Feels like the end of the world some days.
Johnny Cash is here to help. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Category Archives: Club Gormogon
So We Put a Team Together
Castle Gormogon survived its first softball practice last night, and one would be shocked to learn we weren’t that bad; but not nearly as shocked one would be if we had a second practice. Indeed, if there were indeed any … Continue reading →
BG is teh Awsum
Long-time brainpowerfulness BG writes in: Your Czariness – Jonah Goldberg initially pointed me in the direction of Castle Gormogon. So it’s immensely satisfying to me when someone responds to a post of mine as below. rulierose @bg • 20 hours … Continue reading →
Found on GorT’s Fridge…NOW WITH MORE ERRATA
Clever lady that Mrs. GorT… ERRATA: In order to augment the satirical nature of this post, Dr. J. did not credit his source for this post, namely Spooky Witchy Facebook Friend. When another Gormo did some digging, and found that … Continue reading →
#Mandles – A hashtag waiting to happen…
Yet another sign of the looming apocalypse. Dr. J. was listening to the New Atlantis AM AM guy on the radio today on the drive to work, and this Businessweek article became the target of ridicule. Apparently the Yankee Candle … Continue reading →
Own the Narrative
Hey, lucky readers! Know what can be even more fun than reading the Czar? Hearing a faithful reading of one his posts! Check out, and continue to check in with, the folks at Own the Narrative, in which they read … Continue reading →
Club Gormogon — The @MBernadetteE Edition
Chanticleer — Ave Maria/Angelus (Franz Biebl, arr.) Robert Preston — Marian the Librarian Lyle Lovett — Penguins (Sorry, no embedding the last one. Worth the click through, though…) Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Club Gormogon — The Great Grace Edition
This evening’s Club Gormogon show features a lineup in tribute to our hipster-con ninjababe, Great Grace (and the great, graceful, lower-profile KRS). Enjoy the folky-rocky-bluegrassy goodness. Old Hundred — Midwest Girl The Avett Bros. — Kick Drum Heart, Live (15 … Continue reading →
And a little something ’Puter used to sing in the joint
Because he went down to Houston and gambled and fought. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →And for GorT
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Since Dr. J is kickin’ it ol’ skool…
…as befits his cameo in “You Be Illin’,” here’s another long-form masterpiece from back in said day: Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Around the World In Eleventy Daze
Special Operative Extraordinary (sorry, that should read extra-ordinary) MC has been stationed up on the Mandarin’s orbiting mind control satellite changing the oil, and notified us that the webcam we put on there has been compromised. Suppose ‘Puter let Dat … Continue reading →
I’ll show you a place | Where there’s no sorrow or pain
Requiescant in pace. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Neat cover of a song so iconic it’d give one pause to record
Via the Anchoress Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Meeting the Big Guy Himself
And so the Czar was lucky to have no less a personage than Uncle Jay over to the Castle for a brief lunch. You do read Uncle Jay every day, no? Anyway, with a rare-enough trip to Chicago in his … Continue reading →
Gormogonicon 2011
Today was a special day. While ‘Puter and Dr. J are running the Castle, the Czar was happy to host GorT, the Mandarin, and the 孔夫子, the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV) here at the Czar’s dacha in Muscovy. Actually, … Continue reading →
Gooble Gobble! Dr. J is One of Us
And in the dark corners of the Castle dungeons, whispers and hissing did slip through the dank air. Faces, barely lit by flickering candlelight, would lean in from the gloom only to fade back into shadow. Antient and eldritch words, … Continue reading →
“I’ll Fly Away” —Johnny Cash
Premillennial dispensationalism and scriptural crypto-mathematics? No, thanks. The elderly Johnny Cash from the haunted heart of American low-church Protestantism, oh, God, yes. All but the last of these (and some even better tracks not on YouTube) are available on My … Continue reading →
Rach with Bach
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Continue reading →Happy Purim, a little belatedly, from the Gormogons.
Hope it was a good time. Cute song: Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →If A Hitter Produces Hits, Then A Twitter Produces…
Hey, if you’re not following us on Twitter, you’re missing out on half the fun! Well, maybe not half. Perhaps an eighth. Anyway, it costs you zip and has all sorts of lunacy you don’t find here. Go ahead. Click … Continue reading →
Tucson killer’s police file? “Just an excitable boy, they all said…”
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Continue reading →Don’t Forget Our Shameless Plugging!
Folks, don’t forget that you can explore our libraries down a little bit and to the left. You can see the books we talk about here, and even make periodic references to. If you especially like, you can buy the … Continue reading →
The Czar Comments
Regular readers here probably noticed that we have comments turned off. It is a policy that is universally supported by the Gormogons, and you know why? Low signal-to-noise ratio. With comments turned off, people are forced to send us emails, … Continue reading →
Re: Electricity
GorT received the following from one of the followers (are you one, Herbert?) Oh Gort, the sandals of whose electrons, I am not fit to touch…I humbly suggest that some scurrlious, nay, heretical enemies of the Mechanissiah have crept into … Continue reading →
Notice to Our Readers: Gormogonicon 2010
Dearest readers: The Gormogons are pleased to announce that we are mere days away from GCon MMX. As you ticket holders know, we will be meeting at the Plateau of Leng this year. Festivities begin today (Thursday) at 0900 and … Continue reading →
Flash Gordon, Quarterback, New York Jets.
Amazingly, at the Mandarin’s wedding, he actually got up and said, “Remove the Earth woman! Prepare her for Our pleasure!” If you can turn this movie off late-night cable, your Tool of the Gormogons membership may be revoked. It’s got … Continue reading →
Justin Bieber Is Dreamy!
And, part of the ongoing Gormogon quest for world domination. Master Bieber’s role in the plot will be revealed to our readers in the fullness of time. Now gaze upon Master Bieber and his hypnotic hair* until you no longer … Continue reading →
‘Puter Status Update
1. Work is bat-sh!t crazy. 2. The Washington Capitals suck. 3. It’s snowing outside ‘Puter’s window. Seriously. 4. At least there’s Glee tonight! Czar and ‘Puter like to watch Glee with a handle of vodka (each) and a big bowl … Continue reading →
Sheep Count Him
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Continue reading →Happy birthday, Angelo Badalamenti
And now for something completely different. She’s full of secrets. The owls are not what they seem. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Air in your bra too, buddy.
Lânetlilerin Türk türküsü. The Pogues. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Round Two
The five of us put our heads together at the Leaping Peacock last night (it was the only way to get ‘Puter involved) and conducted our Selection Sunday for our own take on the meaningful brackets. For those of you … Continue reading →
Now we goin’ ol’ skool
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →A classic revisited
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Continue reading →Well, I now kinda do.
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Gormogon Action Figures
Thanks to questions from our dozens billions of fans, the Gormogon Gift Shop, in the first level of the Castle Gormogon (next to ‘Puter’s Pub and the Mandarin Grill) contains action figures for all of us. The Mandarin comes with … Continue reading →
Ronnie Bennett Says…
“Be My Little Baby.” 2:34 of your time, and every second is bliss. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and … Continue reading →
Gormogons After Dark
Since the Czar’s started showing some of the old Eyemos from Club Gormogon, Confucius* will join in and says: here are Kelly Flint and her confrères in Dave’s True Story. The lyrics are, hmm… hot and bothered. *For those who … Continue reading →
Let Me Put You Wise
The Czar can’t be a jerky all the time. 2:25 of your time, and yeah, it’s worth it. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes … Continue reading →