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Friday Fun Link – Ram Ranch (NSFW)

I’m not sure what I’ve been listening to or what I’ve done wrong in my life generally but had to chuckle when this song I never heard before came up on the “Shuffle” play mode of my streaming service driving home from work the other day. Good thing the person beside me at the red […]

¶ Posted 24 September 2021 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: freedomtoreadweek

Music Monday – “I’m just a singer of simple songs/I’m not a real political man/I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I can tell you/The difference in Iraq and Iran” or “Hey Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list/And the Statue of Liberty started shakin’ her fist/And the eagle will fly man, it’s gonna be hell/When you hear mother freedom start ringin’ her bell”

Is it possible to track the polarization of American politics to two very different country songs released in the wake of 9/11 – one contemplative and questioning while the other is aggressive and angry? Not saying this is the reason politics is so polarized but definitely a reflection of a moment where American politics got […]

¶ Posted 13 September 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “And Cody says, ‘He didn’t raise the dead’ Says ‘religion’s just a trick/To keep hard-working folks in line”/He says it makes his stomach sick.”

“Cody” – The Killers

¶ Posted 06 September 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism

Music Monday – “I was born in a cross-fire hurricane/And I howled at my ma in the driving rain/But it’s all right now, in fact, it’s a gas”

“Jumping Jack Flash” (Charlie Watts isolation footage) – Rolling Stones

¶ Posted 30 August 2021 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Well I looked in the sky today/Didn’t see a single plane/All my life there’s been streaks through the sky/Yeah I looked in the sky today”

“Another Day in the Life” – Cole Chaney

¶ Posted 23 August 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm/The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won’t get snagged/The bells are ringing through the town again/The children look up, all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing”

Live music is slowly coming back including Jason Isbell covering R.E.M. at Red Rocks the other night. (Not to mention, that same night, I got to see a local artist covering an Isbell song at the Nickle Lake beer gardens which was just as enjoyable!) “Driver 8” – Jason Isbell (R.E.M. Cover)

¶ Posted 02 August 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid

Music Monday – “He’s brown as a berry from ridin’ the prairie/And he sings with an ol’ western drawl/Ooh-ooh-ooh-doo-di-di/Singing his cattle call”

“Cattle Call” – Eddy Arnold RIP Lloyd Thompson (1942-2021)

¶ Posted 26 July 2021 § Family § MusicMonday § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan

Music Monday – “There’s a great hot desert/Down in Mexicali/And if you don’t have water/Boy, you’d better not go/Tequila won’t get you/Across that desert/To Evangelina/In old Mexico”

“Evangelina” – Colter Wall (Hoyt Axton Cover)

¶ Posted 21 June 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Why Bo Burnham’s “Inside” Is So Good

Maybe because, like “Nanette” by Hannah Gadsby, it totally deconstructs what a “comedy” special is? Or maybe because it’s one of only a handful of truly reflective, unique artworks created during Covid that capture what this past year has been like? Or maybe because I’m pretty sure he does this by not mentioning Covid once […]