The Westboro Baptist Church are a truly odious group of folks (widely referred to as a hate group) who travel around “protesting” various events that they somehow think are connected to homosexuality. But when they chose to protest a recent Foo Fighters concert, the band had a response planned. (Of course this raises questions about […]
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Music Monday – “How can you just walk away from me/When all I can do is watch you leave?”
Spooky. Spooky good, that is!
Music Monday – “Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild…”
I understand why Steven Page chose to perform a cover of “Hallelujah” at the Jack Layton funeral on Saturday (apparently it was the last song Jack listened to as he slipped away.) But it got me wondering if there was a song in the BNL catalogue which would’ve also worked? Thematically (at least in […]
Music Monday – “The morning breaks like porcelain/Across an eastern sky/I stare across an open field/I sit and wonder why/Why the world’s so beautiful/And why it’s so sad.”
The news of Jack Layton’s passing today, although not unexpected, is still sad and tragic for so many reasons. There is much grieving today from party supporters and much respect from people from across the political spectrum for a man who was truly special within the political realm. I tried to think of an appropriate […]
Lyric Check Needed – Stat!
Pace has become quite the little music fan recently, often breaking into “songs” of his own creation or snippets of songs he’s heard on the radio or at daycare or wherever. Still, Shea and I had our jaws drop when he recently started singing “If you can’t make her say oooh-oooh-oooh, make her say ahh-ahh-ahh!” […]
Music Monday – Top 20 Countdowns of the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s
A huge collection of countdown overviews for the last few decades including, for example, the year I graduated high school… (via Reddit)
Homeless Boy Stuns Korean Version of “America’s Got Talent” Reality Show
I always think these reality show stars – Susan Boyle, Paul Potts, etc. – who are dumpy looking and/or have a sob story are probably exaggerated (along with the editing and dramatic music introducing them) for maximum effect. But if there’s even a grain of truth to stories like this one, it’s still pretty amazing…
Tunes Tuesday – “Gonna get my smiling face/On the cover of the Rolling Stone”
In my excitement to post a 1980’s country song that captures my post-long weekend camping bliss yesterday, I neglected what would have been a perfectly timed Music Monday post. So instead, you get an extremely rare “Tunes Tuesday” post to share the good news that Saskatoon band, The Sheepdogs, won a contest to become the […]
Friday Fun Link – MTV News Explains The Internet (in 1995)
An old clip from 1995 of Kurt Loder explaining “the Internet” to the MTV generation has gone viral over the last day or so. This hits home for me because 1995 was when I discovered the Internet as well. I was nearing the end of my undergrad degree when I ended up applying for (and […]
Best Music Books of All-time
Hipster hangout, Pitchfork, gets their editors to name their 60 favourite music books of all-time. I haven’t read all of them but have definitely read a few – that Ian MacDonald book on the Beatles is awesome!