| 5 Jan 09 | The Martyrdom of St Erasmus (St Elmo) (3) | (22 Feb 11, 7:59 PM by Ima_Kant) |
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| 25 Jan 11 | The Library's Addenda - Reference Section | (25 Jan 11, 7:28 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| Doing As Thou Wilt take a little practical skill and dexterity – otherwise all that's left, ahem, is a nasty, sticky mess as many of us have discovered over the years. Why learn from your own mistakes when masters and journeymen have already deposited a wealth of experience: [more...]
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| 23 Jan 11 | A Library 9 – 90s & 'Thousands | (23 Jan 11, 8:02 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| Fin de Siècle Nouveau So who are the New Decadents? Much the same people as they always have been: The Idle Rich, for whom the first question of the day is, 'What shall I do today so that I don't get bored?'; the Gourmets and Gourmands; the Free-Thinkers, tired of the constraints of prescribed ethics and social acceptability; and The New Hedonists - the binge-drinkers, pill-poppers and shagnasties who are just craving more than a little pleasure in an increasingly grey and jaded world. These are interesting times – terror at home, terror abroad, scary new diseases - the bedrock certainties [more...]
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| 20 Jan 11 | A Library – 8 Punked and Yuppied – Late 70s & 80s | (20 Jan 11, 9:02 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| Progress, Anarchy, Dog-Eat-Dog, Money, Coke, 'Greed is Good', Chaos, Overkill. All very much themes in this selection. “Do As Thou Wilt” indeed. [more...]
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| 19 Jan 11 | A Library 7 - 60s & Early 70s The Flower Children | (19 Jan 11, 9:04 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| Turn On, Tune In and Drop Out. Crash with Ballard, raz-rez golivars with Alex, cruise in the Great Red Shark with Raoul, swing with Updike's Couples. If you can remember it... your face is probably going a bit red. [more...]
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| 18 Jan 11 | A Library – 6 Beatniks & Coffeehouses – The 50s | (18 Jan 11, 12:23 AM by Mad_Monk) |
| Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. The old order is gone under the rubble of the war. The common man (and woman), wanting to explore the full spectrum of pleasure and pain, convey their adventures to all. New methods of expression are explored along with new chemical enhancements. [more...]
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| 12 Jan 11 | A Library – 5 The Bright Young People | (12 Jan 11, 9:44 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| A Brave New World: Debauched Roués; Flappers; Hi-Jinks; Vamps; Wasps; The Gay Underworld; Dapper Dandies; Weimar; Crowley; Wheatley; Anaïs & Henry; Disillusion; Another War; Genet; Dali & Ryder. [more...]
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| 11 Jan 11 | A Library – 4b The Decadents and the Fin de Siècle | (11 Jan 11, 8:04 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| Part Second: Of Regency Bucks, Primping Dandies and Feckless Fops; The European Decadent Movement; Near, Middle and Far Eastern Thought, Fantasy and Adventure; The American Gothic... continued [more...]
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| 11 Jan 11 | A Library – 4 The Decadents and the Fin de Siècle | (11 Jan 11, 7:57 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| Part First: Of Regency Bucks, Primping Dandies and Feckless Fops; The European Decadent Movement; Near, Middle and Far Eastern Thought, Fantasy and Adventure; The American Gothic. [more...]
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| 8 Jan 11 | A Library – 3 L'Ancien Régime | (8 Jan 11, 11:47 AM by Mad_Monk) |
| The roots of decadence written before C19th [more...]
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| 6 Jan 11 | A Library - 2 The Master Medieval Cooks | (6 Jan 11, 11:45 PM by Mad_Monk) |
| The Master Cooks to the Great Houses of Medieval Europe, al-Andalus, al-Maghreb and Persia written between 801 and 1585AD: [more...]
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| 6 Jan 11 | A Library - 1 The Greats: Classical Excess | (6 Jan 11, 12:18 AM by Mad_Monk) |
| “Do What Thou Wilt”: A Library. Over some time, I have been building up a collection of texts, novels, verse and musings on the nature of apparent moral decay and libertinism - freedom from prescribed decency and social constraint if you will. Contained within are lives and times; colours, styles and atmospheres; thoughts and deeds – a world of human experience. Select, imbibe and vicariously experience; lay aside for another time whatever is not to your taste. But above all – enjoy. [more...]
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| 18 Jun 10 | The Dandy's Last Headline (5) | (28 Jun 10, 11:27 PM by Dapper_Dom) |
| Ah, Sebastian... [more...]
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| 3 Apr 10 | Down to the Doctor... (19) | (5 Apr 10, 12:49 AM by Romola) |
| ...Make me feel good all night [more...]
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| 15 Oct 09 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | (15 Oct 09, 8:58 PM by Mad_Monk) |
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This was originally posted in the "Other BDSM" section but moved by Admin to the weblogs as the subject of scientific sadism was not considered BDSM enough - M_M |
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| 30 Aug 09 | Emotions | (30 Aug 09, 11:53 AM by Mad_Monk) |
| There are certain emotions that are common to the entire spectrum of humanity. These are basic, easy to evoke, fast to arrive and of relatively fleeting duration. [more...]
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| 30 Aug 09 | Graduated Interrogation Techniques | (30 Aug 09, 11:20 AM by Mad_Monk) |
| Guidelines issued to professional American interrogators in the Guantánamo Bay facility. [more...]
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| 25 Jun 09 | Infrasound (1) | (25 Jun 09, 12:06 AM by harley_quimm) |
| Hearing is most acute at 1,000 to 10,000 Hz. Human speech is mainly in the 1,000 to 4,000 Hz range. [more...]
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| 6 May 09 | Scents That Evoke Emotions (5) | (6 May 09, 11:43 PM by Mmastta) |
| The human nose is a wondrous organ. Most people can detect and distinguish 10,000 separate odours (even if unaware of their names) and some, 15,000. The scent detecting sense is closely linked to that of taste. The part of the brain (the amygdala) responsible for this ability is in the most primitive region – left from the fish time of our development. Thusly, odours are deep within our subconscious. [more...]
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| 25 Apr 09 | Colours and Their Common Associations (1) | (25 Apr 09, 1:52 PM by Butterscotch) |
| I always feel that the one of the most important elements of a successful scene are the first impressions received on entering the 'playspace'. Here I present the tool of Colour. [more...]
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