New to me, from the HPL Historical Society, Lovecraftian Lapel Pins.

New on Archive.org to borrow, poet Brett Rutherford’s Night Gaunts : an entertainment based on the life and writings of H.P. Lovecraft, with additional poetica Lovecraftiana.

I see it can also be officially had free on the Poet Press website in HTML.

I further see that his Tales of Terror: The Supernatural Poem Since 1800 – Supplement 1, appeared in 2021 and is available on Amazon UK. Currently Amazon UK’s useless search only finds Volume 1 for a title-search for “The Supernatural Poem Since 1800”, but Volume 2 on is also available there. Click on the author’s name-link.

“The surf at Watch Hill, Rhode Island”, Providence. Possibly Watch Hill Beach, Westerly.

Cleaned a bit and with text label removed for added existential appeal. Probably the best vintage Rhode Island surf picture I’ve seen, in many years of perusing the cards. It’s now of an age to be public domain, please use it how you like.

More Lovecrafty 3D pose-able figures for free, suitable for 1930s-40s RPGs and more. I featured one back in July. Now comes a new set from the same creator, Agent Civil 1940-50, low poly II, with accessories, skins and more. You need a copy of Poser 11 ($52) plus the old Michael 3 base figure aka “M3”. You’ll also want some extra head character morphs (many are free), to get Michael 3 away from the default “showroom dummy head” look.

“Low-poly” mean they don’t put much demand in your PC, and so you can have many of theme in one crowd or office scene. They’re intended for background use in a large scene, not close-ups.

Once installed, found in the Poser Library under: Figures | !DieselPunkUniverse | Character Male | Agent. There are zillions of M3 poses available, once you go looking. M3 will also take standard .BVH motion-capture files. Poser also has b&w line-art and Sketch capabilities, so you’re not stuck with normal 3D rendering. Poser now incorporates the same renderer as Blender, so if you want photoreal then you’re also not stuck with the “1990s videogame look” seen here.

At the New York Philharmonic premiere of Connesson’s “Les cites de Lovecraft”… Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson impresses in his New York Philharmonic debut…

Connesson is one of the most widely performed French composers today. His ‘Les cites de Lovecraft’ was a co-commission of the Orchestre National de Lyon and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, which premiered it in 2017. The work was inspired by the writings of American author H.P. Lovecraft … Deneve led the NY Philharmonic in a performance of this scintillating music that was stunning for its textural clarity and brilliance. Wave after wave of sound, ranging from brass fanfares to shimmering cascades from the harp and celesta, swept over the audience. It is music that is obviously close to Deneve’s heart, as he cradled the score in his arm and patted it when acknowledging the audience’s applause.

Lovecraft would no doubt have been rather amused to learn that symphonic paeans to his work would one day be rolling through a major New York concert hall.

Another day, another image-gen AI. MyHeritage’s existing Deep Nostalgia (subtly animates your vintage faces) has been joined by a new AI at MyHeritage. Reportedly based on a blend of Stable Diffusion & Google’s as yet unreleased DreamBooth.

AI Time Machine appears to be available now, and can blend your ancestor picture (or even you) into a historical figure. Thus taking your ‘family snapshots’ even further back in time, albeit with the risk of polluting existing memories.

I’m not a MyHeritage subscriber so can’t try it. But there’s a video demo here. No doubt we’ll soon be seeing Lovecraft as a Roman senator, Nordic warrior or an 18th century London coffee-house patron.