I’ve waited over a decade to do this one because I knew it would be a huge project. Compiling the best songs by Canada’s own The Tragically Hip.
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My Favorite Songs from 2009
My first full year as a father was obviously a busy one. It was also the year we moved into a new house (where we still live today). As with 2008, 2009 was a year in which I was exposed to very little in terms of newer music. The bigger hits and better songs got through thanks to the many car trips, but not like when I was commuting daily.
Continue reading “My Favorite Songs from 2009”The Second Stem Cell Transplant Date is Set
It’s been an interesting last six weeks since the last update, and I’ll summarize it here. Perhaps you, or someone you know, is going through a second bout with leukemia and having a second stem-cell transplant (SCT). Perhaps this helps prepare you for what’s to come.
Continue reading “The Second Stem Cell Transplant Date is Set”The 20 Best Songs from Tom Petty
This legendary rocker never seemed to age, pushing good music out there well into his forties. It really caught many of us off guard when he passed away just shy of his 67th birthday.
Continue reading “The 20 Best Songs from Tom Petty”Round 2 Begins
I was indeed diagnosed with cancer again. Leukemia for the second time. These past couple of months have been a whirlwind, beginning with relentless bad that was, eventually, followed by…some good. Hope.
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At five years post-transplant, we’re told that the odds of relapse are quite slim. After two years, in fact, those odds are quite slim. If you make it that far without the stem cells being rejected, or without a cancer relapse, you’re probably going to make it.
I didn’t want to ever write a post in this section of my blog again. But here we are.
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While reviewing and cataloging all music, I was curious about certain groups and artists and how I feel about their music today. I decided to rank the songs of some of the greats and after kicking things off with the Beatles, Zeppelin, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, CCR and R.E.M. It’s high time I moved onto a Canadian band.
Continue reading “The Best Songs from 54-40”My Favorite Songs from 2008
My first full year running DobberHockey was certainly a busy one. My wife and I learned we were having our first child, and my daughter was born on Christmas day. Meanwhile, I was trying to prove to myself (and my wife) that I could make this fantasy hockey thing work…
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It was a year of transition for yours truly. In the summer of that year I had decided to quit my job and run DobberHockey full time. That meant no more commuting. No more radio. I played music all day long on my PC while I worked – but that music was from my already-vast collection. There were limited occasions where I played new stuff.
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It wasn’t a good year for rock music. Even listening to these songs over and over again, trying to find some kind of connection with them – I came up empty. For the first time since 1963, I didn’t find a single song I would classify as “awesome”.
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