Ep 23: The Mirror Mafia And The House Of Burt

Did you know that celery was once a prized table centerpiece and a symbol of just how wealthy and bougie you were? Did you also know there was (allegedly) a Venetian Mirror Mafia? Hids dives into things that were once only available to the incredibly wealthy but were later considered common and for the masses.

Jess discusses Burt Shonberg, one of the pioneers of the psychedelic art era of the 1960s who's surrealistic art was featured in the Vincent Price film, The House of Usher. We do have a trigger warning here for discussion of drug use and a very brief mention of the occult and cults.

Hids' sources:
https://www.k-state.edu/news/newsreleases/feb11/purplehistory21011.html

https://www.livescience.com/33324-purple-royal-color.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax

https://www.normandyfarm.com/single-post/the-pineapple-history-hospitality-served-symbolized#:~:text=By%20the%201550's%20pineapples%20were,as%20%248%2C000%20in%20today's%20dollars!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery_vase

Jess' Sources:

https://new.express.adobe.com/page/sKrdztgJARlvE/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Way

https://www.riotmaterial.com/beyond-pleasuredome-burt-shonberg/

https://www.prs.org/momentary-blasts-of-unexpected-light-the-visionary-art-of-burt-shonberg.html

https://beyondthestreets.com/blogs/articles/trippy-art-tripping-through-history#:~:text=As%20LSD%20and%20other%20psychedelic,swirls%2C%20patterns%2C%20and%20distortions

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/178857/first-evidence-higher-state-consciousness-found/