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  • Talking about Burlesque back on Bourbon Street in French Quarter | New Orleans Music News – – NOLA.com

      This article by Alison Fensterstock about burlesque artist Trixie Minx’s latest endeavor is part review and has dips into New Orleans history. A nice piece of journalism and a good read. Quote Burlesque…

  • counting the days

      I hope no one is offended on Christmas when I follow through on my suggestion we head to cinema to see The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. If they are, they haven’t seen the trailer. It’s too…

  • Brrrr… winter is inevitable

    Pittsburgh’s Zany Umbrella Circus will perform at this year’s circus-themed First Night Scranton (http://www.scrantonfirstnight.com). It should be plenty cold in NEPA by Dec. 31, even as this November has so far been kind. To help you get…

  • Say Family AGAIN Samuel!

      Mysterious and seductive Samuel Sullivan (Robert Knepper) of the Sullivan Bros. Carnival freak sanctuary pulls the family card so often in this fourth season of NBC’s Heroes it’s sure to be in the…

  • from my personal collection

          A momento from The Yard Dogs Road Show performance April 10, 2005 at the Knitting Factory, NYC. I remember the date because it was my birthday. A month after my radio…

  • Trompe L’oeil Nostalgia

      I’ve been admiring the work of Mocanaqua native and nationally-regarded Trompe L’oeil master Anthony Waichulis in new light this week with the opening of Capturing Realism 2009: The Waichulis Studio at College Misericordia’s…

  • this way to the egress

      Commenting casually via twitter this weekend, 570 friends @bgfulton and @erin_nissley mentioned a "steampunk band" that played in conjunction with a Halloween Rocky Horror Picture Show event at The Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg. This Way to…

  • Victorian Robots!

      DJ extraordinaire John Webster just turned me on to Paul Guinan’s research documenting the History of Robots in the Victorian Era.   They are so freakin’ cool.   He seems to be pushing Boilerplate, introduced in…

  • Happy Birthday & the Sizzle of Brass

      This morning, Professor of NOW @SxipShirey tweeted a link to this video for Taraf Hijacked (not on either one of the band’s two albums!) today in honor of Luminescent Orchestrii’s seven years together. Yea!…