Sing Us A Song, Piano Man
I try very hard to keep this blog from becoming a vanity blog. But you know, i’m a musician, i make music and every now and then i like to share it. I make albums, theater pieces, and all that […]
Month: December 2011
The Fall Of Spiritualism
By the beginning of the 20th century Spiritualism was being attacked rabidly by skeptics. To Spiritualism’s credit, it claimed to be a scientific religion, not asking its followers to take anything on pure faith but offering direct experience of communication with the […]
The Heyday Of Spiritualism
By the end of the 1850s Spiritualism was in full swing and seances were all the rage. Prior to the Fox Sisters (see yesterday’s post) two other key people had set the stage for Spiritualism’s rapid rise. One was Emanuel […]
Victorian Religion: The Rise Of Spiritualism
Probably the biggest new religious/occult movement to arise in the Victorian era was Spiritualism. Certainly several new offshoots of Christianity formed during this period, particularly in the US where due to The Second Great Awakening a number of new Christian […]
A Steampunk Arts Overview
In my circles, a great many people don’t really know what steampunk is and this little 5 minute vid made by PBS Arts does a nice job of giving a little intro and showing a few interesting artists working in different fields. […]
Dome Houses
They’re kooky! They’re cute! They’re vastly smarter from a geo-conservation point of view. They can be VERY retro future which is the tethered string of logic we use to validate the presence of such posts on this blog. But really, […]
Elysian Night (The Falsetto Song)
Although i’ll probably continue to putz a bit with it, for all intents and purposes here it is. However, you MUST understand: it is NOT for my voice. Like, REALLY not for my voice. I cannot pull off falsetto to […]
Consurgo: Animated Steampunk Short
Students at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands made this killer steampunk animated short. Watching such things is why the internet was invented. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/32918790 w=601&h=338] Consurgo from Colorbleed Studios on Vimeo.
Orchestrating The Falsetto Song
It’s a bitch. While i wrote the song in my head back when i was making all those falsetto song posts, I’ve only had the chance to actually get to it now, and I only have a small portion of […]
Tom Waits: Bronx Lullabye
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