December 2020 – Philip Nel

I got the medicine. So, you should keep your eyes on the ball. #PlagueSongs, no. 26

December 21, 2020Philip NelMixes, Music, Pandemic, Plague SongsBTS

“Dynamite” is cheerful, bright, and contagious – but in a good way. That’s one reason I decided to record a version of it. We could all use a little joy, and this song is full of joy. I also like the ESL poetry of the lyrics – a series of common English-language phrases, many of them encouraging

Unboxing Barnaby vol. 4!

December 8, 2020Philip NelBarnaby, Comics, Crockett Johnson, FantagraphicsBarnaby, Crockett Johnson, unboxing

In which you get all the excitement of receiving a package… without the package itself! Yes, I have made an unboxing video. It’s my first. See what you think! I can tell you what I think: I should have shown more of the interior of the book! Crockett Johnson’s cartoons! If I were more energetic,