New Londinium – Episode 2 – A Thief in the Night

• 0:00      Intro

• 8:14      Sleeping at the Scene of the Crime

• 9:47      Oh What a Beautiful Morning

• 13:40    Construction Begins

• 39:57    Gathering Wood

• 40:23    Pirate of the Caribbean

• 43:05    Let Me Axe You Something

• 47:15    Carrying Water

• If you are not familiar with the American sport of Baseball in general, or the term “batting 1000” in particular, you might want to check this out.
• While in the cultists’ house, I said something about Looney Tunes and being “veddy veddy qwiet”.  This explains the Looney Tunes… and this explains the quote. At the same time, I also mentioned Space Jam. 
• If “home again, home again… jiggety jig”, sounds familiar… this is probably why. 
• At one point, I talked about what a mess cities were when they first adopted electricity and telephones.  The picture at the top of this Britannica article is exactly what I was referring to. 
• When talking about my love for things from the early 20th century… I mentioned a couple of movies that were set in that era.  One was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the other was the Great Race.  Just a note that the movie of the Great Race was loosely inspired by the actual race from New York to Paris in 1908.
• I also lamented the rise of modern minimalism in an implied contrast to the designs of the Victorian Era and early 20th century. 
• When I talked about making a medieval/fantasy modpack, I also mentioned that the starring mod in that pack is Ars Nouveau.
• In building the fantasy modpack, I listed some mods that add villages that are not full of traditional villagers, including Kobolds!, Ribbits, Goblins Community!, and Burrowers.
• I reminisced about Drive-In Theaters.
• I mentioned a bunch of movies from back in the day, including Soylent Green, the original Planet of the Apes franchise, Westworld and Logan’s Run. 
• I also mentioned similar but more recent movies including the Mad Max franchise, the new Plant of the Apes franchise, Waterworld and the Postman.  I also mentioned the Fallout series on Amazon Prime. 
• Later on, I briefly mentioned how the Harry Potter series changed fantasy.
• The shape of the foundation of the homestead resembles a capital letter H, and when I mentioned it, I also mentioned Sesame Street and the Electric Company. 
• The very first video game system I ever owned was the Atari 2600 that I mentioned. 
• When talking about my own basement, I referred to it as my Fortress of Solitude.
• When battling the creeper, I referred to it as a Cabbage Patch Kid from Hades.  This article is about the original Cabbage Patch Kids.
• The Finest Worksong… from the band R.E.M.
• Of course, my Lumberjack song was stolen from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 
• When talking about virtual gardening, I referred to some video game Franchises including Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, and Stardew Valley. 
• Here is the Patreon page that I opened and mentioned.  

Ever since I watched The Sting as a child, I have loved Ragtime music. However, I am not a musician, composer, or even a particularly knowledgeable fan of music. I enjoy what I enjoy and that includes many different genres of music. However, Ragtime is the soundtrack for the era I am simulating and this may the first time that modern listeners may be exposed to it. So I am including some general Ragtime links and whatever information I can find on the particular tracks I used in this episode.

More Information on Ragtime music

• Broadway Rag (1922) James Sylvester Scott – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Inspector’s Moustache (2024) Helen Jane Long – Lickd
• Morning Mood (1875) Edvard Hagerup Grieg – Copyright Free Classical Music – Youtube
• Bunny Hug Rag (1913) George Linus Cobb – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Cascades (1904) Scott Joplin – E’s Jammy Jams – YouTube
• Chatterbox Rag (1910) George James Botsford – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Chicken Chowder Rag (1905) Irene Mary Giblin O’Brien – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Chrysanthemum Rag (1904) Scott Joplin – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• A Dingy Slowdown (1900) George Robert Hoffman – Nesrality – Pixabay
• Efficiency Rag (1917) James Sylvester Scott – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Elite Syncopations (1902) Scott Joplin – E’s Jammy Jams – YouTube
• Eugenia (1906) Scott Joplin – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Fashion Rag (1912) Charles Cohen – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Fizz Water (1914) James Hubert Blake – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Grandpas Spells (1923) Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe Jelly Roll Morton – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag
• Harlem Rag (1899) Thomas Million John Turpin – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag