music and tales
Across the world there are many tales of towns or cities hidden by a lake, an ocean or watery mists. The Welsh have Tyno Helig, we all know Atlantis, Avalon, even the Scottish Brigadoon…. come to think of it a lot […]
On the off chance that you don’t actually know the Russian band Pussy Riot and what’s going on: “Three women who protested against Vladimir Putin in a “punk prayer” on the altar of Russia’s main cathedral went on trial on […]
I’ve been researching bands that use a cello and a bass guitar at the same time, since the band for the Steampunk Opera performance in Nov may in fact have some cello in it. I debated whether, if that’s the […]
Welcome to the weirdest, creepiest marionette video you will see all day. For most of you who don’t seek this stuff out (what DO you do with your days?) this will probably be the top creepy marionette thing of your […]
We recently covered the mythical lost city (lost country more like) of Aghartha so it might be nice to feature some actual, real life lost cities. Nan Madol fits the bill nicely. Nan Madol is located on the island of […]
Come. Listen to something awesome. The beat era produced numerous interesting spoken word oddities. Some of my favorite little bits are by the wonderful Ken Nordine. Ken Nordine did a lot of voiceovers from the 40s through the 60s and […]
The newest episode of my favorite podcast is out, which means i’m going to take a minute and go all fanboy over it. Did you ever have band in high school or college? Ever do theater in high school or […]
I quote the Mighty and All Powerfully Omnipotent Wikipedia: A shadow box is an enclosed glass-front case containing an object or objects presented in a thematic grouping with artistic or personal significance. The grouping of the objects and the depth effect created by their […]
What is Aghartha? (Other than an awesome live Miles Davis dark funk album) Aghartha is a mythical hidden city somewhere under the Earth, usually somewhere in Asia. It’s often confused or even merged with Shambhala, another hidden city in Buddist […]
We now begin our rise from the humble squalor here in the ghettos of New Albion to our eventual destiny of global domination… assuming we don’t get ahead of ourselves. Tickets for our very first workshop production of The Dolls of New […]