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Guitar Teacher Reacts To…

Stumbled on this YouTube series where a guitar teacher listens to a recommended song by his fans and then provides commentary.  He’s often never heard the song before but provides a lot of great insight, even on a first reading (er, hearing)… Sometimes the power of music is in the lyrics and delivery… Metalhead turned […]

Posted 05 May 2020 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Star Wars/If they should bar wars/Please let these Star Wars/Stay”

Happy May the Fourth to you! “Star Wars Theme” – Bill Murray

Posted 04 May 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I am going to make it through this year if it kills me/I am going to make it through this year if it kills me”

“This Year” – The Mountain Goats

Posted 27 April 2020 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Oh come back love, Oh come back love/The sun and moon refuse to shine/Since I’ve gone love, gone away love/This lonely girl has had no peace of mind”

“Fare Thee Well Love” – The Rankin Family

Posted 20 April 2020 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – When Quarantine Lasts Too Long?

This is a cover of “Africa” by Toto performed on sweet potato and squash. I repeat, this is a cover of “Africa” by Toto performed on sweet potato and squash.  

Posted 17 April 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy 7th Birthday Sasha (August 2019)

Here’s my sunshine at the Regina Folk Fest last summer…

Posted 16 April 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Fun With Opposites – Linda from London Public Library

Was nice to see this pop up in one of my social media feeds today – one of my favourite classmates in library school (and a real life rock star librarian!) doing a digital program (and I’ll likely do a longer post at some point about the library’s role and response in the COVID era […]

Posted 15 April 2020 § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “We ate the food, we drank the wine/Everybody having a good time, except you/You were talking about the end of the world”

“Until the End of the World” – U2

Posted 13 April 2020 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – A Virtual Birthday Card For Grandpa

Coronavirus is affecting us in ways big and small but one of the worst things is not being able to see the people you love in person anymore. So me and the kids threw together a “Virtual Birthday Card’ for Grandpa Ray as a placeholder until we get to see him in person!     […]

Posted 11 April 2020 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – A Message From Michael

Of all the “inspirational” celebrity messages, sing-a-longs, and tips, I do believe this is my favourite… (And bonus, possibly the first time I’ve clearly heard the lyrics to this song in ~30 years I’ve been listening to it!) 🙂

Posted 10 April 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,