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Monthly Archives: October 2011
What Is Steampunk? (The Clockwork Dark)
I’m reading The Nine Pound Hammer by John Claude Bemis, and finding it noteworthy. Here’s my note. This is the first book in a middle reader series that markets itself as steampunk (the series title is The Clockwork Dark, “clockwork” … Continue reading
Happy Halloween I
My eight year old son has three favorite Oingo Boingo songs. This is one of them.
Playing the Bones: III
Wherein I produce triplets.
Playing the Bones: II
Oh, snap!
Playing the Bones: I
This post is not about writing, but it is about music, and it is about Americana. In three short videos over three days, I’d like to show you a very cool, very old percussion instrument: the bones. (I buy my … Continue reading
What Is Steampunk? (Modded Stuff)
Cool images I’ve seen on the Internet (Google+, actually) in the last couple of days.
Bookshelf: The Popol Vuh
The Popol Vuh is the mythological book of the Quiche Mayan people of Guatemala. It was recorded by the 18th century Dominican friar Francisco Ximenez and is one of few accounts of the mythology of Central America to have survived … Continue reading
The Smothers Brothers
These guys, of course, are also hilarious.
Tom Lehrer
It’s come to my attention that not all of today’s youth are familiar with the work of Tom Lehrer. That’s not right. Here are two classics.
