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Music Monday – “Should I stay or should I go?”

Damon Albarn, lead singer of Blur & Gorillaz, was led off stage by security after refusing to stop performing after a five-hour set with the Africa Express Project at a music festival in Europe!  

Posted 06 July 2015 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Uri Gagarin/Flew into the sun/The angels in heaven/Look down where he lay”

I think I posted this in a long ago Music Monday but heard it recently and felt the need to post it again. Such great memories of my undergrad exchange to England during the height of the Britpop/Cool Britannia years with a song that pretty much defines the “Britpop” sounds for me… “Angel Interceptor” – […]

Posted 22 June 2015 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Fan-Made Stanley Cup Closing Montage

CBC used to do great montages during every game of the Stanley Cup Finals as well as after the series was over.  Apparently they let the montage guy” go when they struck a deal to partner with Sportsnet but luckily a fan has taken up the challenge… (Also disappointed they didn’t do the “State Your […]

Posted 16 June 2015 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Unlock my body and move myself to dance/Moving warm liquid, flowing blowing glass”

Went on our inaugural camping trip of the summer this past weekend at the beautiful Echo Lake Provincial Park. Due to a mispronunciation when Pace was little, these fine treats will forever be known as “smorts” in our family! 😉   Until I looked at this photo when we got home, I never noticed that […]

Posted 15 June 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Technology § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

100 Places of Dance

Humans and technology and creativity = awesome.

Posted 09 June 2015 § Meme § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup baby/Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around?”

Highway sing-a-long YouTube channel. Greatest idea ever or car crash waiting to happen? 😉 “Build Me Up Buttercup” – The Foundations

Posted 08 June 2015 § Humour § Meme § MusicMonday § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Cottonwood fallin’/Like snow in July/Fireflies poppin’/Like the fourth of July.”

Country music always makes me think of summer and camping and all that good stuff wrapped up all in one. Literally…

Posted 01 June 2015 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “So I looked at the scenery/She read her magazine/And the moon rose over an open field.'”

“America” – First Aid Kit

Posted 25 May 2015 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

You Can’t Defend Public Libraries and Oppose File Sharing

Libraries and file-sharing do not differ in principle. The purpose of libraries was – is – to make culture and knowledge available to as many as possible, as efficiently as possible, for free – simply because of the greater socioeconomic benefit of an educated and cultural populace. How is this not file-sharing? Great article that […]

Posted 21 May 2015 § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “Take one last look/At the place you are leaving”

Tom Waits with a song that’s a perfect tribute as David Letterman heads towards his final show this Wednesday. Also from Rolling Stone… Top Ten Profound Letterman Moments Six Iconic Letterman Interviews  Top Ten Repeat Guests on Letterman Highlight From Each Year of Letterman’s Run …and How David Letterman Reinvented TV. “Take One Last Look” […]

Posted 18 May 2015 § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: