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Bohemian Paris of To-Day was written by William Chambers Morrow and Édouard Cucuel and in it described their drinking exploits which occured during the Gay Nineties in Gay Paris. They partook of two well-known Cabarets, Cabaret du Néant ("The Cabaret of Nothingness") and Cabaret de l'Enfer ("The Cabaret of the Inferno"), both in the Montmartre neighborhood. Upon entering the Cabaret du Néant, the following exclamation was heard by the visitors: WELCOME, O WEARY WANDERER, TO THE REALM OF DEATH! ENTER! CHOOSE YOUR COFFIN, AND BE SEATED BESIDE IT! Muted voices droned a low monotone: "Enter, mortals of this sinful world, enter into the mists and shadows of eternity. Select your biers, to the right, to the left; fit yourselves comfortably to them, and repose in the solemnity and tranquility of death; and may God have mercy on your souls!" Waiters were dressed head-to-toe in professional funeral garb and would lurk from coffin to coffin offering refreshments such as Sirops et Liqueurs, and burnt Madeira wine in keeping with the funereal atmosphere. Visitors were lead through three chambers where ghost appeared as if by magic! The Cabaret du Néant acquired an important place in the history of Visual Media and optical trickery. A variant of the optical stage technique "Pepper's Ghost" was performed there often. This poster is 17 inches wide by 22 inches high, generous black ink and glow in the dark ink lushly printed on parchment stock. PLEASE NOTE: This poster image was hand-drawn original poster size by Madame Talbot using nothing more than a vintage rapidograph pen and Dr. P. H. Martin's Bombay Black India ink on Crescent 201.6 Hot Press Medium Weight illustration board. After completion, the image was hand-delivered to Ryan Gwinner Press in Portland, Oregon and printed on an offset printing press. Absolutely no computers were used in the creation of this poster - from start to finish. The copyright notice is on the website image only and not on the printed poster. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to My Little Shop of Nightmares: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VictorianLowbrow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Patrons from far and wide came to sip drinks with names like Cholera and Arsenic while sitting at a coffin under a real human bone chandelier in the Cabaret of Death, a peculiar Parisian watering h…
The decade is the 1890s, the height of La Belle Epoque in Paris; the ‘beautiful era’. But by night, the City of Light knew a much darker string of establishments to entertain its night owls. We’re outside the Cabaret du Néant, translation: the Cabaret of Nothingness, but originally known as the ‘Cabaret of Death‘ before authorities…
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Two ‘Apache’ dancers hanging out in a cafe in Paris in 1938. I’m going to roll the clock back to my earliest recollection of seeing what was essentially a version of the “Apache” dance that was featured on, of all things one of the original installments of the Popeye the Sailor cartoon series that I saw on TV as a child during the 1970s. The short in question was the seventeenth ever produced, in 1934, called “The Dance Contest.” In it Popeye and his gangly girlfriend Olive Oyl enter a dance contest which of course Popeye’s nemesis Bluto attempts to disrupt. When Bluto finally gets his chance dance with Olive he recklessly and abusively hurls her around—much in the style of an Apache dance. Naturally, Popeye is having none of that and after downing a can of his famous spinach, he takes over the lead dancer role with Bluto who he then essentially beats to a pulp while his famous theme plays out in the background. The cartoon itself, as you may recall, was already notoriously violent so it made perfect sense to incorporate one of the most popular and viciously aggressive dance crazes of the time into...
The decade is the 1890s, the height of La Belle Epoque in Paris; the ‘beautiful era’. But by night, the City of Light knew a much darker string of establishments to entertain its night owls. We’re outside the Cabaret du Néant, translation: the Cabaret of Nothingness, but originally known as the ‘Cabaret of Death‘ before authorities…
Two ‘Apache’ dancers hanging out in a cafe in Paris in 1938. I’m going to roll the clock back to my earliest recollection of seeing what was essentially a version of the “Apache” dance that was featured on, of all things one of the original installments of the Popeye the Sailor cartoon series that I saw on TV as a child during the 1970s. The short in question was the seventeenth ever produced, in 1934, called “The Dance Contest.” In it Popeye and his gangly girlfriend Olive Oyl enter a dance contest which of course Popeye’s nemesis Bluto attempts to disrupt. When Bluto finally gets his chance dance with Olive he recklessly and abusively hurls her around—much in the style of an Apache dance. Naturally, Popeye is having none of that and after downing a can of his famous spinach, he takes over the lead dancer role with Bluto who he then essentially beats to a pulp while his famous theme plays out in the background. The cartoon itself, as you may recall, was already notoriously violent so it made perfect sense to incorporate one of the most popular and viciously aggressive dance crazes of the time into...
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Two ‘Apache’ dancers hanging out in a cafe in Paris in 1938. I’m going to roll the clock back to my earliest recollection of seeing what was essentially a version of the “Apache” dance that was featured on, of all things one of the original installments of the Popeye the Sailor cartoon series that I saw on TV as a child during the 1970s. The short in question was the seventeenth ever produced, in 1934, called “The Dance Contest.” In it Popeye and his gangly girlfriend Olive Oyl enter a dance contest which of course Popeye’s nemesis Bluto attempts to disrupt. When Bluto finally gets his chance dance with Olive he recklessly and abusively hurls her around—much in the style of an Apache dance. Naturally, Popeye is having none of that and after downing a can of his famous spinach, he takes over the lead dancer role with Bluto who he then essentially beats to a pulp while his famous theme plays out in the background. The cartoon itself, as you may recall, was already notoriously violent so it made perfect sense to incorporate one of the most popular and viciously aggressive dance crazes of the time into...
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Punk Cabaret is Freedom Okay, let me rattle to you about one of the bands that I am obsessed with. 99.9% percent of you guys reading this blog probably don't know what the above statement means. Well, that statement came from punk cabaret group The Dresden Dolls. and I totally agree with that. Yes, this is them ^ and throughout the post, I'm going to put up images of them. (Btw, the girls name is Amanda Palmer, and the guy's name is Brian Viglione) I've discovered them when I was digging up stuff about Panic! at the Disco. When I listened to their music, I literally went WOW. Their music was such a release from all the mainstream crap that I've been listening too. Punk cabaret really is FREEDOM. Besides from their dark, piano infused sound, one thing that really made me listen to them is the lyrics of their songs (Amanda Palmer is a f*cking GENIUS). As you probably don't know (and don't care), I'm very picky when it comes to lyrics. I only choose songs, that for me, have really deep and meaningful lyrics, and as for now I've only found 4 bands that have that (P!@TD, MCR, FOB and Dolls). The dolls lyrics range from alcohol, to child rape, to backstabbers, which, I find is a very impressive range. Next, their videos. Sure, some of their videos have shake shots in them, but the message that they are conveying and the execution of it is AMAZING. My personal favorite are the videos for Backstabber. It was comedy to the nth level. All in all, everyone should give The Dresden Dolls a chance. If they would, the world would be a better place. And who knows? The wars might even stop.
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The decade is the 1890s, the height of La Belle Epoque in Paris; the ‘beautiful era’. But by night, the City of Light knew a much darker string of establishments to entertain its night owls. We’re outside the Cabaret du Néant, translation: the Cabaret of Nothingness, but originally known as the ‘Cabaret of Death‘ before authorities…
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