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Just Another Long Black Letter Day

The first Frank Black albums I bought when they were new were Black Letter Days and Devil’s Workshop, which actually came out on the same day in 2002. It was also the day the Neko Case album Blacklisted was released, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black, Frank Black/Black Francis, History, Music, Mythology | Tagged black letter days, California, frank black and the catholics, fredonian rebellion, garuda, leo carrillo, tom waits |

A Few Bad Fairies

It’s been established that fairies in mythology and folklore can be either good or bad, and in fact are often amoral. In L. Frank Baum’s fantasy, however, fairies are pretty much always good. When he wrote about the Immortals in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, audia, burzee, California, celestia, claudia, dubra, emerald city, enilrul, fairies, faleero, falingo, flying cloak of invisibility, follensby forest, fraudia, gigans, gnomes, groves of trom, hallita, immortals, jack frost, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kettywig, king randywell, knooks, lurline, mildred l. palmer, necile, nelanthe, nelebel, nelebel's fairyland, nomes, nymphs, ozma, patchwork girl, pumperdink, rimmers, ryls, scarecrow, the banishment of faleero, the forgotten forest of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the king who changed his mind, the life and adventures of santa claus, the master crafters of oz, the purple prince of oz, the red jinn in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the witch queen of oz, tippetarius in oz, water of oblivion, witches |

Everybody Thinks and Acts the Same, That’s Why I Live in El Cerrito

Here are two reviews of albums I received as Christmas presents. Enjoy! She & Him, Classics – Every album by this group has included a few covers, but this one is all standards. I can’t say I recognize most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Music, She and Him | Tagged berkeley to bakersfield, California, classics, david lowery, Dr. Strangelove, dusty springfield, greenland, johnny hickman, palmhenge, peter sellers, righteous brothers, zooey deschanel |