It was this very painting, while on loan to the The British Museum located in the Bloomsbury area of London that inspired an iconic song of the 80’s. In a drunken stupor the members of the punk-rock band ‘The Clash’ had inadvertently wandered into the museum thinking it was a bar. Had it not been for this very painting, “Rock the Casbah” would never have been written…..and if you think that is a load of BS, you are absolutely right.
Just when the orgy is peaking / And the couples are hiding and seeking / When we come to the brink / Do we take stock and think / Which one is supposedly speaking?
(best viewed using Google Chrome, perhaps with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) has info about this ca. 1880 painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2928 (May 17, 2022) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to some info about that artist. First work by him used here.
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
“I wanted to go to the Mets’ game. But no, you had tickets for interpretative dance recital.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 2 years ago
Announcement: “Do not take the brown acid!”
ronaldspence over 2 years ago
Final “kegger” before graduation!
Tyge over 2 years ago
You’re sure Gypsy Rose Lee got started this way?
rmremail over 2 years ago
Where is Madison Cawthorn? are you certain he got the invitation?
Balaclava over 2 years ago
The girl with the pearl, she lubes with the boobs.
rmremail over 2 years ago
The audience looks bored, like their watching a mediocre half-time show while they wait for the football to start again.
Tyge over 2 years ago
For or next number we’d like to do something we call the “Seraglio Pas De Deux.” Hit it, Fatima!
Call me Ishmael over 2 years ago
The Sultan ain’t easy to please/
But Louise finds the challenge a breeze:/
Since she has dance topless/
She’s learned that “they” flop less/
If she never gets up from her knees..///
Her partner (a basketball star/
Whom she met in an Istanbul bar)
Is running away/
From the WNBA../
For the money here’s better by far..///
The band, (from the Middle East)/
Has found that their fame has increased/
They’ve been richly rewarded/
Since they lately recorded/
Their “covers” of Judas Priest..///
They put on a helluva show/
But here’s what you prob’ly don’t know:/
The old Sultan can’t see/
What delights you and me:/
He’s been dead since a while ago.
Solstice*1947 over 2 years ago
/// For a gender reveal I would think
we’d see more of pastel blue or pink.
The two women who strip,
(one a Blood: one a Crip),
prove this party’s devoted to kink.
Egrayjames over 2 years ago
It was this very painting, while on loan to the The British Museum located in the Bloomsbury area of London that inspired an iconic song of the 80’s. In a drunken stupor the members of the punk-rock band ‘The Clash’ had inadvertently wandered into the museum thinking it was a bar. Had it not been for this very painting, “Rock the Casbah” would never have been written…..and if you think that is a load of BS, you are absolutely right.
Ubintold over 2 years ago
Just airing the pits out.
[Traveler] Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’ll have what they’re having
lagoulou over 2 years ago
Sultan died from “overwork”….what a way to go!
Reader over 2 years ago
But all David can think about is the gal he saw on the roof.
prrdh over 2 years ago
Why aren’t parents who throw gender reveal parties prosecuted for child abuse? I mean, who are they to decide what the person’s gender is?
wincoach Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ladies and gentlemen, please be patient as she changes his batteries, the show will continue.
Linguist over 2 years ago
The Caliph of Cleveland began to regret hiring Little Mix instead of BLACKPINK to play at his birthday party.
Buzzworld over 2 years ago
What happens at Wellesley College for Women, stays at Wellesley College for Women.
PoodleGroomer over 2 years ago
Nobody is watching the dancers. They are looking for any clue that the sultan is the father. He is so old that the pregnancy took 11 months.
The Wolf In Your Midst over 2 years ago
The ladies are letting it all hang out. The Sultan is waiting till after the pill kicks in.
Another Take over 2 years ago
CALIPH: How odd. I haven’t had relations with anyone for over a year… GET MY HAREM GUARDS IN HERE NOW!
The Caliph sure ain’t no fool / Some guard still has got his tool! / in the har-ar-um
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
And listen folks, no need to identify genders…this is an open house orgy!
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 2 years ago
Musicians thinking “Well, this kinda makes up for all those really shitty gigs.”
Calvins Brother over 2 years ago
“This is better than Chucky Cheese, any day!”
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
As long as it does not start a massive fire!
rugeirn over 2 years ago
Just when the orgy is peaking / And the couples are hiding and seeking / When we come to the brink / Do we take stock and think / Which one is supposedly speaking?
po'dawg over 2 years ago
I thought this show was ’posta have a donkey in it.
mabrndt Premium Member over 2 years ago
The Harem Dancers:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges-Fran%C3%A7ois_Guiaud_-_Les_danseuses_du_Harem.jpg
(best viewed using Google Chrome, perhaps with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) has info about this ca. 1880 painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2928 (May 17, 2022) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to some info about that artist. First work by him used here.
d1234dick Premium Member over 2 years ago
the 1000 and one nights stories were getting a bit REPETITIVE, so, show a little tit and everyone took notice.
anomaly over 2 years ago
“The next item on the agenda for the WCTU is…”
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 2 years ago
The Sultan replies “What do you mean it’s my turn to show what I’ve got?”