While I am not a hardcore movie lover, I do enjoy watching a good movie and come Oscar time, I try my best to catch at least a few of… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #58/250: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor by Gustav Mahler from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film Maestro
Just prior to heading off on Spring Break for a week with my family came the news of the passing of Canadian music legend Ronnie King. Mr. King was one… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip/May Peace Be With You…Song #62/250: Sweet City Woman by The Stampeders
The history of modern music is filled with moments that acted as the spark that helped to inspire those who launch whole new eras and genres of music. For instance,… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #8/25: The Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England
The story behind today’s song is one of taxes, music history that didn’t involve Deep Purple and music history that did. How “Smoke on the Water” came to be recorded… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #51/250: Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
Despite knowing the journey….and where it leads….I embrace it. And welcome every moment of it. Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) to her dying daughter Hannah during the film, Arrival. In… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #57/250: On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the Film Arrival
For the whole of my adult working life, I was a slave to the rhythm of schools. Every work day began early in the morning and went until late afternoon… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #61/250: Working for the Weekend by Loverboy
The Wiener Musikverein translates into The Vienna Music Association and is the name given to the concert hall in the centre of Vienna that is home to the Vienna Philharmonic… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #7/25: The Wiener Musikverein in Vienna, Austria
As many of you know, I was an elementary school teacher long before I ever became a blogger. For thirty years I spent a majority of my days in the… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #50/250: Not An Addict by K’s Choice
I began writing this punk rock series with a post about the San Francisco area band Jawbreaker. In that post (which you can read here) I talked about some of… Read More »Who’s Punk?! What’s the Score?!…Song #20/21: The Decline by NOFX
If you are a faithful follower of this blog then right about now you might be asking yourself “Didn’t he just cover ‘Sunglasses at Night’ by Corey Hart a few… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #56/250: Sunglasses at Night: Jean Jacket Remix from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film NOPE
