You NEED ‘Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics’
Anyone who calls themselves a Dolly Parton fan, country music fan or a fan musical genius divas, you need Dolly Parton’s new book!
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Music Monday: Frankenstein and His Monster
In all the doom and gloom of October, we’re discussing the allegory for the industrial revolution and the mad scientist and his monster, Victor Von Frankenstein.
Music Monday: Vampires (This playlist has teeth)
The weather turned, the leaves outside the window are about to change, college students everywhere are celebrating their patrons: PSLs and Pumpkin beers. This means one thing, its October! Every Monday in October, Music Mondays will feature a horror genre, a specific book, or a horror villain. In honor of Twilight publication, here are the vampires. Please don’t stake me! “Vampires Will Never Hurt You” (My Chemical Romance)- Interview with A Vampire(Anne Rice) “Forever & Ever More”(Nothing but Fears)- The Vampire Diaries (L.J. Smith) “Vampire Blues” (Neal Young) – The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (Gady Hendrix) “We Suck Young Blood” (Radiohead) – Twilight (Stephanie Meyer) …
Music Monday: Villains
So you thought this would be a Disney Villain playlist (HA! HA! HA!). It’s just a normal Music Monday where we took songs and paired them with iconic literary villains. Let’s face it: being evil is more fun. My Name! – Bill Sikes (Oliver) Johanna – Judge Turpin Heart Shape Box- Faust Papa was Rolling Stone – Commander Fred Waterford (The Handmaids Tale) Helter Skelter – Hannibal Lecter Paint it Black- Lord Voldemort/Tom Riddle (Harry Potter) Hotel California- Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) The Devil Went Down to Georgia- Scarlett O’Hara …
Go Watch Season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’
So as to avoid spoilers, all I have to say is this, GO WATCH IT! via GIPHY We will talk story, characters, plot and theories another time but right now, my brain is fried in the best way possible; the best way conceivably possible! It was an experience of epic proportions! So do yourselves a favor, open up Netflix, AND WATCH IT! And if you don’t have Netflix, ask your bestie for the password so that you can WATCH IT together. Featured image via Syfy Wire