Listen To A Dark Fairy Tale: Dear Departed Diedre
For the next few days we’re going to do a track a day of a different dark tinted fairy tale. It’s a… it’s a series of tracks of a work in progress. I honestly have no idea what i’m actually […]
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A Trip To The Moon, With Music By Air
In 1902, the very first science fiction film was made, A Trip To The Moon. It was made in France, written and directed by Georges Melies with help from his brother Gaston. Being science fiction it is also therefore the first […]
The Victrola
Best invention of the Victorian age? Probably the light bulb. Telephone is up there. But where would our ipods and CD players be today without the great grandmother that started it all, the victrola. That’s actually not quite right. Thomas […]
Franco-Belgium Comics: Bandes Dessinées
At the center of european comics is the Fraco-Belgium tradition, called bandes dessiness which translates literally to “drawn strips”. Two of the most famous of these have even made headway in the states, Tintin and Asterix. I myself am a huge Tintin […]
Moebius
The second creative death worth noting this last week was that of French comic artist Moebius, 1938 – 2012. Moebius was a key figure in bringing comic art out from a juvenile market and into a more sophisticated artform, worthy […]
Firesign Theater
There have been two very recent deaths which are worth commemorating on this blog. We will begin today with the one that most effects me personally: the death of Peter Bergman, 1/4 of the great Firesign Theater. Firesign Theater is […]
Character Background 4: Byron McAlister
(Note: I’ve put a fair degree of revisiting into the 3rd Act and Byron’s original Character Background has bothered me for some time. It has been rewritten and for kicks and giggles i’m posting the revamped version as today’s post.) […]
The Compte Saint Germain
In examining the more colorful forms of spirituality that appeared during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, there are some interesting figures who movements like Theosophy drew upon and reimagined into a mythological status. The Compte Saint Germaine is perhaps one […]
Sweeney Todd
In continuing our recent discussion about the Penny Dreadfuls that populated the Victorian era, it’s worth pointing out that almost all of the popular characters who once defined the era, Spring Heeled Jack, Varney the Vampire, Dick Turpin, Ching Ching, […]
Steampunk Sesame Street
I know you clicked here because you just HAD to know wtf. Fortunately i kid you not. Here: But wait, i did not lure you here to merely show you one image like all those regular brands. No, i have […]