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Author Archives: James
Just a Doc
From the folks who brought you “Phil is a Buster” and and “Gerry Mander was My Friend,” a new series of Schoolhouse Rock songs for things we never thought we’d have to explain to children.
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Must-Have Gifts
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Q: Do you ever have a slightly good idea for a cartoon but don’t get around to making it until it is way, way too late to make any sense to the reader?
A: Who, me?
Music Favorites from 2021
Below is a YouTube playlist of some of my favorite (mostly new) music from 2021. Two albums were re-released for their 10th anniversary this year. I couldn’t always find a video for the new release, but this is pretty close.
Rider To The Sea | Anna Calvi |
Yesterday Will Come | Caleb Landry Jones |
Family Swan (Mecca Normal) | Califone |
Vanishing | Circuit des Yeux |
Le Commencement | Colin Stetson |
Magic Bullets For Dracula | Fair Mothers |
Badibaba | Goat Girl |
Fire at Static Valley | Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
Shine | Hiss Golden Messenger |
Peace Signs | IDLES |
Hey Now | London Grammar |
Days Like These | Low |
Make Worry For Me | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy |
Enemy | Midwife |
Don’t You Blanket When That Happens | Mike Adams At His Honest Weight |
The Destruction Of The Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower | The Mountain Goats |
In Again | Palberta |
A Tip to Trick the Tide | R. Ring/Quailbones |
Follow Me Around | Radiohead |
I Hope I Never Fall in Love | The Reds, Pinks & Purples |
Once Upon A Freak | Ringo Deathstarr |
Bones | Rosali |
Lasting Friend | Samia |
Peace Signs | Sharon Van Etten |
Valentine | Snail Mail |
Will To Power | Springtime |
Pay Your Way In Pain | St. Vincent |
Projecting | Steve Burns and the Struggle |
The Last Exit | Still Corners |
Chaise Longue | Wet Leg |
Executioner | wych elm |