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Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading

Dmetri Kakmi Penda’s Fen UK 1974 Director: Alan Clarke Cast: Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Georgine Anderson, Ron Smerczak, Hobgoblin and Angel I bet few have heard of this English oddity. Strictly speaking, it is not horror. Yet it combines elements of fantasy, folk horror, time slip, mysticism, folklore, gay coming-of-age story and wraps it all… Continue reading

There may be some rumors spreading around the World Wide Web about an incident involving Burt Ward and Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America. We never had Burt Ward at the Museum of Schlock for Batman Day. And Burt Ward certainly didn’t pat Edwige on the back triggering her to attack… Continue reading

Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading

Dear Dr. Perfect,  My husband told me he planned to train our labradoodle, which at first was welcome news because Petunia was awfully high-strung. But it turns out he meant he was training her to sing opera. I had my doubts, but he was successful. But now he is training her to sing German opera.… Continue reading

Here is the third installment of TDO Academy, in which I instill a respect for sentences and paragraphs as units of meaning. Continue reading

“I’ve been betrayed by my own brother,” the Revenging Manta said with incredulaty. “I must face them. It is a point of honor.” The traitorous Albert Simmons faded back into the hoard of gang members while the enforcer, Elle, reached behind his back and produced a mace that he swung to and fro. The Revenging… Continue reading

Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading

John and Samantha delve once again into the original Mickey Mouse cartoons seeking their literary merit. Continue reading