We’ve been swaying in the sluice of commercial music’s fetid breeze for so long that we’ve lost the ability to appreciate the slow burn, the rolling, creeping emotional wash of songs and artists that paint outside the lines of commercial success. The post-MTV era has led us down a path of saccharine, instantly gratifying need where our senses are over-stimulated – like a million neon roadside billboards or a caffeine rush to the soul in an effort to forget we live banal or uninteresting, tedious lives.
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Roxanne Tellier: Giving Thanks
Posted in Opinion with tags American Revolution, attitude of gratitude, Baffin Island, Bing Crosby, Bob Segarini, Canadian, Christmas, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fat Pants Day, Frobisher Bay, grateful, Halloween, happiness, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong., Martin Frobisher, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nunavut, Robert Wolfall, Roxanne Tellier, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Turkey Day, United Empire Loyalists, Zig Ziglar on October 12, 2014 by segarini
Yay! It’s Turkey Day! Actually, we celebrated on Saturday, so for me it’s just Fat Pants Day today, but what the heck. It’s the drumstick that counts.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 