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Unicorns And Dragons

I’ve Seen The Freaks Lost In The Milky Way

April 29, 2009

So yesterday I was talking about connecting the dots from band to band or from band to producer, etc. I had followed Mitch Easter from producing R.E.M. to having his own band, Let’s Active.
Years later (after the Internet made dot-connecting and information-gathering a ton easier), I was tracking down Let’s Active mp3s and having a [...]

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We Did The Demon Dance And Rushed To Nevermore

August 28, 2008

Ohhhh, I was a silly youngster, too quick to condemn. “Dio Sabbath is not Sabbath,” I would cry. Had I really listened to any? Nooooooo.
Then fate (or something) found me in a bar that had Heaven And Hell on the jukebox, and it looked like a good option. Did my friend pick “Children Of The [...]

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Wizard, Pound Your Mor, Mor, Mortar Pestle

May 15, 2008

Phew.
After yesterday’s blast I need a song about a wizard.
And even that might not be enough. I need a song about a wizard that has some Native American flute played by a lady named Gentle Thunder.
Oh, look! Here’s one!
Mariee Sioux – Wizard Flurry Home from Faces In the Rocks

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Janet Tied Her Kirtle Green A Bit Above Her Knee

March 17, 2008

Dear “Unicorns And Dragons” category [which is now a tag - Ed.], just because you aren’t as populated as the others doesn’t mean you aren’t my favorite. How could you not be, with songs like these?
If you like this song as much as I do, you’ll be stoked to know there’s a whole site devoted [...]

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The Devil’s Croak And Gale

August 29, 2007

The Unicorns And Dragons category [now a tag - Ed.]  is looking a little lonely, so here’s some Mellow Candle. Clodagh Simonds and Alison Williams, who sing this song, were around 17 or 18 when this was recorded. It was written by Simonds.
More info on Mellow Candle here, and lyrics here.
Mellow Candle – [...]

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The Meadowlark And The Chim-Choo-Ree

May 22, 2007

Joanna Newsom – Emily (from Ys – CD / download)

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