Two days ago I discovered Robert Frederick Blum.
Blum was an American artist, painter and printer, born in Cincinnati in 1857.
He spent some time in Europe, and in 1890, Blum visited Japan.
He spent there three years.
In those years he painted a number of scenes that are absolutely striking.
Here is a small selection. Continue reading
More musical references for my novel.
A selection of “fusion” from the ‘1930s and 1940s Shanghai musical scene.
A pity I can’t find and post the complete performance.
But anyway, enjoy!
But there’s not just soundtracks, of course.
I’m listening, as I’m writing this*, to The Age of Style, a compilation of 1930s original songs published by Past Perfect in 1999.
Past Perfect is a small independent label that markets remasters of original recordings from the past (roughly 1920s-1950s).
I found out about Past Perfect in the early 2000s, while I was looking for musical references for – of all things – my Call of Cthulhu games. I have a few recordings from their catalog – and they have proved over the years to be both good listening material and highly useful sound references. Continue reading
I think I already mentioned I sort of play my stories in my brain like they were movies – or I try to.
And movies need soundtracks.
And soundtracks are cool.
So, heres’ a soundtrack for this Sunday I’ll spend – you guessed it – writing.
Enjoy!
Here’s a nice – but short! – pulp adventure movie – Voyage of the Iron Hawk.
It’s absolutely great, but alas, as the creators pointed out
This not a trailer for a feature film. It was created as a VFX and stylistic test. The film does not exist (yet), and this is not a complete representation of it. This is simply an action-packed VFX exercise. Enjoy accordingly.
An antiques dealer is selling this for 4000 bucks… ah, to be rich and reckless!
A very quick post to point out a worthy – and fun – campaign on IndieGogo.
The Estate of Humphrey Bogart produced an independent noir movie called This Last Lonely Place.
Now they are financing the launch and distribution of the film through a crowdfunding.
The gist of the thing – you shell out 8 bucks, you watch the movie in streaming, or download it before its release.
You pledge more, you get a cartload of perks.
But check out the campaign – it’s quite interesting.
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