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Music Monday – “But I don’t need no friends/As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset/I am in paradise”

Watched “Juliet, Naked” this weekend with Shea (who thought the tale of an obnoxiously nitpicky music obsessive hit a bit too close to home for her!) 😉 Anyhow, this song played a pivotal part of the movie… “Waterloo Sunset” – The Kinks

¶ Posted 15 February 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: movies

Music Monday – “‘Cause I’ve been lost on them back roads/And many times, I’ve gone blind/Losing faith in my family/Had drew me out my damn mind”

Shea and I are hooked on “Yellowstone” right now and a big part of that is realising how many songs on the soundtrack are already part of the “Camping Faves” playlist we listen to non-stop every summer (including a few by Ryan Bingham who also stars in the show as a singing cowboy.) “Southside of […]

¶ Posted 01 February 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, television

Friday Fun Link – C Major Scale Visualized

This is pretty cool (even though the tone sounds like an auto-tuned hockey organ!)

¶ Posted 29 January 2021 § FridayFunLink § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I still remember momma walking down the living room stairs/And daddy saying with a smile, “that’s my girl right there”/They had their share of ups and downs/And I saw the best, and the worst, and the work, and the worth it.”

It’s a long way from the stage of the “Cancer Jamboree” at Nickle Lake outside Weyburn (where we’ve camped for years and now have our own seasonal campsite) to the American Country Music Top 20 airplay charts… “Somebody Like That” – Tenille Arts

¶ Posted 25 January 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, saskatchewan, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – Voice Teacher Reacts to Garth Brooks’ “Amazing Grace” at US Inauguration

It’s like Tim Minchin says, “Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy” (though in this case, I’d say “Amazing Grace” is of the few religious songs that totally transcends its genre into an all-time classic, no matter your atheistic leanings!) 😉 Garth was good but this is […]

¶ Posted 24 January 2021 § News § Politics § PopCulture § SecularSunday § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, history, language

Music Monday – “I’m gonna tell you fascists/Sure might may be surprised/There’s people in this world/And we’re getting organized”

Happy Inauguration Week! “All You Fascists (Bound To Lose)” – Billy Bragg

¶ Posted 18 January 2021 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, unitedstates

Elizabeth Was Not Ready For The Revolution

I’ve read a lot of articles and commentary about the attempted coup at the US Capitol a couple weeks ago but this might be my single most favourite thing to come out of it: Doubly so for this remix (don’t normally link to Instagram but hard to find it on YouTube and Twitter – maybe […]

¶ Posted 17 January 2021 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language, television, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous/Wicked and able, media-ready/Heartless, and labeled/Super US citizen, super achiever/Mega ultra power dosing, relax/Defense, defense, defense, defense”

Originally about the Reagan years but the sentiment applies to most right-wing governments including Trump’s… “Ignoreland” – R.E.M. (Side note: “Ignoreland” is my least favourite song on probably my most favourite album of all-time. Wish it had been on “Monster” instead.)