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Music Monday – “She asked me to change the station/Said the song just drove her insane/But it weren’t just the music playing/It was me that she was trying to blame”

“Far From Me” – John Prine

¶ Posted 14 January 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

.@aoc_dances Is My New Favourite Twitter Account Today

So you may have heard that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had an “embarrassing” video of her dancing in a college video (which, in turn was a remake of an earlier mash-up) highlighted recently but that it didn’t go as well as the anonymous right-wing troll who tweeted it had hoped. Unsurprisingly, instead of embarrassment and scorn, […]

¶ Posted 08 January 2019 § Humour § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “I can’t take my eyes off you/I can’t take my eyes off you/I can’t take my eyes off you”

Goddamn, this is a good song. “The Blower’s Daughter” – Damien Rice

¶ Posted 07 January 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “And you won’t understand/But you will learn someday/That wherever you are and whatever you face/These are the people who’ll make you feel safe in this world/My sweet blue-eyed girl”

This is a bit shaky cam but I haven’t posted this amazing Christmas song for a few years so I thought I’d do so with a different version that’s even more fun than the original… “White Wine in the Sun” – Tim Minchin

¶ Posted 17 December 2018 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § Travel § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, xmas

Music Monday – “Where is Santa at his sleigh?/Tell me why is it always this way?/Where is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen, baby?/Merry Christmas, merry merry merry Christmas”

“Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)” – The Ramones

¶ Posted 10 December 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: holiday, xmas

My 10 Favourite Christmas Songs

I’ve posted a lot of Christmas songs over the years, mostly as Music Monday posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make a list of my favourite Xmas songs, at least until now. So what makes a great Christmas song in my mind? Weirdly with how joyful the season is, my favourites mostly […]

¶ Posted 02 December 2018 § Family § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, xmas

Friday Fun Link – Trump Sings Ariana Grande

This is pretty funny… …though, to be fair, Obama also got the same treatment:

¶ Posted 30 November 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language, unitedstates

Music Monday – “If we were vampires and death was a joke/We’d go out on the sidewalk and smoke/And laugh at all the lovers and their plans/I wouldn’t feel the need to hold your hand”

A lot of my music-loving friends had posted something about this song but I’m embarrassed to admit I didn’t even give it a listen because I thought the title was terrible and reminded me of “Twilight” or something. But I finally gave it a chance and boy, was I wrong. Probably one of the most […]

¶ Posted 19 November 2018 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents

Friday Fun Link – Captain Connor Rap

I’m going to tag this as “Music” but that’s probably stretching the definition somewhat. 😉

¶ Posted 16 November 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey, youtube

Comparing Some Swedish Guy’s 7 Year (7000 Hour) Guitar Progress To My Own 22 (!) Year, Didn’t Count The Hours Guitar Journey

I bought my first guitar after coming back from a University exchange to England in 1995. It cost me $60 and I still have it. It’s an El Degas model which is Spanish for “cheap crap”. 🙂 (Wow, Google tells me these guitars were actually made in Japan and mostly exported to Canada in the […]