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TRI-CAT CHALLENGE
I was never that interested in Cats when I was younger, but I probably would have liked at least the T.S. Eliot poems if I’d been familiar with them. Beth and I went to see the show on Broadway about … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Humor, Live Shows, Music, Poetry, Video, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, bustopher jones, cats, elaine paige, grizabella, growltiger, growltiger's last stand, gus the theatre cat, ken page, macavity, mr. mistoffelees, old deuteronomy, old possum's book of practical cats, oopsa cat, rum tug tugger, rumpus cat, t.s. eliot, taylor swift, the awefull battle of the pekes and the pollicles
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Blood on My Internet Page
This post is mostly about music, but there’s a bit of non-musical listening featured as well. She Makes War, Brace for Impact – I wrote about Laura Kidd’s last album, Direction of Travel, two years ago. Her latest release, largely … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Body Image, Food, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Video
Tagged brace for impact, dorothy gale, kim boekbinder, laura kidd, michael ian black, mike and tom eat snacks, podcasts, shadow, she makes war, tastykakes, the chronicles of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tom cavanaugh, vermillion lies, zoe boekbinder
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You Fucked the World Up Now, We’ll Fuck It All Back Down
Today, I offer my thoughts on two recent albums that are not that similar in style, but both are by women who brashly and sometimes humorously speak out against injustice and have “nell” in their first names, so that’s…something, I … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Current Events, Feminism, Gender, Humor, Music, Nellie McKay, Prejudice, Relationships, Video
Tagged aerosmith, afrofuturism, brian wilson, dirty computer, grimes, janelle monae, pharrell williams, prince, robots, science fiction, sister orchid, stevie wonder, tessa thompson, zoe kravitz
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Parodies Lost
I haven’t written that much about music recently. I think part of that is because, whenever I have the time to listen to something, it’s more likely to be something from the RPG Music Fanatics Facebook community or an episode … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Art, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Humor, Mario, Mega Man, Music, Robyn Hitchcock, Sonic the Hedgehog, Television, Video, Video Games, XTC, Zelda
Tagged andy partridge, bob dylan, bonzo dog band, chrono cross, civilization iv, deni bonet, elton john, final fantasy vii, giorgio di chirico, innes book of records, michael palin, monty python, moss elixir, mossy liquor, neil innes, recollections le duck's box set, rutland weekend television, video game pianist, video games live, video games live level 2
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Meet Me on the Corner of Your Life
Bonzo Dog Band, Let’s Make Up and Be Friendly – Originally released in 1972, this was a contractual obligation record put together after the band had broken up. While the songs aren’t as immediately fun as much of their work, … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Beatles, Humor, Language, Music, Video
Tagged banjo and sullivan, bonzo dog band, brian posehn, erikka innes, jesse dayton, let's make up and be friendly, lynyrd skynyrd, neil innes, rob zombie, roger ruskin spear, sex with nerds, smells like nerd spirit, the devil's rejects, vivian stanshall
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Super Misogyny Bros.
I’d been curious about Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series of videos for a while, but I didn’t get around to watching them until recently, after a few stories about the reactions to them showed up online. … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Prejudice, Video, Video Games
Tagged anita sarkeesian, feminist frequency, misogyny, nerds, patriarchy, sexism, tropes vs. women in video games
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The Future Sound
If you’re a fan of They Might Be Giants, you’ve probably seen that there’s a free download of the band performing their first album live in concert. I understand they did a few shows recently where they performed all of … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Albums, Camper Van Beethoven, Cartoons, Comics, Futurama, John R. Neill, Kelly Hogan, Music, Neko Case, Star Trek, Star Wars, Television, They Might Be Giants, Video
Tagged avatars of they, bertolt brecht, bill krauss, carousel of progress, cracker, david lowery, die moritat von mackie messer, el camino real, john flansburgh, john linnell, kurt weill, mac tonight, mack the knife, man in the moon, mcdonald's, meet the robinsons, sherman brothers, the little journeys of nip and tuck, walt disney world
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Miles to Go
I’d like to take a moment to recommend Meow Meow Music, a short Web-based show starring Amy Miles and her cat LeRoy, also featuring Robin Goldwasser and Chris Anderson. Some of you may remember that Amy, Robin, and Chris are … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Music, They Might Be Giants, Video
Tagged amy miles, amy poehler, chris anderson, john flansburgh, meow meow music, robin goldwasser, the last car
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