queen victoria – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Catching Up with Constance (and Others)

Not counting the one on The Lost Tales of Oz, how long has it been since I’ve done a book review post? I checked, and it looks like it’s been about a month. And on Goodreads, I’m still listed as … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Robert Rankin, seanan mcguire | Tagged al capone, al jolson, aleister crowley, alex price, barry the time sprout, constance verity, constance verity saves the world, cryptozoology, fairies, giants, gorgons, griffins, half-off ragnarok, jim pooley, john omally, melissa grey, prince albert, queen victoria, the abominable showman, the girl at midnight, the last adventure of constance verity, the lord of the ring roads, the witches of chiswick, vegetable lamb of tartary |

The British Are Coming!

I kind of miss making year-end lists of albums and such, but I really haven’t been listening to a lot of new music recently. There are a few that I’ll probably discuss a bit in a future post, but for … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Music, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged arthur or the decline and fall of the british empire, british invasion, dave davies, kinks, mellotron, muswell hillbillies, odessey and oracle, queen victoria, ray davies, unions, winston churchill, zombies |

It’s a Nice Day for a White Wedding

Hey, isn’t this funny? See, the groom doesn’t really want to go through with the wedding, so the bride has to drag him down the aisle! Um, but he apparently agreed to get married, right? All I can figure is … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Gender, History, Humor, Relationships, Snobbery | Tagged consumerism, diamonds, marriage, queen victoria, weddings, white weddding |

Twentieth Century Monkey

The Educated Ape and Other Wonders of the Worlds, by Robert Rankin – The follow-up to The Mechanical Messiah gives us more adventures of Darwin the talking monkey and consulting detective Cameron Bell in a steampunk version of Victorian London. … Continue reading →