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 …

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 …

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 …

45 Fridays: Emerson, Lake And Powell – “Touch And Go”

The Emerson Lake Powell Touch And Go 45 slightly out of its picture sleeve on a wooden surface.

Can you hear that? The trumpets resounding! It must be another 45 Friday! Trumpets: bo-bah-bah-be! This week we take a look at and listen to Emerson, Lake and Powell's "Touch And Go", from 1986. This song was featured in the movie MacGruber but stands tall on its own and that's why we included it on Cottage Country Mix Vol. 17. Read about cottagemixtape.com 's connection to the song, with a cottage story, as we discuss the song's appeal. Finishing trumpet: bo-bah-bah-be!

Bands In The Woods Wednesday: Heart (Ann Wilson / Nancy Wilson)

Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart stand outdoors in front of a Gypsy caravan

Heart on the cover of the 1977 album, Little Queen. Gypsies hangin' out in the woods. Photo by Bob Seidemann. Back at it again with another Bands In The Woods Wednesday, today with the iconic cover for Heart's second album, Little Queen released in May 17, 1977. Although, Heart have roots in Vancouver, this photo …