The writings of a Wiccan wolf. Blesséd be.
With the live tracks moved off to disc 7 and the loss of the album’s original opening track, I don’t think it quite makes sense to refer to this disc as a remix of Sometime In New York City. It’s a fundamentally different album, and perhaps tighter in its focus, though that’s not the same... Continue Reading →
This week, both of our episodes center around the concept of consent: Person A wants to do a thing for or to Person B, and Person B gives them permission. The episodes, though, focus on ponies who forget about the whole permission thing and proceed anyway, leading to an inevitable disaster in which the central... Continue Reading →
Having just covered the absolutely massive career-spanning singles box by Paul McCartney, I want to rewind the clock a bit and go back to the work of Paul’s songwriting partner - John Lennon. His solo career has been enjoying something of a renaissance in the last seven years, thanks to the release of deep-dive “Ultimate... Continue Reading →
There’s an interesting tension with episodic television where, in any premise that threatens that status quo of the series, you know instinctively that the central character is going to be okay by the end of the episode. They have to be, because they are a series regular, and they always come with a certain amount... Continue Reading →
Paul’s second band following the Beatles has been enjoying something of a renaissance in the past few years, what with half-speed vinyl pressings of their studio albums beginning with Wild Life, the release of the One Hand Clapping recordings in 2024, and now an entire book about the history of the band, compiled from interviews... Continue Reading →
This week, another episode that hits very differently for me now that I’m 31 as opposed when I was 18. Back then, the idea of being a parent was something I wanted no part of: while my parents tried to raise me as well as they could (and largely succeeded) that didn’t mean they were... Continue Reading →
It doesn't seem right for me to close out our deep dive into Paul’s solo career without covering a couple of retrospective compilation albums, I don’t think. The difficult part is deciding which ones! After all, he’s had quite a few come out since 1978’s Wings Greatest. So I’ve decided, over the next couple weeks,... Continue Reading →
Welcome back! While I’ve been lucky in the past few weeks with stories that had at least one pony in common with each other, that streak ends with this week’s pair of episodes… sort of. Instead, both of this week’s episodes center around thankfulness and how certain places were founded - Equestria itself in the... Continue Reading →
To say that Paul had a busy 2022 is an understatement. He started out with going back on tour for the first time since the pandemic started, he headlined the Glastonbury festival, released a box set of the McCartney trilogy, and of course he turned 80, with absolutely no sign of slowing down or even... Continue Reading →
In some ways, “Sweet and Elite” is something of a sequel to “The Best Night Ever.” Both episodes are set primarily in Canterlot and feature members of the main cast interacting with Canterlot elites, but with drastically different outcomes than before. Recall that Rarity’s big dream was to spend the night with Prince Blueblood and... Continue Reading →
The Witch Wolf’s Den 