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Songs, songs and more songs #26: Dagny, NZCA Lines, Gorgon City, PVRIS, Lemaitre

Posted on May 1, 2020December 9, 2020 by aussiemoose

COVID-19 has taken quite a lot of the expansive fizz from the world, making us feel that as we retreat into our homes, that our lives are following suit. But the thing is, as these songs remind us, that life, love and the pursuit never diminishes or is lost and Continue Reading

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COVID-19 self-isolation getting you down? Stress not – Kermit the Frog’s is here to sweetly cheer you up

Posted on May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 by aussiemoose

Kermit the Frog has always the Muppet balm for a troubled soul. And it’s not exaggerating things to say that with COVID-19 troubling a great many souls in some fairly big ways, we need someone as kind, insightful, calm and sweet as Kermit (voiced since 2017 by Matt Vogel) now Continue Reading

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