Monthly Archives: August 2016

Perfectly Petrified

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Nathan

Writing about the legend that Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was turned into a marble statue and buried near the Golden Gate of Constantinople got me thinking of the mentions of such statues in the Oz books. For some reason, L. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bortag, button-bright, cinderbutton, clocker, corumbia, cowardly lion, crunch, crystal city, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, emerald city, emperor constantine xi palaiologos, enchanted sleep, glinda, handy mandy in oz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, kiki aru, king arthur, king mustafa of mudge, liquid of petrifaction, magic belt, marble statues, margolotte, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, paul dana, petrifying powder, pirates in oz, planetty, pokes, poppies, powder of life, powder of petrifaction, princess marygolden, quiberon, red jinn, return to oz, singra, sir hokus of pokes, sleep, speedy, speedy in oz, standing-stick, statues, stupefying powder, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the magic of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wicked witch of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius, unc nunkie, valynn, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the south, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, yankee in oz | 4 Comments

I Have Seen the Sleeping Knights of Jesus

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Nathan

As I mentioned in my review, Alan Garner’s Alderley Edge fantasies incorporate a local legend about sleeping knights. The story has it that a farmer from Mobberley set out to Macclesfield to sell a horse. An old man near the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Christianity, Comics, Fairy Tales, French, Futurama, German, History, Islam, Mythology, Religion, Television, Urban Legends | Tagged alan garner, alderley edge, antichrist, avalon, beards, captain america, charlemagne, constantinople, cortana, cryonics, curtana, emperor constantine xi palaiologos, emperor decius, emperor frederick barbarossa, emperor theodosius ii, enchanted sleep, holga danske, king arthur, king in the mountain, kronborg, kukai, merlin, mount koya, ogier the dane, philip j. fry, quran, seven sleepers of ephesus, shingon buddhism, swords, the weirdstone of brisingamen, walt disney, wenceslas duke of bohemia, wizards | 5 Comments

Sing for the President, Sing for the Terrorists, Sing

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Nathan

The Dresden Dolls reunited for what I believe were only two shows, and I saw the one at the Coney Island Amphitheater. It’s a new venue, and one of the people who did booking decided the Dolls needed to play … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Amanda Palmer, Concerts, Monkees, Music | Tagged all you need is cash, beastie boys, black sabbath, bobby hart, brian viglione, coney island, davy jones, direction of travel, dresden dolls, jacques brel, jimmy silva, john weymer, laura kidd, micky dolenz, mike nesmith, minus 5, neil innes, of monkees and men, peter tork, rage against the machine, richmond fontaine, robert ryan, scott mcaughey, she makes war, tanya donnelly, the rutles, tommy boyce | 1 Comment

Recent Reading

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Nathan

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, by Alan Garner – These two books take place in and around Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where Garner grew up. Twin children named Colin and Susan come to stay there, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Humor, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Russian, Slavic | Tagged a voyage to cackogallinia, alan garner, alderely edge, baba yaga, baba yaga's assistant, captain samuel brunt, charlie holmberg, diane duane, elves, emily carroll, gulliver's travels, herbie brennan, jonathan swift, marika mccoola, marjorie nicolson, the glass magician, the master magician, the moon of gomrath, the paper magician, the weirdstone of brisingamen, through the wardrobe, witches, wizards | 4 Comments

I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Nathan

One topic that comes up fairly enough is that of quotations that everyone knows, but are wrong in some way. They might be misattributed, or they might be somewhat off. The other day, Beth was reading a Cracked article recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Celebrities, Futurama, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Politics, Star Trek, Star Wars, Television, The Simpsons, William Shakespeare | Tagged al gore, blazing saddles, bugs bunny, casablanca, cracked, dan quayle, darth vader, democracy and things like that, dragnet, edward g. robinson, i love lucy, jerry seinfeld, looney tunes, luke skywalker, marx brothers, of mice and men, president george w. bush, quotations, sarah palin, sarah vowell, saturday night live, stan freberg, the empire strikes back, the ten commandments, the treasure of the sierra madre, tina fey | 4 Comments

Princess of Power

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Nathan

In case you didn’t know, Ozma’s birthday was on Sunday, so I should probably write an Ozma-centered entry. I know I’ve discussed the ruler’s magical powers in the past, but I can’t find a post where I did so. Since … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged conjo, david hulan, dot and tot of merryland, fairies, fairy beavers, general blug, general guph, glinda of oz, high ki of twi, jellia jamb, kabumpo in oz, king terribus of spor, magic picture, magic wands, mimics, mrs. yoop, nomes, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, polychrome, prince marvel, queen aquareine, queen dolly, rinkitink in oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the lost king of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the sea fairies, the shaggy man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, tommy kwikstep, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer | 3 Comments

Adam Bombs of the Eighties

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Nathan

Today, I’ll be looking at two not-too-fondly-remembered movies from the 1980s, both based on toy lines. In both cases, the toys were still a going concern when the films were released, but no longer at the height of their popularity. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Humor, Uncategorized, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anthony newley, art spiegelman, billy barty, cabbage patch kids, courteney cox, dolph lundgren, evil-lyn, garbage pail kids, gwildor, he-man, john pound, mackenzie astin, masters of the universe, skeletor, the garbage pail kids movie | 4 Comments

You’ve Come to the Wight Place

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Nathan

I first remember coming across the term “wight” in Tunnels of Doom, a dungeon-crawling role-playing game for the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. I’m assuming the game was inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and in turn by J.R.R. Tolkien. I believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged barrow-wights, dungeons and dragons, egil skallagrimsson, erik bloodaxe, goat-bjorn, gunnhild, harald bluetooth gomsson, keflavik international airport, landvaettir, lord of the rings, nithing pole, tunnels of doom, vaettir, wights | 2 Comments

Who You Callin’ Cracker?

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Nathan

Here’s my review of the two albums I purchased at the Cracker show last week: Welcome to Cracker – This two-disc album consists of the entirety of the 2006 Greatest Hits Redux on the first disc, and recordings from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Concerts, Cracker, Music | Tagged accordion, cracker, david lowery, greatest hits redux, johnny hickman, live at rockpalast crossroad festival, tilting, virgin records, welcome to cracker | Leave a comment

Princes Proving Their Prowess, Whatever That Means

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Nathan

Since the main theme of this year’s OzCon International was Rinkitink in Oz, with Captain Salt and Ozmapolitan sidelining, it’s not too surprising that the subject of boy protagonists in the Oz books would come up. And yes, there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Fairy Tales, Families, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, atmos fere, betsy bobbin, bilbil, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, david perry, evered of rash, frederick wiegand, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, high boy, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king cheeriobed, king fumbo, king randywell, king rinkitink, king rupert of kapurta, merry go round in oz, ojo, ojo in oz, oz con international, ozamaland, ozcon international, prince gules, prince inga of pingaree, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princes, pumperdink, ragbad, rash, rash rubies, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, roger the read bird, septimius septentrion, swords, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, trot griffiths, urtha, wag | 1 Comment

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Perfectly Petrified

I Have Seen the Sleeping Knights of Jesus

Sing for the President, Sing for the Terrorists, Sing

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I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said

Princess of Power

Adam Bombs of the Eighties

You’ve Come to the Wight Place

Who You Callin’ Cracker?

Princes Proving Their Prowess, Whatever That Means

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