Ben Folds – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Category Archives: Ben Folds

Merry Media

We didn’t watch as much holiday-related stuff this year as in previous ones, but here are a few things that were new to us, three movies and an album. The Holdovers – This movie focuses on people left behind during … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Ben Folds, Christmas, Families, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, Technology, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged abe vigoda, artificial intelligence, bing crosby, blackface, burt bacharach, dogs, e.t. the extra-terrestrial, fred astaire, herb alpert, holiday inn, irving berlin, lindsey kraft, prancer, racism, reindeer, sam elliott, santa claus, sleigher, the holdovers |

I May Be Wrong, I’ll Pay for It

Cracker, Bob’s Car – This 1995 fan club release was recently made available to the general public. I’d previously heard some of the songs on it, but not all. It’s largely a collection of stuff the band did in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Ben Folds, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Humor, janelle monae, jenny lewis, Minus 5, Music, Poetry, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Sexuality, sparks, Video | Tagged bob's car, calling cortez, david lowery, f.s.k., flamingos, grace jones, johnny hickman, joy'all, kim jong-un, neil young, roger miller, scott mccaughey, the age of pleasure, the girl is crying in her latte, veronica lake, what matters most |

Isn’t It Nice When We’re All Afraid at the Same Time?

I haven’t written an album review since late April, and at least two of the records I discuss here were released before that. I don’t always have a lot of time to listen to music, and even when I do, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Amanda Palmer, Beatles, Ben Folds, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Drugs, Music, Relationships | Tagged abortion, beck hansen, david lowery, disneyland, guitar, in the shadow of the bull, johnathan rice, on the line, piano, ringo starr, ryan adams, suicide, there will be no intermission |

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 |