Walking The Walk: Change for the Better

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I don't think that there are that many people, I know there are a few, who don't like music, and for whom music is something that if not defines, at least provides the backdrop, for their lives. Whether you play it or just listen, music isn't often far away. Whether it's piped in at the grocery store or the muzak on the elevator, the jingle from the commercial or radio ad, or background for a video game, music is there. And for those people who do legitimately enjoy music, there are probably favourite styles or genres. But just as our tastes change in books, or art or clothing, so to does our taste change in music. It might not be dramatic, but it could be. It also doesn't have to be a replacement of one for the other, but rather an expansion of sounds that end up being pleasing to the ear. Here is the story of what that evolution has looked like over the last few decades for me. 

If you want to check out the Columbia House episode on Tapeheads 80's Music and Beyond click here

Songs featured in this episode:

Mario Kart Music - YouTube

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin 

Tom Sawyer - Rush

Something Beautiful - Newsboys

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Reba McIntyre

Time Stands Still - Rush

Distant Sun - Crowded House

Lucky One - Michael Penn

I Liked You Right from the Start - NQ Arbuckle

No Ordinary Love - Sade

Still Thrives This Love - kd lang

Ecstasy - Vinnie Vincent

Yin Yang -  USS

Lost in Touch - Kue Varo

I Was Made for Lovin' You - Kiss

Thank You for the Music - ABBA

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

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Time flies...or does it? A whole year has already passed and we once again celebrated our birthdays together, and we're still wading through and waiting out the immigration process...which makes time feel like it's not moving quickly enough. But life (and time) marches on, so we are doing our best to keep living and enjoying and celebrating. Here's our update on all those fronts and so we hope that you are all doing well and here's hoping that at this time next year we'll be telling a different story - one that is a new chapter and not a to be continued:)

Songs featured in this episode are: 

What Lovers Do - Maroon 5

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship

Tough Love - Bear's Den

The Italian Song - Fenbi International Superstars

Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx

More from Fenbi or Young Immortals  - Enjoy!

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

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There's a lot of stuff that can get you down. And it's not always big stuff. It can little niggling things, those little things that just get under your skin, or your collar like the little hairs after a haircut. But sweating the small stuff isn't usually the best choice, particularly, when there are ALSO a lot of little things that happen that are actually pretty darn great. This episode I look at both sides of that coin - I'd love to know your list of both the stuff that gets to you and the stuff that lifts you up:)

Here's the songs featured in this episode:

Basket Case - Green Day

What a Surprise - Neil Sedaka

Driving With Your Eyes Closed - Don Henley

No More Sorrow - Linkin Park

Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

I Can Sing a Rainbow - Don Spencer

This Kiss - Faith Hill

Tea for Two - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie

Guitar - Jeremiah 7 (Pixabay.com)

Drive it Like You Stole It - Sing Street Soundtrack

Smile - Sidewalk Prophets

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks

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At the risk of sounding like I have no idea what I'm doing or that I know what I should be doing, but have thus far not been able to actually do it, I may (finally) have had the reckoning that I needed. All the stars aligned (maybe) such that a series of stories, a podcast and a method recommended to help people dealing with trauma may have finally been the last piece of the equation that three therapists helped open the door towards. Success is an as of yet undetermined outcome, but at least the process is (possibly) making some progress. Wishy-washy? Maybe...but maybe I'm on the right path at last:)

Songs featured in this episode are:

Single Kiss (Paul Krecsy)

Talking About a Revolution (Tracy Chapman)

The Cure (Olivia Rodrigo)

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks

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We were in Paris as you may know, and so Todd and I had fun talking about our time there. It was great being able to relive our time there and talk about the highlights and surprises and things that we want to go back and explore some more. There are some "pro-tips" in there for those who have not necessarily been to France, and some recommendations as well, which of course you can take or leave:) 

If you've been and think we missed something, I would love to hear your favourite things from Paris. Hope you enjoy our overview and walk down memory lane of a place we certainly hope to be able to return to. 

Songs featured in this episode are:

Non, je ne regret rien - Edith Piaf

La Valse d'Amelie - Jann Tiersen

Le Moulin - Jann Tiersen

La Seine - Armand de Paris

La Seine - Vanessa Paradis

Le Rêve du Pêcheur - Laurent Voulzy

J'ai dans le coeur - Le Petit Prins inspired movie clip (from YouTube)

Hymne de l'amour - Edit Piaf

Je te Lesserai des mots - Patrick Watson

An American in Paris - George Gershwin

Paris - the 1975

Music from Mindwalk - Phillip Glass (from YouTube)

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks

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There are a lot of things that I can think of that would be worse than travelling on a plane - but if you want to get out of Dodge and you don't want to take your Dodge, chances are you'll have to fly. In this episode the trials and tribulations AND excellent examples of people who can make or break a trip - and thoughts to consider whether or how we might all end up in either of those camps sometimes.

Songs featured in this episode:

Mr. Disappointment - Neil Young

Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

Hey Look Ma I Made It - Panic at the Disco

Old MacDonald - the Wiggles

Selfish Man - Flagging Molly

King of Wishful Thinking - Go West

I'll Be Your Mirror - Velvet Underground

Try a Little Kindness - Glen Campbell

Feverpitch - Hotel Mira

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks

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We all do it - compare ourselves to others...and we've all probably felt like a failure at some point. But what do those words mean? Really... What are the measuring sticks for failure? What is actually going on with the Joneses, and why does it all matter so darn much? All this and a guitar journey where mistakes are encouraged  - enjoy!

Songs featured in this episode:

Mistake - Blue October

Putting Up With the Joneses - Spirit of the West

Pinball Wizard - The Who

That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain

Try Everything - Shakira

Shake It Off - Taylor Swift

Make Your Own Kind of Music - Cass Elliot

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks

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I know I said there would be no more episodes about the Beatles, and it's not. It's actually about George Martin, who I think is amazing and I wanted to do a song by song review of how I think he did choosing different people to cover select songs. It may be controversial - but I had a lot of fun listening and thinking about each of the renditions, and as a total sucker for covers, what better choice than to listen to  the genius behind the band that has caused me so much angst. I would love to know your opinion of this album! And apologies to my penpal if I misrepresented your opinions in any way!

All songs as heard on "In My Life" - George Martin. Go by the CD and forget about the streaming platforms for this one time:)

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks

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Sometimes something happens that makes you realize that you need to change it up a bit...and that something was the realization that I had shifted without officially shifting the podcast. So that change starts now - introducing Walking the Walk where I still look at perspective but with an eye towards change for the better. Hope you enjoy the change in direction and be sure to follow so you hear all the wild and wacky things that are sure to be encountered along the way.

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here!

When you think about control, what do you think about? How much you control? How little you control? How you wish you had more control? Well, if that's the case, welcome to the club! In this episode I take a look at what control is in theory and how chasing it when we should or shouldn't will determine how stressed you feel, how satisfied you feel or more appropriately, how crappy you might be feeling because you are choosing poorly, to quote the knight in that episode of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - more on that in the episode. Changing that is really at the heart of this and hopefully you'll be able to relate. 

Songs featured in this episode:

Control - Janet Jackson

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Shake it Out - Florence and the Machine

Dog Days are Over - Florence and the Machine

Listen wherever you get your podcasts - you can find us on Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, Deezer, Player FM, Tune-In and of course Spotify, Google Player and Apple Podcasts - where if you can leave a comment or throw me some ideas of topics you'd like to hear about, that would be great. 

Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home. 

Thanks for listening - follow me on Instagram @CharChar_bincks