The Addams family tv set: in colour

So we're used to seeing it like this, as it was filmed in black and white:

But in reality it looked like this!

Weird mind blown moment!! Love the still clearly 70's vibe even the most famous gothic mansion in the world gives off! The highly saturated colours of the behind the scenes look these pictures are from

Who else wants a house just like this!

So kitschy-goth good!

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The longest poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, at the dawn of the Romantic poets era, if long poems and flights of fancy are for you, here is a LINK to the full text

These illustrations are by Gustave Dore and accompany the text well.

Even without a wikipedia entry pointing it all out, many have probably heard many a reference to this poem in many a way. Referenced in The Simpsons, Firefly, QI, everywhere!

It was considered a GOOD omen to see an Albatross (alive!) at sea, Captain Malcolm Reynolds knew that ;)

If you like metal, Iron Maiden have a brilliant 13 and a half minute spectacular based on the poem. Apart from perhaps demonising the poor little albatross a touch much, it contains lines from the poem and is a brilliant adaptation of it

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Beard Revered

Funny little story here

Reminds me of the romantic poets, just a little gesture and it makes you rethink the aesthetic!

Like Morrissey carrying his flowers, on stage and his pockets

Hipster arguments aside, what a happy little trend!

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Praxinoscopes and Lover's eyes

"Action viewer" the Praxinoscope was an old animation device

a strip of pictures were placed around a spinning cylinder

what old world charm

and Lover's eyes (which I believe a more charming term than eye miniature as they were also known) were all the rage during Georgian times, miniature watercolour paintings of the eyes of loved ones worn an jewellery or used as pendants 

Some old world customs seem to make much more sense than some of the strange ones we have today

Hands with lover's eyes painting by Fatima Ronquillo

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Black Magic photos by Justin Cooper

Good Harper's shoot

Sorry for quality. Couldn't find them online, crappy scans by yours truly

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