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  • The History of Burlesque

    I’m guessing if you’re at all connected to the Internet, you’ve heard the word “burlesque” before, and I’m guessing the mere mention of the word conjures images of scantily clad women prancing about on stage in myriad hellscape of saturated scarlet light and a panoply of scintillating and lascivious shadows… yeah. I’m a professional writer, folks. There is far more history behind burlesque than catering to the lecherous libidinous cravings of a depraved and debauched audience. Look deeper and you’ll see certain themes to the various performances, following popular culture, media, politics, music, or cultishly classical movies. The reason for this is that the original basis for burlesque was grotesque…

  • The Wandering Jew

    I tend to write a lot of stuff that walks the line between fact and fiction on this site. Sure, some folks would argue that “hauntings” is pure fiction, but we get far enough into our past and those lines blur significantly. As previously noted, I am a skeptic, but I do enjoy entertaining possibilities. The magical diad of phrasing that is: “What if...”The tale of the Wandering Jew stems from a specific line from the Bible: Matthew 16:28 – “There b [...]

  • David Bowie

    Born David Robert Jones on the 8th of January, 1947 in Brixton, south London. David Jones took to music early in his life, and though his singing voice was deemed only adequate, he excelled in his (newly introduced) music and movement classes as a very imaginative dancer. As he grew and developed, he struggled to establish himself as his own man in a time when so much amazing music was being written. He toyed with new and different stage names (not liking the fact that as Davy or Davie Jones he was often confused for the lead singer of the Monkees). He had a very (VERY) brief stint as one…

  • THE MYTH OF THE CHIVALRIC AGE

    I originally wanted to call this “Why Chivalry is a Damn Dirty Lie” but thought better of it. Before I launch into this, let me get this out of the way: The Chivalric Code was a code of conduct implemented to noble militaries somewhere in the late 12th and early 13th centuries CE. The term “chivalry” itself comes from the Old French term chevalarie meaning “horse soldiery”. It has its roots in Germanic and Roman military traditions and is known to be used by Charlemagne’s military forces. But what I really want to get into is what chivalry was, why it was necessary, and why it was a damn dirty…

  • JESUS OF NAZARETH

    This article is going to be controversial, and I fully accept that, but I want to establish that this article is meant to engender conversation not provoke an Internet Holy Flame War. What I write here comes from an educated place. I have done an in depth study of several versions of the Bible (NIV, KJV, and a terrible translation of WYC), the Torah, the Koran, the Book of Mormon (Latter Day Saints), as well as many different teachings of Buddhism and Hinduism. A good portion of this is also based around the book “Zealot” by Reza Aslan, a noted and respected historian. Also note – There is SO MUCH…