Down the rabbit hole...

Wikipedia is the best/worst invention for those of us with an attention span of a gnat. I started out just trying to find music for a tiki themed party I am throwing this Saturday, and got lost reading about tiki culture (which I am finding is based on appropriating Polynesian culture. Being American. Sigh.)

So... I am looking for names and then going to Spotify, which I LOVE, and listening to a whole selection of music I was vaguely aware of, but never intentionally listened to.Whoa, for having a reputation of being repressed, the 50's sure supported some out-there music. Yma Sumac, who I didn't know by name but having heard her, recognized the sound. Shrill near-yells and guttural, throaty almost operatic;  not what came to mind when I thought of 1950. So weird, so beautiful, so what I am listening to all Saturday while I make frothy rum-and-pineapple drinks.

While I have mixed feelings about the idea of tiki culture - making mugs of out of another culture's gods - the music that is a result of post-WWII American's obsession with Polynesia is truly wonderful.

Give her a listen: Lovely Yma!

Wizards.

I have become obsessed with wizards lately. Say it with me now "wizzzzeeeeerd." Not the cute wand-waving-go-to-a-private-school kind, but the old and weird and bearded variety. I wish I had a Ford Econline van that I could paint a mural on to share my wizard love with the world. Cyclopeatron has an amazing collection of fantasy van pics, this one is my favorite though:

It really captures my escapist desire to be an old man wizard. Somehow being an old witch or sorceress doesn't have the same appeal to me. Not exactly sure why, though I think it might be the beard.

A video game I played a few minutes of...

This is an amazingly simple yet spooky free video game. And, best of all, quick to play!
http://www.superfriendshipclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=117

Long time reader, first time writer

I never though it would happen to me... not really. I've meant to start a blog for as long as I knew they existed, but I wasn't sure what to write about. Then I realized, who cares? I have the shortest attention span, so I could just post and write about my interest of the millisecond. But no long posts, because who has time for that? And few videos, because they just take too damn long. Even the short ones.