Holidays
Minor Key Music 79: Shirley Collins – The Cherry Tree Carol
I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”. Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like. No, not [just] black metal, I’m talking about music in a minor key. I’m a happy guy, but there is something about sad, sad songs…
Read MoreMinor Key Music 77.5: Merry Medieval Christmas
As an apology for last year’s Christmas playlist of underground black/death metal songs, I thought I’d do a list this year of songs that actually celebrate the birth of Jesus, rather than decrying his lack of goatborn blood. I love all types of pre-classical Western music, but for today’s list I wanted to limit my…
Read MoreBrilliant Board Games: UNO
This is an April Fool’s post, unless you are in some sort of bizzare, bad board game based Die Hard With a Vengeance situation, under no circumstances should you ever play something as random and decision-free as UNO. I know UNO might seem like an odd pick for someone whose board game elitism approaches…
Read MoreBlasphemy in Bethlehem: A Christmas Playlist
Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. I don’t even care about all the Jesus stuff, there’s just a special feeling in the air no matter how lame and preachy the second verse of God Rest You Merry Gentlemen is. Still, in an effort to balance things out, I thought I’d try a little change…
Read MoreMinor Key Monday 72: Barbara Dickson – Down in Yon Forest (1969)
I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”. Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like. No, not [just] Black Metal, I’m talking about music in a minor key. I mean, I’m a pretty happy guy, but there is something…
Read MoreThe top ten most scandalous pictures of Isley Unruh! You won’t believe number 8!
It’s the first of the month and time for another top ten list! What’s on the docket this month? Well, let’s just say I lost a bet (never get into an argument about Manowar trivia with Brian–that fucker knows his shit) and, to hold up my end, I’ve agreed to post the ten most embarrassing pictures…
Read MoreMinor Key Monday 60: Fum, Fum, Fum
I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”. Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like. No, not [just] Black Metal, I’m talking about music in a minor key. I mean, I’m a pretty happy guy, but there is something…
Read MoreMy Favorite Movies 60: Christmas Vacation (Jeremiah S. Chechik, 1989)
Quotable movies can be pretty tough to objectively review. One one hand, a quotable script is doing something 99% of movies don’t do, namely: “sticking in your mind for more than an hour after you leave the theater.” On the other hand, who can say what makes a film’s various lines of dialog worm their…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to The CW RE: Your imbecilic decision to cancel Arrow
Good afternoon The CW Television network. Eugene Pendergrass here, you may know me from such unusually ferocious open letters as, “An Open Letter to www.isleyunruh.com RE: Your comically inept attempts at fictional cartography,” “An Open Letter to Peter Jackson RE: Restricting The Hobbit to Three Movies,” “An Open Letter to the New York Times RE:…
Read MoreMinor Key Monday 48: Nour Ensemble – Santa Maria Amar
I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”. Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like. No, not [just] Black Metal, I’m talking about music in a minor key. I mean, I’m a pretty happy guy, but there is something…
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