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The Rise & Fall of the Columbia House Record Club — and How We Learned to Steal Music

An article about the decline of mail-order record clubs claims that it was the “12 for a $0.01” record clubs that conditioned consumers to pay little to nothing

Music Monday – Occupy with Aloha

This isn’t a typical Music Monday clip but it’s pretty cool. A Hawaiian slack-key guitar musician named Makana was asked to play at the APEC Summit as background

Sappy Sunday – Sometimes Real Life Is Better Than Any CGI Fiction

Guaranteed to blow your mind – a time-lapse video shot by International Space Station astronauts flying over the Earth over a period of two months. Earth | Time

Music Monday – “In a corner of the world on election day/You watched your star shatter/Then fade away/Too many wasted days”

I wasn’t sure which would be a fitting song to post for Saskatchewan’s election day but I saw the lyric I quoted in the post title posted to

It’s The First Snow of the Year (Dates Archive)

An annual tradition on this blog is the posting of this Hawksley Workman song which perfectly captures the joy that comes with the first snowfall of the year.

Music Monday – “I was working in the lab/Late one night/When my eyes beheld/An eerie sight”

Halloween rarely falls on a Monday but there are so many options for a Music Monday song, how do I choose? Well, start with one of the best

Sappy Sunday – Acceptance & Anti-Bullying Message From An Insurance Commercial?!?

A Thai insurance commercial, mashed-up with an atmospheric piece of music, creates a touching message against bullying and about acceptance:

Music Monday – “I’m putting all my fears down/I can hear the cheers now/See peace signs when I look around”

X-Factor is the new Simon Cowell owned-show he’s imported from the UK to compete with American Idol, the top-rated franchise he left last year. Although both shows have

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