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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:

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 […]

Posted 16 June 2021 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Meme § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Let’s get friendship right/Get life day to day/In the forget yer skates dream/Full of countervailing woes”

“It’s A Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken)” – The Tragically Hip with Feist

Posted 07 June 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “The snow is so merciless/Poor old Montreal/In spite of everything that’s happened/Yeah, in spite of it all”

The Tragically Hip released a new album this weekend called “Saskadelphia” comprised of six Road Apples-era unreleased songs including one of their most emotionally powerful songs ever… “Montreal” – Tragically Hip

Posted 24 May 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “This is how you play/This is how you play/This is how you play/The lick”

A co-worker’s son is the bassist in this band… “The Lick” – People of the Sun 

Posted 17 May 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “It was easier to have fun back when we had nothing/Nothing much to manage/Back when we were damaged”

“Once” – Liam Gallagher

Posted 10 May 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “So while you sit back and wonder why/I got this fucking thorn in my side/Oh my God, it’s a mirage/I’m tellin’ y’all, it’s a sabotage”

Shea and I recently watched the Beastie Boys documentary on AppleTV+ and really enjoyed it. “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys

Posted 03 May 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Wishing I was kissing/A girl with lips smooth as pearl/Wishing I was pretty/Wish that I could twist the world round my finger/Wishing I had money/Wishing for the time to spend it all”

“Wish I Were Skinny” – Boo Radleys

Posted 26 April 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – How Much Do Musicians Make From Streaming?

Not “really” fun, especially if you’re a musician, but this tool is definitely interesting to estimate how much musicians gets compensated for their streaming music and how the amounts differ depending on the service.

Posted 23 April 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: