Some distant memories from 1917-1929

I hear there is a subculture where you can learn Victorian Dancing and attend many dances and events. Looks VERY interesting!

Watch this with the lights off and the sound up, if you dare.

1800s - Early 1900s horror shows and photography.

Waterhouse, known to his family and friends as Nino, was born in Italy in 1849 to English parents, moving to London at an early age. His father was an artist and Waterhouse followed in his footsteps.   more...
Waterhouse's early paintings were influenced by Victorian neo-classicism as practiced by Alma-Tadema, Leighton and Poynter. Later, he came under the spell of the second phase of Pre-Raphaelitism, led by Burne-Jones. By the mid-1880s, he was interested in French plein-air painting à la Jules Bastien-Lepage. By the early 1890s, Waterhouse had fused all of these influences into his own style: "He painted pre-Raphaelite pictures in a more modern manner. He was, in fact, a kind of academic Burne-Jones, like him in his types and his moods, but with less insistence on design and more on atmosphere."
Waterhouse's early paintings were influenced by Victorian neo-classicism as practiced by Alma-Tadema, Leighton and Poynter. Later, he came under the spell of the second phase of Pre-Raphaelitism, led by Burne-Jones. By the mid-1880s, he was interested in French plein-air painting à la Jules Bastien-Lepage. By the early 1890s, Waterhouse had fused all of these influences into his own style: "He painted pre-Raphaelite pictures in a more modern manner. He was, in fact, a kind of academic Burne-Jones, like him in his types and his moods, but with less insistence on design and more on atmosphere."
Waterhouse's early paintings were influenced by Victorian neo-classicism as practiced by Alma-Tadema, Leighton and Poynter. Later, he came under the spell of the second phase of Pre-Raphaelitism, led by Burne-Jones. By the mid-1880s, he was interested in French plein-air painting à la Jules Bastien-Lepage. By the early 1890s, Waterhouse had fused all of these influences into his own style: "He painted pre-Raphaelite pictures in a more modern manner. He was, in fact, a kind of academic Burne-Jones, like him in his types and his moods, but with less insistence on design and more on atmosphere."
Waterhouse's early paintings were influenced by Victorian neo-classicism as practiced by Alma-Tadema, Leighton and Poynter. Later, he came under the spell of the second phase of Pre-Raphaelitism, led by Burne-Jones. By the mid-1880s, he was interested in French plein-air painting à la Jules Bastien-Lepage. By the early 1890s, Waterhouse had fused all of these influences into his own style: "He painted pre-Raphaelite pictures in a more modern manner. He was, in fact, a kind of academic Burne-Jones, like him in his types and his moods, but with less insistence on design and more on atmosphere."
Waterhouse's early paintings were influenced by Victorian neo-classicism as practiced by Alma-Tadema, Leighton and Poynter.  less

These old fashioned dances are kept alive and well but various dancing and cultural organizations!

http://NewVictorianSuites.com New Victorian Suites is the official hotel for Top Affiliate Challenge

http://newvictoriansuites.com/

This hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska is amazing.

Humorous sketch about British Victorian Music Hall using split screen effect.

Brighton Pier (originally called Palace Pier) is a wonderful example of an old historic amusement pier, which is located at the southern seaport of Brighton, England. Construction on the pier began in   more...1891 and opened in May 1899, with a construction cost of around $300,000 (a LOT of money back then!). A concert hall opened on the pier two years later, but now no longer exists. Much of the original pier architecture remains, so when you walk on the pier, it’s like going back to a different era!

The song is “On The Beach” by Chris Rea.  less

This is based on a true story.....the houses in the video are NOT the ones that I encountered the ghost in. Music track is to be included in my upcoming CD "BOX OF SECRETS" with Reeltime Productions.   more...Mini movie style music video.  less

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Steampunk Pulp Fiction movie trailer parody.

Written and conceived by celebrated and eccentric illustrator Angus Oblong (Adult Swim's The Oblongs), and brought gleefully to life by The Rogues; It is a mix of live actors, puppets and digital media   more...in the Rogues' signature "hyper-theatrical" style.  less

With his best-selling book "Baby and Child Care", Dr Benjamin Spock influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals   more...(whereas the previous conventional wisdom had been that child rearing should focus on building discipline, and that, eg, babies should not be "spoiled" by picking them up when they cried).

The First Edition (1946) followed the conventional wisdom on circumcision: he recommended it. In the Sixth Edition (1985) he wrote about circumcising healthy children, "I strongly recommend leaving the foreskin alone. Parents should insist on convincing reasons for circumcision — and there are no convincing reasons that I know of."

In this video, he is referring to how some American parents would bring their child to a doctor with the complaint that the child was exploring his or her own genitalia in a sexual way. In these cases, the doctor would often diagnose the cause as an 'irritated' glans hood. In order to reduce the child's pleasure-motive(the whole underside of the foreskin is sexually sensitive to stimulation as opposed to the non-sexual shaft skin) and to reduce the ease of the child masturbating(circumcised males often need to use artificial lubrication to masturbate without rubbing themselves raw), the doctor would then circumcise the child.

Learn more how fear of children masturbating was a major reason why Americans began routinely circumcising: <a href="http://www.cirp.org/pages/whycirc.html">http://www.cirp.org/pages/whycirc.html</a>

Learn more about the <a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=105083429&blogID=295196224">America's Forgotten History of Child Female Circumcision</a>.  less

News Program Reports on Infant Circumcision in America.
The report briefly mentions why Americans started circumcising -- learn more here: <a href="http://www.noharmm.org/docswords.htm">http://www.noharmm.org/docswords.htm</a>

Well, it's not Christmas, not even close... but I've still uploaded this AMV too. I made it in 2007 as a Christmas present to all my online friends from youtube and the CandyTerry forum. This is my last   more...project with Ulead.  less

One None Brontë embroiders upon what the "Parson knows".

Monologue by a monolith on the anniversary of his death.

More platform Choos than Platform shoes ; and he wouldn't choose it.

More "pick the locks" than Goldilocks, 19th Century Poet Laureate,
Robert Southey's original version of "The Story of the Three Bears"
solicits small sympathy for its lairy, sweary,   more...opportunistic
(octogenarian ?) breaker and enterer.

MY guess is that she made it to Pasadena...  less