music and tales
During the peak of the Victorian Era Music Hall, the turn of the century that is, one of the most famous and sought after performers was the inimitable Marie Lloyd. She wasn’t just famous as a singer, she had a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boy, did you piss me off today. So while you weren’t looking, i took a piece of your hair/clothing/belonging, went home and i am now sticking pins in it. You, of course, are having sudden unexplained pains in certain areas […]
“Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune Bird fly high by the light of the moon” -Bob Dylan The prehistoric archetytpe of the Wise Fool remains with us as strongly today as ever before. The entire Tarot centers around him. The […]
During the Victorian era and well into the swinging 20s the circus became a major phenomenon of mass entertainment. Lions, tigers, acrobats, clowns, ringmasters…. (we’re just going to side step the animal cruelty issue here.) It began with one man, Philip Astley […]
As part of our continuing series on old time con men, today we’re going to feature not an actual con man, but a con itself. The infamous Kansas City Shuffle. The con has been around with that name since the […]
During the 1920s and 30s, one of the most famous screen detectives, featured in numerous serials and feature films, was Charlie Chan. He was created by writer Earl Derr Biggers as an Asian detective based in Honolulu in an attempt to throw a […]
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 […]