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I’ll Have That Tinsel Tangle Tied Around My Brain

The Puppini Sisters, Dear Santa, I Can Explain – The close harmony group’s newest project is a four-song Christmas EP, with everything either written or co-written by Marcella Puppini. It’s actually her birthday today, and I thought mine in mid-November … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Food, Holidays, Music | Tagged a visit from st. nicholas, aretha franklin, clement moore, dear santa i can explain, nutcracker suite, piotyr ilyich tchaikovsky, puppini sisters, rachel walker mason |

I Found My Thrill on Oregon Hill

I haven’t been listening to music all that much recently. That’s not to say that I couldn’t, just that I usually find myself doing other things that are difficult to do at the same time. But anyway, here are some … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Camper Van Beethoven, Cartoons, Christmas, Concerts, Cracker, Holidays, Humor, Language, Music, Nellie McKay, Valentine's Day | Tagged accordion, alberto rabagliati, bugs bunny, david lowery, duncan galloway, emma smith, kate mullins, leaving key member clause, looney tunes, love, marcella puppini, puppini sisters, rosemary clooney, the puppini sisters unlocked |

I Know Those Words, But That Sign Makes No Sense

White Christmas – I guess this was the last of our Christmas viewing for the year, although it’s mostly not even about Christmas. It’s a sort of a spiritual follow-up to Holiday Inn, which I haven’t seen, but apparently has blackface … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christmas, History, Holidays, Humor, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, Science, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged albert einstein, bing crosby, danny devito, danny kaye, death to smoochy, edward norton, ernest rutherford, holiday inn, irving berlin, jon stewart, marie curie, puppini sisters, robin williams, tasmanian devil, white christmas, world war ii, yahoo serious, young einstein |

Off to See the Castles of America

I haven’t written that much about new music recently. Comes of getting old, and sometimes just not knowing what to say. There are a few relatively new albums that I picked up during the quarantine, however, so here are some … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Animals, Humor, Magnetic Fields, Music, Stephin Merritt | Tagged abba, baphomet, beelzebub, belphegor, cole porter, corner laughers, dance dance dance, daniel handler, dee-lite, demons, dolly parton, george parker bidder, karla kane, lady gaga, lord richard, lorna morris, louis prima, puppini sisters, quickies, rosie abbott, salem witch trials, temescal telegraph, turkey vultures |

Working for the Yankee Dollar

The Puppini Sisters, Lost and Found – This album is a rarities collection that the group is offering as a bonus when buying some other stuff. I pre-ordered their next album, which has been delayed, so this is a nice … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Music, Neko Case, New Pornographers, Television | Tagged a.c. newman, andrews sisters, h.r. pufnstuf, in the morse code of brake lights, irene cara, kate mullins, katy perry, lost and found, marcella puppini, mcdonald's, mika, paul simon, puppini sisters, sex pistols, sid and marty krofft, the rocky horror picture show |

I Can’t Pretend to Be Someone Who Pretends to Be Someone Else

Here are some thoughts on the four albums I received for Christmas: The Rutles, Archaeology – Shortly after the release of the Beatles’ Anthology project, Neil Innes reunited with John Halsey and Ricky Fataar to record a new album of … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Beatles, Humor, Minus 5, Music | Tagged archaeology, dungeon golds, everything is beautiful, fun! fun! fun!, george formby, george harrison, john halsey, marcella puppini, neil innes, puppini sisters, r.a. the rugged man, ricky fataar, rutles, scott mccaughey, scott the hoople in the dungeon of horror, shonen knife |

Don’t Mess with Mr. In-Between

The Puppini Sisters, The High Life – This is the group’s first new album in five years, with Emma Smith replacing Stephanie O’Brien. They do a combination of old standards and more recent pop songs, all in a swing style … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Music | Tagged david bowie, destiny's child, emma smith, marcella puppini, mary poppins, megan trainor, puppini sisters, rihanna, sia, stephanie o'brien, the high life |

No Place in the Processional and No Seat in the Convention Hall

They Might Be Giants, Phone Power – TMBG have always been a prolific band, and not everything they do fits all that well onto their albums. Sometimes this doesn’t stop them from including these songs on the albums anyway, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Albums, Music, They Might Be Giants | Tagged apples in stereo, destiny's child, dial-a-song, don quixote, dunkin donuts, gilbert and sullivan, john flansburgh, john linnell, kimya dawson, phone power, puppini sisters, schizophrenia |

Who Could Ask for Anything More?

I managed to get my hands on four more 2011 releases, so here they are: Stephin Merrit, Obscurities – A collection of B-sides and unreleased songs from Stephin Merritt’s various musical projects, including the Magnetic Fields, the 6ths, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Christmas, Holidays, Music | Tagged 6ths, a very she & him christmas, decemberists, gothic archies, hollywood, long live the king, Magnetic Fields, obscurities, puppini sisters, she & him, stephin merritt, zooey deschanel |