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Connecting these was a breeze.

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Nico was a protegé of (D)Andy Warhol...plus Lou Reed has said this song is based on his experiences watching the Bohemian parties at Warhol's studio.

Currently on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Of Montreal are not from Montreal but Bran Van 3000 are (and are not from L.A.)

A painted ceramic vessel in the Codex Style. It depicts a wayob', the companion spirit of a Mayan ruler. This one is a toad which is wearing a jade bead necklace (there are two different animals, not visible, located around the back of the cup). There is also writing in Mayan glyphs, some of which declare the vessels purpose: drinking cacao.

The painter is also known by style from other pieces of work, and in the absence of an actual name is referred to as "The Metropolitan Master". You can see the original image and some other details here.

(Originally posted to Reddit by me in 2023)

This connection is boring.

Connected...by chains.

The area of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire is one of the great gold-producing regions of the world, and from roughly 1400 CE it was a primary producer of gold dust for much of Africa and Europe -- Europeans called the region the Gold Coast and the British guinea coin was minted from gold obtained there. The Akan peoples who lived there made weights called abammuo or mrammou (among others, depending on which Akan language) for use when trading the dust. Originally geometric in form, by about 1700 they started to be cast in the shape of many different animals and objects.

Whale-like appearance notwithstanding this is a sankofa bird perched on a stepped pyramid. The sankofa is a symbol for learning from the past in Akan culture, which is why the bird has its head turned backwards as if looking behind it. Abammuo are generally small, and this one is 3.8 by 2.2 by 2.2 cm.

This image is copyright to the Smithsonian Institution, and used with permission. You can see the original on their website.

(Originally posted by me to Reddit a couple years ago)

Going with the Halloween connection. But also because hearing the early synth-heavy Ministry makes me laugh every time.