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June 16, 2014
Monday Morning Music
Found myself in the mood for Janelle Monáe this morning (not an uncommon thing) and came across her performance at the “Women of Soul” concert held earlier this year at the White House. How could I pass up sharing her rendition of “Goldfinger?” I could not. Hope you like it, too. Filed under: Monday Morning […]
June 10, 2014
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.
This post originally appeared over at the now-deceased Snobbery blog. Figured I’d repost here, as folks seemed to like it, back when it went up on January 20, 2014. When sj declared January to be Tolkien Month and opened up her blog to guest posts about all our love for the man, I was tempted […]
June 9, 2014
“I liked white better”*
Are you a Tolkien fan? You should check out Sweating to Mordor, then. It’s a lot of fun following Eric’s exercise adventure and the Fellowship’s journey. Eric dives into all kinds of detail in Tolkien’s creation and illustrates his topics with photos taken with antique cameras. It is several levels of cool. Saruman has been […]
Monday Morning Music
I’m a latecomer to the band Primus, I have to admit. I didn’t get into them until after hearing Les Claypool‘s 2009 solo album Of Fungi and Foe. Primus’s 2011 cd Green Naugahyde sealed the deal, partly because of this song. That would be “Lee Van Cleef.” I’m a big fan of that gun-toting, cucumber-fighting […]
June 4, 2014
The Best Space Film Ever Done
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have noticed my rants about the movie Gravity (which my head insists on calling Graffiti for some reason) a while back. I didn’t like the film, but that’s not unusual with me and current Hollywood films. However, it then won the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic […]
June 2, 2014
Monday Morning Music
Alpha Reader showed me this video over the weekend, and I had to make it today’s morning video. Never thought I’d post a video of a Bob Dylan song on my blog–he’s not really my thing–but here you go. Use the arrows on the left to change channels. You definitely want to change channels. It’s […]
May 26, 2014
Monday Morning Music
I’ve been avoiding social media the last few days, thanks to the latest shooting here in the US. Just sick of it. And, sadly, there’s probably been another shooting of some sort in the mean time. It’s just ridiculous and keeps getting moreso. *sigh* So, picking a video for this morning has been a challenge. […]
May 21, 2014
Salsa Nocturna by Daniel José Older – A Review
Salsa Nocturna Daniel José Older Crossed Genres (July 2012) ghost noir 4.8/5 I didn’t win this book as a LibraryThing Early Reviewer. I won it as a backer of Crossed Genres’ Long Hidden kickstarter! I love winning free books, especially books as good as Salsa Nocturna. Perhaps, Ms. Bear, perhaps. Salsa Nocturna is a collection […]
May 20, 2014
There’s a Little Real History in my Alternate History #6
The sailors have harvested as much wood as they can from the corpse of la Santa Maria, and building has begun. It’s an awkward-looking square taking shape on the beach, just above the high-water line. I’m trying to picture the men from three ships fitting into the bones of one, and I wonder. What’s the […]
May 19, 2014
Monday Morning Music
Happy Monday, everyone! We had a gorgeous weekend up here in Vermont, and Alpha Reader was very disappointed that the only day game he got to listen to was the Yankees. Boo! There should be more baseball games played during the day. That discussion put me in the mood for a song from the Baseball […]
