Late-night movie is 1936's The Great Ziegfeld, so here's a sketch of Follies star Anna Held #penandink #penandinksketch #blackandwhite #sketches #pinup #pinupart #ziegfeldfollies #annaheld
"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a #popularSong written by #IrvingBerlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the #ZiegfeldFollies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the #GreatAmericanSongbook and are often covered as a #jazzStandard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPfX-39gbs4
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody

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Tried to make this look like it was hand-painted as a Ziegfeld Follies recreation #model #vitnage #reto #ziegfeld #ziegfeld #follies #redo #ziegfeldfollies #fun #nsfw #nude #modeling #naked #erotic #erotica

💃 Elle a fait trembler les scènes de Broadway au rythme du "Shake and Quiver" !
Icône des Ziegfeld Follies, Ann Pennington était bien plus qu’une simple danseuse : une star, une muse, une pionnière. 🎭✨
Plongée dans les années folles avec ses portraits 👉 https://www.2tout2rien.fr/35-portraits-ann-pennington-annees-1910-1920/

#Broadway #ZiegfeldFollies #Années20 #Danse #Histoire #Vintage #Insolite #2tout2rien

Sunday Morning Reading

Time for some Sunday Morning Reading on this Mother’s Day, with a short stack of culture, some tech, some politics, and the Ziegfeld Follies tossed in for good measure.

First up is a good long read from Spencer Kornhaber wondering if we’ve entered a cultural dark age. Provocative in parts, predictable in others, it’s worth your time for the journey it takes. Check out Is This The Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

Kaitlyn Tiffany says We’re Back to the Actually Internet. It’s about fact checking, the need for fact checking, and actually about how fact checking doesn’t really matter.

We may have beat the term fascism to death long before the real beating actually begins, and it’s the Bible thumpers who seem far too eager for the end times with their wishes for some sort of Armageddon beat down. Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor take a look at The Rise of End Times Fascism.

The Apple enthusiast world is still going through some things and will continue to for the foreseeable future. Denny Henke at Beardy Guy Musings is chronicling his thoughts about his move away from using Apple products. His latest, Are Apple Enthusiasts Miserable? takes a look at some of the angst and tensions he sees.

Indie app Developer Thomas Ricourad, the developer of the app Ice Cubes for Mastodon, among other apps, is searching. He’s not alone. Check out Having A Clear Vision In A Blurred World.

Matthew Gurewitsch takes a quick look The Story of a Rose, an upcoming look at an almost forgotten era in A Ziegfeld Girl Recalls The Forgotten War.

Happy Mother’s Day to all.

(image from Aga Putra on Unsplash)

If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here.  You can also find more of my writings on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome.

#ai #Apple #Culture #History #SundayMorningReading #Tech #Writing #ZiegfeldFollies

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.

The Atlantic

It's been too long since I've posted a #ZiegfeldGirl. I must remedy this.

Also, I realize that many of the vintage hottys I post under this hashtag were never actually *IN* the Follies. I use the term as a generic for vintage hotsy totsys.

#ZiegfeldFollies

Good morning, #HephalumpWorld! Happy Sunday. Tea is steeping.

A subzero morning here at the ol' Imperial Palace. Kittys are fed and on patrol, except Emma. 🙄 My elbow hurts? Meds await. 💊

Why is dipshit convicted felon and rapist Donald J Puppyfucker not yet in custody? AmeriKKKa is a 3rd world shithole.

#IncarcerateDonaldPuppyfucker
GOP = #GroupiesOfPutin (AKA #Nazis)

Fuck you, 🚀boy. Eat shit and die.

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It's been too long since I posted a #ZiegfeldGirl.
#ZiegfeldFollies