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There’s an Apkallu for That

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Nathan

Beth and I went to the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island on Saturday, and watched The Shape of Water last night, so it’s been a good weekend for fish-people. The rest of this paragraph will have some SPOILERS for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Babylonian, Cold War, Final Fantasy, Greek Philosophy, Hinduism, History, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Popeye, Relationships, Religion, Space Program, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies, Zelda | Tagged a link between worlds, apkallu, berossus, birds, captain james hook, cats, coney island, coney island mermaid parade, costumes, creature from the black lagoon, crocodiles, enki, epic of gilgamesh, fish, flood, guillermo del toro, lobsters, marduk, matsya, mermaids, mister ed, oannes, ocarina of time, octopuses, plato, princess ruto, queen oren, racism, sages, saptarishi, seven sages, sexism, sexuality, starfish, the shape of water, uanna, vishnu, zoras | 3 Comments

Of Bunnies and Bonnets

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Nathan

Picture by Helena Nelson-Reed Happy Easter! Some years ago, I wrote a little about the origins of the Easter Bunny and the name of the holiday. I don’t have a whole lot to add, but there’s some, so I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, British, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christianity, Easter, Food, German, Greek Mythology, Holidays, Judaism, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Passover, Religion, Roman, Television, They Might Be Giants, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, aphrodite, bill cosby, charity, coney island, coneys, easter bunny, easter eggs, easter parade, easter seals, eggs, eostre, fat albert, fat albert easter special, fred astaire, hares, irving berlin, jack benny, jesus, judy garland, lent, liberace, march hare, ostara, pikas, rabbits, shirley maclaine, the easter seal teleparade of stars, titian, van johnson, venus, virgin mary, white rabbit | Leave a comment

Life’s Too Short to Be a Crab

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Nathan

The Provolone Ranger – I distinctly remember this being the first Super Show episode I ever saw, and I don’t even think I had a Nintendo or was that familiar with Mario at the time. The usual suspects are riding … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged alcatraz, aqua land, atlantis, baseball, birdo, bloopers, clawgrip, cobrats, coney island, cookoo bird, cyclone, danny wells, double cross ranch, escape from koopatraz, flatbush koopa, french, fungusville, goldfish, goodbye mr. fish, gramps, joe bellan, karen hartman, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopatraz state prison, luigi mario, mario mario, mario of the deep, mermaids, mouser, mrs. gamliss, mrs. periwinkle, mush ridge, mushroom kingdom, nedra volz, neptune, ostros, phantos, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, pronto, ratigator, shy guys, statue of liberty, super mario bros. 3, swordfish, the lone ranger, the provolone ranger, toad, toads, tommy lasagna, tommy lasorda, tonto, trouters, two bums from brooklyn, whales | 2 Comments

The Room in the Elephant

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Nathan

I’m not entirely sure why, but I’ve had the desire for some time to visit Lucy the Elephant, a building on the shore in Margate, New Jersey. Beth had gone before, but I was doing something else that day. When … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, History | Tagged anthony gertzen, chang building, coney island, elephant bazaar, elephant building, elephant of the bastille, elephantine colossus, elephants, james lafferty, landmarks, les miserables, light of asia, lucy the elephant, old jumbo, roadside attractions, sophia gertzen, victor hugo | 4 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

The Darlings of Slumberland

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Nathan

With the new Little Nemo comic series by Eric Shanower, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Nelson Daniel now in its third issue, I thought checking out the history of this franchise might not be amiss. I believe I first heard of Little … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Thanksgiving, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged chris columbus, coney island, cupid, father time, flip, gabriel rodriguez, gertie the dinosaur, hayao miyazaki, jack frost, king morpheus, little nemo, little nemo in slumberland, little nemo the dream master, little nemo: adventures in slumberland, little nemo: return to slumberland, mickey rooney, nelson daniel, nightmare king, nintendo power, princess camille, ray bradbury, santa claus, sherman brothers, Slumberland, super mario bros. 3, winsor mccay, world's columbian exposition | 1 Comment

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