Category Archives: Monty Python

It’s Supernatural How Spaced Out We Can Be

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Nathan

They Might Be Giants, BOOK – This album was originally supposed to be finished in 2020, but since Coronavirus got in the way of just about everything, it was delayed until late this year. I really hadn’t had the time … Continue reading →

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A Swarm of What-Will-Bes

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Nathan

Neil Innes and Fatso, Farewell Posterity Tour – Recorded during a reunion tour with his band from Rutland Weekend Television, this is an eclectic mix of material. It includes some comedy bits, like “Testing 1, 2” with its number puns, … Continue reading →

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No Ordinary Rabbits

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Nathan

I don’t know if anyone was at all interested in last week’s post on rabbits in the Super Mario series, and Easter is over now, but I’m going to do a follow-up about rabbits in other games anyway. I’ve already … Continue reading →

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Just Stick It in Your Pointy Ear

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Nathan

By the time “Weird Al” Yankovic released Running with Scissors in the summer of 1999, he’d received laser eye surgery and started wearing his hair longer and often appearing in public without a mustache, so it was a total change … Continue reading →

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Bring Me My Bow of Burning Gold

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Nathan

Despite what its title might suggest, “Jerusalem” is a very popular national song in England. The words were originally written as a poem by William Blake, and Sir Hubert Parry wrote the music in 1916, presumably as part of an … Continue reading →

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Hey Everybody, It’s Bob and David!

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Nathan

I didn’t watch Mr. Show when it was first broadcast in the nineties, partially because I didn’t have cable and partially because I didn’t know what it was. Beth was a fan of it, though, and introduced me to the … Continue reading →

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