Not the first animation ever, not exactly the first on film (Pauvre Pierrot holds this record, though it was figures projected on painted backgrounds), “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” is nevertheless the inception of the animated short. With a framing device of the artist drawing on a blackboard, it prefigures artistic animation rather than the …
We’re very pleased to announce that the inaugural Centuries of Sound radio show will go out on Cambridge 105 Radio this evening (Saturday 15th September) at 8pm BST. In contrast to the usual mixes, which feature original sounds only, it will include discussion of the recordings and the era from James and Sean. You can …
As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East coast of the USA, it would be amiss not to mention what happened across on the other side of the continent 112 years ago. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 remains vivid in a culture that has built (and built fairly high) on the ruins left behind …
I don’t have my own phonograph, and it’s impossible to have physical representations of my collection of antique mp3s, but at least I now have a bookshelf full of books about years. Unbelievably, this is only the second or third* one I’ve come across so far (the number is due to go up quite a …
MP3 direct download | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) | MP3 pack Williams & Walker are a great deal to blame for being the originators and establishing the name “coon” upon our race. They met a white man in San Francisco by the name of McConnell, who put them on the circuit. In order …
January 12 — A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. January 16—April 7 — The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany. January 22 — The SS Valencia strikes a reef …
Gustav Klimt – The Three Ages of Woman Pablo Picasso – Family of Saltimbanques Jean Metzinger — Two Nudes in an Exotic Landscape Anna Ancher — Harvesters Florence Fuller — A Golden Hour Henri Rousseau — The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope Åžtefan Luchian – Willows at Chiajna Henri-Edmond Cross – Landscape with …
Rescued by Rover La révolution en Russie La presa di Roma The Living Playing Cards The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog Halifax Catholic Procession The Night Before Christmas An Interesting Story Boarding School Girls At Coney Island The Black Imp Ormond Beach Florida Auto Races Baby’s Toilet The Kleptomaniac Special March Past of …
Even if it isn’t the most well-known war in the west, overshadowed by the events of a decade later, the Russo-Japanese war nevertheless led to the abortive 1905 revolution in Russia, the takeover of Korea by Japan, gave Theodore Roosevelt a Nobel Peace Prize, and laid some of the groundwork for the worldwide complications of …
In 1905 the tail-end of the Belle Époque in Paris, home to Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. denis found a new star – a Javanese princess, of princely Hindu birth, immersed in the traditions of sacred Indian dance since childhood, newly arrived in France to demonstrate exotic stripteases where she removed a series of veils …
