Category: Entertainment
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The Cock and the Pearl by Aesop
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading the poem The Cock and The Pearl by Aesop. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my…
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Daylight and the Stand poem
My Daylight and the Stand poem is from my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote between 2005 and 2017. Featured Download: For a quick tutorial on how to write your own poetry, click here.
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A Place for Demons : Kingkiller Reread
We’re now at the place in the Kingkiller Reread where we can finally start chapter one: a place for demons — I’m assuming you’ve read all of the Rothfuss canon if you read forward. As I said before, it’s quite telling that Rothfuss titled the first chapter “a place for demons.” Beyond the obvious connection…
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Olympics Need an Aesthetic Branch — #OlympianAesthete
In preparation for our first two book readings for our Western Canonball book club here in Brooklyn (click here to unlock the whole booklist and join the book clumb), I came across an interesting passage in Hesiod’s WORKS AND DAYS where he gives a sort of meta reference to his THEOGONY, the first book in…
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The Lady of Shallot by Tennyson
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading the poem The Lady of Shallot by Tennyson. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my…
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Cradle of Stone poem
My Cradle of Stone poem is from my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote between 2005 and 2017. Featured Download: For a quick tutorial on how to write your own poetry, click here.
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Stan Freberg Banana Boat (DAY-O)
Stan Freberg Banana Boat (DAY-O) is a parody of the original Banana Boat song. Thanks to Fred Heumann for the find.
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Civilization has run ahead
Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks. — GK Chesterton in The London Daily News
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Obscure History Memes : Dragon Man
Trogdor! Trogdor! Trogdor was a man! I mean, he was a dragon-man Or maybe he was just a dragon… But he was still Trogdor! Trogdor! Burninating the countryside Burninating the peasants Burninating all the peoples And their thatched-roof cottages! Thatched-roof cottages! Whoa! Listen to those wicked dueling guitar solos! It’s like Squeedly vs. Meedly over…
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Billy the Kid
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading a short about Billy the Kid. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my own…
