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Minor Key Music 83: Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’
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Uriah Heep, I had always assumed, was one of those bands like Molly Hatchet. You know the bands I’m talking about, the ones whose music is light years behind the potential of their album covers. Unlike the bulk of Molly […]

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OTGP 5: Trevanian’s Nicholai Hel in Shibumi
January 31, 2021

I read many different types of books, but what I love to read the most is a truly badass book.  From the day I first opened up an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel as a child, …

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My Top 5 Tichu Memories
December 31, 2020

I went over the mechanics (in exhausting detail) of my favorite card game Tichu last time, but today, to drive home just how good the game is, I wanted to talk about some of my …

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Brilliant Board Games 2 – Tichu
November 30, 2020

Though my board game tastes definitely skew a certain direction, you don't always have to hide a great game system behind a mountain of plastic to get my attention. Today's game, a partnership climbing card …

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Minor Key Music 82: Switchblade Symphony – Wallflower
October 31, 2020

Goth, like black metal, went through a few waves on its journey from post-punk bands with bad hair to emo kids dancing under bridges (still with bad hair). Today's band, Switchblade Symphony, comes from …

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Even More Signs That the Underground Metal Band You Are Listening to Might be Racist
September 30, 2020

Heavy metal has always been just a little too white for it to ever claim any level of racial enlightenment. And, when you take a genre that is already just a tiny step down …

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Minor Key Music 81: C. K. Strong – Sweet Talkin’ Candy Man
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Russ Meyers, infamous for low budget titty movies, took a foray into modest budget titty movies with 1970's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Not only was it, like the rest of his oeuvre, …

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Painting in Miniature 3: An Underworlds Undertaking
July 18, 2020

I'm still working through photographing all the stuff I've painted over the last 3 years or so as I don't see this new "paint tiny toys" hobby losing any steam. Today I look at …

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Isley’s Top Five Most Scathing Mini Movie Reviews
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Eleven years ago or so I decided to start writing quick little movie reviews of the stuff I was watching. And, while I don't watch as much as I used to (my bachelor days …

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May 31, 2020

Here are some quick reviews of all the games I’ve been playing lately. I will periodically move these titles down to the full A-Z list found HERE.  I am using the following Board Game Geek rating …

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