Musical stories in fantastical worlds
I’ve always had a big interest in the Sidhe legends, long, long before i ever discovered i was Irish (long story, let’s not worry about it now) and I’ve incorporated the Sidhe into several works. While they don’t really come into play […]
The Atompunk hero began in the great depression. Tales of outer space, wild futures, and ray guns, always ray guns became immensely popular, thanks to the invention of the daily comic strip Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Due to the success […]
Let’s start the week off (okay, it’s Sunday, but for me it’s the beginning of my week back) with a wonderful song by the Dresden Dolls. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90OU2q7BEc] Just in case you really want to hear the lyrics and found the […]
Today we’re going to feature an awesome blog that captivated my attention last night: philaphilia.blogspot.com/ The guy is a total building geek who lives in Philadelphia. Using a tirade of profanity he picks out historical buildings (and empty lots) around […]
And if you believe that, i got a bridge i’d like to sell you… This is a phrase embedded in American culture, and refers of course to selling some idiot the Brooklyn Bridge. This all comes from one man: George […]
One aspect about the era spanning from the lat 1800s to the second world war that is one of the most colorful is the old time con men. In this series we’ll touch upon some of the most intriguing. We begin, Ladies and Gentlemen, […]
One of the towering giants of sci-fi fantasy, writing in the 1930s and whose works blew me out of the water when i read them 60 years later is Olaf Stapledon. In particular, his two books First And Last Men […]
Formed in 1980, in the relatively early days of the industrial music scene, Laibach is a stunning example of a concept brought about to exemplary fruition. They make music that is exactly what one would initially conceive as “industrial” is one […]
Yes, wtf indeed. No this is a real thing. Raygun Gothic is a general term for retro futuristic science fiction environments. Once upon a time, from the 40s to the 60s, they imagined the future. It was bright and slick and […]
Steampunk is technically the period from Victorian England to the first world war, but done in a science fiction way. A past that never was. After WWI? It’s all dieselpunk, baby. Dieselpunk is technically the period from 1920 until […]