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All He Does Is Drink Your Blood, ‘Cause He Don’t Like Ginger Ale

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – This is a weird and often sad movie about a teenage girl who plays an online game that has something to do with the World’s Fair, but we never learn how the game … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Games, Health, History, Language, Monsters, Sexuality, Television, The Simpsons, Video, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anthony hopkins, bram stoker, bram stoker's dracula, carnivals, charles montgomery burns, count dracula, dracula, gary oldman, halloween, keanu reeves, psycho, renfield, the funhouse, vampires, vlad the impaler, we're all going to the world's fair, winona ryder |

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 |

The Summer Turns to Winter Overnight

Robyn Hitchcock, I Often Dream of Trains in New York – I bought this when I saw Robyn live in Montclair. Recorded at Symphony Space in 2008, the show includes most of the songs from I Often Dream of Trains, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Art, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Concerts, Humor, Music, Poetry, Religion, Robyn Hitchcock, They Might Be Giants, Video | Tagged gaida hinnawi, i often dream of trains, i often dream of trains in new york, i wanna go backwards, terry edwards, tim keegan |

There’s No Convention Like Home

OzCon International was virtual again this year, kind of a shame when I’d been getting used to going annually. Still, better safe than sorry, and I believe the typical resort isn’t even open again yet. Colin Ayres and Erica Olivera … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video | Tagged a barnstormer in oz, arabian nights, caitlin masters, colin ayres, conventions, david maxine, dogs, eric gjovaag, erica olivera, grampa in oz, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead of oz, karyl carlson, mari ness, marvel comics, mikey dee, ozcon international, ozroy chase, philip jose farmer, queen ann in oz, racism, red jinn, royalty, ryan jay, sam milazzo, skottie young, slavery, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), toto, yellow brick pod |

Songs to Sell By

The other day, Beth was listening to the Lovin’ Spoonful, and I made a reference to how “Do You Believe in Magic?” used to be in McDonald’s commercials, which bothered her. Then I asked why it doesn’t when I bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Food, Mario, Music, Television, Toys, Video, Video Games | Tagged cereal, dave seville, denny's, doodle bear, dr. mario, four tops, golden grahams, jimmie rodgers, lovin' spoonful, luigi mario, mario bros., mascots, mcdonald's, rice krispies, robert mitchum, ronald mcdonald, snake light |

Zooming with the Wizard

To Oz? To Oz! is the second online Oz event I attended this year, the other being OzCon International. Originally, the International Wizard of Oz Club was going to hold its national convention in upstate New York this weekend, but that … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Games, L. Frank Baum, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Playing Cards, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video | Tagged aaron adelman, anthony whitaker, colin ayres, dina schiff massachi, dorothy gale, eliza wren, garrett kilgore, gayelette, home from oz, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, jane albright, jessica south, joseph south, margolotte, nandywog, patchwork girl, pons maar, return to oz, ryan jay, sarah crotzer, sarah crozter, scott cummings, scraps, spirit of oz, strange tale of nursery folk, the purple prince of oz, the runaway shadows and other stories, the wiz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, to oz? to oz!, wheelers, zoe o'haillin-berne, zoom |

TRI-CAT CHALLENGE

I was never that interested in Cats when I was younger, but I probably would have liked at least the T.S. Eliot poems if I’d been familiar with them. Beth and I went to see the show on Broadway about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Humor, Live Shows, Music, Poetry, Video, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged andrew lloyd webber, bustopher jones, cats, elaine paige, grizabella, growltiger, growltiger's last stand, gus the theatre cat, ken page, macavity, mr. mistoffelees, old deuteronomy, old possum's book of practical cats, oopsa cat, rum tug tugger, rumpus cat, t.s. eliot, taylor swift, the awefull battle of the pekes and the pollicles |

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 |

You Fucked the World Up Now, We’ll Fuck It All Back Down

Today, I offer my thoughts on two recent albums that are not that similar in style, but both are by women who brashly and sometimes humorously speak out against injustice and have “nell” in their first names, so that’s…something, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Current Events, Feminism, Gender, Humor, Music, Nellie McKay, Prejudice, Relationships, Video | Tagged aerosmith, afrofuturism, brian wilson, dirty computer, grimes, janelle monae, pharrell williams, prince, robots, science fiction, sister orchid, stevie wonder, tessa thompson, zoe kravitz |

Parodies Lost

I haven’t written that much about music recently. I think part of that is because, whenever I have the time to listen to something, it’s more likely to be something from the RPG Music Fanatics Facebook community or an episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Art, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Humor, Mario, Mega Man, Music, Robyn Hitchcock, Sonic the Hedgehog, Television, Video, Video Games, XTC, Zelda | Tagged andy partridge, bob dylan, bonzo dog band, chrono cross, civilization iv, deni bonet, elton john, final fantasy vii, giorgio di chirico, innes book of records, michael palin, monty python, moss elixir, mossy liquor, neil innes, recollections le duck's box set, rutland weekend television, video game pianist, video games live, video games live level 2 |