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Oct. 27th, 2009 08:48 pm
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Among other things, October is the anniversary of Houdini's death which was actually on Halloween ...

Here is a picture of his famous Upside Down Trick - which wikipedia claims is still a mystery...



Well - i have a pretty good idea how it was done and i wonder if anyone else here has interesting theories of their own?

Houdini has of course had a huge impact down the years on popular culture and those within it,
(take a look at the list on that wiki entry - it's enormous!)  from David Blaine to Robbie Williams to Kristin Hersh. 
Her song Houdini Blues and video for Your Ghost can be compared to Kate Bush's song Houdini -
both seem to take escapology as a metaphor and seize on the idea of a key hidden in the mouth or passed by a kiss.... a symbol maybe... as if a gnosis of some sort could be delivered vocally by the artist.



On a more superficial level, escapology can be fun!!... but don't try it at home!
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 reasons to enjoy a holiday weekend 
 Let The Right One In                                                                   Kristin Hersh
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 reasons to enjoy a holiday weekend 
                            Let The Right One In                                                                       Kristin Hersh
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Kristin Hersh



Lisa Germano



Complete Lisa Lyrics can be found here (along with a slightly surreal bio).


She is a very underrated lyricist.


In The Maybe World:

After winter

Comes another storm
It’s a shiver
It’s a freaking out
Could be real time
Could be wonderful
It’s the future in the maybe world
Let the bird fly
Let it out of here
They just brought it
As an offering
It’s the color of remembering
And the weirdness of forgetting
In the shiver in the freaking out
See the live ones see ‘em taking off
It’s the color of happy endings
In another world beginning
In the could time
In the maybe world
I was thinking i might like it there
In the future i was wondering
How many birds you’re gonna bring me?

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