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Tag Archives: vermillion lies
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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Don’t Let the Earth Get in Your Eyes
Here are my thoughts on some albums I’ve heard recently, some old, some new, some borrowed, and…okay, I don’t think any of them are blue, but I’m not going to double-check the discs to find out. Robyn Hitchcock, A Star … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Ben Folds, Carolyn Mark, Fairy Tales, Humor, Music, Rasputina, Robyn Hitchcock, Star Trek, Star Wars, Tori Amos, Weird Al Yankovic
Tagged a star for bram, bill mumy, blur, boots walker, dr. demento, george macdonald, graham coxon, great american gingerbread, hits from outer space, kim boekbinder, leonard nimoy, leslie fish, melora creager, rusty humphries, samuel adamson, so there, sound of the tone, spock, the firm, the great luke ski, the light princess, the magic whip, tolan mcneil, vermillion lies, zoe boekbinder
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Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
It’s Earth Day, the celebration of the planet that’s just the right distance from the sun to support life. Some people cite this phenomenon as proof that God exists, but if that’s the case, why did He create so many … Continue reading
Posted in Babylonian, Environmentalism, Evolution, Global Warming, Holidays, Mythology, Religion, Science
Tagged al gore, climate, earth day, flood, noah, sport utility vehicles, vermillion lies
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Ukulele Me
Is it just a reflection of my own taste in music, or is the ukulele, previously relegated mostly to novelty tunes and Hawaiian music, been enjoying somewhat of a comeback in recent years? I like to think it’s at least … Continue reading
Good Kim-istry
I first became aware of Kim Boekbinder as part of Vermillion Lies, the band she was in with her sister Zoe. I saw them open for Amanda Palmer two years ago, and liked them so much that I purchased all … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Music
Tagged amanda palmer, kim boekbinder, the impossible girl, vermillion lies, zoe boekbinder
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