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FTRW 2011 – Day Two – Music Monday – “Like sex on the beaches/What else is in the teaches of peaches? Huh? What?”

We screened a few films during library school that either had a library theme (Party Girl) or that somehow related to library issues. One that we showed which is very heavily connected to the concept of freedom to read/freedom of speech was “The Aristocrats” and my frequent partner-in-crime, Quinn Dupont outdid himself by playing this […]

Posted 21 February 2011 § Library § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Justin Bieber: Canadian Statesman?

No, that post title is not a joke.  (Well, mostly not a joke.) The reality is that I’m only slightly ashamed to admit that I find Justin Bieber and his recent rise to stardom fascinating. There’s the fact that he’s from Woodstock, ON, just down the road from London.  [Edit: I’m obviously not *that* fascinated […]

Posted 16 February 2011 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “When the guns are the fence post/The cars are the doghouse/And the telephones no longer ring/What, what of the night/With no electrical light/So what then?”

With apologies to Leonard Cohen, this is easily the sweetest love song about the end of the world ever. Or if that’s not your speed, how about a 200 love song YouTube playlist? Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted 14 February 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “What so proudly we watched/At the twilight’s last gleaming”

The Superbowl is always one of the most watched TV events of the year so most people probably saw this live yesterday or have heard about it by now. So you probably also know that Christina Aguilera screwed up the words to the US national anthem before the game. What you might not know is […]

Posted 07 February 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – RSO at RPL

Believe it or not, RPL offers ~5000 programs a year.  This was one of the best (and most successful) I’ve been to, popping down during my lunch hour last week:

Posted 05 February 2011 § Library § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – ChatRoulette Meets Open Mic Nights?

Occasionally I do a search for some of my favourite bands on YouTube, limited by “Date Uploaded” to see if there are any new clips from their recent concerts.  A recent search for “Hawksley Workman” didn’t lead to any clips of him specifically but did lead to a couple recent covers.  One was tagged “Me […]

Posted 31 January 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Take on me/When I come around/Take me on/When I come around/Take me on”

The answer is of course, melody.  But this is still pretty cool…

Posted 24 January 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

On My Bookshelf

Reading: “Life” – Keith Richards On Deck: “Delivering Happiness” – Tony Hsieh In the Hole – “Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution” – Richard Dawkins (All subject to change of course when the next shiny book catches my eye!)

Posted 23 January 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Jesus was a black man, No, Jesus was Batman, no-no-no, that was Bruce Wayne!”

Okay, my Atheist Xmas series of posts is done but I just had to share this song which has one of the best lines ever (see post title)! Pace and I were dancing around listening to music the other day and this song from my England semester abroad came on.  I immediately thought of the […]

Posted 10 January 2011 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

And Now I’ll Explode Your Cute-O-Meter…

Usually I’d save a video like this for Music Monday.  But it’s too cute (and going viral too fast!) to save it for next week.    Enjoy!

Posted 05 January 2011 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,