The Cosmic Emporium

**Aragorn** · 25th November 2023, 23:02

Originally posted by Gio

Continuing ...

Visiting Whitby…The Real Home of Dracula

You know who else lives in Whitby? Count Combover™, also known as "My daddy made me do it".

**Gio** · 26th November 2023, 02:22

Yes indeedy ...

Count Simon

Originally posted by Gio

Visiting Whitby…The Real Home of Dracula

The Grimm Life Collective

Nov 25, 2023
Join us as we visit Whitby, England...the REAL home of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

41:10 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4xEqzMkfMQ

**Gio** · 26th November 2023, 02:36

With only one carry-on allowed ...

"The rest of them are migrating remotely."

**Gio** · 26th November 2023, 04:37

Remember when ...

♪ We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do and share in what was true ♪

Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

Orchestral Version 2019

4:34 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUWPctuaXzA

Oh, yeah ...

♪ That's just the way it goes
(That's life!) ♪

C'est La Vie

Robbie Nevil

3:28 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGtf9QfITQw

**Gio** · 27th November 2023, 01:15

Timely ...

Full Comedy Special: Country Boy Will Survive

Jim Breuer

2 days ago

1:19:53 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6XoV-5X7as

**Chuckie** · 27th November 2023, 11:51

Originally posted by Gio

Yes indeedy ...

Count Simon

Quiz question for the day: Who did Bram Stoker model his Dracula character after?

**Gio** · 27th November 2023, 20:31

#musicnews ...

Daryl Hall Suing John Oates in Mysterious Lawsuit

TMZ Live

Nov 27, 2023
Hall & Oates, one of the most successful and iconic duos in musical history, are not just on the outs ... they're in litigation.

Daryl Hall has filed a lawsuit against his former musical compadre John Oates, claiming some form of breach of contract. What's more, Hall got a restraining order against Oates this past Friday.

4:36 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3j9pBv_7As

**Aragorn** · 27th November 2023, 21:43

Originally posted by Chuckie

Quiz question for the day: Who did Bram Stoker model his Dracula character after?

Vlad the Impaler, a Romanian prince — or count, I'm not sue — who was notorious for impaling his enemies and putting them on display around his castle.

But that said, the legend of vampires is much older than Dracula, and initially vampires also didn't look pale. They looked puffed, and they behaved rather like zombies.

My favorite of the legend is that you can shake off a vampire by dropping a bag of rice in front of him, because then he compulsively has to count each and every grain.

**Chuckie** · 27th November 2023, 22:13

Those are some interesting legends. Vlad the Impaler was the source of many such myths and was likely the source from which came Dracula. But the character itself was modeled on the author Walt Whitman. One of Walt Whitman's claims to fame was that he stole Oscar Wilde's girlfriend when they were in college.

**Lord Sidious** · 27th November 2023, 22:42

Originally posted by Aragorn

Vlad the Impaler, a Romanian prince — or count, I'm not sue — who was notorious for impaling his enemies and putting them on display around his castle.

But that said, the legend of vampires is much older than Dracula, and initially vampires also didn't look pale. They looked puffed, and they behaved rather like zombies.

My favorite of the legend is that you can shake off a vampire by dropping a bag of rice in front of him, because then he compulsively has to count each and every grain.

Vlad Tepes was the Voivoda of Wallachia............

**Wind** · Yesterday, 02:29

Originally posted by Chuckie

Those are some interesting legends. Vlad the Impaler was the source of many such myths and was likely the source from which came Dracula. But the character itself was modeled on the author Walt Whitman. One of Walt Whitman's claims to fame was that he stole Oscar Wilde's girlfriend when they were in college.

I would have thought about Vlad too, but Wikipedia says this; "Shakespearean actor and friend of Stoker's Sir Henry Irving is widely considered to be a real-life inspiration for the character of Dracula. Stoker came across the name Dracula in his reading on Romanian history, and chose this to replace the name (Count Wampyr) that he had originally intended to use for his villain."

**Gio** · Yesterday, 04:24

"Perchance he for whom this bell tolls ...
knows not it tolls for him" ...

Death and the Lady: When the Grim Reaper Knocks

The New Yorker Screening Room

In an animated film by Geoff Bailey, an elderly woman’s dog attempts to ward off an unexpected visitor.

2022

8:11 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMzrI3c863I

**Chuckie** · Yesterday, 10:37

Originally posted by Wind

I would have thought about Vlad too, but Wikipedia says this; "Shakespearean actor and friend of Stoker's Sir Henry Irving is widely considered to be a real-life inspiration for the character of Dracula. Stoker came across the name Dracula in his reading on Romanian history, and chose this to replace the name (Count Wampyr) that he had originally intended to use for his villain."

oh oh, controversy...interesting thing about it being Wikipedia...or NPR...time for a shootout! I skimmed over it but didn't see the reference to Sir Irving. Frankenstein has been my favorite since childhood and the book I consider the very best book I ever read. It was just beyond normal human creativity...literally!