Common phrase used in numerous songs, first popularized in a several songs Harry Belafonte and Ricky Ricardo collaborated on.
Flaming Globes Of Sigmund
AH Cultural Descriptions
- Thread starter Ganesha
- Start date
Flaming Globes Of Sigmund
A novel written by 19th century fantasy author Richard Wagner. The story tells of Sigmund and his quest to find the Golden Globes, which are used to bring order and balance to the world. Sigmund eventually finds the Globes are being hidden by Ibram the Dwarf King, who only keeps the orbs for their beauty, even as the rest of the known world falls into disorder. Eventually Sigmund leads an army of me and elves to massacre the evil dwarves, and eventually then men settle their kingdom while the elves return to their homeland across the Great Sea.
Wagner himself considered it his best story though many felt it was too strange if a tale, and found anti-Semitic characteristics among the dwarfs, though Wagner claimed this was coincidental. Eventually the books would become official reading in Himmlerite Germany but Wagners work, including this story, were discouraged reading after the 2nd Emperors War.
My Dog Indiana
The directorial debut of Hollywood legend James Dean, which told the story of a young runaway who befriended a stray dog. The dog's name of course came from Dean's homestate. The film was also famously the breakout role of Dean's girlfriend and later wife, Pier Angeli.
Party Monster: Scratching The Surface
a series of games wrotten by the fnaf fan by the name of "christ2345" that was released on 2015 . the game was supposed to be a parody of the game itself, as well filled with many references to many games and media.
and then she kills me
A horrorcore pop song recorded by Dr. DeathSaw ( born John Vincent Mattingly) in 2001 that was a minor pop hit in a number of small European countries. The song was inspired by “Then he kissed me” by the crystals and was only known in the states for its music video which was inspired by the restaurant scene in Goodfellas, except that in the video, it’s a woman who takes DeathSaw to a torture dungeon where she keeps trying to kill him.
The Shaking Quakers
a christian denomination that is ming of the shakers and quakers godlore, founded by john alberts ( true name hans albrecht steiner). the followers of the church today was only found in a small community of gottlieb in northeast pennsylvania, with 150 followers of this church. recently a documentary exploring this church was hit and many people found interest of joining them. today there is at least as up to 500 outsider live as a "novice" before they would fully in the community.
haunting in the white house
A modern-day retelling of Macbeth, this is a film depicting the first 100 days of the fictional first female president of the United States, who had killed many people to rise to power, including her own beloved daughters and sisters. The White House is haunted by the ghosts of her victims, some of whom become eldritch abominations. Known for its exclusively female cast as well as the realistic-looking CGI, its soundtrack would win two Grammy awards for best pop instrumental performance and best score soundtrack for visual media.
Death by Daylight
A line from the popular Blood Rights book series written by James F. Gardiner. The series of course focused on a vampiric rights movement running at the same time as the Civil Rights movement, and focuses on a secret society of vampires that are trying to finally bring themselves out of the shadows. Death by daylight of course refers to a vampire death penalty where vampires are left out into the sun.
Lil' Gideon's Big House
A show broadcast on CBS (Confederate Broadcasting System) from 1985 until 1991 that was the first show on Confederate television to have a Black in a starring role. The show featured actor Sam Jackson as Gideon, a former domestic worker and sharecropper who after winning the Georgia State Lottery is able to purchase a former plantation home where he was born and moves in his wife and kids as well as his mother and showcases their adventures in the small fictional town of Hickory Georgia.
While the show offended both liberals and conservatives in the CSA, it was praised for showing blacks in a positive light and that they weren't just servants or comic characters. Jackson himself said that he felt that it was important that white audiences of the CSA saw human black characters and got to know them and hoped it would encourage them to do so in their own lives.
Doctor Kelp
A health food product that gained popularity after an appearance on the Dr. Oz Show. The drink would later be recalled after over 67 people who regularly drank the product were checked into the hospital for mysterious illnesses.
Tinseltown Diaries
a book series written by much loved "king of drama" george r.martin. the tales tell from many head of view of tinseltown family. it tells the struggle, many cries, tears, and joys, of the family. the book series would later launch martin's career upward.
You can pass by five or six houses, but you can only enter one.
A quote from the inaugural address of mayor of Chicago Jesse Jackson, describing housing inequality in the city. Jackson would work tirelessly to work for new housing, but sadly, the conservative federal government under Bob Dole did not allow for such expenditures, though Dole himself did contribute some of his own private money to the cause, creating the Dole Housing Complex, affectionately known in Chicago as “The Blue Pineapple”‘ due to Dole sharing a name with the fruit company, and for pitching Viagra.
The Leprechaun told me to burn things.
A quote by Flynn O'Donnell, a Disney animator who in 1963 was discovered to be an IRA terrorist. O'Donnell's work for the IRA consisted mainly of propaganda and fundraising in the US, although he was directly involved in two high-profile terrorist attacks. These were his last words, spoken just before he was given the electric chair for the assassination of Sir Roger Mitchell, British ambassador to the US. This quote has since become kind of a meme, not just for Irish nationalists but for counterculture activists in general, many of whom rejected the popular image of the "flower power"/"hippie pacifist" for a more radical approach.
Peace in Our Time
Last edited:
A quote from United States President George Lucas from his famous 1995 speech where he called for Nuclear disarmament in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.
Wrench (police drama)
an early 2000s series center around the black police officer Richard Washington. the show was noted and claimed as the black police show as the main characters were mainly black. the show started fresh out of fresh prince will smith and gina torres as linda mcdonald, richard's love interest. the series focuses alot on gang crime, dirty police, and tackle issues such as racism and corruption inside the police force and american goverment in general. the show was acclaimed and a popular hit and set the stone for both smith and torres as a dramatic actors.
Madama Pinkerton
An Italian/British/American drama that ran from 2014 to 2020 that takes place in early 1900s New York and centers around immigrant Clara Torino and the search for the mafioso who killed her husband while he was looking for work in America. She works with the Pinkerton agency to find the killer though there are roadblocks at every turn.
Pax Hibernia
The name of an alternate history timeline on Alternate History.com, by user 'FailuresofCivilization' where Rome conquered Ireland during the 100s AD, and after the fall of Roman Britain, many Romano-British fled to Ireland, giving the island a massive boost of population and allowing them to withstand the 'dark ages', eventually (starting in the early 1000s) subjugating Scotland as a fractious vassal and slowly expanding to England and Wales, subjugating the divided Anglo-Saxon and Danish kingdoms first as tributaries, then as semi-colonies, then outright holdings. The Kingdoms of 'Angleland' and 'Daneland' are created in perpetual personal union with Hibernia.
The TL ended up petering out in the mid-1300s, during the Sixty Years War, between Hibernia and Norway (with Holy Roman Empire (based in France still, instead of migrating to Germany) and the Kingdoms of Bavaria and Saxony, among others, taking sides at various points), initially over King Artorius IV's claim to the Danish throne (held also by the Kings of Norway and Sweden), with the author admitting that he'd lost inspiration. He outlined that his plan had eventually involved the Hibernians and the Holy Roman French competing with a powerful North African Islamic state to colonize the New World in the early 1500s, while a Japan (that never closed off from the world due to planned butterflies) started exploiting the New World West Coast in the early 1600s, leading to a Balkanized north american continent by the year 1900. He even had a planned map of the 51 different countries that existed on the North American Mainland in that year, all the way down to ITL version of Panama.
To Somewhere Just Short Of Infinity!
Title of President Neil Armstrong's memoir. After landing on the moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong of course became a national figure, which he later used to enter politics in 1972. After representing his homestate of Ohio in the Senate, Neil Armstrong threw his hat into the presidential race, defeating Ronald Reagan in 1984. The Armstrong administration was known of course for expansive social programs and for being the administration under which three more states became part of the union.
Homicide: Life On Sesame Street
A true crime podcast detailing the crimes that have taken place in the notorious Sesame Street neighborhood of lower Manhattan in New Amsterdam. Crimes covered include the murder of beloved homeless man Oscar “The Grouch” Green, the infamous Bert and Ernie killings of noted gay activists Bert Anderson and Ernie Schultz, and most notably the death of store owner Harold Hooper, which remains unsolved.
The podcast is hosted by former comedian Joey D’Abruzzo and is one of the most notable North American true crime podcasts of the past decade
Hoopeston Area Corn Jerkers
The name of a football team from Hoopeston, Iowa, famous for its simbol: a hand holding a penis-shaped corn. Despite some people finding it gross, most football fans loved it.
Nikolai Dante vs John Carter of Mars