This week with Friday Videos, we’re celebrating one of the greatest parody artists of my lifetime: Mr. Weird Al. I think Adam knows every Weird Al song, and his music is part of every road trip. And it’s wild to think about Weird Al’s longevity as an artist, too. He’s been popular and creating comedy music since the mid-70s. So I figured this week, I’d share some of my faves. “Foil” – if you don’t … Continue reading Friday Videos Love Parody
We love the 90s, and that’s where we’re headed this month, gazing at the impossible mullets from Romantic Times magazine. We’re talking about the newest books from May 1996, including the second book in what is now a 15-book much-loved series, and some truly memorable character names. We’ll investigate, “What’s wrong with this man?” We’ll have “lashings of good fun.” Plus we learn a SHOCKING TRUTH about Amanda’s reading history.
This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviews at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at _@thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next … Continue reading Bridgerton: Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn
As spoken by the elders, one should always trust those who like big butts, for they cannot lie. And truthfulness is as honorable as having a big back porch, as my college friend would say. I freaking love the edit compilations of a zillion different properties or media clips assembled to form something else. Sometimes it’s a supercut of one person’s speeches and sometimes it’s so many disparate sources I’m dizzy by the end. This … Continue reading Friday Videos Love Big Butts
Martha Wells is back, and we are taking a deep spoilery dive into Platform Decay. I want to be clear here: if you haven’t read Platform Decay, we are about to spoil the dickens out of it. Yes, Charles Dickens is in Platform Decay, you heard it here first. We’re going to discuss infrastructure fury, trains in Japan, Honor Princess Detective, and more – and when I say we are spoiling, we are spoiling. In … Continue reading 721. Exploring Platform Decay with Martha Wells
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TW/CW: Margaret Thatcher. I first heard this in the 90s, on a cassette someone had recorded from the radio (remember that?) and then heard it years later online, when online was kinda new. This song was allegedly by Krasswerk, but according to a comment from 13 years ago, “This song was created in Shoreditch in London by a friend of mine called Pete. He released it under the name of Very Important Music and it … Continue reading Friday Videos Love Rave, Rave, Rave, and Murder
We’re back in the time machine, heading to December 2012 to look at the ads and features from Romantic Times magazine. This episode features a high amount of extreme zany. We’ve got so many treats for you this week, including the Steeple Hill Drinking Game, the reverse Colonel Sanders, Jude Deveraux’s thoughts on modern romance heroes of the time, shifters and more.
We’re sampling Tropetails cocktail mixes, discussing what we’re reading and playing, and what books we’re looking forward to in the coming months. We were not paid to promote them, but we did receive free samples and they are delicious. You can get 10% off of Tropetails drink mixes with code SBTBTROPES! And! The transcript is already in! Enjoy!
