Brecht: He Doesn’t Want You To Like Him. No Hugs.
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 […]
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Mocha Lab: Stories in Music
[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 […]
Steampunk Tooth Fairies. The Movie.
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 […]
Dark Town Sally by Amoree Lovell
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]
Little Steampunk Robots And Dudes
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. […]
Character Background 4: Byron McAlistair
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 […]
Jill Tracy
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 […]
Cabaret, The Movie
The short novel ‘Goodbye To Berlin’ by Christopher Isherwood, usually published together with his other short novel ‘Mr. Norris Changes Trains’ as The Berlin Stories, is one of the most celebrated books written about the Weimar era, that classic explosion […]
Weimar Era Cabaret
One of the greatest explosions of creativity in the 20th century, and some would argue, ever, occured in Germany between the end of WWI and the rise of Hitler in 1933. It was called the Weimar era after the city […]
Steampunk Fairy Tales
So a couple places on the net have held contests where participants submit art on the theme of Steampunk Fairy Tales, an awesomely excellent theme if ever there was one. We’ll be covering 2 of these contests. Today’s post is […]