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        The Morbid Academy Series begins this month on February 25th with a conversation between authors and weird historians Mitch Horowitz and Robert Damon Schneck (that is, they study weird history; I can't speak to their personal eccentricities). The series will cover the "ill-considered and the unknown", as Horowitz, the host, invites scholars and artists alike to discuss the histories we don't talk enough about.
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The Morbid Academy Series begins this month on February 25th with a conversation between authors ...

The Morbid Academy Series begins this month on February 25th with a conversation between authors and weird historians Mitch Horowitz and Robert Damon Schneck (that is, they study weird history; I can't speak to their personal eccentricities). The series will cover the "ill-considered and the unknown", as Horowitz, the host, invites scholars and artists alike to discuss the histories we don't talk enough about.

The Morbid Academy Series, with Mitch Horowitz

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        There was a point in time not so long ago when, for a nickel or so, one could enter a booth in the back of a seedy bookstore to watch a grainy film of a woman undressing. It wasn't quite porn but certainly wasn't family-friendly - it was a peep! Out of the remnants of this era M.M. (short for Mary Magdalene) Serra and Josh Lewis have created "Enduring Ornament", an avant garde take on bodies, sexuality, gender, and the medium of film itself.
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There was a point in time not so long ago when, for a nickel or so, one could enter a booth in th...

There was a point in time not so long ago when, for a nickel or so, one could enter a booth in the back of a seedy bookstore to watch a grainy film of a woman undressing. It wasn't quite porn but certainly wasn't family-friendly - it was a peep! Out of the remnants of this era M.M. (short for Mary Magdalene) Serra and Josh Lewis have created "Enduring Ornament", an avant garde take on bodies, sexuality, gender, and the medium of film itself.

Abstracted Peepshows, with M.M. Serra and Josh Lewis

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        The "criminally insane" defense and all its trappings (longer sentences, institutionalization and treatment, etc.) are not as old as you think they are. Judy Jackson tells us about the history of this diagnosis, and imagines what life in the asylum must have been like way back when.
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The "criminally insane" defense and all its trappings (longer sentences, institutionalization and...

The "criminally insane" defense and all its trappings (longer sentences, institutionalization and treatment, etc.) are not as old as you think they are. Judy Jackson tells us about the history of this diagnosis, and imagines what life in the asylum must have been like way back when.

Criminal Insanity, with Judy Jackson

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        4 German automatons changed music forever in the 70s. Stephen tells us how.

You can listen to Stephen's music here: https://soundcloud.com/stephen-vesecky

The Kraftwerk songs featured at the end of the episode are "Uranium" and "Hall of Mirrors."
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4 German automatons changed music forever in the 70s. Stephen tells us how.

You can listen to ...

4 German automatons changed music forever in the 70s. Stephen tells us how.

You can listen to Stephen's music here: https://soundcloud.com/stephen-vesecky

The Kraftwerk songs featured at the end of the episode are "Uranium" and "Hall of Mirrors."

Kraftwerk, with Stephen Vesecky

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        Dia de Los Muertos was last week, and to celebrate, here's a short, sweet interview with Rosie Sharp (sarahrosesharp.com) on the ofrenda installation she did for the Detroit Institute of the Arts. She called it "The Spirit Post", and offered visitors postcards to send to their dead. After the exhibition came down, Rosie found her job as mailman for the spirits wasn't over yet.
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Dia de Los Muertos was last week, and to celebrate, here's a short, sweet interview with Rosie Sh...

Dia de Los Muertos was last week, and to celebrate, here's a short, sweet interview with Rosie Sharp (sarahrosesharp.com) on the ofrenda installation she did for the Detroit Institute of the Arts. She called it "The Spirit Post", and offered visitors postcards to send to their dead. After the exhibition came down, Rosie found her job as mailman for the spirits wasn't over yet.

PETITE MORT 01: Rosie Sharp's "Spirit Post"


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