The Audience Engagement Specialist

Welcome to my official blog on Tumblr. This is a peek inside my world; what I’m thinking, reading, professional growth, and my interesting discoveries of the world!

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Whatever happened to the Dieselpunk Podcast?

Whatever happened to the Dieselpunk Podcast?

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Tomorrow at 7 AM, see Johnny’s taste test of @maltomealcereal Waffle Crunch! How does it measure up? Live streaming on our YouTube channel! https://www.instagram.com/p/CgXxJWxpBM1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sunday Morning Comics

ICYMI - Johnny did a "pop-up" Sunday Morning episode just about comics on @Back of the Cereal Box !

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Best Trick or Treat Candy?

What is the best trick or treat candy? @Back of the Cereal Box is joined by guest host Ivy Roman to debate!

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Cosplay Special Effects Makeup

​ @Back of the Cereal Box presents Cosplay Cafe! This week we welcome cosplayer pastelgothsloth to talk about SPX Make-Up!

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Cosplay Cafe Debut with Robin Burks!

​ @Back of the Cereal Box is proud to welcome Cosplay Cafe to the broadcast network!

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Unpacking Dieselpunk with Tony Snipes

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New Comics day is this Wednesday and this week is a BIG week! These are just a few of my picks this week! Tune into New Comics, YUM! On the Back of the Cereal Box Facebook page to see which ones I picked up! #newcomics #dccomics #dc #marvel #marvelcomics #radiantblack https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-7k41hZux/?igshid=lb2h38wp1obt

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BOTCB Presents Singing in the Shower!

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Melodies and Memories Roadtrip!

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Broken Gargoyles with Bob Dally and Dr. Christy Blanche

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What was the Typhonian Beast?

Also called the Set Animal, it is something of a historical mystery from Ancient Egypt.

The Egyptian gods had animal heads and animal forms, and were associated with animals, nearly all of which were commonplace: the ibis, the ram, eagle, etc. However, the Egyptian god Set is unique in that he is associated with a creature that is purely mythic or a creation of the imagination, the Typhonian Beast. It looks like something midway between a donkey, anteater, and a greyhound, with square long ears and a forked tail.

What was the Typhonian Beast, anyway? There are many theories. One theory is that, since it has no obviously fantastical attributes, and is seen elsewhere in Egyptian art in other contexts beyond religion or myth, it is a kind of ordinary animal that went extinct in ancient times. This isn’t too farfetched. Europe had a species of lion that went extinct in the Bronze Age (hence, stories in Greece about heroes like Hercules fighting lions). Another theory is that it is a kind of unusual breed of domesticated dog, something similar to a greyhound or saluki. The unusual tail and ears could be because of ear-clipping and body modification, which were commonly practiced.

it’s worth noting that for most of Egyptian history, Set wasn’t particularly evil. He was just another one of the gods. Many Pharaohs, like Seti, took their names in honor of him. Set was demonized when the Osiris cult of life and resurrection became prestigious, and through syncretism, Set acquired more attributes of Sutekh, the god of the barbarian invaders during the middle kingdom, giving him an association with lawlessness, random violence, and chaos. 

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What is Dieselpunk and What is Not?

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Penny Dreadful and Lovecraft Country

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If you are still on FB: I want to encourage each of you to post the Red Square as your profile pic for the next 30 days to bring awareness to how hard hit the entertainment and events industry has been by Covid.

THEN

Use it to point out that “They just need to reopen the venues they closed and let us go back to work. We don’t need government assistance. We need government to get out of the way.

Understand too that all those governors and mayors and legislators you voted for two years ago to “resist” are the same power hungry people on the fascist left who shut our industry down. Now they want to be the same ones to swoop in and save the day and make you dependent on their government money. No, they need to stop interfering and open the venues and let us and our audiences decide.

Remember who did this to you. Red Alert = take the Red Pill in November and make sure you vote Red to keep Donald Trump in office and get rid of liberal leftist Democratic leaders who did this to you!”

And I’m posting that on every entertainer who shares #RedAlert #RedAlertRESTART #saveourstages and #WeMakeEvents