Mike Vancouver 🍁

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 15 June 16th "Fascist architecture of my own design Too long been keeping my love confined You tore me out of myself alive...." Bruce Cockburn - Fascist Architecture (Humans 1980 this version re-recorded for the compilation album) youtube.com/watch?v=iRzmY_…

Marcel Paille in Philly.

After decades of buying quirky/cute little econoboxes for commuting, I decided that Mazda had upped their game enough to spend a bit more for a really nice looking car. Since 2016, they have gone even further upmarket, but I will keep this one. #WhatMyCarSaysAboutMe

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 30 July 1st "If this were the last night of the world What would I do? What would I do that was different Unless it was champagne with you?" Bruce Cockburn-Last Night of the World (Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu 1999) youtube.com/watch?v=TjXttZ…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 29 June 30th "...You pay your money and you take your chance When you're dealing with love and romance.." Bruce Cockburn - You Pay Your Money And You Take Your Chance (Inner City Front 1981) youtube.com/watch?v=rMkKVr…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 28 June 29th "..North South East West Kill the best and buy the rest It's just spend a buck to make a buck You don't really give a flying fuck About the people in misery.." Bruce Cockburn - Call It Democracy (World of Wonders 1986) youtube.com/watch?v=Gfcfdt…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 27 June 28th "..And the mercies of the currents that brought Me to you and you to me And in the silence at the heart of things Where all true meetings come to be..." Bruce Cockburn - The Rose Above The Sky (Humans 1980) youtube.com/watch?v=YcntEF…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 26 June 27th "...I never live with balance Though I've always liked the notion I feel that endless hunger For energy and motion Open Open Open..." Bruce Cockburn -Open (You've Never Seen Everything 2003) youtube.com/watch?v=ErkzoA…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 25 June 26th "The village idiot takes the throne His the wind in which all must sway All sane people, die now Be lifted up and carried away..." Bruce Cockburn - All Our Dark Tomorrows (You've Never Seen Everything 2003) youtube.com/watch?v=-Xnuxk…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 24 June 25th "..Look at them working in the hot sun The pilloried saints and the fallen ones Working and waiting for the night to come And waiting for a miracle..." Bruce Cockburn -Waiting for a Miracle (Waiting for a Miracle 1987) youtube.com/watch?v=y038y8…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 23 June 24th "...Ivan's outside Sulking in the yard Everyone got bad communication when the time gets hard Not a nice guy But he's got troubles of his own..." Bruce Cockburn -Yanqui Go Home (Stealing Fire 2003 Remaster) youtube.com/watch?v=xouut0…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 22 June 23rd "..You've got instant communication Instant data tabulation You got the forces of occupation But you don't get capitulation Cause people see through you.." Bruce Cockburn - People See Through You (World of Wonders 1986) youtube.com/watch?v=ARX2vC…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 21 June 22nd "...Everybody wears a halo Never saw nothing at all So who put that bullet hole in Peggy's kitchen wall?" Bruce Cockburn - Peggy's Kitchen Wall (Stealing Fire 1984) youtube.com/watch?v=_iNjJi…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 20 June 21st "...Burning -- all night long Burning -- at the gates of dawn Singing -- near and far Singing -- to raise the morning star" Bruce Cockburn - To Raise The Morning Star (Stealing Fire 1984) youtube.com/watch?v=XNhXvy…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 19 June 20th "...Something for nothing, new lamps for old And the streets will be platinum, never mind gold..." Bruce Cockburn -- Candy Man's Gone (The Trouble With Normal 1983) youtube.com/watch?v=TmVse1…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 18 June 19th "...Berlin tonight Table-dancing in black tights Waving a silver crutch in the blue lights Shapechanging over glass On the front line of the last gasp..." Bruce Cockburn-- Berlin Tonight (World of Wonders 1986) youtube.com/watch?v=Vd_wme…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 17 June 18th "..Hear the cry in the tropic night Should be the cry of love but it's a cry of fright Some people never see the light Till it shines through bullet holes.." Bruce Cockburn --Tropic Moon (The Trouble With Normal 1983) youtube.com/watch?v=S_uLnC…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 16 June 17th "...Balanced on the brink only waiting for a shove You better listen for the laugh of love..." Bruce Cockburn - Listen For The Laugh (Dart To The Heart 1994) youtube.com/watch?v=uCIw2T…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 14 June 15th "...To be held in the heart of a friend is to be a king But the magic of a lover's touch is what makes my spirit sing..." Bruce Cockburn -Don't Feel Your Touch (Big Circumstance 1988) youtube.com/watch?v=KQiCdX…

#FaveCanadianTunes Day 13 June 14th "...I watch this woman in a tight sequined lizard dress -- Tosses her scarlet hair like a sly caress She got midnight voice like some beckoning saint..." Bruce Cockburn --See How I Miss You (World of Wonders 1986) youtube.com/watch?v=Cl8vJt…