Mysteries of Montreal

1928 song celebrating the lack of Prohibition in Quebec, and Montreal. Sung by Fred Waring, an his band, Waring's Pennsylvanians.

A second Lovecraftian short from the Lackey Johnson coupling. Enjoy!

Short film/skit, the Ordeal of Randolph Carter, by many of the people involved in the HP Podcraft . I'm pretty sure the inspiration for this came when Chris and Chad were discussing The Statement of Randolph Carter . Based on 'The Statement of Randolph Carter' by H.P. Lovecraft. Written, directed and produced by Chris Lackey and Greig Johnson . Starring Greig Johnson and Chris Lackey, with a special appearance by Andrew Leman of The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society . Music by Reber Clark and title design by Kristyna Baczynski .

I have not seen previous episodes of what seems to be a current BBC Scotland comedy sketch show, going by the name Burnistoun, however, through an old school friend on facebook, I was made aware of this sketch.   "There's an unnamable, unimaginable thing in my basement and I want it punted." Take three minutes to watch it. It's chock full of references, delivered with particularly Scottish understatement.

My second post on a subject that is without my normal sphere for this blog, Sherlock Holmes. However, I'll try to turn it back on topic by the end of the post. I was a little annoyed that my previous post on a new Sherlock Holmes story turned out to be nothing more than a heavy handed pastiche of Doyle's work, if at least a contemporary one. The first half of the interview, Doyle talks about Sherlock Holmes, and within the details spoken, we really learn nothing new, excep that we hear of Holmes from the horses mouth as you will. The second half of the interview is taken up with, in Doyle's words, "the entirely more serious matter" of spiritualism. He talks of the in-depth and varied research he has made on the subject. Again this is not news, but the attitude he takes to wards the psychical research could of course work well as a jumping off point for an investigator, or group of such researchers. Especially since his devotion to the subject after the G...

A Quebec folk song by La Bolduc written during the prohibition-era of the 1920`s and 30`s. From my new best source of Montreal History, The Montreal Then and Now Facebook group. Otherwise, I know nothing of the singer, or the song, however, there are a few videos by the same artist available to listen to on Youtube. Great for some contemporary background music.