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Music Monday – “But I want old men making my whiskey/I want old men singing my blues/I want old men teaching my horses/’Cuz there’s just some things, young men can’t do/Like the old boys do”

The new Corb Lund album is an instant favourite, not least because, as I turn 47 later this week, this song dedicated to the value of the more seasoned among us resonates pretty heavily! 😉 “Old Men” – Corb Lund

Friday Fun Link – How To Sound Like Different Composers In Three Steps

Music Monday – “These white boys with money make the whole world run/Let the wall hit your back/The?blood?hit your tongue/You?and me baby we’re the dangerous?ones”

  “The Dangerous Ones” – Kasey Anderson

Music Monday – “Do you want to live forever/Do you want to go get high/Do you want burn it all down/Before we even try”

“Just A Dream” – Hawksley Workman

Music Monday – “Time stand still/I’m not looking back/But I want to look around me now”

I’ve been into my branch a handful of times since it shut down three months ago. But as RPL has begun slowly reopening over the past couple weeks, today was my first day back in branch doing more traditional library work.  This is because we’ve started having mid-sized and smaller branches in the RPL system […]

Music Monday – “Granddad’s ranch dried up fast/Ol’ Johnny Chisholm, he’s seen to that/He’s seen to that, matter of fact/Just as sure as Billy-boy got slain by Pat”

“The Trains Are Gone” – Colter Wall

Nashville Public Library “Curb Side, Baby” Promotional Video

This is amazing…

Friday Fun Link – You About To Lose Yo Job (Remix)

The situation in the US with the blatant police brutality and absence of any restraint or empathy in the actions of many police officers. But there are moments of levity including this “dance remix” of a protester who informed a police officer that he was about to lose his job because he was illegally detaining […]

The Beatles’ 35 Greatest Guitar Techniques

Music Monday – “I stand before this faceless crowd/And I wonder why I bother/So much controlled by so few/Stumbling from one disaster to another”

A day or a week or a month ago, there was a COVID benefit concert featuring Canadian artists. It was a great show except I took exception to the use of “Lean On Me” as the final group song.  Great song, classic for a reason – sure.  But it just felt misplaced to have a […]