palindromes – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Sign My Poodle, S’il Vous Plait

My look back at “Weird Al” Yankovic’s catalog moves into the new millennium with Poodle Hat from 2003. The title apparently derived from a time when Al’s poodle Bela sat on his head. It’s kind of unusual among his album … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Humor, Music, Television, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged avril lavigne, backstreet boys, beck, Ben Folds, billy joel, bo diddley, bob dylan, bruce springsteen, buddy holly, clarence clemons, dweezil zappa, eminem, frank zappa, hives, jerry lewis, kenny loggins, korn, limp bizkit, nelly, palindromes, parody, poodle hat, prince, sam raimi, spider-man, straight outta lynwood, strokes, uhf, vines, white stripes, willem dafoe |

All I Can See Is Ouroboros

I’m sure that, even if you don’t know the name, you’ve seen the image of the snake biting its own tail. It’s used a lot as a symbol for infinity and the cycle of death and rebirth, and it’s even … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christianity, Egyptian, Gnosticism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Religion, They Might Be Giants | Tagged alchemy, angrboda, auryn, doctor dolittle, entropy, hugh lofting, infinity, jenny and johnny, jormungandr, loki, michael ende, midgard, ouroboros, palindromes, plato, pushmi-pullyu, ragnarok, serpents, snakes, sun, the neverending story, thor |