music and tales
Let’s talk about the opera for a minute, shall we? I’ve been ironing out the details of the plot for the 3rd Act, as i’m scheduled to begin composition on Monday and cannot do so until all the plot details […]
Let’s keep it short and sweet today, shall we? (i’m ironing out a lot of issues for Act 3 in preparation for beginning studio work on Monday.) Here’s a wonderful, awesome song by the wonderful, awesome band The Dresden Dolls, […]
I… i don’t know how to actually write this post because i…. i have no words. There are few words ever conceived that can possibly explain this. Among those few would be “utter, Cthulhu-level, blubbering madness”. Thus today’s post is […]
He wants the two of you to be able to do it, but not get too close. Is he me in my 20s? No. Bertolt Brecht, for the non thesbian among you, is a reknowned German theater director from the […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce19ewmzj8c] My first big record obsession was when i was a toddler. I had a series of “Show And Tell” records. You put them on a special little record player and they tell you stories which i listened to in […]
The Steampunk Opera is not the only piece of major length, steamkpunk inspired entertainment being developed. Benedict Mart and an immensely talented team working under Mart Films are developing a feature length film that also takes place in a steampunk world with some dark […]
East of ragtime, west of goth. Have a lovely little song about a mentally troubled prostitute in your day courtesy of Amoree Lovell, an Oregon based singer/songwriter. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24bu4axWD7k]
Today we feature the wonderful work of Belgian sculptor Stephane Halleux who, as the title of the post should clue you in, makes little steampunky robots and dudes out of leather,metal, wood and recycled materials which he sews and bangs together. […]
We have now reached the 3rd generation of McAlistairs, Byron the son of Edgar and Fay. Who is he? He is a politician, aspiring to be Mayor of New Camden. His platform is heavy on the need to keep government […]
Today we’re going to feature “neo cabaret” singer/songwriter Jilll Tracy. A sultry alto voice nevertheless evokes the ghost in your grandmother’s victrola. The music is alway elegant, yet always with a touch of sinister. This first song is Evil Night […]