Religion
Bone Houses
Anyone in LA might be interested in this signing:
Paul Koudounaris signs and discusses his book, The Empire of Death
Thursday, October 27, 7 p.m.
The Brand Library
1601 West Mountain Street
Glendale, CA 91201-1209
(818) 548-2051
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 25, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Customs, Death, Religion, Books
Art4God
Jesus laments that a container ship from Taiwan lost a bunch of toys overboard.
More great religious inspiration here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 31, 2011 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Religion, Toys, Historical Figure
Happy Japanese Reggae Band
I'm insulted and embarrassed, and I'm not even Jamaican!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 11, 2011 -
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Category: Music, Religion, Stereotypes and Cliches, Subcultures, Asia, Caribbean
Nun Dance
Sensual or religious? You decide, perhaps after reading the rest of the story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 26, 2011 -
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Category: Religion, Nuns, Dance
Delightful Stories
Apparently, our ancestors operated under a different meaning of the word "delightful" than we do today.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 07, 2011 -
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Category: Death, Religion, Books, Nineteenth Century
The Adventures of Mark Twain
We had some weird Zappa claymation not too long ago. Now we get some based on the work of Mark Twain.
Disregard the label on the clip above. It's really an excerpt from this full-length film.
Part 1 of the whole film follows:
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 16, 2011 -
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Category: Literature, Fantasy, Writers, Religion, 1980s
Whoa!
The explanation? Tourette's.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 21, 2011 -
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Category: Religion, Diseases
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt
Further proof, if needed, of Japanese eccentricity and oddness: cosplayers depicting characters from this Japanese anime series.
"The Anarchy sisters, Panty and Stocking, are angels who were kicked out of Heaven due to their bad behavior. They are sent to Daten City (a pun on the Japanese word datenshi (堕天使?, lit. 'Fallen Angel')), a place located on the edge of Heaven and Hell. Strange monsters called 'Ghosts' besiege the city, but the Anarchy sisters wield a variety of mysterious powers, most notably their ability to transform their clothing into weapons. Under the watchful eye of Reverend Garterbelt, and with their pet zipper-dog Chuck, it's up to Panty and Stocking to destroy these Ghosts, in order to collect enough Heaven Coins to return to Heaven."
You really need to click on the image to admire it in its full-sized glory.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 17, 2011 -
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Category: Fashion, Underwear, Religion, Cartoons, Asia
Paper Doll
Paper Doll 《紙紮》 from Bernadette Choy on Vimeo.
No English translation of the dialogue, but that just makes it all the weirder.
The website "explains" thus: "An animation film about CHUNG's afterlife journey, in search of his cause of death. Chung look back his lifetime, and travel across the 'middle-land'. In the meantime, he made friends with the Paperdolls (paper work Chinese offering figures ). This is a relaxing and humorous animation that introduces the Chinese dead's world."
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 09, 2011 -
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Category: Death, Religion, Video, Asia, Fictional Monsters
The Triangular Lodge
No, it's not the Vatican!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 26, 2011 -
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Category: Architecture, Eccentrics, Religion, Sixteenth Century
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