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Let’s Pull Away Over Nature’s Forces

Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay – This was Robyn’s second solo album, from 1982. And it was not particularly successful, so it was kind of difficult to find. While I prefer to purchase things in physical form when possible, I bought both this and the demo … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Authors, Beatles, Christmas, Families, Holidays, Humor, Language, Minus 5, Monkees, Music, Robert Rankin, Robyn Hitchcock, Sexuality, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, groovy decay, groovy decoy, let the war against music begin, my failed christmas career, my failed songwriting career |

Ach du Lieber! Raccoons!

Here’s some stuff that I watched this weekend, all without Beth as she was away for a lot of the time, and not interested in them anyway. There are SPOILERS for all of it. Guardians of Galaxy Volume 2 – … Continue reading →

Posted in American Civil War, Animals, Beatles, Characters, Comics, Evolution, History, Humor, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Music, Oz, Politics, Relationships, Science, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged abilisks, adam warlock, aliens, blurp, bruce carroll, cosmo, creationism, curb your enthusiasm, dave bautista, drax the destroyer, f'saki, gamora, george wallace, great book of records, guardians of the galaxy, guardians of the galaxy volume 3, high evolutionary, history of the world part ii, jesus, johnny knoxville, linda cardellini, lylla otter, mantis, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, mel brooks, rasputin, rocket raccoon, scarecrow, shirley chisholm, sir walter raleigh, star-lord, the magic book of oz, the notebook, yoko ono, zoe saldana |

Protect the Lifeforce

Here’s some music I’ve been listening to, and all of these albums were actually released on Bandcamp. I usually buy the CDs when they’re available, even though I mostly listen on the computer, and it’s easier to download thsn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Animals, Beatles, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Minus 5, Music, Robyn Hitchcock, Technology | Tagged arnie kjelsrud mathison, bandcamp, cats, charlie francis, che guevara, david lowery, debbie petersen, dogs, elvis presley, frode stromstad, george harrison, jenny lewis, laura kidd, life after infinity, mao tse-tung, ned's atomic dustbin, no ones, obey robots, once in a thousand, penfriend, peter buck, phil ochs, plesiosaurs, scott mccaughey, she makes war, vending machine, victor krummenacher |

Talking Time

I can’t say I’m really that keen on the song “Do You Hear What I Hear?”, but I’m not entirely sure why. I think it might just be how the versions they play on the radio tend to take it really seriously, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Christianity, Christmas, Holidays, Judaism, Magic, Music, Mythology, New Year's Day, Religion, Songs I Don't Care For | Tagged bees, bob geldof, cuban missile crisis, gloria shayne, jesus, john lennon, nativity, noel regney, peace on earth, sheep, stevie wonder, war |

Listening Backward

One thing I was reminded of in response to my recent post on Satanic panic was that there were some people who genuinely did do horrible things due to what they thought were messages from the Devil or some other … Continue reading →

Posted in Beatles, Camper Van Beethoven, Cartoons, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Music, Religion, Satanism, Television, The Simpsons, They Might Be Giants, Urban Legends, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged aleister crowley, backmasking, bart simpson, camper vantiquities, charles manson, david berkowitz, demons, john linnell, michael ian black, paul mccartney, satan, satanic panic, serial killers, sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, subliminal messages, the exorcist |

Jumping Jupiter!

Donald Duck: Uncle Scrooge’s Money Rocket, by Luciano Bottaro – The second in the Disney Masters series features the work of another Italian artist and writer, showcasing three imaginative madcap tales. In the titular story, when the Beagle Boys find … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beatles, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, History, Humor, Music, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged aliens, beagle boys, chronos origins, disney, disney masters, donald duck, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, john lennon, jupiter, ku klux klan, luciano bottaro, martin luther king, moon, now then and everywhen, racism, rebo, robots, rysa walker, saturn, scrooge mcduck, time travel, uncle scrooge's money rocket, witches |

Ain’t You Never Seen a Disembodied Soul Before?

I picked up a few albums recently, either through buying them used or receiving them as presents, so here are some thoughts. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, Globe of Frogs – I have the box sets of much of Robyn’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Beatles, History, Humor, Music, Neko Case, Robyn Hitchcock, Roman Empire | Tagged bangles, beat the champ, bull ramos, chavo guerrero sr, cicero, cleomenes, gaius verres, john darnielle, lady of shalott, luna vachon, mountain goats, queen elvis, robyn hitchcock and the egyptians, talking heads, wrestling |

Last Drainpipe to Brooklyn, Last Chance to Turn Around

It’s time for some more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews! If that doesn’t interest you, hopefully I’ll have another post up before you can say “pasta power.” The Great BMX Race – The title is pretty clear about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Cartoons, Communism, Economics, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged albatosses, alligator dundee, aunt luigeena, awazon river, birdo, bob-ombs, brooklyn bound, butterfingers, captain lou albano, cher, cher's poochie, communist manifesto, crocodile dundee, dance, danny wells, dogs, fire flowers, fryguy, jungle fever, karl marx, king bowser koopa, koopa pack, koopa troopas, luigi mario, mama mario, mama mia mario, mouser, mushroom kingdom, pam matteson, paul elder, pizza transformer, princess peach toadstool, q*bert, quirks, ratigator, salvador drainado, sewer shark, shabba-doo, sheldon, shy guys, snifits, snow world, spear guys, stars in their eyes, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, the great bmx race, toad, triclyde, virtual boy wario land, wizzrobes, yoshi's island |

You Aren’t Going Nowhere, Fungus

Continued from this post, here are four more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews: Rolling Down the River – While not exactly the line from “Proud Mary,” they did originally play that song in this episode, earlier in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged bats in the basement, beezos, bob-ombs, brutius maximus grouchimus, clawgrip, dealin' delbert, frankenstein, goombas, horses, hot pepper pistachio ice cream, jack and the beanstalk, joe dolce, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, linguine ampire, lions, love 'em and leave 'em, love potion, luigi mario, mario and the beanstalk, mushroom kingdom, nintendo comics system, ostros, princess peach toadstool, queen of hearts, queen rotunda, rolling down the river, rotunda land, shyguys, spaghetti, subcon, super mario bros. 2, the great gladiator gig, the mario monster mash, toad, triclyde, vampires, you again? |

Oh, What a Joy for Every Girl and Boy

Back in September, my friend Amy wrote a post on the Beatles’ Abbey Road in honor of its fiftieth anniversary. I had meant to write some kind of reply, but I never got around to it, so I’m doing so … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Beatles, Music, Nursery Rhymes | Tagged abbey road, ceil baring-gould, george harrison, john lennon, nostalgia, paul mccartney, ringo starr, the annotated mother goose, william baring-gould |