Smoke & Mirrors: A Phantasmagoria

Would you like to tell us about a lower price? It began with a dream - a fleeting glance into a dark, ethereal landscape of unparalleled horrors. Slowly, as age and heart-break crept up on me, and as my inner demons grew to possess surprising strength, I found myself unable to discern fact from fiction, reality from the fabricated nightmares of my malignant reveries in which I was plagued, hunted like an animal, by some insidious force. For some, life is simple - so carefree and full of joy. For me, my waking hours are wretched, racked by dysphoria and depression, laden with misery beyond hope of cursease.

Sleep offers no reprieve for me, either, for my sleeping hours are filled with horrid nightmares and visions of mutilation and grief, presided over by my hideous nemesis: I can feel her power growing as it surges within me, tugging at the reins. She is lusting for control of my life, and my own willpower to fight her off is growing weaker as my own desire to continue this maudlin existence wanes Follow the unnamed narrator through an incredible trek of personal discovery that traverses shadow-shrouded school corridors, seedy clubs and the dreamscapes of a tortured, fraying mind where nightmares themselves are born.

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Learn more about Amazon Prime. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Explore the Home Gift Guide. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Synopsis Illustration by A. Frost "Phantasmagoria" is a narrative discussion written in seven cantos between a ghost a Phantom and a man named Tibbets. Carroll portrays the ghost as not so different from human beings: Ghosts, our Phantom tells the narrator, fear the same things that we often fear, only sometimes in the reverse: Phantasmagoria is a album by Curved Air. Unavailable for many years, the album was reissued on CD in April Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] Allmusic called Phantasmagoria "the culmination of all that Curved Air promised over the course of its predecessors" and "the band's grandest hour by far".

Their review praised the vast majority of the individual tracks, especially complimenting the blending of musical styles and absence of pretentiousness. Special editions were available on white vinyl or picture disc; some versions included a free 12" of their No. History After much wrangling, the Damned received a new contract with MCA Records in October on the strength of the song "Grimly Fiendish",[2] issued as a single the following March. The Damned centred the entire album around David Vanian's deep voice, giving much of the album a gothic feeling.

Roberta Williams born February 16, is an American video game designer, writer, and a co-founder of Sierra On-Line later known as Sierra Entertainment , who developed her first game while living in Simi Valley, California. She is most famous for her work in the field of graphic adventure games with titles such as Mystery House, the King's Quest series, and Phantasmagoria. She is married to Ken Williams and retired from her career in Roberta Williams is one of the most influential PC game designers of the s and s,[1][2] and has been credited with creating the graphic adventure genre.

Phantasmagoria was a visual kei rock band formed in November in Osaka, Japan by Kisaki, the executive of Under Code Production, a popular independent label. History Phantasmagoria was formed in November and their first single "Material Pain" was released in the music magazine Shoxx on December 21 of the same year.

Phantasmagoria was featured on the cover of well-known visual kei magazine Cure, one month after their formation, becoming one of the fastest-rising indie bands to appear on the cover of a magazine. Along with their revival, the band released a mini-album and a single which contained songs the band had written while they were active but never released. Walliams is also a writer of children's books. He has sold more than 25 million copies and his books have been translated into 53 languages. In December , he signed a record deal with Sony Music. Look up phantasm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Phantasm may refer to the following: Any illusion Apparitional experience Hallucination Ghost In comics: Phantasm comics , a short-lived member of the New Teen Titans In film: Lord of the Dead Phantasm IV: Mask of the Phantasm In television: The Next Generation , an episode In music: Avenging Spirit, an arcade game known as Phantasm in Japan Phantasmagoria video game , a puzzle game released as Phantasm in Japan See also Phantasmagoria disambiguation Phantom disambiguation It was mostly developed in the 17th century and commonly used for entertainment purposes.

It was increasingly applied to educational purposes during the 19th century. Since the late 19th century smaller versions were also mass-produced as a toy for children. It was Boll's first film to gain mainly positive reviews. A sequel, titled Rampage: Capital Punishment, was released in ; another sequel, Rampage: President Down was released in Plot In the fictional town of Tenderville, Oregon, Bill Williamson, a year-old man, is living with his parents and working a low-paid job as a mechanic, feeling bombarded with the problems of the world, by ubiquitous TV sets, radios, and the outspoken political views of year-old Evan Drince, who seems to be his sole friend.

Bill's parents ask him to move out and Bill leaves for work, stopping to get coffee along the way, and argues with the shop owner when he is unsatisfied with his coffee. At work, his boss interrupts him while Bill is working on a personal vehicle off the c Shigeru Tamura may refer to: Shigeru Tamura photographer —87 , photographer Akihide Tamura b. It subsequently became a fixture of 19th-century phantasmagoria shows. The illusion relies on a hidden projector known then as a magic lantern the beam of which reflects off a mirror into a cloud of smoke, which in turn scatters the beam to create an image.

The phrase "smoke and mirrors" has entered common English use to refer to any proposal that, when examined closely, proves to be an illusion. A Dictionary of Quotations The double-nosed Andean tiger hound is a rare variety of hound that has been seen in Bolivia. The "double nose" appears to be a normal dog's nose, but with the nostrils separated by a band of skin and fur dividing the nose all the way to the dog's upper lip.

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Blashford-Snell,[4] received wide press coverage in and Three photos of such dogs were circulated in mainstream press outlets: It is possible that designating the double-nosed Andean tiger hound as a "breed" is premature. They may just be genetic anomalies within the general strain of Andean tiger hounds. Despite all the information aired by BBC, this particular br The Phantasmagoria is a deteriorating haunted house ride. The two-person track cars that carry the riders were made by Bell's, but the ride itself, including psychedelic tunnels and a mannequin freak show, was designed by Bill Tracy.

The Phantasmagoria was chronicled on Davis' site in What they liked most were the gory attractions built by Freddie Mahanon and Bill Tracy. Although New Jersey had some fantastic walkthroughs, complete with attendants haunting the insides, they thought that it was a bit too risky for them.

They decided on a Tracy dark ride, but what to name it? He parted company from the band before the second leg of the Wings of Tomorrow tour in He was replaced by Ian Haugland. Geisha released the album Phantasmagoria in , before splitting up two years later. That activity drought ended in , when the group was celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their original album. Oriental Flower Viewing Mound is the ninth official game in the Touhou Project scrolling shoot 'em up series.

It is often abbreviated as PoFV in English speaking circles. Dream, differs from other games in the series in that two equally matched characters fight competitively instead of one player clearing stage bosses. Gameplay A match between Sakuya left and Medicine right. Medicine has just launched a spell card attack which shows up on Sakuya's screen Phantasmagoria of Flower View is a competitive vertical danmaku shoot 'em up, in which two characters engage in moderate-to-heavy danmaku gameplay within individual and separate play areas aka.

Upon meeting certain conditions, players are able to unleash a variety of character-specific Spe The Outline were an experimental band from Los Angeles, California, formed in The band was signed by Fearless Records in the summer of During their career they toured with Panic! The band self-released their follow-up "Phantasmagoria" in August , followed promptly by a four-song EP of Phantasmagoria remixes, courtesy of various artists including Superhumanoids. The group has since disbanded.

He grew up opposite the Edwardian psychiatric hospital where his father worked. Wells, and collecting fossils. One of his early forays into theatre was in the role of Dad in The Waiting Room by Tony Stowers in Darlington in March , a macabre and surreal Pinteresque comedy exploring a disintegrating family unit.

Douglas Seale 28 October — 13 June was an English actor, producer and director.

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He provided the voice of Krebbs the koala in The Rescuers Down Under and, two years later, the Sultan in Aladdin with Val Bettin replacing him in the later productions. He also played a character "Malcolm" in the game Phantasmagoria. Personal life Seale's third wife after two divorces was American film, television and stage actress, Louise Troy.

They were married until her death from breast cancer, aged 60, on 5 May Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM 26 September — 4 January , was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". Louis, Missouri, in the United States, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in at the age of 25, settling, working, and marrying there. He became a British subject in at the age of 39, renouncing his American passport.

Alfred Prufrock" , which was seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in , "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry". Illustration of a performance by Phylidor, from a handbill.

He also at least occasionally traded in "physical instruments" and taught some of his tricks to paying customers. Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Retrieved 3 January Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Soundtrack Central not rated link Phantasmagoria is an original studio album that was composed and performed by Nobuo Uematsu, composer of the Final Fantasy series, with vocals performed by Chinatsu Kuzuu and other artists.

This album features electronic and synthesized piano throughout. Although it is Uematsu's first original album, it contains a vocal arrangement of the "Final Fantasy" theme Prologue , which usually plays during the ending themes of the Final Fantasy series. The release bears the catalog number PSCN Look up smoke and mirrors in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Smoke and mirrors is a metaphor, originating from 18th and 19th-century phantasmagoria shows, for a deceptive, fraudulent or insubstantial explanation or description Smoke and mirrors may also refer to: It is named after John Henry Pepper who implemented a working version of the device in Dircks also investigated attempts at the invention of a perpetual motion device, writing that those who sought to create such a thing were "half-learned" or "totally ignorant".

Life and career Dircks was born in Liverpool on 26 August He was apprenticed to a mercantile firm and spent much of his free time studying practical mechanics, chemistry, and literature. Around the mids he began lecturing about chemistry and electricity while writing literary articles in the local press and scientific papers in the Mechanics' Magazine and other journals. In he became a life member of the British Association, and afterwards contributed papers to its proceedings. Two years later he wrote a pamphlet regarding a proposed un Soon film production companies were established all over the world.

The first decade of motion picture saw film moving from a novelty to an established mass entertainment industry. The earliest films were in black and white, under a minute long and without recorded sound.

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During the s films became several minutes long and started to consist of several shots. The first film studios were built in The first rotating camera for taking panning shots was built in Special effects were introduced and film conti The Master and Margarita Russian: A censored version was published in Moscow magazine in —, after the writer's death. The manuscript was not published as a book until , and then first in Paris. A samizdat version circulated that included parts cut out by official censors, and these were incorporated in a version published in Frankfurt.

The novel has since been published in several languages and editions. The story concerns a visit by the devil to the officially atheistic Soviet Union. The Master and Margarita combines supernatural element with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying a singular genre. Many critics consider it to be one of the best novels of the 20th century, as well as the foremost of Soviet satires. He started writing the novel in , but burned the first m He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy.

The poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon. Carroll came from a family of high church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher.

Background and early life Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English with Irish connections , conservative and high church Anglican. Most of Dodgson's male ancestors were army o He has also contributed to the now-defunct manga magazine Garo. The latter two albums did not feature Captain Sensible, who had left the band in Band history Se'lavy and Mar'derayla Jun's first known band was Se'lavy.

Not much is known about them except that Iori was also in the group. The group also contained Iori on guitar, Hayato on vocals, Hagane on bass and Rui on drums. Their debut mini-album Kiseki Ring was released in May , Rui left soon after and was replaced by Toki in June.

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After rebuffing much interest from record labels[2] and his father Tim Buckley's manager Herb Cohen,[3] he signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace, in Over the following three years, the band toured extensively to promote the album, including concerts in the U. In , they stopped touring[4] and made sporadic attempts to record Buckley's second album in New York City with Tom Verlaine as producer. In , Buckley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to resume work on the album, to be titled My Sweetheart the Drunk, recording many four-track demos while also playing As so little is known of Bosch's life or intentions, interpretations of his intent have ranged from an admonition of worldly fleshy indulgence, to a dire warning on the perils of life's temptations, to an evocation of ultimate sexual joy.

The intricacy of its symbolism, particularly that of the central panel, has led to a wide range of scholarly interpretations over the centuries.