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Multiple Massacres

We’ve started watching horror movies for the spooky season. We watch horror at other times of year, too, but around now Beth likes to focus on them to the extent of anything else. Not that we’ve been watching all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Halloween, Holidays, Music, Sexuality, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies, Young Fresh Fellows | Tagged bulldozers, hellbent for horror, horror, killdozer, marvin heemeyer, murder, podcasts, sorority house massacre, the slumber party massacre |

Friends Are Breaking Up, Friends Are Breaking Down

I don’t think I’d realized until recently that the two bands Scott McCaughey leads had released new albums in the past two years. Scott suffered a stroke in 2017, and forgot his entire body of work, but eventually was able … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Health, Minus 5, Music, Young Fresh Fellows | Tagged boris vian, conrad uno, howard hughes, kurt bloch, nicholas musuraca, nostalgia, rip torn, rko radio pictures, scott mccaughey, stroke manor, tad hutchison, toxic youth, val lewton, wynonie harris |

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 |

In for a Pennywise, Out for a Clown

It – SPOILERS! (Do I need to put in the warning, or is that not something people bother with anymore?) I’ve never read the book (or anything by Stephen King, actually), but I did see the miniseries some time ago. … Continue reading →

We’re Just Technologically Impaired

After Alapalooza, “Weird Al” Yankovic didn’t put out another album until 1996, although in the interim his label released a boxed set. It was all material from previous albums aside from the demo version of “My Bologna” and a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Amish, Anabaptists, Christianity, Futurama, Humor, Mennonites, Music, Religion, Television, The Simpsons, They Might Be Giants, Weird Al Yankovic, Young Fresh Fellows | Tagged accordion, allan sherman, bad hair day, bart simpson, buster keaton, chris ballew, coolio, elvis costello, forrest gump, hilly michaels, kwanzaa bot, moe szyslak, nine inch nails, pat boone, polka, presidents of the united states of america, rivers cuomo, santa claus, sheryl crow, soul asylum, sparks, tlc, u2, weezer |

Feels Good to Be a Superstar

Grand Duchy, Let the People Speak – Grand Duchy is a project that Black Francis had with his wife Violet Clark. I guess you could say it’s sort of like Mono Puff, the side project by John Flansburgh of They … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black/Black Francis, Music, They Might Be Giants, Young Fresh Fellows | Tagged grand duchy, john flansburgh, john linnell, mono puff, scott mccaughey, tad hutchison, tiempo de lujo, violet clark |