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23 and Me

When I wrote about recurring numbers in the works of certain authors eleven years ago, I received a comment about how twenty-three was significant in The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. I hadn’t yet read the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Games, History, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Mathematics, Music, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Roman Empire, Sports | Tagged 23, 23 skidoo, a tale of two cities, aleister crowley, bishop james ussher, charles dickens, creation, dear 23, discordianism, george m. cohan, jon auer, julius caesar, ken stringfellow, knights templar, little johnny jones, michael jordan, numbers, numerology, posies, principia discordia, psalms, psalsm, robert anton wilson, robert shea, the big lebowski, the illuminatus trilogy, the only way |

A Case of the Mondays

I understand that the day before yesterday was Blue Monday, the saddest day of the year. Well, at least that’s what an advertising campaign from a British travel agency called Sky Travel says. There was some nonsensical equation used to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, History, Holidays, Language, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Urban Legends | Tagged black friday, black tuesday, blue monday, bluing, breakfast of champions, cliff arnall, grampa in oz, kurt vonnegut, laundry, lent, monday, monday mountain, posies, sky travel |

A Headliner We All Know for the Holy Halftime Show

Beth’s Uncle John gave me two new albums (well, new to me, anyway; and I do think they were both 2016 releases) for my birthday, so I figured I might as well say a bit about them. Jack and Amanda … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Amanda Palmer, Music | Tagged bonnie prince charlie, carly simon, darius minwalla, jack palmer, john grant, jon auer, ken stringfellow, kimya dawson, leonard cohen, lucy simon, melanie, phil ochs, posies, richard thompson, sinead o'connor, solid states, you got me singing |

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 |