Now that the epic of Coyote Man is over, Fiddle and Burn will be taking a temporary hiatus.
We’ll be back soon with Fiddle and Burn - Vol. 2 - The Serial Killers.
Meanwhile, check out the Podcasts!
Thanks for reading.
Jason
Fiddle and Burn:
The Adventures of Coyote Man and Other Stories
Part comedy. Part soap opera.
A fiction blog. A serialized sit-com.
A daily comic strip in prose.
When Rantz takes a job as Circulation Director of Fiddle and Burn: Guide to Fandom Magazine, he hauls his family to a new home. None of them realizes that this will lead to one bizarre adventure after another.
There's an epic struggle to throw away an old garbage can.
There are embarrassing incidents involving a very rude laptop computer.
There are profound metaphysical breakthroughs revealed in the dentist's chair.
And, running through all the story lines, there's the strange figure of Coyote Man - Is he a noble superhero who defends the suburbs from vicious villains? Or is he a sad old man who lives in a dream world inside his head? It's a tale both comic and tragic, inspiring and pathetic. Some might even say... quixotic.
Whether it's comic book and science fiction fandom, the publishing industry or modern American family life, Fiddle and Burn squeezes out the humor and delivers it in easily digestible bite sized doses.
Podcast Special: Now including 75% more silly voices performed by the author!
To read the text of the episodes, visit the ARCHIVE.
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Now that the epic of Coyote Man is over, Fiddle and Burn will be taking a temporary hiatus.
We’ll be back soon with Fiddle and Burn - Vol. 2 - The Serial Killers.
Meanwhile, check out the Podcasts!
Thanks for reading.
Jason
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Conversations about the languages and cultures of the world.
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| RIP Eartha Kitt (1927 - 2008) |
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Last week the singer and actress Eartha Kitt passed away. She was well-known for her song Santa Baby, and for her rendition of C’est Si Bon. She played Catwoman in the last season of the Batman TV series. She was in many Broadway plays and was a cabaret singer. Below you can see [...] |
| 12/28/2008 12:42 PM |
| Italian New Year’s Eve Tradition of Wearing Red Underpants for Good Luck |
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Eating lentils and sausages, and wearing red underwear are all good luck in Italy on New Year’s Eve. I discovered the tradition of the lucky red underpants when Vita wrote to me. Here’s what she said: ...my grandmother in Naples, Italy used to tell us that wearing red underpants on New Years Eve brought good [...] |
| 12/28/2008 12:33 PM |
| Winter Wonderland YouTube Video and Song |
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Here’s a nice, white and wintry video of the Winter Wonderland song, sung by alto singer, David Solomons… |
| 12/27/2008 10:52 PM |
| Does anyone know if the words to “Bella che dormi” in Italian are correct? |
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Vita wrote: Hi, I remember a song sung to me by my mother and I just want to make sure I have the words correct and have all the verses. It’s a lullaby and she used to rock us while singing it: Bella che dormi sul letto di fiori mentre dormendo un bacio d’amor un bacio in fretta la povera [...] |
| 12/27/2008 10:43 AM |
| Question about an Italian Song about Weaving |
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Catherine wrote asking about an Italian song: Ciao Buongiorno! Actually, I’m Greek so I’ll say Tikanis! I was wondering if you can help me find the title of a song I heard in a commercial from concerned childrens advertisers. It shows a little boy being chased after by 3 little girls trying to kiss him. [...] |