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RIP John Prine (1946-2020)

Covid-19 claims another famous singer. Rest in Peace John Prine.

¶ Posted 07 April 2020 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, health

Music Monday – “COVID-19/I swear you are mean/At this moment/I’m in quarantine”

Lots of “C’mon Eileen” parodies out there right now for some reason… “COVID-19” (“C’mon Eileen” Parody)

¶ Posted 06 April 2020 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, education

Music Monday – “All by myself/Don’t want to be, all by myself anymore/All by myself/Don’t want to live, all by myself anymore”

“All By Myself” – Eric Carmen

¶ Posted 30 March 2020 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid

The First Celebrity COVID Death?

I would never have guessed that Joe Diffie would be the first celebrity COVID death (well, if a tier B 1990’s country singer counts as a celebrity but I liked quite a few of his songs back in the day so why not?) And if this helps even one Red Stater stay home, his death […]

¶ Posted 29 March 2020 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, health

Music Monday – “And the saddest thing would be/Is if you up and said to me/That you’re tired of running scared/And you really don’t care/About the ice age, baby”

I’m suddenly very interested in end-of-the-world songs for some reason… “Ice Age” – Hawksley Workman

¶ Posted 23 March 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, history

Music Monday – “That’s great it starts with an outbreak/From birds and bats to airplanes/Donald Trump is not afraid”

Great rewrite! “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – COVID-19 Remix” – R.E.M.

¶ Posted 16 March 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, language, science

Music Monday – “Ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa/Ma ma se, ma ma sa/Ma ma coo sa”

Back from a week in Mexico and will likely do some resort-themed posts over the next few days starting with this one… And my big thought of the day is – I really have no idea why most Cancun resorts have a Michael Jackson impersonator as one of their nightly shows when you never see […]

¶ Posted 02 March 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, travel

Music Monday – “I can almost smell the perfumed nights/And see the starry sky/I wish you comin’ with me baby/’Cause right before my eye”

Isn’t the Internet amazing? I heard this song on my random “Flow” playlist the other day. It’s a song from 1977 by an obscure New Zealand band that I’d never heard before but it felt fitting even though we’re going to Mexico instead of Cuba, leaving in February instead of April, but hoping for sun […]