Musical Notation: Middle Ages to the Renaissance

29 March 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

It’s really fascinating to kind of learn just how much music changes over the years. Until you’re seeing the actual notation as proof, it’s hard to grasp just how much it changes.

Season Theme

22 November 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

The season time from October to Thanksgiving (including Halloween!) is spooky season. Which means fun trips and fun spooky-themed things to do. I went to Port Townsend the weekend my computer died (I am working on editing photos, so I might post some). Apparently, it’s super haunted, and I apparently stayed in a haunted hotel. […]

Skepticism: Ghost Shows

24 June 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

With quarantine, I can watch TV shows while I’m working from home. So, lately I’ve discovered a new type of show (to me), which has been interesting. I used to be very terrified of ghost shows/scary shows (still mostly am) — probably because I’ve always believed in ghosts and supernatural/paranormal things. And watching those “jump […]

I Understand the Allure

24 January 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Of Pop-Culture Paganism–to an extent. I think. I’m not sure… Like, I’ve made some snide comments before about people being into pop culture paganism and following fads. And how people get sucked into it, and just how popular things get just because of whatever pop culture trend is the latest hot fad around the internet. […]

Ear Worm Territory

11 January 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

I have been singing this song non-stop since I first heard it when I started watching The Witcher on December 26th. It’s pretty much top-tier ear worm territory for how damnably catchy it is. It’s fun and super clever and just wonderfully pleasant to sing along to. I really love all the music from the […]

Slavic Inspirations: The Witcher

31 December 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

Okay, so last week I was busy, and so I’m a bit behind the fan train on The Witcher, but I’ve been catching up since Sunday night, and I’ve finished the season that Netflix put out on the 20th. Let me just say, I’m kind of in love with this presentation and story. First off, […]

Happy Halloween

31 October 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Happy Halloween! In honor of Halloween, I’m posting the funniest video I’ve found all week. This group does great jobs on all of these (or at least all the videos I’ve watched), and this is just another great one in the series. And this time around–two of my favorite personas: fictional Count Dracula and historical […]

New Music

2 March 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve recently heard this song….and it’s kind of perfect. I don’t even know why it strikes me so positively–it’s not like this is the normal type of music I like; or even the typical type of song I would go for. Usually I’d think something like this was well, meh not for me. But this […]

“Problematic Favorite”

1 December 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Everyone loves to hate on this song, recently. And by recently I mean that in the last 3 years things have gotten really bad, to the point where everyone (slight exaggeration, yes, I know) is calling for like bans on this song. Which frustrates me to no end…because cultural stupidity is no excuse to ban […]

Götterdämmerung: A Mood

12 August 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’ve been listening to classic music lately. (Obviously, or else I would not be posting something about classical music) Normally Wagner is not one of my favorites, to be fair. He’s amazing, no denying that. And of course his idea of Gesamtkunstwerk is kind of a big deal (ask me about my years of studying […]

The Slavic Polytheist

Category: Audio & Visual