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Let Us Contemplate the Sadness of a Banjo-Playing Frog

One thing I noticed in the book Yama Yama Land, by Grace Duffie Boylan, was a reference to a giant frog playing a tennis racquet like a banjo. Picture by Edgar Keller So what’s the connection between frogs and banjos? … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Cartoons, Comics, England, History, Humor, Muppets, Music, Neil Gaiman, Nursery Rhymes, Poetry, Relationships, Television, Terry Pratchett, They Might Be Giants | Tagged a frog he would a-wooing go, a moste strange weddinge of the frogge and the mowse, a very sad story about a frog and a banjo, anthony crowley, banjo frogs, banjos, chris ware, edgar keller, fiddles, frog and banjo, froggy went a-courtin', frogs, good omens, grace duffie boylan, kermit the frog, mcsweeney's, mike doughty, miss mousey, miss piggy, pobblebonks, soul coughing, the muppet show, the muppets valentines show, tom and jerry, yama yama land |

Hope Is a Liar, a Cheat, and a Tease

Four reviews of albums that came out fairly recently: Posies, Blood/Candy – I wasn’t much of a fan of their comeback album from a few years ago, Every Kind of Light, as I felt it lacked zest. I like this … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Music | Tagged ¡Bodega!, belle and sebastian, Ben Folds, blood/candy, cleopatra street, dispossessed, doris day, every kind of light, home sweet mobile home, i didn't see it coming, john flansburgh, levi johnston, levi johnston's blues, licenses to hide, little lou ugly jack prophet john, lonely avenue, mcsweeney's, nellie mckay, nick hornby, norah jones, normal as blueberry pie, posies, saskia hamilton, scissor sisters, the glitter prize, they might be giants, write about love |