Brothel Tapestries
Description: Madame Kaji is a supporting character in the Netflix series, Blue Eye Samurai, who is voiced by Ming-Na Wen. Madame Kaji is a woman who has managed to find autonomy over her life in a world hostile to women. Tart, unflappable, wise and unsentimental (can sometimes be charmingly persuasive). She worked her way up to this managerial role from the bottom up. As a brothel madam, she manages a group of prostitutes and as a Courtesan (called Oiran in Japan) she has more refined entertainment skills and training in the traditional arts than common prostitutes.
Description: "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the British rock band The Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and in the US and Canada. As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit". The song was first collected in Appalachia in the 1930s, but probably has its roots in traditional English folk song. It is listed as number 6393 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
Description: One Eyed Jacks is a fictional brothel and casino on the 1991 television series TP by David Lynch and Mark Frost. It is located across the Canadian border in British Columbia. It is owned by Ben Horne and run by Blackie O'Reilly, the madame. Like the Black Lodge, it is filled with red curtains.
Description: One Eyed Jacks is a fictional brothel and casino in the 1991 television TP by David Lynch and Mark Frost. It is located across the Canadian border in British Columbia. It is owned by Ben Horne and run by Blackie O'Reilly, the madame. Like the Black Lodge, it is filled with red curtains.
Description: Madame Kaji is a supporting character in the Netflix series, Blue Eye Samurai, who is voiced by Ming-Na Wen. Madame Kaji is a woman who has managed to find autonomy over her life in a world hostile to women. Tart, unflappable, wise and unsentimental (can sometimes be charmingly persuasive). She worked her way up to this managerial role from the bottom up. As a brothel madam, she manages a group of prostitutes and as a Courtesan (called Oiran in Japan) she has more refined entertainment skills and training in the traditional arts than common prostitutes.
Description: The Cherry Patch Ranch sign may be silent, but its neon memory hums: a halftone cowgirl, three glossy cherries, and a retro promise of 24-hour delights that read like a joyful misprint from another era — Japanese baths, smoky bar‑b‑q, pool-table showdowns, and staged photography all under one improbable roof. This vintage‑ad captures a Las Vegas that winked at kitsch and sold experience by the slice. Now closed, the design itself is an open invitation to reminisce: imagine the chatter of late‑night patrons, the clink of billiard balls, and the smell of sauce on the air — a deliciously oddball relic that keeps the Cherry Patch Ranch alive in memory and enamel. Neon memory, fingernail shine — Cherry Patch Ranch, delightfully unembarrassed
Description: In 1969, the Detroit band Frijid Pink recorded a psychedelic version of "House of the Rising Sun", which became an international hit in 1970. Their version is in 4/4 time (like Van Ronk's and most earlier versions, rather than the 6/8 used by the Animals) and was driven by Gary Ray Thompson's distorted guitar with fuzz and wah-wah effects, set against the frenetic drumming of Richard Stevers. According to Stevers, the Frijid Pink recording of "House of the Rising Sun" was done impromptu when there was time left over at a recording session booked for the group at the Tera Shirma Recording Studios.
