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Music Monday – “All the flowers that you planted mama/In the back yard/All died when you went away”

This song has always been incredibly powerful from when it became a worldwide smash in 1990 but it might even be more powerful to hear it now, nearly thirty years later, after Sinead O’Connor has led a life full of controversy and pain.   “Nothing Compares 2 U” – Sinead O’Connor

12 Most Offensive South Park Episodes

Shea and I went to see “Book of Mormon” today, one of the most successful, long-running Broadway shows of all-time, written and produced by the same guys who made South Park. I’ve been a fan of South Park since someone told me about “Rainbows?  I hate rainbows!” but I don’t watch it as religiously (pun […]

Friday Fun Link – Five Subtle Ways Pro Can Tell If A Drummer’s Legit

 

Music Monday – “I guess it could be worse, it ain’t that bad/At least I ain’t sittin’ in old Baghdad/In the middle of the hot damn desert sittin’ in a tank”

“You Can Have The Crown” – Sturgill Simpson

Music Monday – “Now in the pouring snow, sad, but swift/I headed down the highway/Hoping that the burden of my blues would lift/And praying that the whiskey would keep me brave”

Easily my favourite song of the year (I can’t believe I haven’t posted it before!) “Letter to Madeline” – Ian Noe

Music Monday – “She said, “Andy, you’re better than your past”/Winked at me and drained her glass/Cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore”

“Elephant” – Jason Isbell (This reaction video where a couple commentators slowly realize what the song’s about is a pretty good supplement to what some feel is the best song of 2013.)

Friday Fun Link – Top 20 Electric Guitar Riffs of All-Time

A bit heavy on the classic rock stuff but still a pretty decent list…  

Music Monday – “This tiny space is all I need to live in/A simple life’s good for the soul/And I think I’m going to live in a boler/Tow it behind me wherever I go”

I used this song as part of a longer end-of-season montage after our first summer seasonal site three years ago but it deserves a post of its own. (Make sure you read the story about the singer from the Ovarian Cancer “Walk of Hope” page below – very tragic story for such a joyful song.) “Living […]

Music Monday – “A civil war vet went to see/If he could get a bit of timber for a new barn/The number 4 sped/From the train overhead came the itty bitty newborn”

“Sarah Jane and the Iron Mountain Maiden” – Steve Martin and Edie Brickell

The Rivalry Between Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson