Wm. Schumacher
@wmschumacher.bsky.social
Gothic/Horror Film & Fiction Pedant (ghost stories, esp. M. R. James); Amateur Theatricals; Wastrel and Ne'er-Do-Well. Former Teacher. U of I ‘91, WPGU.
You can never go wrong with The Unthanks. “Magpie” is the obvious choice, but an album of Emily Bronte lines? Absolutely. youtu.be/wjxZ-VbUihI?...
THE UNTHANKS "The Night ....
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November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You can never go wrong with The Unthanks. “Magpie” is the obvious choice, but an album of Emily Bronte lines? Absolutely. youtu.be/wjxZ-VbUihI?...
I hope you would…
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I hope you would…
Reminded of a QI sequence that went something like this:
Stephen Fry: "What's the least religious area in Britain?”
Rich Hall: "That would be the town of Satan-is-my-master."
Phil Juputus: "No, it's pronounced 'Simster.’”
Stephen Fry: "What's the least religious area in Britain?”
Rich Hall: "That would be the town of Satan-is-my-master."
Phil Juputus: "No, it's pronounced 'Simster.’”
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reminded of a QI sequence that went something like this:
Stephen Fry: "What's the least religious area in Britain?”
Rich Hall: "That would be the town of Satan-is-my-master."
Phil Juputus: "No, it's pronounced 'Simster.’”
Stephen Fry: "What's the least religious area in Britain?”
Rich Hall: "That would be the town of Satan-is-my-master."
Phil Juputus: "No, it's pronounced 'Simster.’”
Does this rule apply to the pronunciation of British place names? I always find Featherstonehaugh amusing.
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Does this rule apply to the pronunciation of British place names? I always find Featherstonehaugh amusing.
I did have the urge to respond “nice one, Ronald,” but appreciate your posts too much.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I did have the urge to respond “nice one, Ronald,” but appreciate your posts too much.
Three Ghostesses
Three little ghostesses,
Sitting on postesses,
Eating buttered toastesses, Greasing their fistesses,
Up to their wristesses,
Oh, what beastesses,
To make such feastesses!
— Anonymous
Three little ghostesses,
Sitting on postesses,
Eating buttered toastesses, Greasing their fistesses,
Up to their wristesses,
Oh, what beastesses,
To make such feastesses!
— Anonymous
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Three Ghostesses
Three little ghostesses,
Sitting on postesses,
Eating buttered toastesses, Greasing their fistesses,
Up to their wristesses,
Oh, what beastesses,
To make such feastesses!
— Anonymous
Three little ghostesses,
Sitting on postesses,
Eating buttered toastesses, Greasing their fistesses,
Up to their wristesses,
Oh, what beastesses,
To make such feastesses!
— Anonymous
It also contains that line about “seven white ghostisses sitting on seven white postisses”which long puzzled me until I found the old British nursery rhyme “Three Little Ghostesses” (included below).
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It also contains that line about “seven white ghostisses sitting on seven white postisses”which long puzzled me until I found the old British nursery rhyme “Three Little Ghostesses” (included below).
Brilliant. Love this.
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Brilliant. Love this.
In the United States,“Trumpets and Clowns” are the new bread and circuses.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the United States,“Trumpets and Clowns” are the new bread and circuses.
Oh for the simpler days when a mania didn’t forebode a shift to widespread suffering for millions.
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Oh for the simpler days when a mania didn’t forebode a shift to widespread suffering for millions.
And yet, on Bluesky, here you are.
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And yet, on Bluesky, here you are.
Great illustration! I always wondered how one would portray the idol!
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Great illustration! I always wondered how one would portray the idol!
"Opium-Den" Meme @ Musee Mecanique in SF, CA
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November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Melville? I would prefer not to.
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Melville? I would prefer not to.
Totally sounds it!
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Totally sounds it!
Looks like he was preserved with multiple coats of flat ceiling paint.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Looks like he was preserved with multiple coats of flat ceiling paint.
Too bad they won’t have the benefit of your experience NEXT go-around…
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Too bad they won’t have the benefit of your experience NEXT go-around…