Humanist. Proofreader. Solo Spice. Pure instinct. Kicking against the pricks since '65. Garigal land.
Profile picture is by and of me (she/her), wearing a grey felt hat with a blue feather, to fly.
Header picture by me is of brass-inlaid entry pavers titled SHELL HOUSE with a centred Art Deco shell motif.
Ad for the Fred Astaire RKO musical “Damsel in Distress” (1937), Screenland, Jan. 1938.
This was Astaire’s first starting vehicle separate from Ginger Rogers. Burns and Allen are his co-stars. Early career Joan Fontaine is the love interest, but only gets a mention as a generic “Hollywood’s Girl of Your Dreams”
Immortal music by George Gershwin in one of his last works before his early death in mid-1937.
#ClassicFilm #Musicals #FredAstaire #JoanFontaine #BurnsAndAllen #GeorgeGershwin
TIL... About the musical history of the real Tin Pan Alley
https://soundamerican.org/issues/big-band/history-tin-pan-alley
Previously I thought it was just the name of a cool Robert Plant song https://www.shazam.com/track/40936216/tin-pan-valley
... sometimes he’d even play Earl’s bass. We welcomed that, because Earl couldn’t play. We used to cheer every time he hit a note that was actually in the chord. The people thought we were crazy. Earl had never gone near a bass, he just didn’t want to hire a bass player. 2/2
—From Tony Scherman, “Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story,” p. 92. #jazz #history #NewOrleans
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Say it again:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Yes sir, Dr. King. That is a fact.
Hm, need some gentle background music while I work, something to lift my mood and brighten my day.
*starts music player*
🎶 Lay me down in a shallow grave…🎶
*stops music player*
Maybe I'll just try something at random.
Christmas chocolates cropped up in conversation earlier today, and I was reminded of this long gone box of delights: Terry's Spartan Hard Centres. Things like Brazil nuts, hard caramel and crystallised ginger centres, coated in plain chocolate. No crappy milk chocolate strawberry creams that everyone avoids here.
Discontinued years ago, of course. Decent plain chocolate assortments are not easy to find.
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