A much younger, hipper coworker saw me in the hall before the library opened and said “Happy September 21st to all who celebrate!” I was like “Huh?” and she started singing this song which made me realise this young whipper snapper was referring to one of the 70’s (and really, all-time) greatest uplifting positive songs […]
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Music Monday – “We’re told to run towards the future/While they’re standing on our feet/And be content with the scraps that they throw us/After promising a feast”
“Free Huey” – Boo Radleys
Bear Grease: The Musical
Sad I missed this when it came to Regina in April…
Music Monday – “Her husband, was a hard working man/Just a mile and a half from here/His head was found in a driving wheel/But his body never was found”
Hard to pick the most “pure” moment of Dolly Parton but this one is right up there – on a TV variety show, singing with her entire family, likely exactly the way she did growing up in Appalachia. This one is far from the celebrity you know but it is so much the Appalachia that […]
Music Monday – “She makes the sign of a teaspoon/He makes the sign of a wave/The poor boy changes clothes/And puts on aftershave/To compensate for his ordinary shoes”
Reading a new book about the recording of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and rediscovering an amazingly influential and controversial album: “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Music Monday – “Don’t Look Back in Anger” IMAX Trailer
I’ve been an Oasis fan since I was in England in 1995 during the height of Britpop. When they reunited, I was disappointed that the closest show was Toronto (though I did think about it!) For now (but with rumours of the tour coming back in 2027), this documentary will have to do…
Saturday Snap – A Cabaret of Legends
Got a free ticket to see a Saskatoon Fringe Play while passing through to drop Sasha off at the SFL Summer Camp and it was an amazing show!
Music Monday – “All this talk of getting old/It’s getting me down my love/Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown/This time I’m coming down”
If you’re in a British band called “The Libertines” and have a lifelong history of battling drug addiction, this is a perfect song to cover in a stripped down acoustic form… Peter Doherty strips “The Drugs Don’t Work” back until there is almost nowhere for the song to hide. Richard Ashcroft wrote one of The […]