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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

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

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

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 –

Newfoundland Trip – Music Monday – “To wake in the early morn/To the sound of the old fog horn/And wait for the men to return/With their boats in the bay”

Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces. Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming. I couldn’t name

Happy Canada Day!

The perfect song for both Canada Day and also for a couple of flatlander farmers hanging out with the fishermen in Newfoundland…

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