The Art of Darkness

Zounds! It’s Another Week of Link Dumps: Day 2

August 11th, 2015 by Cobwebs

Meet the Hijab Lolita – Interview with Alyssa Salazar, who combines her love of Japanese-style Lolita garb with her religiously-required hijab.

To Drive Away the Vampires – Collection of folk music by Epirot, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Albanian, and Serbian musicians. (Hat tip to pdq)

You Approach a Dark Manor – “Haunted house” ‘zine in which each page depicts a different room imagined by a different artist.

A Mischievous Thorn in the Side of Conservative Christianity – Interesting look at how the two founders of the Satanic Temple are battling religion in politics.

Rites of Passage – Series of illustrations by Winnie Truong featuring skull-themed hairstyles.

How Bats Work – Stuff You Should Know’s podcast on bat physiology. (Hat tip to Bruno)

The Deck of Cards That Made Tarot a Global Phenomenon – Atlas Obscura has an interesting article about the origins of the Rider-Waite tarot deck.

T. rex Tricycle – Custom bike built to resemble a T. rex skeleton.

Monster Lego Minifigs – Lego’s latest series of collectible minifigs is due out in September, and they’re all monster-themed.

Eczema Angel Orifice – A compilation of the best of Porpentine’s weird text adventure games. There’s a discussion of them here.

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