Popular Medievalism and Stuffed Toys

[highlyeccentric]

Baba Brinkman raps the Canterbury Tales
(Courteously shared with me by goblinpaladin, whom i'm most glad to discover because he means i'm no longer the only blogging undergrad medievalist at USyd. Now Jenny must mock both of us together)
Anyway, I think it's rather cool. When you think about rap you're supposed to think of da boyz in da hood, leaping into impromtu story and social critique from the margins... Which is somewhat like the image you're supposed to get from the Tales: da pilgrimz on da road, launching into story and social critique. Both of which are constructed- some pilgrims may have made up stories, and some rappers may be able to compose on the hoof, but not these ones here.
Brinkman is Canadian and will be performing at the Brisbane Writers Festival in a few weeks. How's that for popular medievalism, Dr Nokes?

Odd stuff from Slouching Towards Extimacy:
What to get the Anglo-Saxonist Who Has Everything: Viking Kitten Soft Toy
I quote from the website: This fearsome Norse Warrior loves pillaging and plundering all in his path… as he bobs around little ponds in his tiny boat. He’s 7 inches tall and has the toughest, most threatening, helmet and weaponry made purely from felt and stuffing.
And observe said kittens in a musical interlude with much testosterone

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[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

I live to serve.

That kitten is just about the cutest thing in the history of everything ever.