music and tales
Phookas (or Puca, Puka, or Pooka) are one of the nastiest and feared of the Fae. It’s a shape shifting trickster, with a wild and potentially malevolent sense of humor who likes toying with humans but who does not possess human empathy […]
The Fairies Up the airy mountain Down the rushy glen, We daren’t go a-hunting, For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl’s feather. Down along the rocky shore Some […]
Artists, beware. The Leanan-Sidhe is one amazing hot Faerie lover who loves artsy types. Seriously, artsy guys make her cream herself. She will inspire you to create the best works of your lives and she wants only to love you […]
After all this talk about that new subculture song for Act 3- the Steampunk Voodoo song, the song that showcases this new subculture in New Albion which has appropriated Voudon much like British youth appropriated the blues in the 60s- wouldn’t you like to […]
When someone dies, the Gaelic women wail a vocal lament. It’s called keening and it is singing, wailing and mournful. Sometimes a faerie woman will keen for a human, originally out of attachment to a particular family. Being a faerie, […]
I’ve always had a big interest in the Sidhe legends, long, long before i ever discovered i was Irish (long story, let’s not worry about it now) and I’ve incorporated the Sidhe into several works. While they don’t really come into play […]
The Atompunk hero began in the great depression. Tales of outer space, wild futures, and ray guns, always ray guns became immensely popular, thanks to the invention of the daily comic strip Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Due to the success […]
Let’s start the week off (okay, it’s Sunday, but for me it’s the beginning of my week back) with a wonderful song by the Dresden Dolls. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90OU2q7BEc] Just in case you really want to hear the lyrics and found the […]
Today we’re going to feature an awesome blog that captivated my attention last night: philaphilia.blogspot.com/ The guy is a total building geek who lives in Philadelphia. Using a tirade of profanity he picks out historical buildings (and empty lots) around […]
And if you believe that, i got a bridge i’d like to sell you… This is a phrase embedded in American culture, and refers of course to selling some idiot the Brooklyn Bridge. This all comes from one man: George […]