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@paulmccartney in #yqr (and #ywg) Fan Guide #regina #winnipeg #outthere #macca #beatles #excited #onceinalifetime

Going to see Paul McCartney in Winnipeg on Monday or Regina on Wednesday night? Here are some useful resources (with a Regina bias as that’s where I’m located)… Local News & Info TicketMaster’s Paul McCartney – Regina FAQ (PDF) City of Regina Traffic & Construction Notices regarding the concert “McCartney’s First Regina Concert Sure To Be Memorable” […]

Posted 11 August 2013 § List § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § UK ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “It was twenty years ago today” (and it will be again in a week from now!)

A week and a bit from now I will be seeing Paul McCartney in concert. This is a great warm-up for the man’s musical genius… Let’s hope there’s not a repeat of his experience in Brazil during this tour (although a plaque of grasshoppers definitely *isn’t* out of the question in Saskatchewan! It’s amazing (er, […]

Posted 05 August 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

How Much Happens Every 60 Seconds On The Internet?

A lot!

Posted 30 July 2013 § Infographic § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “It’s like rain/On your wedding day/In a place you chose/That’s not known for rain.”

Two New York sisters (who are obviously future copy editors) re-work one of Alanis Morrisette’s most famous songs so that it’s finally accurate.  Or to put it another way, “The only ironic thing about the [original Alanis Morrisette] song is that it’s written by someone who doesn’t know what irony is.” “It’s Finally Ironic” – […]

Posted 22 July 2013 § Canada § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “They say life begins at 40/Age is just a state of mind/If all that’s true/You know that I’ve been dead for 39”

Probably no better song to post this week with three days left in my 30’s, written by the best songwriter of my lifetime! “Life Begins at 40” – John Lennon

Posted 15 July 2013 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I like a pop song sober in the afternoon/I like a chord hanging down when I’m in the nude”

What better songs to post for Canada Day than a couple tracks from a new Canadian super group called “The Mounties”? The group features Hawksley Workman, one of my favourite Canadian musicians of all-time and the video for their first single contains a few prominent shots of the Canadian flag: “Headphones” – The Mounties …while their […]

Posted 01 July 2013 § Canada § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “For years they’ve been married/Not one day of trouble/Got two happy boys/Good luck/Daily double/Love to dance with each other/Say they live in a bubble”

I’ve written about Sam Baker before – a Texas singer-songwriter whose ultra-streamlined literary style and unique vocals have drawn comparisons to Leonard Cohen: Baker captivated me. His songs are closely observed narratives of eccentric and marginalized people finding meaning in seemingly defeated lives–almost like Leonard Cohen’s, if Cohen had been a Baptist raised in West […]

Posted 17 June 2013 § Humour § MusicMonday § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “And that Holy Water, that you soak in is then poisoned/When everyone else Is more comfortable remaining voiceless/Rather than fighting for humans/That have had their rights stolen”

Hip hop isn’t always known for its sensitivity around issues of misogyny and homophobia  so this song, written in support of efforts to legalize same sex marriage in Washington State, is a welcome change… “Same Love” – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Posted 10 June 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Here’s a hymn to welcome in the day/Heralding a summer’s early sway/And all the bulbs all coming in/To begin”

“June Hymn” – The Decemberists

Posted 03 June 2013 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “How I wonder what you are/Up above the world so high/Like a diamond in the sky”

A pianist uses a popular children’s song to do a very cool demonstration the past century of recorded music…

Posted 27 May 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: