Tag Archives: music

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 […]

Music Monday – “Thought I was alone in the world/Until my memories gathered ’round me in the night/Thought I was strong/Until I finally had to fight”

Jason Isbell, one of the greatest living songwriters today, did a free concert to promote the release of his new album, “Reunions”, and though lots of artists are doing live streams from their living rooms and their music rooms and so on, this might be the first one I’ve seen that’s tried to re-create much […]

Donald Trump Sings R.E.M.

This is too funny to wait for Music Monday…

Music Monday – “The joint is really jumpin’, the cats are going wild/The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style,”

One of the greatest, most influential rock stars of all-time… “Ready Teddy” – Little Richard