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- What’s New for the 17th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
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- What’s New for the 27th of August: Kage Baker on Peter Beagle, dark fantasy, Brahms-a-rama, other somewhat Autumnal matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Speaker for the Ravens
- What’s New for the 20th of August: Aaron Copland’s ‘A Fanfare for The Common Man’ as performed by the Rolling Stones, Tanya Huff’s Peacekeeper series, a Zelazny collection, UK folk trio The Young’uns and some other matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Charles and Alice Pay a Visit (A Letter to Owyn)
- What’s New for the 13th of August: Ray Bradbury mysteries, June Tabor’s jazz-folk trio, Béla Bartók, live music by Midnight Oil, Finnish jazz, libraries and Richard Thompson goes acoustic (again)
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Border Postal Service (A Letter to Mauve)
- What’s New for the 6th of August: “Classical” music — the twentieth century
- A KInrowan Estate story: Blackberry Wine (A Letter to Catherine)
- What’s New for the 30th of July: an update on Peter S. Beagle v. a certain rat bastard, A sort of trad Nordic recording from Den Fule, A puppet performance, Scottish & Border Battles & Ballads, a novella by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, Music from The Dead and other Summery things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Guest Lecturer
- What’s New for the 23rd of July: a SF Day of Dead, baseball related books, some Tolkien works, Fantasia No. 34 performed, more early music, and other matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Oberon’s Wood
- What’s New for the 16th of July: Elizabeth Hand’s favourite libation, Chicago’s ‘Saturday in the Park’ and other matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 9th of July: Reviews of novels by Terri Windling and Charles de Lint, Music from the Clumsy Lovers, seasonal beer, dance historian Alison Thompson and other summery matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hortobágyi Húsos Palacsinta (A Letter to Ingrid)
- What’s New for the 2nd of July: a very special bookstore, some scholarly works reviewed, ‘The House of The Rising Sun’ and other matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: My Library
- What’s New for the 25th of June: Beer Culture in America, ‘Love Shack’ by the B-52s and other Summery matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mama Kin
- What’s New for the 18th of June: live music from Franz Liszt , Jennifer Stevenson on Summer:, Stephen Brust novels and other matters
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Category Archives: Graphic Literature
Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba’s The Umbrella Academy: Dallas
Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba have come up with what is one of the most original “superhero” series I’ve seen: The Umbrella Academy. It’s a group, all young, who have powers of one sort or another, but don’t look for … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, superheroes
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Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba’s The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
Part steam punk, part superhero comic and all attitude, Umbrella Academy is the brainchild of rock front man Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance). The titular “academy” is actually a group of oddly powered kids, raised by an eccentric space alien … Continue reading
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What’s New for the 23rd of July: a SF Day of Dead, baseball related books, some Tolkien works, Fantasia No. 34 performed, more early music, and other matters
To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.– Hob Gadling, toasting upon Dream’s journey as told in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: Season … Continue reading
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David Wohl et al’s The Witchblade Compendium, Volume 1
Andrew Wheeler penned this review. Some stories are merely bad — dull, uninspired, or simply misformed. Others are bad in entertaining ways — bad movies, outsider art, and demented pulp fiction. Some stories are so horrible that it’s physically painful … Continue reading
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David Wohl et al’s Tomb Raider Compendium
My, that was a great deal of truly fun reading! All fifty issues of the series, (1,248 pages!) including the covers for each individual issue, have been collected in a trade paper edition. Oh, did I mention the superb color? … Continue reading
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Joss Whedon’s Fray
I was, once uponn a time, one of a mere handful of people who had had no experience of the work of Joss Whedon. The others were, I’m sure, comfortably ensconced in caves in the Himalayas. (I’m a non-TV person. … Continue reading
What’s New for the 16th of April: “Classical” music: In the beginning. . . .
Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. William Congreve, The Mourning Bride If music be the food of love, play on. . . . William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night There are many … Continue reading
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What’s New for the 16th of July: Elizabeth Hand’s favourite libation, Chicago’s ‘Saturday in the Park’ and other matters
Saturday in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July — Chicago Care to sample our newest Summer ale? It’s called White Chalk Horse IPA and has a nice, light taste. It’s been very popular. It’ll go well with the … Continue reading →