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Music Monday – “I’m alright with a slow burn/Takin’ my time, let the world turn/I’m gonna do it my way, it’ll be alright/If we burn it down and it takes all night/It’s a slow burn, yeah”

“Slow Burn” – Kasey Musgraves

¶ Posted 11 October 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “The secret rules of engagement are hard to endorse/When the appearance of conflict meets the appearance of force”

“Grace Too” – Twin Flames (Tragically Hip Cover)

¶ Posted 04 October 2021 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Got to give us what we want/Gotta give us what we need/Our freedom of speech is freedom or death/We got to fight the powers that be”

Rolling Stone has totally remade their “Best Songs of All-Time” list from scratch. Still probably a bit too heavy on Boomer Rock Classics but at least they’re trying… I posted the #1 pick just a few months ago so will post the #2 song which definitely shows how the list has changed… “Fight The Power” […]

¶ Posted 27 September 2021 § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language

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)