head when I was about 13 years old then walking out into the street and […]
Music Monday – “My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna turn some heads/My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna knock ’em dead.”
Important Blog announcement: Hockey themed posts shall continue as long as the Flames are in the playoffs. One of the greatest hockey songs of all-time… (Hmm, maybe that could be my theme for Music Mondays until the Flames win the Cup in June?) 😉 Based on a true story… “Big League” – Tom Cochrane