Category Archives: What Nots

Funko’s Rock Candy Thirteenth Doctor Vinyl Collectible

Posted on 30th August 2020 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

She’s here! And she’s fantastic. I was one of those people who was stoked at the idea of a female Doctor. Why not? The show has done all different ages and attitudes with the Doctor’s regenerations, why not shift a … Continue reading →

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SuperBitz Doctor Who plushie

Posted on 29th August 2020 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

I really dug the eleventh season of Doctor Who, and I love the new Doctor. And this SuperBitz plushie tribute to her is absolutely adorable. I’ve seen SuperBitz items here and there, but this is the first time I’ve ever … Continue reading →

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Roddy Doyle’s Two Pints: In the Time of Corona

Posted on 5th April 2020 by Gary Whitehouse

And don’t I feel the fool now for not knowing about Two Pints, the latest successful play by Irish author and playwright Roddy Doyle? It’s a two-man show that consists of two Irish fellows in their 60s, talking in their … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 23rd of February: ’De Herinacio: On the hedgehog’, Don’t Talk About It by Australian expat Ruby Boot, live Irish Music from De Dannan & Skara Brae, Hobos, Mary-Sues, Live from Here replaces Prairie Home Companion and other matters

Posted on 22nd February 2020 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

Most times we only see things for the way we are. But we’re good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody who’s not living in our skin to point out how things really are.  ― Charles de Lint’s The … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 29th of September: A Glen Cook series, a novel that comes with its own soundtrack, people with ‘special powers,’ … and Maddy Dances, Danish jazz, the folklore of bees, and other bits and bobs as well

Posted on 29th September 2019 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

The novel should be understood as a structure built to accommodate the greatest possible amount of cool stuff. — Steven Brust in this Strange Horizons interview The Huddled Masses Ensemble just sent us several cases of Pendle Witches Brew, an ale with a thick, malty, … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 15th of September: Two Fat Ladies, Welsh mythology, a de Lint written video and other matters

Posted on 15th September 2019 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. — Charles de Lint’s Yarrow: An Autumn Tale What am I playing? That’s June Tabor & Oysterband’s Ragged Kingdom which Vonnie saye Very Good Things about: ‘Tabor has reunited with … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 24th of September: Traffic’s version of ‘John Barleycorn’, Dissing neo-paganism, Vess’ Book of Ballads and Sagas and other matters

Posted on 15th September 2019 by Reynard

If I told you the whole story, your head would burst. There is no one story, there are branches, rooms… corridors, dead ends. — The Storyteller as played by a John Hurt in Jim Henson’s The Storyteller It’s definitely not Summer here … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 31st of March: Nietzsche, Stephen King considered, chocolate of course and other matters

Posted on 31st March 2019 by Diverse Voices

The advantage of a bad memory is that one can enjoy the same good things for the first time several times. — Friedrich Nietzsche Yes, that’s lox and cream cheese on a toasted bagel I’m having along with Komodo Dragon coffee. … Continue reading →

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Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History: The Alsdorf Hall of Northwest Coast and Arctic Peoples

Posted on 30th July 2018 by Robert

I’ve come to think of the Field Museum as the “everything museum” — from evolution to paleoanthropology to conservation to meteors: it’s all here. Granted, some exhibitions are more rewarding than others, but the Museum seems to be committed to … Continue reading →

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Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History: The Ancient Americas

Posted on 11th July 2018 by Robert

When I offered to take my cousin to the Field Museum, showing off my new membership, and suggested that we see the permanent exhibition “The Ancient Americas,” she said, “What’s that?” “Indians,” I said, “from Day One.” She said later … Continue reading →

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