Today we have ::checks notes:: “Baobabs,” a bonus track from Regina Spektor’s 2006 album Begin to Hope. The song incorporates imagery from The Little Prince, a book that I have somehow never read despite taking eight years of French class. … Continue reading And I Wouldn’t Raise My Child Inside The 01/10 Day Thread Anyway
Today’s Day Thread is dedicated to the fact that whenever I watch The Good Place I get Franz Ferdinand’s “Michael” stuck in my head, because that’s Ted Danson’s character’s name. That’s it. That’s all I’ve got. Here’s the song. It’s … Continue reading Come And Dance With Me 01/09 Day Thread
Remember when The Killers and Bruce Springsteen teamed up on “A Dustland Fairytale” (rechristened “Dustland”) from The Killers’ third album Day & Age? That was pretty great. Happy Night Threading! Continue reading Some Kind of Slick Chrome American 01/02 Night Thread
Here is “Suspended in Gaffa” from Kate Bush’s classic 1982 album The Dreaming. Happy Day Threading! Continue reading Am I Doing It, Can I Have The 01/02 Day Thread Now?
There are frustratingly few clips online of the classic 1990s TV series Northern Exposure. I wanted to post the one of Chris’ big “light” speech from the episode “Northern Lights” but I can’t find it (uncut) anywhere alas. So here’s … Continue reading The 12/30 Day Thread Plays To A Very Sophisticated Television Audience
In 1979 Jim Henson and Frank Oz roamed the English countryside with Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, and Miss Piggy. The ensuing test footage has become legendary. Come for the existential crises, stay for the cows. Visualize Samuel. Have a … Continue reading The 12/14 Night Thread Is A Real Natural Night Thread
Enya’s job is to make ethereal music and also do occasional faerie larping and I’m probably more jealous of her job than any other job in the world. Here is “The Celts.” Enjoy! Continue reading The 12/12 Night Thread: Just Some Enya
Today in songs that were running through my head while I was making the OT header, we have “What U Missed While U Were PopUlar” from the television classic Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The song is completely self-contained and has no spoilers, … Continue reading The 12/10 Day Thread Is Sorry It Made Fun Of Your Ska Band
“Lowercase N,” formally known as “The Lonely N Song” and also written by Steve Zuckerman, is the unofficial companion piece to “I In The Sky.” On the surface, this song teaches children to recognize the shape of a lowercase n, … Continue reading The Wind Is Very Still For The 11/22 Night Thread
“Capital I,” formally known as “I In The Sky,” is a 1971 animated song sequence from the classic educational television show Sesame Street, composed by Steve Zuckerman. You see, people in the 1970s thought that what children needed most for … Continue reading The 11/22 Day Thread Lives in a Capital I
Once upon a time in the ’90s, two of the best voices in rock music kind of accidentally recorded a song together and now 30+ years later I deploy it in the 11/21 Night Thread in order to thwack you … Continue reading The 11/21 Night Thread Steals Bread From the Mouths of Decadence
No one had signed up for today’s Night Thread header as of this morning so I grabbed it at the last minute and now you all have to listen to the most epic love song of all time. Happy Night … Continue reading There Were 11/20 Night Threads When the Wind Was So Cold
Today’s Day Thread is dedicated to classic Strong Bad Email “Duck Pond,” featuring a state-of-the-art duck pond simulator. Because sometimes we all just need to hang out with some simulated ducks. The YouTube version is posted below for the sake … Continue reading The 11/16 Day Thread Is The Greatest Thing In The World
The Villains 30-Day Challenge (which is fun by the way, stop by if you can) reminded me of the existence of Buff Frog from Star Vs. The Forces of Evil, who is awesome, so I made a Day Thread about … Continue reading 10/26 Buff Frog Day Thread
You know, it’s not ALL a wretched hive of scum and villainy over at the Comic Strip Club. Some of the comic strips are actually… good? Anyhoo, in celebration of Spooky Month let us remember a couple of years ago … Continue reading The 10/22 Sally Forth Haunted Doll Arc Night Thread
“The Lady of Shallott” is an 1832 poem by Alfred Tennyson, about a woman who is cursed to die if she ever has any fun, ever. It’s left ambiguous who exactly has laid this curse upon her, but I feel … Continue reading The 10/20 Night Thread Makes Three Paces Thro’ the Room
Hello friends and welcome to my very first OT header. Here’s the Kerm. Enjoy. Continue reading Hi Ho, 10/9 Night Thread Here
