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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Edgar Allan Poe
Two blog entries in one day! Another great American shares a birthday with Dolly Parton today and that is author Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe wrote such classic poems as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" and stories such as "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Pit and The Pendulum". Many consider Poe the father of the detective novel and the father of goth lit.
Poe lived a very dark and sad life much like the characters in his stories. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston MA on January 19th, 1809. His parents were actors and his father left the family one year after Poe's birth and his mother died of consumption when Poe was two years old. He was then adopted by a wealthy Virgina merchant named John Allan. After being left a large sum of money by an uncle of John Allan, Edgar entered The University of Virgina at the age of 26. During this period he would become estranged from John Allan due to heavy gambling debts he racked up at UVA. He dropped out of UVA and took a job at a newspaper in Boston after that Poe joined the US Army as a private, during this time he released his first book of poetry called "Tammerlane and Other Poems". He was eventually discharged from the army and made amends with his foster father who got him an appointment to West Point. Edgar Alan Poe was purposely court marshaled from West Point after that he moved to Baltimore and lived with his Aunt and 13 year old cousin Virgina Clem who he would eventually marry.
During this period Poe's career as a writer really took off and he took positions in Philly and New York. He wrote some of his best known works during this period such as "The Raven" and "The Masque of the Red Death". Edgar Allan Poe also tried to get a position in Pres. Tyler's administration, but was appointed a customs agent in Philly.
It was also during this time that his beloved wife Virgina died. This plunged Poe who was already a chronic booze hound with depression issues into a deeper depression.
Edgar Allan Poe's death is just as sad and mysterious as his life and stories were. He was found on the streets of Baltimore incoherent and wearing clothes that weren't his own. He was taken to a local hospital were he died on October 7, 1849. Poe supposedly called out the name Reynolds over and over again.
Over the years many people have speculated on what really happened to Poe, some think he died from severe alcoholism, while others think he died of syphilis and yes rabies! Then there are those who think that Poe was a victim of "cooping". What "cooping" was, was thugs who were hired by corrupt politicians would go into bars and drug dens and get addicts drunk and drugged up and force them to vote (usually by force) for those politicians that they worked for.
Edgar Allan Poe was buried in Baltimore and a mysterious Baltimore legend sprang up around his grave site. Every year on Poe's birthday January 19th since 1949 someone has left a bottle of cognac on Poe's grave site. This person has came to be known as the Poe Toaster. The person has left notes over the years dropping hints as to who they are, going by the notes that have been left the folks at the Poe House in Baltimore believe that the original Poe Toaster passed away a few years ago and a family member or friend has carried on the tradition.
Sadly this year was the first year that the Poe Toaster did not leave the bottle of cognac! Leaving many in Baltimore and many Poe fans to speculate what happened this year.
Anyhow if you are a goth/mystery geek such as myself I strongly recommend getting yourself a volume of Edgar Allan Poe stories. And if you are in Baltimore and have some time to kill I strongly recommend going to The Poe House it's way cool!
Back to the music! The line up for the first ever Whatever blog party of 2010 has been finalized! Playing the first blog party of 2010 on 2/17 at the GlassLand Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn are; Schocholautte, Rumanian Buck, Bottle Up and Go and Freshkills. It's $7 at the door and it's a 21 and over show!
Poe lived a very dark and sad life much like the characters in his stories. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston MA on January 19th, 1809. His parents were actors and his father left the family one year after Poe's birth and his mother died of consumption when Poe was two years old. He was then adopted by a wealthy Virgina merchant named John Allan. After being left a large sum of money by an uncle of John Allan, Edgar entered The University of Virgina at the age of 26. During this period he would become estranged from John Allan due to heavy gambling debts he racked up at UVA. He dropped out of UVA and took a job at a newspaper in Boston after that Poe joined the US Army as a private, during this time he released his first book of poetry called "Tammerlane and Other Poems". He was eventually discharged from the army and made amends with his foster father who got him an appointment to West Point. Edgar Alan Poe was purposely court marshaled from West Point after that he moved to Baltimore and lived with his Aunt and 13 year old cousin Virgina Clem who he would eventually marry.
During this period Poe's career as a writer really took off and he took positions in Philly and New York. He wrote some of his best known works during this period such as "The Raven" and "The Masque of the Red Death". Edgar Allan Poe also tried to get a position in Pres. Tyler's administration, but was appointed a customs agent in Philly.
It was also during this time that his beloved wife Virgina died. This plunged Poe who was already a chronic booze hound with depression issues into a deeper depression.
Edgar Allan Poe's death is just as sad and mysterious as his life and stories were. He was found on the streets of Baltimore incoherent and wearing clothes that weren't his own. He was taken to a local hospital were he died on October 7, 1849. Poe supposedly called out the name Reynolds over and over again.
Over the years many people have speculated on what really happened to Poe, some think he died from severe alcoholism, while others think he died of syphilis and yes rabies! Then there are those who think that Poe was a victim of "cooping". What "cooping" was, was thugs who were hired by corrupt politicians would go into bars and drug dens and get addicts drunk and drugged up and force them to vote (usually by force) for those politicians that they worked for.
Edgar Allan Poe was buried in Baltimore and a mysterious Baltimore legend sprang up around his grave site. Every year on Poe's birthday January 19th since 1949 someone has left a bottle of cognac on Poe's grave site. This person has came to be known as the Poe Toaster. The person has left notes over the years dropping hints as to who they are, going by the notes that have been left the folks at the Poe House in Baltimore believe that the original Poe Toaster passed away a few years ago and a family member or friend has carried on the tradition.
Sadly this year was the first year that the Poe Toaster did not leave the bottle of cognac! Leaving many in Baltimore and many Poe fans to speculate what happened this year.
Anyhow if you are a goth/mystery geek such as myself I strongly recommend getting yourself a volume of Edgar Allan Poe stories. And if you are in Baltimore and have some time to kill I strongly recommend going to The Poe House it's way cool!
Back to the music! The line up for the first ever Whatever blog party of 2010 has been finalized! Playing the first blog party of 2010 on 2/17 at the GlassLand Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn are; Schocholautte, Rumanian Buck, Bottle Up and Go and Freshkills. It's $7 at the door and it's a 21 and over show!
A few things...
We're still working out all the technical kinks with the podcast recording system. So we filmed the Drink Up Buttercup interview/pizza party that took place this past Friday, look for that to be posted within the next couple of days.
If you weren't at the Bellhouse on Friday you missed a serious kick ass Drink Up Buttercup show!
Moving along...Rumanian Buck joins the line up for the first Whatever blog party for 2010 on 2/17 at the GlassLand Gallery in Brooklyn. For all you kids not in the know Rumanian Buck is the side project of The Giraffes frontman Aaron Lazar. Also on the bill for the 2/17 show is Schocholautte, Bottle Up and Go and Freshkills. Again this all goes down at the GlassLand Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn on 2/17.
And finally today is the birthday of one of our very favorite musicians and people, Miss Dolly Parton! In honor of Dolly, I'm wearing one of my most sparkly shirts and when I go home tonight I'm gonna watch "The Best Little Whore House In Texas", "Steel Magnolias" and listen to "Backwoods Barbie"! Happy Birthday Dolly...The Whatever blog always loves you!
If you weren't at the Bellhouse on Friday you missed a serious kick ass Drink Up Buttercup show!
Moving along...Rumanian Buck joins the line up for the first Whatever blog party for 2010 on 2/17 at the GlassLand Gallery in Brooklyn. For all you kids not in the know Rumanian Buck is the side project of The Giraffes frontman Aaron Lazar. Also on the bill for the 2/17 show is Schocholautte, Bottle Up and Go and Freshkills. Again this all goes down at the GlassLand Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn on 2/17.
And finally today is the birthday of one of our very favorite musicians and people, Miss Dolly Parton! In honor of Dolly, I'm wearing one of my most sparkly shirts and when I go home tonight I'm gonna watch "The Best Little Whore House In Texas", "Steel Magnolias" and listen to "Backwoods Barbie"! Happy Birthday Dolly...The Whatever blog always loves you!
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