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Our Lady of Radium

from Our Lady of Radium by Charming Disaster

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    Our Lady of Radium album in high quality 12" vinyl LP format, pressed in translucent green vinyl with black splatter. Manufactured at Furnace Pressing in Alexandria, VA. Includes full-color jacket with glow in the dark ink, and printed inner sleeve with song lyrics. Cover art by Susan Saas. Limited edition.

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    This book contains song lyrics, original artwork by Susan Saas, research notes, and background information about the source material that inspired Our Lady of Radium. Read along as you listen, add it to your bookshelf just because it looks so cool, or use it for your bibliomancy divinations. 60-page 8x10" perfect-bound paperback is printed in full color.

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  • The Charming Disaster Oracle Deck is suitable for divination, high-stakes gambling, or art appreciation. It contains 60 cards, each inspired by a different Charming Disaster song and depicting an archetype, concept, or character found in that song. The deck features original illustrations commissioned for this project from two dozen talented artists, silver gilt edging, and a 52-page divination guide booklet written in collaboration with arcanist and poet Jacob Rakovan, packaged in a handsome tuck box.

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    Featuring illustrations by the following artists:
    Carrie Alexandria Caster
    Ellia Bisker
    Dame Darcy
    Ted Enik & Shiloh Penfield
    Ben Eshleman
    Camilla Finlay
    Omer Gal
    Devon Greig
    Bob Howard
    A. Nancy Koutsouflakis
    Erich S. Lehman
    Thos. Little
    Madame Onça
    Jeff Morris
    Carolyn Raship
    Logan Riley
    Jeff Ritchie
    Susan Saas
    Charles Schneider
    Ben Shafer
    Jacquelyn Marie Shannon
    Turtle Grenade
    Vincent Vaughan
    Steven Warrick
    Zalman Zuckerbraun     ... more
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about

Even after the dangers of her discoveries began to be understood, Marie Curie was often described even during her own lifetime as a mythological figure: sometimes as Prometheus, bringing fire to humanity, and sometimes as Pandora, opening the fateful box. But there are two interpretations of the Pandora’s Box story. One describes a woman whose curiosity unleashes a host of evils upon the world. The other describes a woman coming up from under the earth to bestow gifts. Which one is the true story?

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Promethean sister
From under from the earth
You send up your gifts

Unloosed from the mouth
Of a half-buried jar
Mysterious ills

Omens and signals
All over the city
All over the world

Invisible lightning
A furious wind
A rain of dead birds

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark

Did you have an itch
Did you make a wish
Did you lift the lid

Were you curious
Are you just like us
Do you know what you did

Only thing to do
Is to hope for the best
And expect the worst

So we say a prayer
Though our hands may crack
Like the yellowcake earth

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark

I fix my eye on one point
To begin my meditation
The feeling of precision
In my deft manipulation
I can hear my own heart beating
As I hold my breath suspended
In the stillness of my spirit
There is nothing but the question

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark

A new dawn breaks
But we can’t wake up
From a bad dream

We cannot escape
From a garden of roses
That make no seeds

Now we’ve picked the fruit
It’s too late to ask
Is it better to know

In a square wood box
That is lined with lead
A teaspoon of hope

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark

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from Our Lady of Radium, released March 4, 2022

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Charming Disaster Brooklyn, New York

Charming Disaster is a goth-folk duo based in Brooklyn, NY, formed in 2012 by Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris. Inspired by the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they write songs that tell stories about death, crime, myth, magic, folklore, and the occult. ... more

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