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Tag Archives: st. vincent
Truth in Cinema
Wonder Woman 1984 – I know this movie didn’t do so well at the box office. That might be partially because of COVID, but it definitely had some problems. I’d heard some stuff about Gal Gadot being anti-Palestinian, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Dreams, German, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Roman, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged alex winter, amazons, antichrist, ares, asteria, batman returns, bialya, cannibalism, cheetah, dc comics, dolos, don't fall, doug bradley, dreamstone, duke of deception, elvira, halloween iii, heather langenkamp, her only living son, horror, in search of darkness, jack ketchum, joe bob briggs, John Carpenter, kane hodder, karyn kusama, keith david, ken sagoes, kristen wiig, lynda carter, nick castle, pedro pascal, robert pattinson, rosemary's baby, roxanne benjamin, satan, sofia carrillo, st. vincent, steve trevor, the birthday party, the box, themiscyra, tom atkins, willem dafoe, wishes, wonder woman, wonder woman 1984, xx
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Nunquam Domum Relinquo
I’ve been listening to some relatively new music recently, so here are a few thoughts: Kim Boekbinder, Split the Light – This album is a collection of songs based on all the colors of the rainbow. It’s not a totally … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Humor, Language, Music, Politics, They Might Be Giants, Tori Amos
Tagged brexit, candy darling, coronavirus, daddy's home, ditty bops, exotic monsters, jenny lewis, john linnell, joni mitchell, kim boekbinder, marilyn monroe, nina simone, penfriend, ramones, roman songs, she makes war, split the light, st. vincent, state songs
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I Can’t Turn Off What Turns Me On
I don’t know why, but it’s become more difficult for me to review music as of late. Part of it is probably just that I don’t get a chance to listen as much as I used to, but I’ve had … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Amanda Palmer, Minus 5, Music, Young Fresh Fellows
Tagged annie clark, bill rieflin, corin tucker, david bowie, donald trump, edward ka-spel, filthy friends, i can spin a rainbow, invitation, kim boekbinder, krist novoselic, legendary pink dots, masseduction, noisewitch, peter buck, r.e.m., scott mccaughey, sleater-kinney, st. vincent, veronica varlow
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All the Girls Are Complicated
It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to any new music. I just got my late anniversary present from my wife, however, and it included three albums that came out this year. All by artists I already knew, mind … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Art, British, Celtic, Frank Black/Black Francis, Music, Mythology, Tori Amos
Tagged daniel maclise, dante gabriel rossetti, david byrne, laura cantrell, no way there from here, paul cezanne, saturday night live, selkies, st. vincent, susan sto helit, unrepentant geraldines
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If You Can’t Draw a Crowd, Draw Dicks on a Wall
It’s been a while since I’ve done any album review posts. My lack of money and the shortage of new music from bands I like have both contributed to this. Here are three new ones I have listened to, though, … Continue reading
Felled by the Blade of a Vowel
Tori Amos, Night of Hunters – An acoustic album based on classical themes, which is an interesting move. In a way, I think it brings some life to her music, since even though her last few releases certainly had some … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, British, Humor, Music, Mythology
Tagged annie clark, cad goddeu, cheap seats, gwydion, hendersons and daughters, hymns for the dreadful night, natashya lorien hawley, night of hunters, pinataland, sklar brothers, sloan, st. vincent, strange mercy, the double cross, tori amos
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