Author: Dougie Boom's Cottage Country Mix Series

Established in 2008, Dougie Boom’s Cottage Country Mix is the perfect music mix for your summer soundtrack. Released annually to usher in the best times of summer, it can be enjoyed at the cottage, campsite or the beach. Anywhere you are, through your phone or browser. Or download for later for when you are really deep in the wilds. Join our mailing list so you don’t miss an episode. Or follow us on Instagram to see what we are up to. www.cottagemixtape.com
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Only if you are a real Fleetwood Mac and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia fan will you get this meme.

Band photo of Fleetwood Mac in the 70s, with a question mark and arrow pointing down to the top of another cut off picture

Just a little something to get over the hump (day) with this Fleetwood Mac and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia meme. I got the cast picked for the biography. Dennis is of course Lindsey Buckingham. and Frank as Mick Fleetwood (Mick Frankwood). But where is Mac (played by Rob McElhenney)? There is no Mac. With …

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Board Game Review – Don’t Get Got! (2019)

The Don't Get Got game box with playing cards superimposed on a Mexican Beach

Party Game Review ('Loons On Vacation' Edition) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae29wxdhlP4 It has been a while since we did a board game review. So long, in fact, we forgot what board games are, evidently. Ok, this is not a board game but rather a party game by Big Potato Games (bigpotato.com) called Don't Get Got! It is meant …

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Beer Review from Mexico: Robinsons’ Iron Maiden ‘Trooper’ Premium British Beer

Iron Maiden Trooper Beer beside a glass of beer

Live from Mexico, Loons On Vacation, we take a look at Iron Maiden's 'Trooper' Premium British Beer. Cottagemixtape.com found the Trooper Beer at a Chedraui (more or less Mexican Walmart). The store despite being a chain, had a pretty impressive supply of beers. If you were looking for mezcal or tequila you may be better …

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Experts Recommend You Wash Your Hands As Long As The Drum Solo In “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

Banner for Washing Your Hands to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4 Experts say you should wash your hands to prevent the spread of Coronavirus and other infectious diseases, suggesting you should do it for the entire duration of Ron Bushy's drum solo in the classic psychedelic song, Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". That is beginning around the six minute mark and ending around, (I dunno) somewhere around …

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Rockwood Cinema Review: White Fang (1991)

Scene from White Fang where Ethane Hawke sits holding food in his hand. A husky mix dog sitting near him looks attentively.

With all the hype of the recent "Call Of The Wild" (2020) movie, starring Harrison Ford, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at another similar movie from 1991, White Fang. The film is all about "The Great Outdoors", well it's more like "The Often Terrifying and Totally Inhospitable Outdoors", but it still remains a good watch, read our review.