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Posts Tagged ‘music’
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 26
Reefer Madness! Formally titled “Tell Your Children,” this cautionary tale from 1938 features a trio of drug dealers and innocent teens who become addicted to “reefer cigarettes.” Here are the teen sweethearts, smooching while studying Shakespeare and innocently drinking hot chocolate. After Mary’s mother busts up the amour, Jimmy falls into a fountain. In the [...]
Choice Bit of Calico
Oh, gosh, what have I been up to? All of this heat makes the days melt together. Taking the dog on long walks in the August heat to get zucchini tacos at El Chilito. Listening to John Waters read his new book “Role Models” on my iPod everywhere: on the bus, on long walks, and [...]
Mechanical Instruments & Wonders
I have a general rule where I don’t watch movies that were filmed after Man walked on the Moon, therefore, I seldom watch new-release movies in the theatre. I’m so fortunate to have the Alamo Draft House and Paramount theatres here in Austin that play old favorites of mine, that if I do seek out [...]
Music Monday – Annette Hanshaw
If you don’t already know her, I’m very pleased to acquaint you with one of my favorite singers! Annette Hanshaw (1901- 1985) needs little more than a piano accompaniment, ukulele strum and cymbal punctuation to offset her dreamy, buttery voice. Her songs are filled with breathy pauses and hums as she pleads “Love me Tonight” [...]
