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July 26, 2015
Uniting the Internet’s Horrors: The Horror Blogger Alliance
Originally posted on horroraddicts.net:
Tonight Kbatz is chatting with Jeremy, Curator for the Horror Blogger Alliance!
When and how did the Horror Blogger Alliance come about? Why start a blog uniting fellow horror enthusiasts?
So many of us in the beginning of our blogging sites based on horror had no direction, hoping that someone would just find us hidden amongst 1000’s of blogs. Originally a brain child of Carl Manes [http://www.ilikehorrormovies.com/] and few other savvy horror site...
July 23, 2015
Grady Franklin Stiles, Jr.
Originally posted on Exequy's Blog:
Grady Franklin Stiles, Jr. (June 26, 1937 – November 29, 1992) was a freak show performer. His deformity was ectrodactyly, where the fingers and toes are fused together to form claw-like extremities. Stiles’ stage name was the “Lobster Boy”.
Family historyThe Stiles family had a long history of ectrodactyly. Stiles was the sixth in a line that began with the birth of William Stiles in 1805. Grady Stiles’ father was a sideshow attraction in a traveling ca...
July 21, 2015
Art as Idea: László Moholy-Nagy’s Telephone Works
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 20th of July 1895, Jewish-Hungarian born American artist László Moholy-Nagy was born in Bácsborsód, Hungary. He was a “painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, theorist, and art teacher, whose vision of a non-representational art consisting of pure visual fundamentals – colour, texture, light, and equilibrium of forms – was immensely influential in both the fine and applied arts in the mid-20th century. During his Bauhaus years Moholy-Nagy developed...
Grand Duchess Maria. Gorgeous and gone.
Originally posted on History Witch:
I’ve decided to take a break from painting Queen Victoria’s Children, and move over to the Romanov girls.
This is Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia. She was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna. On this tragic day in history, Maria and her entire family were murdered by the Bolsheviks.
Before their capture, Maria was described as a pretty, flirtations girl. Her and her sister, Anastasia, were re...
Perry Conley, Moccasin Ranger Leader
Originally posted on History In Living Color:
The Moccasin Rangers
The Moccasin Rangers were a Confederate guerrilla company that operated around the headwaters of the Little Kanawha River during the first two years of the Civil War. The Moccasins, led by Perry Conley, drew most of their members from Calhoun County, but at various times included men from Webster and Braxton counties. Other leaders were George Downs, Daniel Duskey, and Peter Saurburn. Conley’s name has been linked to Confede...
Steampunk Sourcebook: Sherlock Holmes Part 4
Originally posted on For Whom the Gear Turns:
Alright, enough of the facts and now for some fun! To finish off Sherlock Holmes week here on the site I have created a gallery of Sherlock cosplay and notable Holmes portrayers. Do you have a favorite Holmes actor? Please comment below!
Sherlock Cosplay Sherlock Holmes actors as The Great DetectiveThere have been almost 80 different actors who have played Sherlock on stage and screen, so here are just a few of the most notable.
July 20, 2015
The Stars Who Earned Their Stripes
Originally posted on historywithatwist:
I first heard the phrase ‘Do you talk the walk or walk the talk?’ as a child. It came from the lips of John Wayne and it has stuck with me ever since, particularly when someone uses it incorrectly and refers to ‘walking the walk and talking the talk’. At such moments my inner pedant bristles. That peculiar foible aside, it’s nice to know whether someone ‘walks the talk’ or merely ‘talks the walk’.
In the past few days that phrase came up during referen...
Tracks of the Week – COLDSPELL, HELL’S ADDICTION, ORCHID, THE PONY HELLRIDE EXPERIENCE & THELMA AND THE SLEAZE
Originally posted on Rock And Roll:
ColdSpell ‘Legacy’, from the terrific albumFrozen Paradise.
Hell’s Addiction – with a brand new track called ‘What You Gonna Do’. Also check out their albumRaise Your Glass!
A new track from Orchid: ‘Sign of the Witch’ – the title track from the band’s new album, out July 17th!
German rockers The Pony Hellride Experience‘s‘Buffalo Mountain’, from the EP with the same name!
Not a new track, but such a great addition to anyone’s summer-soundtrack: Thelma...
Olaudah Equiano
Originally posted on Exequy's Blog:
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade. His autobiography, published in 1789 and attracting wide attention, was considered highly influential in gaining passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended the African trade for Britain and its colonies.
Since the late 20th century, there has been some debate on...
July 18, 2015
Nakano Takeko
Originally posted on Badass Ladies of History:
Portrait of Nakano Takeko
Nakano Takeko,Nakano is the family name, was a female samurai warrior who lived from 1847—1868 CE. She was born in Edo, and was the daughter of Nakano Heinai. Her mentor, Akaoka Daisuke, taught her many things such as martial arts, literature, mathematics, etc. She was adopted by Akoaka later in her life, and worked with him as a martial arts instructor. When the Boshin War broke out in 1868, Nakano and her teacher fo...
