Gabriele D'Annunzio
Join us this week for a particularly blasphemous episode, just in time for lent! Mayor November takes us on a historical tour of the little fascist statelet that wasn't, R̶i̶j̶e̶k̶a̶ Fiume C̶r̶o̶a̶t̶i̶a̶ Italy and its very normal guy leader, Gabriele D'Annunzio.
Municipal meeting minutes include: The tragedy of mayorship, Posting (forum), Pathologically shirtless killing machines, Eating a little cake on a toilet, Italian master chief (tummy hort), Some sensational way out of the situation, The city that keeps running out of flowers, Reformation III, Inventing a new kind of Egypt, and L’uomo della Musica.
Oh, and here's that guy from the municipal roundup:
Comments (38)
Going back to revisit old episodes and it's quaint to hear the origins of London KY
First Randall Weddle mention! The Weddleiad begins
"... And then the city runs out of flowers again." Exquisite. EDIT: Yeah, you don't want to "root" for this guy (Australians find this American phrase amusing) he was important to early fascism and a serial rapist.
I really wish that Fascism could have just been goofy and mostly harmless like it was here instead of warmongering, genocidal, and reactionary. Futurism is fun, I just wish that it could have been Proletarian in nature instead.
Odds on Annunziata Rees-Mogg being named after him? Also, you should visit the Vittoriale just to get your mind infected by his various oddities, my favourite of which is that he had the phrase "to genius and pleasure" inscribed above the door to his bedroom.
Tiny cakes are hard, just saying.
Gay Benouncements
Me, kicking down the door to find a place my poor ass can share this: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pirates-booty-founder-stages-long-island-mutiny-declares-mayor-tries-f-rcna197308
This guy was advanced eccentric, eccentric^2
You have a very unique and original vision 💖 nice work
Perfect soundtrack to my work task this week, which is to email every mayor
"What are you gonna do, shoot me?" Yes with the biggest gun in the italian military
An extraordinarily fun and interesting-looking documentary about D’Annunzio and the legacy of his regime called “Fiume o morte!” came out just a couple months ago, it seems. No idea if/when it’ll be available online anywhere, but this episode got me super geeked for it that’s for sure. https://youtu.be/9yxF6zMKcao?si=UUmxyUuLgJbvGwhQ
November: "and he was never really trusted by the fascists either" Me: it's damning with faint praise, but I sure hope that remains a true thing one could say about me
you would NOT want to eat caviar from a silver chalice since caviar has some sulfur compounds in it that react with silver. it's why you traditionally serve it with a mother of pearl spoon
Very disappointed in our fancy ¿boy? Riley for the slip up
Riley, you know you don't have to subjugate Rijeka to get the cakes and caramels right? You can just go there for fun
The European mind cannot comprehend a tasty exotic treat without subjugation 😔
The most mayor
Been in this guys bribe house he was given after all this to keep him out of the way. He had an Austrian-Hungarian machine gun in one of the libraries for some reason would recommend going there.he also gendered cars as feminine.
Oh and he had an old WARSHIP built into the side of a hill near the bribe house for some reason
Who's the mayor'est mayor? This guy or Eric Adams?
You have produced 4 episodes talking about London, and only twice was it the capital of the United Kingdom.
Checking now if theres anything of note happening in London, Ohio
London (ew) Kentucky (EW!)
Honestly, if I was suddenly made mayor by popular acclaim, and everyone loves me too much to let me leave, I would 100% tiptoe between trying to escape responsibilities anyway and using every ounce of my power to get my way on things I care about. Except that I'm obviously not a (proto-)fascist, so I'd probably help the poor or otherwise less fortunate.
Dan Lavery mention.
Oh shit, Italians.
"He's a forum poster." Ah, yes, Grovermayor.
Re: Mattie's Italy in WW1 question: Prime Minister Antonio Salandra infamously cited Italy's "sacred egoism" in defense of betraying their allies, before joining the Entente for nakedly irredentist reasons.
I am eating Risotto whilst I am fondiling a bowl of lug nuts whilst Wagner is on full blast whilst listening to this. I am a proper Futurist.
The minute the League of Fiume was brought up, Alternate History Brain was engaged
Basically Red Flood.
Nova trying her best to get Riley to read ‚M - Son of the century‘
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Fort Braggadocio!!
Holy shit they actually did it!!!
The banana thong dong'ed proto facist who funded the ira .