Victorian music halls~ The Economist has a nice article on Victorian Music Halls, published back in 2001: http://www.economist.com/node/732394 Victorian music halls Beer and opera Victorian music halls outraged 19th-century moralists, but are exciting modern artists and impresarios DESPITE all the drunkenness, obscenity and prostitution, the Victorian music hall realised …
Ghosts of Albion- new to the Victorian Adventure Enthusiast Library Finally added Ghosts of Albion to my collection of Victorian set RPGs! For more information: http://edenstudios.net/ghosts.html Ghosts of Albion RPG quick start rules, free~ https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2fz7eigbg7hgux/GOA_DerbyDay.pdf
Just watched: Ripper Street (the entire first series) Ripper Street 2012- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripper_Street “The story begins in April 1889, six months since the last Jack the Ripper killing, and in Whitechapel H Division is responsible for policing one and a quarter square miles of East London: a district with a population of …
Death at a Funeral~ being a system neutral RPG Adventure set in an Alternate Victorian London http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/113190/Death-at-a-Funeral “Take a group of players through an alternate Victorian London… as you work to solve a fiendish mystery and unravel a vile conspiracy. On the way they will encounter fiends hungry for human …
Headless Portraits from the Victorian Era on i09 http://io9.com/the-creepiest-headless-portraits-from-the-victorian-era-472678985 Vincze Miklós The Creepiest Headless Portraits from the Victorian Era We all know that people messed around with photos long before there was Photoshop. But you might not have realized how crazy the Victorians were about headless portraits. They literally lost …
A List of Don’ts for Women on Bicycles Circa 1895 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/03/donts-for-women-on-bicycles-1895/ “The following list of 41 don’ts for female cyclists was published in 1895 in the newspaper New York World” * Don’t be a fright. * Don’t faint on the road. * Don’t wear a man’s cap. * Don’t wear …
Interview: Baroness Violet von Mickelsburg from Steam Ingenious blog~ Baroness Violet von Mickelsburg is the talented lady behind the Steam Ingenious blog, she was kind enough to answer some questions for us… Baroness Violet von Mickelsburg Sepiachord: When did you found Steam Ingenious? What led you to creating it? Steam …
From Steampunk R&D: Plastic? Steampunks Don’t Use Plastic! But Wait…Victorians Most Certainly Did check out the article here: http://steampunk.wonderhowto.com/inspiration/plastic-steampunks-dont-use-plastic-but-wait-victorians-most-certainly-did-0143968/ “We frequently associate plastics with the modern era, starting at around the 1950s with the prevalence of bakelite. However, for all of you “you can’t use plastic in Steampunk” purists out …
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: Typhoid Mary http://www.victorianadventureenthusiast.com/Mary.html HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: Typhoid Mary Historical Perspective: Typhoid Mary I’ve always been struck by the things that terrify people. There have been a staggering number of movies and books that frightened the hell out of the audience by featuring characters trapped in a remote area (all …
Film Reviews: Edge of Sanity (1989)~ 1989′s Edge of Sanity features Psycho‘s Anthony Perkins hamming it mightily as it melds RL Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with the Jack the Ripper murders. The premise has exploitation flick written all over it and the movie delivers, …