Falstaff and Me
The Blog of Roscid Cup

The Unsown Field: Canto ??
Paul Bailey, Fiction
April 29, 2024

Tales of Trapwater, no. 10

Jonathan Sumption’s Hundred Years War
Paul Bailey, Flying Danes and Melancholy Dutchmen
September 30, 2023

or, I Can’t Believe I Read the Whole Thing

The Clone Wars by a (non movie) Star Wars Noob
Roscid cup, Flying Danes and Melancholy Dutchmen
February 07, 2023

I explore the curious allure of TV’s occasionally brilliant tragedy Star Wars: The Clone Wars

The Unsown Field: Canto 11
Paul Bailey, Fiction
August 10, 2020

Tales of Trapwater, no. 9

The Unsown Field: Canto 10
Paul Bailey, Fiction
July 18, 2020

Tales of Trapwater, no. 8

The Unsown Field: Canto 9
Paul Bailey, Fiction
July 13, 2020

Tales of Trapwater, no. 7

The Underappreciated Difficulties of Being a Vampire
Roscid Cup, Grumpy versus Groucho
October 31, 2019

Vampires get a bad rap for being either evil or full of histrionic angst. But being a vampire has an underappreciated dark side.

The Unsown Field: Canto 8
Paul Bailey, Fiction
October 27, 2019

Tales of Trapwater, no. 6

The Unsown Field: Canto 7
Paul Bailey, Fiction
October 24, 2019

Tales of Trapwater, no. 5

Calliope Conspiracy
Roscid Cup, Grumpy versus Groucho
October 20, 2019

Why is a calliope so difficult to find for purchase?

The Unsown Field: Canto 6
Paul Bailey, Fiction
October 18, 2019

Tales of Trapwater, no. 4

The Unsown Field: Canto 5
Paul Bailey, Fiction
October 17, 2019

Tales of Trapwater, no. 3

The Unsown Field: Cantos 3–4
Paul Bailey, Fiction
October 16, 2019

Tales of Trapwater, no. 2

The Unsown Field: Cantos 1–2
Paul Bailey, Fiction
October 11, 2019

Tales of Trapwater, no. 1

On Waterfront Kitsch
Roscid Cup, Flying Danes and Melancholy Dutchmen
September 27, 2019

Where carny gathers moss and sings shanties

So You’re Making a Sequel
Roscid Cup, Flying Danes and Melancholy Dutchmen
August 30, 2019

A Simple How-To

It’s Called a Gym Class
Roscid Cup, Grumpy versus Groucho
August 29, 2019

Why do people call it boot camp?

For Elvis and Judy
Roscid Cup, Flying Danes and Melancholy Dutchmen
May 24, 2019

Your Gym Doesn’t Have Enough Meatheads
Roscid Cup, Grumpy versus Groucho
May 23, 2019

Roscid Cup compares the two gyms he attends in San Francisco, and explains his decision-making process in choosing them.

Britomart
Roscid Cup, Music
January 13, 2019

A song inspired by a character from Edmund Spenser’s The Fairie Queene.

Season’s Greetings
Roscid Cup, Music
December 10, 2018

Wagner’s Ring by a Wagner Noob
Roscid Cup, Flying Danes and Melancholy Dutchmen
July 24, 2018

Roscid Cup gives his first impression of Wagner’s Ring Cycle

Dwaledight is now on iTunes
Roscid Cup, News
October 26, 2017

Dwaledight Album Released
Roscid Cup, News
October 23, 2017

Roscid Cup’s new album Dwaledight has been released.

About That Name
Roscid Cup, Blog
October 23, 2017

Roscid Cup explains the title of his album Dwaledight

Come Away
Roscid Cup, Music
June 05, 2017

A melody set to Feste’s song in Twelfth Night

Brief Rant on My Fellow In-Betweenials
Roscid Cup, Grumpy versus Groucho
April 11, 2017

Have Plugins Surpassed Analog Hardware?
Roscid Cup, Flying Danes and Melancholy Dutchmen
March 10, 2017

The story of the First DAW Plugin.