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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Spirit of the West Full Concert (June 2015)

Obviously I wasn’t at this concert but I was at Spirit of the West’s Regina show around the same time (same tour?) after John Mann’s diagnosis and this is a pretty good capture of the mixed emotions of that show – joy, sadness, awe, fear.

Posted 21 November 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

RIP John Mann (1964-2019)

It was a long, inevitable farewell. After announcing his Early Onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, John Mann, lead singer and frontman of the seminal 90’s Canadiana band, Spirit of the West, embarked on a farewell tour with the band in 2014. Shea and I got to see this show and it reminded me of why, […]

Posted 20 November 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “And she told me that she loved me/And I grinned and grabbed her hand and said, “I know”/Let’s get from here/Now darling if we’re going/Let’s go on and go.”

“Good Lord, Lorrie” – Turnpike Troubadours

Posted 18 November 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Let us stray till break of day in love’s valley of dreams/Just you and I, a summer sky, a heavenly breeze kissin’ the trees

I honestly never knew this song had lyrics until I started putting together this post… “Moonlight Serenade” – Glenn Miller Orchestra

Posted 11 November 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Our house, was our castle and our keep/Our house, in the middle of our street/Our house, that was where we used to sleep”

“Our House” – Madness  

Posted 04 November 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I never really knew that she could dance like this/She makes a man wants to speak Spanish/Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa (sí, sí)”

What first snow of the year? “Hips Don’t Lie” – Shakira

Posted 28 October 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Fred Eaglesmith Grand Ole Opry Debut

It took him fifty years to get there but it was worth it!

Posted 23 October 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Genius of John Lennon’s Guitar Playing

Man, I love the Beatles!  

Posted 16 October 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I’m a professional cynic/But my heart’s not in it/I’m paying the price of living life at the limit/Caught in the century’s anxiety”

“Country House” – Blur

Posted 14 October 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Blue Man Group on NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Usually Tiny Desk gets Americana-style artists but this is a pretty fun…

Posted 11 October 2019 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: