For today’s dark Christmas song is “Fairytale in New York” By the Pogues & Kirsty MacColl. Mainly because I like the Pogues but also because this one is delightfully viscous. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwHyuraau4Q
Being part of the first generation who grew up on Sesame Street from it’s beginning I am very fond of it’s Christmas special “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street” Watching it today it comes off as a bit schmaltzy but still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For today’s contribution of Christmas cynicism and mockery we move on to Stephen Colbert‘s “A Colbert Christmas: A Colbert Christmas”. It’s a fun show that directly spoof numerous annual celebrity specials with the usual cameos that are all fun (I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The color version of the Tyrant of Nephelokokkygia, the Hoopoe. Putting him here is a direct to Aristophanes play where he is the King of the Birds because in Greek Mythology King Tereus of Thrace had been turned into one.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To finish off this year’s Christmas playlist we have “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” sung by Thurl Ravenscroft. If I do a countdown of Christmas specials I would put this one close to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well Christmas is gone for another year. Mine went as well as could be expected. Generally Christmas is very low-key for me being the only member of my family in the northwest and most of my friends bugging out to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I should have shared this earlier but as I mentioned it earlier but one of my personal Christmas tradition (though it’s a good general winter tradition too) are good steaming batches of mulled cider or wassail, as my mother’s old Crockpot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This one may be a stretch of the definition but I enjoyed it. “I’ll Say Yes,” with Gospel Rhapsody.
Well, it was an interesting week for all things involving technical maintenance. The first thing came as a surprise on Saturday morning when on the way to the U-district I discovered my front wheel was literally bent out of shape.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been a fan of Wu Cheng’en‘s Journey to the West since I had a picture book about Monkey’s early adventures as a kid. From there it was only a matter of time before I read the synopses to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
