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Happy 40th Birthday Sesame Street!
Today’s post is brought to you by the letter S and the number 40! Sesame Street’s 40 years old! Hands down the best ever TV show for kids. I learned to brush my teeth properly, count &… more →
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Happy 40th Birthday Sesame Street!
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Alan Cook. wrote 1 week ago: Today’s post is brought to you by the letter S and the number 40! Sesame Street’s 40 yea … more →
Salvador Dali: Alice In Wonderland.
Alan Cook. wrote 1 week ago: In 1969 Salvador Dali produced illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s ”Alice In Wonderland … more →
Pretty Tied Up.
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Alan Cook. wrote 2 weeks ago: Hi folks. Remember my Swinging Dead Girl post? Well this is her just about to be killed: It’s … more →
OZ Book Covers (PART II): Thompson.
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Alan Cook. wrote 2 weeks ago: When L. Frank Baum died, Ruth Plumly Thompson took over his OZ series. Illustrator John R. Neill con … more →
OZ Book Covers (PART I): Baum.
Alan Cook. wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m at a stage in the OZ project I’m working on that I haven’t been looking forwar … more →
Swinging Dead Girl.
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Alan Cook. wrote 1 month ago: This folks, Is a working sketch for the seemingly endless Nonestica Project. And yes, It’s a y … more →
Circus Character Sketches.
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Alan Cook. wrote 1 month ago: I was going through some notebooks and found the bare bones of a story I once attempted to write abo … more →
Bob Dylan: Christmas In The Heart.
Alan Cook. wrote 1 month ago: I don’t think any of us expected this: Yep. Bob has made a Christmas album. I listened to this … more →
Anything Of Oz.
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Alan Cook. wrote 1 month ago: ‘Anything Of Oz’ is a watercolour idea for a book cover by my favourite illustrator John … more →
Proof of Life In Michigan City
TracyKaye wrote 1 month ago: By Tracy Saville In late Mid-August, just as the wet is wrung from the broiling heat of a Heartland … more →
Stick Boy & Match Girl In Love.
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Alan Cook. wrote 1 month ago: “Stick Boy & Match Girl In Love”. - By Tim Burton. Stick Boy liked Match Girl, H … more →
L. Frank Baum & "The Ozmatron".
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Alan Cook. wrote 2 months ago: L. Frank Baum. My favourite writer. He wasn’t always but that’s only because old America … more →
9/11: Flight Q33N.
Alan Cook. wrote 2 months ago: Recently, I’ve found myself watching a lot of September 11th documentaries. Conspiracy documen … more →
The Beatles: 2009 Remasters.
Alan Cook. wrote 2 months ago: It was always gonna happen wasn’t it. The Beatles‘ albums get remastered in both Mono … more →
Artist: Stephen Wiltshire.
Alan Cook. wrote 2 months ago: Ever since reading “An Anthropologist On Mars” by Oliver Sacks, Stephen Wiltshire has be … more →
It Was Brian Wilson.
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Alan Cook. wrote 2 months ago: Brian Wilson played the Concert Hall where I work last night. Y’know how I always mention on here ab … more →
Edward Gorey: "The Gashlycrumb Tinies".
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Alan Cook. wrote 3 months ago: Edward Gorey had a great beard. As if that wasn’t enough folks, He also happened to be one of … more →
Happy Birthday Wizard Of Oz!
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Alan Cook. wrote 3 months ago: This film is now 70 years old! It’s a good film. I grew up with it. Usually, I hate musicals. … more →
Celebrating Julia Child
Kate Blood wrote 3 months ago: Kate & Julia In his book A History of Cooks and Cooking, author Michael Symons notes that “Mass … more →
